Re: [SAGE] Chuck Yerkes has passed away

["Michael T. Halligan" <michael@halligan.org>]

:(

After reading this, I dug through my baylisa & sage archives,
and read through some of the hundreds of e-mails we have from
Chuck. I noted dozens of direct, and very helpful responses to
e-mails I'd posted to these two lists.

I didn't know Chuck at all, except for his helpfulness, but he'll
be sorely missed. This is a real loss to our community.



On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Randall S. Winchester wrote:

> 
> Dear SAGE members,
>  I am very sorry to have to share with you that one of your long time
> contributors, Chuck Yerkes, passed away this evening around 9:30PM
> PST due to trauma from a motorcycle accident on his way home from work
> at PeopleSoft.
> 
> Chuck Yerkes, as a former Sendmail employee and long time opensource
> and Unix proselytizer had many current and former Sendmail employees
> at Eden Hospital in Castro Valley, California, in support him and his
> very significant, Val. Much of our company and compatriots were on
> email, IRC, wireless, and phone trees, united in concern for our very
> dear friend.
> 
> The news from the doctor took us all by surprise, as this wonderful
> spirit who consistently sought to help those of his beloved opensource
> and Unix based community, and with a passion encouraged all of us to
> always seek to build better software, hardware, and products - was
> gone.
> 
> I have been reading over many of the emails that Chuck has sent to the
> sage-members list. It is a pleasure to read his words, and consider
> his thoughts and heart. Chuck Yerkes has made a lot of friends and
> offered guidance and help to a large community.
> 
> Chuck Yerkes' passion and friendship will be greatly missed. May you
> all continue to support and encourage each other in like fashion.
> 
> Randall
> 
> 
> 

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