EJE: 21 May, 1944 - 13 August, 2003

This is the message I sent out. Especially difficult because Mom's computer had gotten infected with a worm that caused it to reboot as soon as the machine connected to the network. It took a lot of patience & work to get the email written, addressed, and sent... especially as I was using a web form to access/send mail from Omaha.

This morning, 13 August, at exactly midnight; my father died very peacefully in the hospital. The night was extremely clear, with a full moon, a beautiful meteor shower, and the Earth's closest proximity to Mars in more than 60,000 years. Exactly the kind of night that Dad loved. He would have stayed up watching the sky... marvelling at the red planet and cherishing each of the falling stars.
Dad's own burst of brilliance through this life will be cherished by so many, and he'll be desperately missed.
Thank you all so much,
-p