[Soekris] OT: Chuck Yerkes has passed away

[Michael A. Williams]

Chuck was so clear and accurate with every response, yet having not known
him personally it almost seems verbose to respond to this terribly sad
news.

He will be missed by us for sure.
As a fellow motor cycle enthusiast I am bereaved.


Michael A. Williams
Managing Director NetXSecure NZ Limited

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Wim Vandeputte wrote:

>
> Dear list members,
>
> as somebody who always enjoyed the long mail with his explicit visions
> on Unix topics, I will be missing Chuck.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "Randall S. Winchester" <rsw at sendmail.com> -----
>
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:37:11 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
> From: "Randall S. Winchester" <rsw at sendmail.com>
> To: sage-members at usenix.org
> Subject: [SAGE] Chuck Yerkes has passed away
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> 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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