[Euroforth] Death of Howerd Oakford (from Gerald Wodni)

[paul_e.bennett at topmail.co.uk]

On 11/24/2023 at 6:22 PM, "Anton Ertl" <anton at a4.complang.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>
>Stephen Pelc has posted the following message from Gerald Wodni in
>comp.lang.forth:
>
>It is with great sadness, that I have to announce the Death of 
>Howerd Oakford.
>Howerd was hit by a car while cycling on the bike lane. He was not 
>able to
>recover and died 2 days later on the 16th of November in hospital.
>
>He was a great thinker and tinkerer in the Forth community and he 
>will
>always be remembered as such.  His efforts to understand the most
>complex inner functions of projects like colorForth, and presenting
>them in an entertaining and engaging way were unique and will be
>missed.
>
>His wife, Rita Oakford said that he was very much looking forward 
>meeting us
>again at next year's EuroForth - As were we of course looking 
>forward seeing
>him again.
>He will be cremated and put to rest in a forest the week before 
>Christmas.
>Rita would welcome some attendance from the Forth community, I 
>will announce
>the details here.
>
>All the best to Howerd on his final journey.
>
>Sincerely,
>Gerald
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It is certainly sad that we lose one of the great stalwarts of the Forth
community. 

Regards

Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET
Systems Engineer
Lunar Mission One Ambassador
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