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DZanre

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Feb 27, 2009, 3:39:39 PM2/27/09
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I have receved word that Frank McCallister had a massive heart attack, and
passed away at 1:50 this morning.

I really don't know his wife or any contact information for her. I thought
the rest of his friends here would want to know.

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Ben A L Jemmett

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Feb 27, 2009, 3:45:36 PM2/27/09
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DZanre wrote:
> I have receved word that Frank McCallister had a massive heart
> attack, and passed away at 1:50 this morning.

Oh no :( That's really sad news -- but thank you for passing it on.

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Brent Wolfe

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Feb 27, 2009, 4:04:29 PM2/27/09
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Thanks Danita; another good man gone.....
Does anyone know how to contact the family?


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DZanre

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Feb 27, 2009, 4:09:01 PM2/27/09
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Brent Wolfe wrote:

> Does anyone know how to contact the family?

I'm going to see if the person who contacted me on Facebook can provide
details.

Brent Wolfe

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Feb 27, 2009, 4:35:40 PM2/27/09
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Yeah, Sandy pilots are getting thin on the ground.......


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> That is truly sad. He will be missed.

dan c.

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Feb 27, 2009, 4:34:17 PM2/27/09
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That is truly sad. He will be missed.

Craig

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Feb 27, 2009, 4:40:51 PM2/27/09
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Was he from Tinley park? (Do we know it's certain that he died?)


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Feb 27, 2009, 4:40:02 PM2/27/09
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DZanre said something like:

> I have receved word that Frank McCallister had a massive heart attack, and
> passed away at 1:50 this morning.
>
Very sad news... Please let us know if / when you hear anything. Maybe
Susan knows a contact?

Homebrewer

Marcel Cox

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Feb 27, 2009, 5:30:21 PM2/27/09
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That's sad!

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Barry Schnur

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Feb 27, 2009, 6:41:56 PM2/27/09
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This is truly sad news.

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GofBorg

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Feb 27, 2009, 7:17:22 PM2/27/09
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> I have receved word that Frank McCallister had a massive heart attack, and
> passed away at 1:50 this morning.
OMG!

Wallgames.com

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Feb 27, 2009, 8:17:57 PM2/27/09
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Thanks for letting us know. Frank was a great guy and friend to us all.

Frank's picture may be found about halfway down this page:
http://www.conference2007.sbsmigration.com/content/advisors/

Our prayers are with Frank's family, and we share their loss.

Go COMPUMAC !

-Bob Carroll

DZanre

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Feb 27, 2009, 8:23:46 PM2/27/09
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Craig wrote:

> Was he from Tinley park? (Do we know it's certain that he died?)

I don't know where Tinley Park is - but yes, I know for certain that he
died. His daughter is who contacted me on Facebook. I think she was going
through his friends list and sending messages to the people on there. I now
have a street address for his wife Lee if anyone wants to get it from me. I
don't think it's a good idea to post here though.

danita at caledonia dot net

Craig

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Feb 27, 2009, 11:26:49 PM2/27/09
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Oh...that's too bad. I just wanted to reserve condolences until we knew for
sure.

He did allude to his own mortality recently...maybe he knew?

My standard (and I obey it in my own life), is let's not focus on his
passing, but celebrate his life....right? I don't want people bemoaning my
death at my funeral but remembering how great I was! :)

Here's to you, Frank! Make sure heaven's on Netware! :)


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Susan

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Feb 27, 2009, 11:35:29 PM2/27/09
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Danita:

That's such unexpected and bad news, that it doesn't seem it could
possibly be real. Frank was so full of life and energy. Thanks for
letting us know.

Susan
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Susan

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Feb 27, 2009, 11:50:29 PM2/27/09
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Craig:

No, he wasn't from Tinley Park, he lived in Naples, Florida for a very
long time, and only in the past year or so moved just a little north of
there.

Jim Henderson

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Feb 28, 2009, 12:00:09 AM2/28/09
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:35:29 +0000, Susan wrote:

> That's such unexpected and bad news, that it doesn't seem it could
> possibly be real. Frank was so full of life and energy. Thanks for
> letting us know.

Yes, very unexpected and sad news.

Gonna miss him.

Jim
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sbra...@pacbell.net

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Feb 28, 2009, 1:08:59 AM2/28/09
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On Feb 27, 9:00 pm, Jim Henderson <Jim.Hender...@SysOps.NSC> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:35:29 +0000, Susan wrote:
> > That's such unexpected and bad news, that it doesn't seem it could
> > possibly be real.  Frankwas so full of life and energy.  Thanks for

> > letting us know.
>
> Yes, very unexpected and sad news.
>
> Gonna miss him.
>
> Jim
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>  Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10
>  Novell Training Services

There's a smile on my face and a tear going down my cheek. My name is
Susan Bradley and I'm a Small Business Server MVP and Frank was the
oldest Small Business Server MVP. I have been honored to know Frank
for the last few years. The comment above that Frank would be
installing a Novell network brought a smile to me. Finding that he
had a Novell family that cared about him just as deeply as a Microsoft
family cared about him, showcases that Frank was all about community
and all about technology for many many years.

Both of his technical families were blessed to know him, blessed to be
influenced by his generosity. He was always helping others. I know
that all of you feel changed by his good deeds and good nature as I
do.

Thank you as well to Frank for being so caring that you had many
community families out here on the Internet.

Lindsey Johnstone

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Feb 28, 2009, 1:53:59 AM2/28/09
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Franks loss is not only felt in our community, but others as well:


http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs&tid=c7f5a895-c1b4-4b7a-ba25-ef14bfe8d4a8&cat=&lang=&cr=&sloc=&p=1&mid=c7f5a895-c1b4-4b7a-ba25-ef14bfe8d4a8

or

http://tinyurl.com/bh26h7


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DZanre

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Feb 28, 2009, 10:40:15 AM2/28/09
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Susan wrote:

> That's such unexpected and bad news, that it doesn't seem it could
> possibly be real. Frank was so full of life and energy. Thanks for
> letting us know.

I was just reminiscing with Joe about when I met both of you for the first
time at WordPerfect Corp. during the training for "online support" people.

Mary Matthews

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Feb 28, 2009, 11:25:44 AM2/28/09
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Thank you for sharing. I hate to lose anyone, especially someone from
here.

It's been a rough week for heart issues. Lost a sweet friend at work on
Wednesday morning at the age of 51, then a local radio personality to a
heart attack at the age of 54 and my hubby had a minor one the same
morning.

Mary Matthews

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Feb 28, 2009, 11:27:10 AM2/28/09
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:) I'll be he's ripping and replacing any non-Novell stuff already. :)

Susan

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Feb 28, 2009, 11:35:36 AM2/28/09
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Thanks for finding that, Lindsey. : )

Lindsey Johnstone

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Feb 28, 2009, 11:38:15 AM2/28/09
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Mary Matthews said,

> :) I'll be he's ripping and replacing any non-Novell stuff already. :)

Remember he was also a Microsoft MVP for SBS, so depending on scale ...

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Craig

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Feb 28, 2009, 11:45:29 AM2/28/09
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Who am I thinking of? Maybe it's the kick boxer?
:)


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Craig

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Feb 28, 2009, 11:45:50 AM2/28/09
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:)


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KeN Etter

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Feb 28, 2009, 12:38:01 PM2/28/09
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>I really don't know his wife or any contact information for her. I thought
>the rest of his friends here would want to know.

Sad news indeed. I wish his family well.

Novell....it does a server good!

sbra...@pacbell.net

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Feb 28, 2009, 1:24:16 PM2/28/09
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On Feb 28, 8:38 am, "Lindsey Johnstone"

Nah, he'd be installing both :-)

Susan

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Feb 28, 2009, 2:05:29 PM2/28/09
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Craig:

I think you're thinking of the other Frank - Pineau. : )

kgroneman

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Feb 28, 2009, 6:06:01 PM2/28/09
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Frank was a great guy and he lived a vibrant and full life from the
talks I had with him and from what I could see he was doing after he
left our SysOp program. The world has lost a good man.


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Craig

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Mar 1, 2009, 2:19:02 PM3/1/09
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Yes!

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Marcel Cox

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DE

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Mar 1, 2009, 11:43:46 PM3/1/09
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DZanre wrote:
> I have receved word that Frank McCallister had a massive heart attack, and
> passed away at 1:50 this morning.
>
> I really don't know his wife or any contact information for her. I thought
> the rest of his friends here would want to know.
>

Danita,

I cannot thank you enough for posting this. I didn't know.

And I was supposed to connect with Frank here in the Pacific NW today,
but it was unusual to not hear back from him (I'd sent him an email that
very morning to confirm.)

I will reserve any comments until I can absorb the news a bit better.

-- Debra Earle
(aka DE)

MichaelC

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Mar 2, 2009, 2:54:26 AM3/2/09
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> I have receved word that Frank McCallister had a massive heart attack, and
> passed away at 1:50 this morning.

Incredibly sad news - thoughts & prayers go out to his family :(

Michael
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can't take my trousers off."

Miles58

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Mar 2, 2009, 10:46:08 AM3/2/09
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Frank was one of the first people I talked to here. He and Bob are why I
did my time in the rodeo. Bummer.


Stevo

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Mar 2, 2009, 10:56:34 AM3/2/09
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That's too bad.....................<snif> :-(

Greg B

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Mar 2, 2009, 12:34:51 PM3/2/09
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rest in peace Frank. Sad news indeed.

Jay Calderwood

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Mar 2, 2009, 12:35:55 PM3/2/09
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On 2/27/2009 3:39 PM, DZanre wrote:
> I have receved word that Frank McCallister had a massive heart attack, and
> passed away at 1:50 this morning.
>
> I really don't know his wife or any contact information for her. I thought
> the rest of his friends here would want to know.
>

Oh no... Rest in Piece Frank....

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