A death in the family

[Rose Auerbach]

There's no easy way to write this.

Tom Heald, aka Tomalhe, aka List Bastard, passed away on Monday.  Notice reprinted below (see http://tinyurl.com/ddvfl2 for original).

Damn. Just... damn.

I'm going to try to find out more about the ADA/AHA funds... in the meantime, please take a moment to sign the guest book and/or post on Tom's Facebook page. Anyone still have contacts at the show?



Thomas Heald
(Died May 4, 2009)

Guest Book | Sign Guest Book

RAPID CITY Thomas "Tom" Heald, 37, Rapid City, died Monday, May 4, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born June 2, 1972, in Rapid City, the son of Jim and Shirley (Johannes) Heald. He grew up in Rapid City and graduated from Stevens High School in 1989. Tom worked with his father as a survey assistant and was a columnist for the Rapid City Weekly. He had been a member of the Senior DeMolay. Tom loved playing trivia games and contests, liked working with his computer and watching movies. Survivors include his parents, Jim and Shirley Heald and a brother, Tim Heald, all of Rapid City; aunts and uncles, Ken and Donna Heald and Phylis and Fernando Gomez, all of Green Valley, AZ, and Jerry Johannes, Huron; and nephew and niece, Tyler and Victoria Heald, Box Elder. Visitation will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 8, at the South Canyon Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Bruce Thalacker officiating. Burial will be at the Mt. View Cemetery. Memorials have been established for the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association.

[satr...@sbcglobal.net]

Thank you, Rose. October has definitely come early this year. --Deb Air Cool! --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Rose Auerbach <rose.a...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Glenda Collins]

This is shocking,  my deepest condolences and sympathies to all, including us who only know him through this wonderful blog.
 

 

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From: Rose Auerbach <rose.a...@gmail.com>
To: wn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2009 12:42:35 PM

Subject: A death in the family

[Mike Ward]

Rose,

Wow. And in the worst way. And Deb's right...May feels a lot like
October right about now.

Rose Auerbach wrote:
> There's no easy way to write this.
>
> Tom Heald, aka Tomalhe, aka List Bastard, passed away on Monday. Notice

> reprinted below (see *http://tinyurl.com/ddvfl2* for original).

>
> Damn. Just... damn.
>
> I'm going to try to find out more about the ADA/AHA funds... in the
> meantime, please take a moment to sign the guest book and/or post on
> Tom's Facebook page. Anyone still have contacts at the show?
>
>
>

> *Thomas Heald*
> (Died May 4, 2009)
>
> *Guest Book*
> <http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/tributes.cfm?o_id=364226&fh_id=11549&s_id=FBF08A3E43B44D8968380B1E302F3B7F>
> * | * *Sign Guest Book*
> <http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/tribute.cfm?o_id=364226&fh_id=11549&s_id=FBF08A3E43B44D8968380B1E302F3B7F>

[WNNo...@aol.com]

You're right, there is no easy way to pass on news like this,and I think, for us anyway, no way to share it but with sadness and humor combined.

 

Unfortunately, the one person who would have come up with the best Deadpool headine...

 

God, Tom was the longest lasting online friendship I have had.

 

Karen (aka Aristera, NOVLKaren, etc.)

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[damo...@gmail.com]

Oh my God.  I don't even know what to say.  I just put this on his Facebook page, but I think I've gotten more e-mails from Tom than any other person, ever.  I don't know what my inbox would look like without him.

 

Totally disoriented.

 

The last message I see from him on the list was this:

 

"Have you seen the pics of Mary Magdalene un US magazine? Total skank."

 

To be in the room when he explains away THAT... successfully, I am sure.

 

Laughing to fend off whatever... going to step outside for a bit now.

 

Beau

 

 

 

 

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AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau :: :: Wealth without work.  Pleasure without conscience.  Science without humanity.  Knowledge without character. Politics without principle. Commerce without morality. Worship without sacrifice. --Gandhi's seven deadly social sins :: :: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." --King :: :: "Any time you have the opportunity to accomplish something and you don't, you are wasting your time on this earth." --Roberto Clemente

[kbra...@aol.com]

First, I am shaking right now.  I can't believe how this has hit me.

Second....FUCK!!!!!!!

Third, here's what I have put on the guest book.  Not my best writing, but I hope I have captured what I feel.

The shock I am feeling right now in finding my online friend is over-whelming.  The saddness at this unexpected loss (at least from my corner of the world) shakes me to my core. 

I have been lucky enough to have corresponded with Tom for the last 13 years.  Often with shared humor, or anger, or indignation.  Tom was able, in so many ways, to allow us to raise our intelligence level a notch or two just by adding his opinion. 

I never met Tom in person, but I can say honestly that he has impacted my life forever. 

Although he has left this earth, he will never be gone because his many insights will stay with me as long as I am alive. 

I pray that you will find peace in the midst of your sorrow. 

May his memory be a blessing to you for the rest of your lives, as his memory will continue to be a blessing to me. 

Finally, let us all remember the many ways in which this man impacted each of us, no matter that we probably never met and never even spoke in person or over the phone. 

And so it goes,

Kevin Brabant (only because of Tom can I say....Air-Cooled)
KBra...@aol.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Rose Auerbach <rose.a...@gmail.com>
To: wn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thu, 7 May 2009 3:42 pm
Subject: A death in the family

[Mark Sunshine]

Dude is this for real??

 

Oh man -- am I living under a rock? What was ailing him?

 

I never met him but -- excuse me -- I thought this was a morbid, terribly morbid joke.

 

I have a pit in my sternum.... oh man. How terrible this news to recieve at work or anywhere.

 

SUN

--
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---------------------------
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[Mark Sunshine]

I placed this in his guestbook.

 

 

Tom - Tom - Tom -- I am sending this message to you from a job I have now.. day thing. I feel a real urge to gently weep -- and you know I never met you in person. Sure we chatted on the phone and IM, especially around 1999, and exchanged gifts and weird mail. The March from Clockwork Orange plays in my iPod and I dedicate it to you. We haven't kept in touch much over the past year or so -- save via the WNN list. Man! Tom the pit I felt when I read the news was stunning, deeply saddening. My eyes water as I type this. We will all miss you.

[damo...@gmail.com]

This is gonna get unwieldy if there are a billion cross-posts but Barry weighed in on the Facebook thread -- it seems like this is something that should be in our archives here --

 

Barry Mitchell at 4:08pm May 7

Tom was an amusing, astute observer of pop culture, an excellent writer, and as an early proponent of the internet, convinced me that starting my own website was a good idea. He was a guy from the heartland with a good heart and quick wit. And somewhere among his possessions I'm sure there are more than several 1992-vintage WNN mugs :)

 

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AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau :: :: Wealth without work.  Pleasure without conscience.  Science without humanity.  Knowledge without character. Politics without principle. Commerce without morality. Worship without sacrifice. --Gandhi's seven deadly social sins :: :: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." --King :: :: "Any time you have the opportunity to accomplish something and you don't, you are wasting your time on this earth." --Roberto Clemente

[satr...@sbcglobal.net]

I was just about to email Barry and let him know. I see it's been done.

Tom, I hope you are telling Kip all about us.

--Deb
Air Cool!


--- On Thu, 5/7/09, damo...@gmail.com <damo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: damo...@gmail.com <damo...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: A death in the family
> To: wn...@googlegroups.com

> Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 1:17 PM
> This is gonna get unwieldy if there are a billion
> cross-posts but Barry
> weighed in on the Facebook thread -- it seems like this is
> something that
> should be in our archives here --
>
> Barry Mitchell

> <http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=100000080&id=1311613121>

> >> ------------------------------

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[Mark Sunshine]

Thomas Allen Heald to wnndl
show details Jan 17 Reply
Happy birthday Mark Sunshine...

Tom -- one more thing -- I swear I will try to be as good as you were ( and as well my father was ) at birthdays.

 

 

[Dennis Brumm]

This really really sucks.

[Richard de Give]

Oh that was definitely my first thought after "Jesus effing Christ" ... I can think of no better epitath than "Yo, Kip." Rich --- On Thu, 5/7/09, satr...@sbcglobal.net <satr...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

[gregs...@comcast.net]

Amen to that! When it finally hits me, I'm going to want to stay in bed for a week.

Greg
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

-----Original Message-----
From: satr...@sbcglobal.net

Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 13:20:00
To: <wn...@googlegroups.com>

[Rose Auerbach]

For those of you inclined and able to make donations in his memory (damn, that's weird to write):

AHA donation page:
https://donate.americanheart.org/ecommerce/aha/aha_index.jsp
(Click on "Memorial," I guess... A mailing address is required - I guess one could use the funeral home:
Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home
2700 Jackson Blvd.
Rapid City, South Dakota   57702)

ADA page:
https://www.diabetes.org/secure/donation/Donate.do?action=Memory

Wonder what it would take to get a "Yo, Tom" screensaver on the show...

--Rose

[Mark Sunshine]

What about a mention, with some archived video stuff.

 

That would be altogether fitting.

 

I am sitting here in a kind of fog now. Al Hirt in my iPod lends a surreal quality as I shine this turd of a yearbook, my current job as graphic coolie.

 

Man Tom, I hate when people leave and I don't get to say goodbye.

 

Sh!t

 

 

[kbra...@aol.com]

I'm hoping someone from WNN is still on the list. 

Anyone, anyone?

And so it goes,

Kevin Brabant (List Bastard...RIP)

KBra...@aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Rose Auerbach <rose.a...@gmail.com>
To: wn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Thu, 7 May 2009 4:46 pm
Subject: Re: A death in the family

[damo...@gmail.com]

Well, they're monitoring Facebook, at least, and it was the official WNN Facebook Page that started the thread on which Barry commented a bit ago.  So whether someone at the show still lurks here or not, someone there has been advised of this, and that it matters.

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AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau :: :: Wealth without work.  Pleasure without conscience.  Science without humanity.  Knowledge without character. Politics without principle. Commerce without morality. Worship without sacrifice. --Gandhi's seven deadly social sins :: :: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." --King :: :: "Any time you have the opportunity to accomplish something and you don't, you are wasting your time on this earth." --Roberto Clemente

[WNNo...@aol.com]

This is what I posted on the guestbook:

 

Tom was my oldest online friend, and probably the best person I know to be proof that online friendships are somehow less meaningful than those we share with people in our in-person daily lives.

 

We met on the World News Now mailing list, it is true, but we shared a variety of interests, from TV shows to humor to music, to similar ideals on how the world could be a more loving, accepting place.

 

I had a lot of fun co-writing haiku with him for an annual Valentine's Day website contest, and applauding as he won awards for it. I know he did the same when I won. Best of all was the enjoyment we shared working together. There's nothing like having a friend who really gets you, and engages your wit and creativity. That was Tom.

 

Tom was also the person who remembered you, your loved ones, and all they were into. He'd send me books, articles, and other things he knew my dad would enjoy.

 

I wish he had had many more than 37 years to share his inimitable gifts with the world, but am betting he made more of an impact on a diverse group of people than many do in 73 years.

"

" miss him" doesn't begin to cover it.

[Bradley, Michael]

Yeah, there are a few of us left at w-n-n..

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Guest Book | Sign Guest Book

RAPID CITY Thomas "Tom" Heald, 37, Rapid City, died Monday, May 4, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born June 2, 1972, in Rapid City, the son of Jim and Shirley (Johannes) Heald. He grew up in Rapid City and graduated from Stevens High School in 1989. Tom worked with his father as a survey assistant and was a columnist for the Rapid City Weekly. He had been a member of the Senior DeMolay. Tom loved playing trivia games and contests, liked working with his computer and watching movies. Survivors include his parents, Jim and Shirley Heald and a brother, Tim Heald, all of Rapid City; aunts and uncles, Ken and Donna Heald and Phylis and Fernando Gomez, all of Green Valley, AZ, and Jerry Johannes, Huron; and nephew and niece, Tyler and Victoria Heald, Box Elder. Visitation will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 8, at the South Canyon Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Bruce Thalacker officiating. Burial will be at the Mt. View Cemetery. Memorials have been established for the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association.

[danny burstein]

On Thu, 7 May 2009, Bradley, Michael wrote:

> Yeah, there are a few of us left at w-n-n..

A couple of years ago, which probably means a decade by now... WNN
showed a video clip that Tom had sent in of his portraying
a pirate. It was some sort of WNN request thing that I don't
recall specifics of anymore.

[Patrick]

I think I've learned more "Stuff" from Tom than from anyone else. He
was prolific and it kept coming. How else could I find out about a
Tomagotchi? [remember those?]

We'll miss him, say a prayer and raise a mug of Ovaltine.

take care Pax vobiscum

- Patrick

[Richard de Give]

There's also some footage that's been used in anniversary shows as well, related to the Anchor Searches. Rich --- On Thu, 5/7/09, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:

From: danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> Subject: RE: A death in the family To: wn...@googlegroups.com

[gregs...@comcast.net]

It was a song about the anchor changes to the tune of 88 Lines about 44 Women. There should also be some footage of the screen saver behind Kevin and Thalia (?) saying "Air Cool."

Thinking of hoisting one tonite to Tom and greek air conditioners.

Greg

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

---

From: Richard de Give
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:39:21 -0700 (PDT)
To: <wn...@googlegroups.com>

Subject: RE: A death in the family

[Bradley, Michael]

Thanks.. we’ll do our best to find the pirate video

 

From: wn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of gregs...@comcast.net

Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:51 PM
To: wn...@googlegroups.com

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[gregs...@comcast.net]

Anyone know if Bohrman still lurks here?

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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From: damo...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 17:10:38 -0400
To: <wn...@googlegroups.com>

[Paul Pietromonaco]

Thanks for posting this Rose - I know it couldn't have been easy. 

 

I knew he had been ill - but apparently, I didn't know how ill. 

 

I think I'm still in shock - 37 seems way too young.

 

I'm not sure how sentimental he'd have wanted us to get - he wasn't known as the "LB" for nothing ^_^; - and I can't think straight right now - so I'll just leave it that he'll be truly missed.

 

Cheers,

Paul

[WNNo...@aol.com]

Barry apparently asked for pics of Tom for the show, and I found this. (Hope it comes out, but if not, it's Tom with his look-a-like Muppet. ) Seems fitting.

 

[tlc]

Damn.  Just, damn.

But, oh the reunion he & Kip must be having!

Crap

tlc

 

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:42 PM , Rose Auerbach wrote:

 There's no easy way to write this.

Tom Heald, aka Tomalhe, aka List Bastard, passed away on Monday.  Notice reprinted below (see http://tinyurl.com/ddvfl2for original).

Damn. Just... damn.

I'm going to try to find out more about the ADA/AHA funds... in the meantime, please take a moment to sign the guest book and/or post on Tom's Facebook page. Anyone still have contacts at the show?

Thomas  Heald

(Died May 4, 2009)

[Steven Otte]

Geez, I knew he wasn't the healthiest guy, but... geez. No indication. Just,
wham.

He may have been the List Bastard, but he was a Magnificent Bastard.

Yo, Tom.

--
Steven Otte
steve...@att.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose Auerbach" <rose.a...@gmail.com>
To: <wn...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:42 PM
Subject: A death in the family

> There's no easy way to write this.
>
> Tom Heald, aka Tomalhe, aka List Bastard, passed away on Monday. Notice

> reprinted below (see *http://tinyurl.com/ddvfl2* for original).

>
> Damn. Just... damn.
>
> I'm going to try to find out more about the ADA/AHA funds... in the
> meantime, please take a moment to sign the guest book and/or post on Tom's
> Facebook page. Anyone still have contacts at the show?
>
>
>

> *Thomas Heald*
> (Died May 4, 2009)
>
> *Guest
> Book*<http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/tributes.cfm?o_id=364226&fh_id=11549&s_id=FBF08A3E43B44D8968380B1E302F3B7F>
> * | * *Sign Guest
> Book*<http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/tribute.cfm?o_id=364226&fh_id=11549&s_id=FBF08A3E43B44D8968380B1E302F3B7F>

[mko...@gmail.com]

If you have an IMDb listing for WNN as a fan, you're heavily involved
in the program:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2470701/

A lousy way to go and way too young ... my condolences to the the
Heald family.

On May 7, 4:46 pm, Rose Auerbach <rose.auerb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For those of you inclined and able to make donations in his memory (damn,
> that's weird to write):
>
> AHA donation page:https://donate.americanheart.org/ecommerce/aha/aha_index.jsp
> (Click on "Memorial," I guess... A mailing address is required - I guess one
> could use the funeral home:

> *Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home*

> 2700 Jackson Blvd.
> Rapid City, South Dakota   57702)
>
> ADA page:https://www.diabetes.org/secure/donation/Donate.do?action=Memory
>
> Wonder what it would take to get a "Yo, Tom" screensaver on the show...
>
> --Rose
>

> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Rose Auerbach <rose.auerb...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > There's no easy way to write this.
>
> > Tom Heald, aka Tomalhe, aka List Bastard, passed away on Monday.  Notice

> > reprinted below (see *http://tinyurl.com/ddvfl2*for original).

>
> > Damn. Just... damn.
>
> > I'm going to try to find out more about the ADA/AHA funds... in the
> > meantime, please take a moment to sign the guest book and/or post on Tom's
> > Facebook page. Anyone still have contacts at the show?
>

> > *Thomas Heald*
> >  (Died May 4, 2009)
>

> > *Guest Book*<http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/tributes.cfm?o_id=364...>
> > * | * *Sign Guest Book*<http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/tribute.cfm?o_id=3642...>

[Michael King]

Just damn. This one hurts. A lot. Aaron just told me on Facebook...

Tom, you and Kip have a cold one on me.

Here's what I posted on the guestbook -- it says more than I can think to say now....

Tom was someone who I shared more than just platitudes with.

We never agreed politically, but we agreed on the good things. We shared good times and bad times. We shared joy and anger. We simply shared. Shared much over the years.

He shared himself with so many. I'm just thankful to have shared with him.
 

[satr...@sbcglobal.net]

I'm pretty sure Bohrman is still around, though he may be on digest. I hope he's not overly excited if he sees a sudden spike in volume before reading. --Deb --- On Thu, 5/7/09, gregs...@comcast.net <gregs...@comcast.net> wrote:

From: gregs...@comcast.net <gregs...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: A death in the family

[Donna Christiansen]

Wow, hard to believe. Life is not fair.  October won’t be the same  L

 

From Facebook:

I knew something was wrong when I saw a string of emails with "A death in the family"  Tom has been a part of my inbox for so long now that it won't be the same.  Just reading the emails from everyone in the WNN group brings back memories and makes me even more sad.  It won't be the same without you Tom. Say hello to Kip. 

 

Donna C

[Joseph Nebus]

On May 8, 2009, at 3:42 AM, Rose Auerbach wrote:

> There's no easy way to write this.
>
> Tom Heald, aka Tomalhe, aka List Bastard, passed away on Monday.
> Notice reprinted below (see http://tinyurl.com/ddvfl2 for original).
>
> Damn. Just... damn.

I ...

No, that's just not fair. That's not right.

[Mike Ward]

WNNo...@aol.com wrote:
> Barry apparently asked for pics of Tom for the show, and I found this.
> (Hope it comes out, but if not, it's Tom with his look-a-like Muppet. )
> Seems fitting.

Karen, hope you don't mind:

http://www.nowbie.net/

I brushed up my rusty web composition skills and put this up on
Nowbie.net (with credit to you) along with a short memoriam.

Though the page has always existed as a historical document...Tom's
passing could not go unnoted.

[James Stanley Barr]

This is really sad....especially to infrequent WNNDL posters such as myself.

I remember Tom being frequently active from my earliest days on the list.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

[WNNo...@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/7/2009 9:12:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, mpw...@gmail.com writes:

Karen, hope you don't mind:

http://www.nowbie.net/

 

That's terrific, of course I don't mind!

[Richard Ryburn]

From an even more infrequent poster than JSB… but constant reader for a lot more than a decade…. I joined back before Rose was the listmom.

 

I am so totally stunned.

 

I, also, only know Tom from this list. I frequently was livid over his rants. And I loved him for every one of them.

 

No one else could ever have played the role of List Bastard the way Tom did.

 

Unfortunately, I got the email while I was at work… where I teach. I had to go outside and get a grip.

 

Outside of this list, I doubt that we exchanged more than a few dozen emails over all of these years…. And a lot of those were “No shit, I agree completely!” or “You are SOOOO totally wrong, dude!”

 

Now, I wish we had exchanged a lot more.

 

His wit, words, and yes, rants…. shall be missed by all of us.

It’s not very often you never even meet someone, yet feel like you’ve known them your entire life. Tom was like that, at least to me. I only wish I had taken the 15 seconds to hit “reply” and told HIM that.

 

I think _I_ have to say….. “Yo, Tom”

 

I always hated the list Octobers. Why do we have to have on in May?

 

Now I must set the DVR to record WNN tonight.

 

Ric

Still on the list, and not going anywhere.

[satr...@sbcglobal.net]

Not the best, but the best I can do right now.
love
deb

[Richard de Give]

Tom would have loved it ... Rich --- On Thu, 5/7/09, satr...@sbcglobal.net <satr...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: satr...@sbcglobal.net <satr...@sbcglobal.net> Subject: RE: A death in the family To: wn...@googlegroups.com

[T Freitas]

Magnificent Bastard indeed...

I've been lurking here for well over a decade & Tom has been one of the constants.  It's hard to believe the list still exists without him.  Whether you laughed with him or argued with him, it's undeniable that his presence was a huge part of this community & he will be sorely missed.

Yo, Tom!

~Trish
(vampir)

[Glenda Collins]

Just perfect!

 

Tom will be greatly missed. And YES this hurts.
 

 

---

From: "satr...@sbcglobal.net" <satr...@sbcglobal.net>
To: wn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:35:43 PM

Subject: RE: A death in the family

[Rychard Withers]

I hadn't realized how young Tom was. In many ways he was wiser than his age, and seemed far too curmudgeonly to be so young. A tragic loss. My heart goes out to all his  friends.

Rych

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From: wn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Glenda Collins
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 8:17 AM
To: wn...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: A death in the family

[Burris, Christian J.]

I’m really saddened by this news as well.  You’ll be missed, Tom.

 

-Chris Burris, returning to lurk mode

 

Christian J. Burris- Serials Unit Coordinator
Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University
Phone: (336) 758-5182     Fax: (336) 758-4652
E-Mail: burr...@wfu.edu    AIM: BurrisZSR

 

From: wn...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wn...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rose Auerbach

Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:43 PM
To: wn...@googlegroups.com

Subject: A death in the family

There's no easy way to write this.

Tom Heald, aka Tomalhe, aka List Bastard, passed away on Monday.  Notice reprinted below (see http://tinyurl.com/ddvfl2 for original).

Damn. Just... damn.

I'm going to try to find out more about the ADA/AHA funds... in the meantime, please take a moment to sign the guest book and/or post on Tom's Facebook page. Anyone still have contacts at the show?



Thomas Heald
(Died May 4, 2009)

Guest Book | Sign Guest Book

[Doug Elrod]

On May 7, 3:52 pm, Mike Ward <mpw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rose,
>
> Wow.  And in the worst way.  And Deb's right...May feels a lot like
> October right about now.

Fortunately, Heaven is a place with 11-Month calendars!

-Doug Elrod (dr...@cornell.edu)
R.I.P. Mr. Heald (It won't be the same without you! :-( )