Ruth Hackley
gae...@videocam.net.au
away suddenly this week in Roseburg Oregon. Ruth's husband Ron Hackley
is the author of the Fun Graphics Machine graphics manipulation
program for the C64.
Funeral services for Ruth will be held on Friday at 1pm at the
Lutheran Church in Roseburg. Her ashes will be scattered over the
Umpqua River near the Hackley home.
As well as participating in many Commodore mailing lists and in the
comp.sys.cbm newsgroup, Ruth and Ron are also members of their local
Commodore/Amiga user group and Meeting Commodore C64/128 Users through
the Mail.
When I lived in the US, Ruth would phone me at least once a month to
see how I was, and her gracious concern always touched me. If she saw
a message in a mailing list or newsgroup that hadn't been answered,
she would always try to help as much as she could.
Below is the notice from the Oregon News-Review online.
(http://www.oregonnews.com/8.Obit/obituarysite/pages-date/aug1/X0002_Hackley_Ruth.html)
HACKLEY, Ruth Marie - Age 77, a resident of Roseburg, passed away July
27, 2000. Ruth was born June 21, 1923 in Battle Creek, Michigan to
parents Emil and Emma (Miller) Yohpe. She served in the U.S. Coast
Guard during World War II. Ruth received her Bachelor of Arts degree
in education from the University of Washington in 1966, then went on
to teach in the Kent, Washington primary school system until her
retirement. Ruth earned her amateur radio (ham) license as KD7JQV, and
was a member of the Umpqua Valley Amateur Radio Club. She was a member
of the Lane County Commodore Computer Club in Eugene as well as the U
of W Commodore Club in Seattle, and was very active in supporting
Commodore users world-wide. Her interests and knowledge were vast and
included many subjects; she knew tools (fixing things), flowers,
sewing, music, computer programming, art, classics, history, and so
much more. She was full of surprises. She was also a wonderful
cook. Ruth was a member of the Faith Lutherin Church in Roseburg, and
Central Lutherin Church in Seattle prior to moving to Roseburg. She is
predeceased by her parents and her sister Marian (Yohpe)
Cusmano. Survivers include husband Ron Hackley, children David
Bluejacket of Tucson AZ, Diane Ruotsalainen of Seattle WA and Robert
(Margaret) Ruotsalainen with grandson Michael Daniel of Cheney WA,
brothers Bill (Betty) Yohpe of Norcross GA, and Ted (Reggie) Yohpe of
South Daytona FL, numerous nephews, neices and inlaws including Howard
and Marge Ruotsalainen of Castle Rock WA, many friends world wide, and
her cats. Ruth was a strong loving and beautiful woman of great faith
and independent thought, and will be greatly missed by all who knew
her. A memorial service will be held Friday August 4, 2000 at 1:30
p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church in Roseburg, with Pastor Ray Venghaus
officiating. Contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to the
Faith Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 820 W. Kenwood St, Roseburg OR
97470.
kh6...@nospampe.net
So sad. Ruth was a very nice helpful person.
She will be missed.
gae...@videocam.net.au wrote:
: The Commodore community has lost another member. Ruth Hackley passed
: away suddenly this week in Roseburg Oregon. Ruth's husband Ron Hackley
: is the author of the Fun Graphics Machine graphics manipulation
: program for the C64.
: HACKLEY, Ruth Marie - Age 77, a resident of Roseburg, passed away July
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Bob Masse' kh6...@PE.NET
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Cameron Kaiser
>The Commodore community has lost another member. Ruth Hackley passed
>away suddenly this week in Roseburg Oregon. Ruth's husband Ron Hackley
>is the author of the Fun Graphics Machine graphics manipulation
>program for the C64.
Another loss. I had some correspondence with Ruth and she was a valuable
asset. My prayers and condolences go out to Ron for his loss.
--
Cameron Kaiser * cka...@stockholm.ptloma.edu * posting with a Commodore 128
personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/
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pro...@hotmail.com.nospam
>>The Commodore community has lost another member. Ruth Hackley passed
>>away suddenly this week in Roseburg Oregon. Ruth's husband Ron Hackley
>>is the author of the Fun Graphics Machine graphics manipulation
>>program for the C64.
I too have corresponded with Ruth. A compassionate and intelligent lady.
When I announced Ben Johnson's sudden death, she immediately contacted me
based on having exchanged one or two letters with him.
I am amazed at the vitality in the C= community of people who are very
senior citizens (I'm only 57 :)
John Elliott
gae...@videocam.net.au
> gae...@videocam.net.au writes:
> Another loss. I had some correspondence with Ruth and she was a
> valuable asset. My prayers and condolences go out to Ron for his
> loss.
I'll be printing the comments that people have made about Ruth and
sending them with a letter to Ron Hackley tomorrow afternoon. Ron's
Email address is f...@rosenet.net for those who'd like to Email him
directly.
One of the greatest gifts a person can receive is knowing that someone
believes in you, and the things you'd like to acheive. Not only did
Ruth give this to Ron (and everyone who uses and enjoys SuperFGM), but
she also did the same for many others too such as Arndt Dettke and
myself.
In a few weeks (as time permits), I'll be making a change to our CBM
website to include memorials for Ruth Hackley as well as Ron Fick. For
those of us who've lost dear online friends it would be good to have a
place to remember them.
Dan Barber
traded info, programs, and friendship. I wish I could have been at the
service.
TO RON-My prayers are with you in this time of greif. At least she did not
suffer long and is in a better place.
Dan Barber