Our friend Mike Speegle

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:28:52 +0000, "Chuck Stewart"
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:46:05 +0000, Roger Balettie wrote:

My deepest condolences to the Speegle family and friends...

Has there been any verification that Mike has indeed passed on?

After all the anon trolling I'm somewhat catious.



The announcement appeared in REC.SKIING.ALPINE.MODERATED on Aug 8.


http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&...pine.moderated




Rusty Barton - Antelope, California

Chuck Stewart wrote:

Has there been any verification that Mike has indeed passed on?

After all the anon trolling I'm somewhat catious.


I trust the source, as I have meet & skied with him.
It also explains the lack of posts by Mike.

Sam Seiber

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:12:53 -0700, Rusty Barton
wrote:

I've read Mike's posts in the SCI.SPACE.* groups for years and always
enjoyed his input. He will be missed.

,,,A quick search on google revealed what I believe is Mike's last
usenet post, on rec.skiing.alpine, dated 7/23/03:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=au...rlin.de&rnum=1

....Does anyone happen to know where Mike hailed from, or where he was
living at the time of his passing? An obit might be available online
that can be linked or reposted here.

OM

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OM wrote:
...Does anyone happen to know where Mike hailed from, or where he was
living at the time of his passing? An obit might be available online
that can be linked or reposted here.

OM

He lived very close to Boulder Colorado. I looked at the Boulder
paper online (dailycamera.com), but could find nothing. I also
checked news.google.com, and again came up with nothing. I am
keeping an eye out in the ski newsgroups for further info.

Sam Seiber

Agent Blue wrote:
Very sorry to hear that. Does anyone know how he died, was it a skiing
accident?

I doubt it, as the last ski area in Colorado to close was A-Basin, on
July 2. IIRC, he was done skiing for the season about two months
before that.

Sam Seiber

Chuck Stewart wrote:

Has there been any verification that Mike has indeed passed on?

Yes, we verified the information before we posted the note.

After all the anon trolling I'm somewhat catious.

Always a wise course.

Mike... (one of his fellow moderators on rec.skiing.alpine.moderated)

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In article ,
says...
I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
other active newsgroups.

bdubya wrote:

The moderator team wishes to announce the passing of Mike Speegle,
skier and RSAM moderator, on Thursday the 24th of July. Mike was a
very personable fellow and a friend and skiing buddy who will be
missed. He is now skiing in light. Memorial donations in his name may
be made to The Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, 8101 East
Dartmouth Ave., #11, Denver, CO 80231, www.shaka.org, and all are
encouraged to ski a run in his honor at the earliest opportunity.

http://homepage.mac.com/saemisch/A-B...kesLastRun.jpg

See you on the next lap, Mike.

The death of a man is a tragedy, especially a man who has enriched my
life.

Mike will be missed.

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Sam Seiber wrote:

I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
other active newsgroups.

bdubya wrote:

The moderator team wishes to announce the passing of Mike Speegle,
skier and RSAM moderator, on Thursday the 24th of July.

Sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

A gentleman and a genuine contributor to this online community.

Damn ... I'm going to miss you, Mike.

:-(


David
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per aspera ad astra