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    <title>Wordforge Memorials</title>
    <description>Sadly, we sometimes lose a member of Wordforge and this is where the threads created at their death, and yearly remberances are archived.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Candlelight vigil for Dayton Kitchens</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/candlelight-vigil-for-dayton-kitchens.126581/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/candlelight-vigil-for-dayton-kitchens.126581/</guid>
      <author>shootER</author>
      <dc:creator>shootER</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Confirmed through Facebook and Google searches, he apparently died earlier this month.<br />
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Go easy, never-President Kitchens. <img src="images/smilies/waving.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":waving:" title=":waving:    :waving:" /><br />
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      <title>El Chup appears to have passed away</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 12:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/el-chup-appears-to-have-passed-away.116896/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/el-chup-appears-to-have-passed-away.116896/</guid>
      <author>Bailey</author>
      <dc:creator>Bailey</dc:creator>
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Hopefully a FB prank but doesn&#039;t look good. <img src="images/smilies/sad.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" title=":(    :(" />]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Rest In Peace, Sokar</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/rest-in-peace-sokar.98774/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/rest-in-peace-sokar.98774/</guid>
      <author>Tamar Garish</author>
      <dc:creator>Tamar Garish</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday, March 28, 2013 Sokar lost his battle with Pancreatic cancer. <img src="images/smilies/sorrowsmiley2.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":sorrow:" title=":sorrow:    :sorrow:" /><br />
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It&#039;s probably a shock to most of you...I think he only told 3 or 4 of us about it as he wanted nothing to change here when he was well enough to visit WF. <br />
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Yes, he was a pain in the ass, but he was a fighter and never gave up, right until the end. He was more concerned with his family he was leaving behind than the medical horrors he had to endure in the end. <br />
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And despite how heated things got around here,...<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/rest-in-peace-sokar.98774/" class="internalLink">Rest In Peace, Sokar</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Candleight Vigil for Garamet</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/candleight-vigil-for-garamet.121353/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/candleight-vigil-for-garamet.121353/</guid>
      <author>Ten Lubak</author>
      <dc:creator>Ten Lubak</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[From TBBS:<br />
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		<blockquote class="quoteContainer"><div class="quote">Mike and Denise Okuda have reported through their Facebook page that writer Margaret Wander Bonanno, who penned <i>Trek </i>novels including <i>Strangers in the Sky, Catalyst of Sorrows, </i>and <i>Burning Dreams,</i> has passed away unexpectedly at age 71.</div><div class="quoteExpand">Click to expand...</div></blockquote>
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</div>We obviously sparred through the years but I am very saddened to hear this.  She was a great sport and a very intelligent woman.  I wish her remaining family nothing but the best.<br />
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Rest in Peace, you were a worthy...<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/candleight-vigil-for-garamet.121353/" class="internalLink">Candleight Vigil for Garamet</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The world has one less Dirty Old Chinaman. [Scorp Dead]</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/the-world-has-one-less-dirty-old-chinaman-scorp-dead.122843/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/the-world-has-one-less-dirty-old-chinaman-scorp-dead.122843/</guid>
      <author>Ancalagon</author>
      <dc:creator>Ancalagon</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[At least that is the word on the street.<br />
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Why are all these kids my age deciding to grow daisies? I am very confused. Totally too young for this shit..<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?members/corp.65/" class="internalLink">http://wordforge.net/index.php?members/corp.65/</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>81</slash:comments>
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      <title>BearTM is dead.</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/beartm-is-dead.120635/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/beartm-is-dead.120635/</guid>
      <author>14thDoctor</author>
      <dc:creator>14thDoctor</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[So says Zombie.<br />
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Go check Facebook if you care.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>In remembrance: El Chup</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 23:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-el-chup.116897/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-el-chup.116897/</guid>
      <author>shootER</author>
      <dc:creator>shootER</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Getting word on Facebook from his mother that he apparently died on 3 December 18.<br />
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No details as of yet. <img src="images/smilies/sad.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" title=":(    :(" />]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Larry</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 22:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/larry.118434/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/larry.118434/</guid>
      <author>Amaris</author>
      <dc:creator>Amaris</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[For those who didn&#039;t know, Larry passed away in May from septic shock. He was 49.<br />
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I had a memorial for him over at Starscape at that time, but then I just recently realized that Larry posted here quite a lot, and got to know everyone here, and I would be remiss if I didn&#039;t add him to the Memorial.<br />
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So here&#039;s to you, Larry. Wherever you are, may it have a giant screen HDTV showing the all time greatest sports bloopers, and an endless fountain of beer. Rest in peace, buddy.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Anniversary Memorial Thread for Tamar Garish</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/anniversary-memorial-thread-for-tamar-garish.112901/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/anniversary-memorial-thread-for-tamar-garish.112901/</guid>
      <author>Shirogayne</author>
      <dc:creator>Shirogayne</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Was looking through the Blue Room list and realised it&#039;s been a year today. <img src="images/smilies/sad.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" title=":(    :(" /><br />
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Feels right to do one, since she was always so proactive in remembering for everyone else. <br />
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<img src="images/smilies/MrsA2d.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mrsa:" title=":mrsa:    :mrsa:" />]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Real [s]Candlelight Vigil[/s] Memorial Thread for Muad Dib</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2016 16:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/real-s-candlelight-vigil-s-memorial-thread-for-muad-dib.104729/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/real-s-candlelight-vigil-s-memorial-thread-for-muad-dib.104729/</guid>
      <author>Black Dove</author>
      <dc:creator>Black Dove</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It has come to my attention via Muad Dib&#039;s personal Facebook page that he was just diagnosed with lung cancer, and it may have moved down to his liver.  He is going for a biopsy this week and he plans to fight it. <br />
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Mods can you pin this thread for now?]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>[Update] Chardman has passed away</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/update-chardman-has-passed-away.108228/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/update-chardman-has-passed-away.108228/</guid>
      <author>Amaris</author>
      <dc:creator>Amaris</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I found out, just a little while ago, that our member @<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?members/50739/" class="username" data-user="50739, Chardman">Chardman</a> had a heart attack and is on life support. I sincerely hope he pulls through, and that we don&#039;t lose yet another Wordforger to disease and death. His sister said that if he doesn&#039;t improve by Friday, he&#039;ll be taken off of life support, as he was without oxygen for 12 minutes before resuscitation was possible.<br />
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If you could think a few positive thoughts for him, or say a prayer if you feel the need to do so, that...<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/update-chardman-has-passed-away.108228/" class="internalLink">[Update] Chardman has passed away</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Memorial Thread List</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2015 16:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/memorial-thread-list.103360/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/memorial-thread-list.103360/</guid>
      <author>Tamar Garish</author>
      <dc:creator>Tamar Garish</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[For years I have been the one to remember and post the yearly memorial threads for lost WFers. Since I am not always here anymore and not on staff I figured I would post the list so you guys remember to well, remember them.<br />
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November 6, 2015 -- Chardman<br />
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October 11, 2014 -- Muad Dib<br />
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Last Post Feb 12, 2011, Date of death unknown -- Caedus<br />
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March 28, 2013 -- Sokar<br />
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June 6, 2007 -- Techman<br />
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June 15, 2012 -- dkehler<br />
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October 13, 2010 -- Mallory<br />
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If I have forgotten anyone, please add them....<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/memorial-thread-list.103360/" class="internalLink">Memorial Thread List</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>In Remembrance: Techman</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2014 20:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-techman.100026/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-techman.100026/</guid>
      <author>Tamar Garish</author>
      <dc:creator>Tamar Garish</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#039;s even harder to believe it&#039;s been six years since we lost Techman. <img src="images/smilies/sorrowsmiley2.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":sorrow:" title=":sorrow:    :sorrow:" /><br />
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Past memorial threads:<br />
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<a href="http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=48969" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=48969</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=61750" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=61750</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=80124" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=80124</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=87833" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=87833</a><br />
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Even after all this time, still miss that cantankerous old coot! <br />
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Once a WFer, always a WFer.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>In Remembrance: dkehler</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 03:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-dkehler.100025/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-dkehler.100025/</guid>
      <author>Tamar Garish</author>
      <dc:creator>Tamar Garish</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#039;s hard to believe it&#039;s been a year already since we lost dkehler. <img src="images/smilies/sorrowsmiley2.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":sorrow:" title=":sorrow:    :sorrow:" /><br />
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Last year&#039;s announcement:<br />
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<a href="http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=94399" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.wordforge.net/showthread.php?t=94399</a><br />
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His Online obituary:<br />
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<a href="http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/528911/Kehler-Alexander.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/528911/Kehler-Alexander.php</a><br />
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A sweet and courageous man, he is missed.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>In Remembrance of Mallory</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-of-mallory.96227/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-of-mallory.96227/</guid>
      <author>Tamar Garish</author>
      <dc:creator>Tamar Garish</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Its been 2 years since we lost Mallory and it&#039;s hard to believe. <br />
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He was a sweet and patient presence on a board that is often rowdy and crazy. His real life was extremely difficult but also full of miracles and against-all-odds recoveries. Even so, it was a sad day for all of us when he finally lost his battle with cancer. <br />
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Please take a moment to remember Mallory. <img src="images/smilies/sorrowsmiley2.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":sorrow:" title=":sorrow:    :sorrow:" /><br />
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<a href="http://66.187.102.31/~wordforg/showthread.php?t=90559" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">2011 Memorial Thread</a>...<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/in-remembrance-of-mallory.96227/" class="internalLink">In Remembrance of Mallory</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Rest In Peace dkehler</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/rest-in-peace-dkehler.94399/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/rest-in-peace-dkehler.94399/</guid>
      <author>Bailey</author>
      <dc:creator>Bailey</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As some of you may know, David had entered hospital this week.  Unfortunately his wife just posted to Facebook that he passed away today.<br />
Rest in peace mate.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The Mallory Remembrance Thread</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/the-mallory-remembrance-thread.90559/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/the-mallory-remembrance-thread.90559/</guid>
      <author>Tamar Garish</author>
      <dc:creator>Tamar Garish</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I apologize that this is so late...my own circumstances have been interesting lately and my intention to do this thread completely fled my memory. <br />
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On October 13, 2011 it was one year since we lost our good friend Mallory to a long and a hell of a well fought battle with cancer. No matter how bad things got, no matter how poor the odds were that the doctors gave him, he refused to give in to the fear or the sickness. Many times he went through a living hell, and very few people knew much...<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/the-mallory-remembrance-thread.90559/" class="internalLink">The Mallory Remembrance Thread</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Annual Techman Rememberance Thread 2011</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/annual-techman-rememberance-thread-2011.87833/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/annual-techman-rememberance-thread-2011.87833/</guid>
      <author>Tamar Garish</author>
      <dc:creator>Tamar Garish</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#039;m sorry I am late with this this year, but my own medical situation lately caused this important anniversary to slip my mind last week. <br />
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It seems incredible that Techman has been gone 4 years now. He himself probably would have been surprised by how much he touched the people here and how much we still remember him even now...in conversation and in threads like these. <br />
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For anyone new, who didn&#039;t know Techman but would like to and for those of you who would like to reminisce, a couple...<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/annual-techman-rememberance-thread-2011.87833/" class="internalLink">Annual Techman Rememberance Thread 2011</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>A Death in The Family</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/a-death-in-the-family.82869/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/a-death-in-the-family.82869/</guid>
      <author>frontline</author>
      <dc:creator>frontline</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I dont know if you all are aware, but Mallory from TrekBBS has been fighting cancer for several years.  This week he lost the battle. <br />
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		<blockquote class="quoteContainer"><div class="quote">It is with sadness that we have to inform the members of TrekBBS that Mallory, a member of our board&#039;s family since 2002 and a moderator since April 2003, passed away with his family by his side on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, after a prolonged, courageous battle with illness that stretched for several years.<br />
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We invite you to leave tributes,...</div><div class="quoteExpand">Click to expand...</div></blockquote>
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      <title>Annual Techman Rememberance Thread 2010</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/annual-techman-rememberance-thread-2010.80124/</link>
      <guid>http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/annual-techman-rememberance-thread-2010.80124/</guid>
      <author>Tamar Garish</author>
      <dc:creator>Tamar Garish</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center"><img src="images/smilies/salute.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":salute:" title=":salute:    :salute:" /> <img src="images/smilies/sorrowsmiley2.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":sorrow:" title=":sorrow:    :sorrow:" /> <img src="images/smilies/salute.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":salute:" title=":salute:    :salute:" />&#8203;</div><br />
It has been three years since we have lost our beloved, opinionated, loving, prejudiced, sweetheart of a pain in the ass, Techman. He was Wordforge, through and through....not easily classified, individual and willing to speak his mind, and often. <br />
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He spent a lot of time nightly in our chat room, and it was there that another side of him really shone...good solid advice, a wicked sense of humor and those of us lucky enough to be there watched...<br />
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<a href="http://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/annual-techman-rememberance-thread-2010.80124/" class="internalLink">Annual Techman Rememberance Thread 2010</a>]]></content:encoded>
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