With a very heavy heart, Ed's family has requested that I share with you that Ed (angus1949) passed away last Friday, May 21, 2010. He is now, finally, at peace. His wife, Linda, and their daughters request that you respect their privacy and give them time. There is going to be a small family memorial for Ed at his home tomorrow evening...I have been invited and plan to attend.
My heart is so heavy....Ed was my best friend. We shared joy, laughter, pain, and tears. He was one of the kindest persons I have ever met. He would give the shirt off his back for you if he could. My life was so much richer for having him in my life. I miss him dearly.
If you want to express your wishes to his family, you can PM me and I will print them out and take them to Linda. She is not very computer literate...I will be spending time with her to teach her how to do things on her computer.
Rest in peace, my dear friend....I miss you so much
My condolences to Ed's family and friends, he will be greatly missed.
I am sorry to hear of the loss, my sincere condolences. A toast to Ed as he begins his new journey.
Rest in peace, Ed, you have a large gap in this community.
I have taken a while to respond here because I needed time to compose myself... to think about the things I want to say about one of the nicest people I've ever met... to be able to see the page through the tears. Although I knew that Ed was ill and that he didn't have a lot of time left, hiss passing was still a shock, much too soon, and I am sad that I will never be able to share the good times and conversation with my good mate again.
For those who don't know, I would ring Ed from Australia from time to time and we'd spend an hour or three laughing, joking and having a great time in each other's company. Now we may never have actually met in the flesh, but that did not matter, all the ingredients to become the best of friends were there... and we were exactly that... the best of friends. It was like we had known each other for ever, but then Ed was so good at making one feel comfortable with his easy going and generous nature, like I was always welcome pull up a chair and chew the fat with him any time.
Unfortunately, our phone calls came to an end when Ed became too ill to receive them, and although Ed told me via PM that he would inform me via another when it was again convenient to call, that PM never arrived, and it is for that reason I am probably most sad. I thought/think the world of Ed and would liked to have been able to let him know via the spoken word that my life was so much richer for his friendship. I think most of all, though, I wanted to thank Ed for the precious time he shared with me as a friend.
To Linda and Ed's family, please accept my heartfelt condolences and know that I am saddened and feel somewhat emptier for his passing.
I don't make friends well. Not well at all. I more than often push people away. My issue, I know. Then there are those that want to force their damn friendship on me with constant emails and PM's., sending me phone numbers...snail-mailing me stuff...just harassing me every damn chance they get. Ed was one of those. He told me himself and through others how much he thought of me, as if this was gonna change the fact that I am who I am and don't know how to change that.
Then this happens. This is why I resent people telling me they want to be my friend and all that goody-feel-good-mushy stuff. Especially when they are so sincere and ask for nothing in return, like Ed. Or when they keep persisting, like Ed. It's even harder when they are so likable and you know that what you see is what you get and it's all good.
So, for someone I wouldn't 'let in', I don't understand this huge hole that now exists for me. I hate hurting. I hate missing someone. I don't particularly care to feel empty, even a little bit. And I let you down, Ed. I'm so sorry for that. I have and will continue to miss you. I am happy for you that you are free from the pain and all that comes with it, but I will miss the stupid PM's and seeing your avatar in some stupid joke comment after mine.
From my family,
We our sorry for your loss, Ed will be deeply missed here.
From me.
I remember my first chat with Angus1949.
That conversation, helped me realize what it is to be a member in the skinning community.
From there I expanded beyond WinCustomize, and discovered other skinning sites, epspecially participating in community projects.
From those, came some of my most cherished friendships.
Lesson learned.
Thank you, Ed
Bye for now,
Jim
Ed you were and always will be one of the finest people I knew, you were always there in times of sorrow and times of joy.............my families blessing and prayers go out to your surviving family..........rest in peace my friend, rest in peace.......forever your friend the Thug
No, Po'. You never did. Never. He was so proud you and Jack would deign to 'shop' him. He was so happy when you responded and told him he was on "The List". He absolutely cackled and hoped you'd shop him. He delighted in it.
I know because he told me how much he admired how despite your pain (or maybe because of it) you made such beautiful things. When Mark and Shaunna gave him a link to your music, he was beside himself about how talented you are. While it is true I tried to disabuse him of that notion, I never quite succeeded.
Oh well.
Rest peacefully Ed. You were a gentleman.
I got this email from Ed's wife, Linda, yesterday, and wanted to share it with everyone:
wow thanks for sharing that with us Jazzy, thats awsome to read. xx still miss that old bastard!!!
Thank you for relaying that. Our thoughts are with all of them.
That was a really good thing SD/WC did. Thank you, and thanks MJ for sharing that with us. He's terribly missed.
thanks mj....
ADIOS Ed...
Sad to hear that Ed is no longer with us. My condolences to his family and friends.
My simpaties to the family and friends.
Thanks MJ for sharing the note with us , it is never an easy time when we loose a loved one , and they say time heals all pain . I have to wonder how long it takes before the pain stops maybe as long as a piece of string who knows.... Eds family and Ed will be in my heart and thoughts starkers and I miss ya mate
My condolences to his family and friends Will miss him a lot here !!
gosh i am so sorry i missed this post .some how Ed knew when i didn't understand how to do something here in the forums and he would send me a pm.
I will miss him very much all my best to his family. [e digicons]:karma:[/e] [e digicons]:karma:[/e]
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