It was a lovely service and a number of Fil's former employees were in attendance, Sally Najera, Rosila Milward, and Steven Hill. They all worked for Fil when he was the IRM director at Martinez for the VA. Fil had been a supporter of WorldVistA and the whole of the VistA community. Fil authored some of the instructions that went into the 2.51 release of the Open VistA release, and his name will remain a part of the Open VistA model. With any luck, we will carry forward his dreams into the future.
Best wishes; Chris Richardson ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Timson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hardhats" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 8:12 AM Subject: [Hardhats-members] Memorial service for Fil Beza > Some of us Hardhats (including Wally Fort, Chris Richardson, Greg Woodhouse, > and myself) were out east of San Francisco yesterday for Fil Beza's memorial > service and follow-on dinner. The service was a Mass, and many of us > learned for the first time that Fil as a young man in the Philippines had > originally had a vocation to be a priest. I for one was not at all > surprised to hear this, although I am afraid that Fil would have turned out > to be a pretty cynical priest. Can you imagine his sotto-voce commentaries, > in later life, on a Dan Bishop who was really a Bishop?! ;-) > > Anyway, the total VA contingent at the ceremony numbered about 20, out of > maybe a total of 70 family and friends. I made a point of telling Fil's > widow at the reception that there were hundreds of people around the > country, whom she'll never meet, that were grieving with her this last > month. Like so many of you reading this..... > > Yours, > > --George Timson > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
