Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
So sorry to hear of Dan’s passing. He was such a kind and generous man. I will miss his posts here and on Facebook. I’ll even miss the daily reporting of his Wordle score. (He was very good.) in fact he was very good at many things and seemed to enjoy every day of his long life. Rest in peace,

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
So sorry to see of Dan's passing.  He always had encouraging words and constructive comments, and will be missed. -p On 5/10/2023 6:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age. I'm only a "FB friend" but

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks for posting this, Bruce. Somerville is only 1 1/2 or 2 hours from Philly (depending on traffic), but we never managed to get together. He was indeed always kind and helpful on PDML (was he also on the Compuserve Pentax Forum?), and in the dead of winter it was fun to see his photos of

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread Alan C
Thanks for the info, Bruce. So sad. A real gentleman who contributed greatly to this group. Alan C On 11-May-23 01:27 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age. I'm only a "FB friend" but we've chatted a

RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread Bruce Walker
Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age. I'm only a "FB friend" but we've chatted a bunch since I joined the list and I know he was a very long time PDML member. His last reply to the list was also May 2, amazingly. I located a link

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks for sharing. I met him once as he was passing through the Bay Area on his way to/from Hawaii. He will indeed be missed, as will his always positive attitude. > On May 10, 2023, at 4:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan >

RE: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread jcoyle
This is weird - I had a friend request on Facebook from Dan only three days ago: perhaps from the administrator of his estate and his second FB account. Dan was a very active PDML-er, and will be missed. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: Bruce Walker Sent: Thursday, May 11,

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread Bill
Well that's sad news. bill On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 5:27 PM Bruce Walker wrote: > Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan > Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age. > > I'm only a "FB friend" but we've chatted a bunch since I joined the > list and I know he was a very