With the rest of the "old-timers" from the Norway List, I am so very sorry to hear this awful news. Jon was from Polk Co., MN, as was I (he from the west side, me from the east), so we shared common origins even if we never met (he was also younger than me by some four years). Jon was a very nice person, a fine genealogy researcher, and in the rarefied atmosphere of our little world where minutia in documents means everything, deciphering penmanship becomes an art form, and details can be discussed at length, it doesn't get much better than that. Jon will be missed. Condolences to his family. Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: C&M Pederson via <norway@rootsweb.com> To: mgunderson <mgunderson@gra.midco.net>; norway@rootsweb.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [NOR] Jon Raymond Jon commented in email to me a couple of years ago that he had not been well and would be slowing down a bit. I had no idea it was so serious. We've lost a great member of the A-Team. R.I.P, Jon. Clark in Japan

He will indeed be miss - condolences to his family Catherine -----Original Message----- From: Bev Anderson via <norway@rootsweb.com> To: norway <norway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 5:46 Subject: Re: [NOR] Jon Raymond With the rest of the "old-timers" from the Norway List, I am so very sorry to hear this awful news. Jon was from Polk Co., MN, as was I (he from the west side, me from the east), so we shared common origins even if we never met (he was also younger than me by some four years). Jon was a very nice person, a fine genealogy researcher, and in the rarefied atmosphere of our little world where minutia in documents means everything, deciphering penmanship becomes an art form, and details can be discussed at length, it doesn't get much better than that. Jon will be missed. Condolences to his family. Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: C&M Pederson via <norway@rootsweb.com> To: mgunderson <mgunderson@gra.midco.net>; norway@rootsweb.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [NOR] Jon Raymond Jon commented in email to me a couple of years ago that he had not been well and would be slowing down a bit. I had no idea it was so serious. We've lost a great member of the A-Team. R.I.P, Jon. Clark in Japan Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I remember meeting Jon in the late 90's at the library in Minneapolis in order for him to help me with a brick wall. He was so kind and gracious and did all he could to help-but the wall remains. He was one of a kind. Thank goodness for people like him. Virginia Lindsey