Dear Jeanne Thank you so much for your kind message. We have always valued your friendship and I had planned to let you know about Geoff's passing as soon as I had further information. I will miss receiving your wonderful Christmas missives; and your belated birthday card to Geoff is still sitting proudly in the hall - it makes we smile every time I see it. I think in the end the owl was irritated that he didn't fulfill all he had planned to achieve! Best wishes, Val At 15:25 18/01/2014, you wrote: >Such sad news! Geoff was a good friend of mine from our old >CompuServe days where we found we both had the same (warped?) sense >of humour. We will all miss him greatly. > >Jeanne Bunting > >Sent from my iPhone 5 > > > On 18 Jan 2014, at 12:42, "Else Churchill" <genealogy@sog.org.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am very sorry to have to break the news that Geoff Stone, our former > > treasurer, died on Friday. > > > > > > > > Apparently he went in for a check-up scan a couple of weeks ago > to find that > > the cancer he had recently been treated for had returned and spread. Geoff > > went into hospital on Tuesday and actually died quite suddenly yesterday. > > > > > > > > As soon as we have news about the funeral arrangements we'll let you know, > > but I am sure his friends and colleagues at the SoG will join me in passing > > condolences on to his family. > > > > > > > > Geoff was a great friend and excellent company and will be sorely missed. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message