[meteorite-list] On a Sad Note...........

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:25:53 -0800
Message-ID: <4AEE0AF1.4070406_at_meteoritesusa.com>

I'm very sorry to hear of Jim's passing. My thoughts are with his family
at this sad time.

I never had the privilege of meeting him, I heard nothing but good
things about him, and he was always helpful to me on the forums and via
email.

He will be missed...

Regards,
Eric



Ruben Garcia wrote:
> Hi all,
> I was shocked, saddened, and surprised to learn that our good friend,
> teacher, and meteorite hunter Jim Smaller - A.K.A. Paleface - passed
> away on Oct 25th, 2009. For those of you that didn?t know Jim or never
> had the opportunity to learn from or hunt with Jim you missed out. Jim
> was never egotistical, self serving, or an attention seeker. Instead
> he was a patient, kind and generous man that would go out of his way
> to help or instruct anyone. Jim knew more about metal detecting than
> anyone else I know and his may meteorite finds proved it.
>
> With the loss of Jim Kriegh I thought the meteorite world would never
> be the same. With the loss of Jim Smaller it can't be.
>
> I just added Jim to my tribute page along with Jim Kriegh.
> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/tributepage.htm
>
>
Received on Sun 01 Nov 2009 05:25:53 PM PST