Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:58:43 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Marilee Layman, 1955 - 2013
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Keith F. Lynch <kfl at keithlynch.net> wrote:
> Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Marilee Layman, Northern Virginia area fan died on Feb 23rd.  She
>> helped Capclave 2003 and 2004 with a handicap guide.  For some time
>> she was active on rasff an then with her blog.
>
>> http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4197360.html - which links to:
>> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/014855.html#1254261
>
> Thanks for the news.  Any word on a funeral or memorial event?

No idea.  Perhaps someone will post something on her blog.
>
> She was the second-most prolific poster on rasff, with 19,115 posts.
> That's more the total number of posts by everyone in this email list.
>
> In other sad news, jan howard finder, alias Wombat, died yesterday.
> among much else, he had been guest of honor at ConFrancisco.  See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Howard_Finder
> and the tribute the the ConFrancisco program book.

Knew jan for far too long.

Also made Locus:
http://www.locusmag.com/News/2013/02/jan-howard-finder-aka-the-wombat-1939-2013/

mjw