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

[Meteorites USA]

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

>

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