jknaus
Administrator
It is with heavy heart I pass on that John has passed away according to his FB page. John has been a moderator here for quite some time and it saddened us to learn he had cancer last year. His contributions to this site were substantial including a very well done newsletter and almost all of the ribbons you see here awarded for campaigns. He was a fine modeler and a good friend. He is the reason we decided to run CTA. Something to help the world and to show our support to him as family.
RIP John. You're in a better place now.
When I can get more info I will post it here.
James
Update
"from Steve
Hi James.
John passed away on the evening of Tuesday the 18th September 2012 Eastern Australian time.
It was quite a shock for his local friends who has seen him only a day or two before when he was relatively well and were expecting to visit the next evening.
Speaking with his family who had scheduled a visit for literally the next day from interstate, his pain had increased substantially on the Monday and he had been put on morphine.
Unfortunately the morphine combined with his weakened state caused his heart and lungs to give out the next day (Tuesday) and after machines were proving ineffective at keeping everything going, his family decided to turn the machines off and he passed away peacefully late in the evening.
His family elected not to have a formal funeral service and so his friends and colleagues organized a wake for his local friends on Monday just gone.
I would really appreciate if you are able to pass on the sad news to the rest of the Modellers Alliance as you mention. It was a very important part of Johns life and he really valued the friends and people that he met there.
Kinds regards,
Steve."
James
RIP John. You're in a better place now.
When I can get more info I will post it here.
James
Update
"from Steve
Hi James.
John passed away on the evening of Tuesday the 18th September 2012 Eastern Australian time.
It was quite a shock for his local friends who has seen him only a day or two before when he was relatively well and were expecting to visit the next evening.
Speaking with his family who had scheduled a visit for literally the next day from interstate, his pain had increased substantially on the Monday and he had been put on morphine.
Unfortunately the morphine combined with his weakened state caused his heart and lungs to give out the next day (Tuesday) and after machines were proving ineffective at keeping everything going, his family decided to turn the machines off and he passed away peacefully late in the evening.
His family elected not to have a formal funeral service and so his friends and colleagues organized a wake for his local friends on Monday just gone.
I would really appreciate if you are able to pass on the sad news to the rest of the Modellers Alliance as you mention. It was a very important part of Johns life and he really valued the friends and people that he met there.
Kinds regards,
Steve."
James
