This is really sad. It seems so unfair the way things happen. I lost my best friend to cancer two years ago today (February 9, 2012). He had a brain tumor. He was a health fanatic, constantly watching his diet, yet he developed cancer.
I hope the end was peaceful for Tom. I lost three friends in a 26 month period and they were in pain. Thanks for letting us know Eric. Dave Ennocenti On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom Whittemore passed away in the night between Tuesday and > Wednesday. He'd been sick for a long time, getting sicker, mostly as > complications of his diabetes. We haven't had a message to the group about > this; the news has been passing around since very early yesterday, but I > wanted to make sure everyone in the group heard. > > For those who didn't know him, Tom was a founding board member of R-SPEC, > and an old D-309er from way back. A lot of us knew Tom, some of us very > well; I can't count myself in the latter category, but I liked and > respected him very much. When I first met him through R-SPEC, he struck me > quickly as a person of keen insight, and nowhere more so than where story > structure is concerned. And he could be blunt, but was seldom rude. Anyone > who's had him read their work has probably heard him say something like, > "that's a really nice scene but it serves absolutely no purpose there. I > think you should cut it." And he'd usually be right. In our writing group, > we started recording our stories for his benefit (for some time, his vision > has been prohibitively poor for long form reading), and we all found the > exercise useful as it forced us to hear the work in new ways. > > Someone will post a note here & on Facebook when we know more about his > memorial service, which will probably be this weekend, possibly at Alex > White's shop on Monroe Avenue ('Boldo's Armory'), near the loop. > > > -- > -- > eric scoles | [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- David Ennocenti 9 West Crest Drive Rochester, NY 14606 585-426-2348 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
