[Texascavers] Marc Tremblay
I just added a 6th caver to the collection of death notices on Dropbox: *Marc Tremblay*, Beaupre, Quebec, Canada, Société Québécoise de Spéléologie, NSS 23743 Marc was an exceptional caver from Quebec who caved a lot in Mexico, in San Luis Potosí, Puebla and Oaxaca. We hope to learn more in the near future from the Société Québécoise de Spéléologie. If anyone has photos and memories of Marc, please send them to me. >From a note posted on Facebook by Peter Sprouse about June 28, 2022: "We are very saddened to hear of the passing yesterday of Marc Tremblay from cancer. Marc led the efforts in the Sierra Negra area of Puebla. Marc was a great guy, and I will miss him." Thanks to Carl Kunath for memories of Larry Williams; I hope you have a photo of him for me. I am placing material for these cavers on Dropbox at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/axgptsctuckkuv4/AADi3TO5E_4H8lQS0wKtlRPka?dl=0 Sincerely, *William R. (Bill) Elliott* 30105 Briarcrest Court Georgetown, Texas 78628 *speodes...@gmail.com * 573-291-5093 cell ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Larry Williams obituary
The Obituary for Larry Williams was surprising in that it does not mention his involvement with the Sul Ross caving community. In fact, Larry (along with his wife, Elaine) was a stalwart member of the caving group and served at least one term as its president. He was the author of most of their trip reports for the *Texas Caver*. It is no exaggeration to claim that he was a mainstay of west Texas caving in the early 1970s. The Sul Ross cavers gradually dissolved with time but Larry maintained at least a small interest in caving and with some of his former companions. The obituary rightfully describes him as a thoughtful, caring person. When the Sul Ross cavers had a reunion in 2004, they rented the Terlingua-Study Butte community center. On Saturday evening of the get-together there was a serious rain and the building suffered the result of many muddy foot prints. Sunday, when nearly everyone was on the road home, Larry and Elaine were on hand wielding mops to help clean the place. No one asked him --- he saw what was needed and pitched in to help. I remember him for that AND for his memorable moustache! ===Carl Kunath ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Information on 5 cavers who passed away
Hi Bill, I remember Tommy well. The Austin Statesman has his obituary online. He and John Kreidler accompanied Bill as teenagers on that first exploratory trip to Huautla. They left from my house. This is not for the caver obituary, but just about Tommy. He was a bit of a flower child. Once he showed up at our house early Saturday a.m. and I asked him if he had had breakfast. He said he had already breakfasted on wisteria blossoms. I think we persuaded him to have bacon and eggs. Again, not for the caver memorial-- Bill was on one cave trip with him where a bunch of people at night were sleeping packed into the back if a pickup, or maybe it was a tent? All of a sudden Tommy began thrashing around wildly and yelling, Mother! Mother! They're killing me! And crawled over everyone else to pop out into the open. He was having a nightmare. I don't know if they made him sleep outside after that. Maybe the Statesman memorial has more info you can use. It's good of you to do this. Carol On Wed, Jul 6, 2022, 12:15 PM William R. Elliott wrote: > Dear Texas Cavers, > > I hope you had a nice July 4. I am passing along some information on 5 > cavers who passed away between 2013 and 2022. > > I don't have enough information yet to write the usual full caver > obituaries, which we like to post on *The Hall of Texas and Mexico Cavers*. > So, I am placing pdfs of preliminary notices and obituaries for them on > Dropbox at this link: > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/axgptsctuckkuv4/AADi3TO5E_4H8lQS0wKtlRPka?dl=0 > > Here's a list of the departed, and I will follow up later with more > details on the website. > > Chip Carney, March 10, 1942 - August 14, 2013, age 71 (a "lost caver" > until recently) > Larry Williams, 1947- August 27, 2021, age 74 > Tommy McGarrigle, January 12, 1950 - August 24, 2021, age 71 > Dwight Deal,18 April 1938 - June 11, 2022, age 84 > Tom Rogers, April 9, 1970 - June 22, 2022, age 52 > > If you have any tributes or good photos about some of these old friends, > please send them to me. Thanks. > > Sincerely, > > *William R. (Bill) Elliott* > > 30105 Briarcrest Court > > Georgetown, Texas 78628 > > *speodes...@gmail.com * > > 573-291-5093 cell > ___ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Information on 5 cavers who passed away
Dear Texas Cavers, I hope you had a nice July 4. I am passing along some information on 5 cavers who passed away between 2013 and 2022. I don't have enough information yet to write the usual full caver obituaries, which we like to post on *The Hall of Texas and Mexico Cavers*. So, I am placing pdfs of preliminary notices and obituaries for them on Dropbox at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/axgptsctuckkuv4/AADi3TO5E_4H8lQS0wKtlRPka?dl=0 Here's a list of the departed, and I will follow up later with more details on the website. Chip Carney, March 10, 1942 - August 14, 2013, age 71 (a "lost caver" until recently) Larry Williams, 1947- August 27, 2021, age 74 Tommy McGarrigle, January 12, 1950 - August 24, 2021, age 71 Dwight Deal,18 April 1938 - June 11, 2022, age 84 Tom Rogers, April 9, 1970 - June 22, 2022, age 52 If you have any tributes or good photos about some of these old friends, please send them to me. Thanks. Sincerely, *William R. (Bill) Elliott* 30105 Briarcrest Court Georgetown, Texas 78628 *speodes...@gmail.com * 573-291-5093 cell ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
