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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:40 am

FYI.

Per http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27991

Visitation is on Saturday, March 8 at 11 AM at:

Haase Derrick Lockwood Funeral Home
800 Park Drive
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
(282) 248-2031

A Funeral Service will follow at 2:00 PM, also at the Haase Derrick Lockwood Funeral Home.

In the evening, there will be an informal gathering to remember Gary with food and beverage. Time and location to be determined.

More details as we figure them out.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:41 am

Um.. I don't mean to be flippant or disrespectful, but remember what happened at the open-casket funeral of Gary Jackson?

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:00 am

sauromatian wrote:Um.. I don't mean to be flippant or disrespectful, but remember what happened at the open-casket funeral of Gary Jackson?

who?

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:37 am

He may be talking about protests from the Westboro "church" group.

A bunch of wankers that shows up at various funerals throughout the USA to proclaim their "good word". :puker:

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:10 am

killjoy32 wrote:
who?

In the Knights of the Dinner Table comic all the gamers were trying to rub the body with there dice for good luck. Gary Jackson was the head of Hard Eight (the fictional game company which made Hackmaster in the comic) and died in the comic book in a plane crash.

It is really quite funny and worth a read

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:10 am

I'll be about 6000 miles away from Lake Geneva Saturday, but if someone manages to go I would appreciate to hear his impressions.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:37 am

Paul Stormberg and I will be there for sure, from the Acaeum community.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:13 pm

Allan, is the family doing any sort of "in lieu of flowers" -type thing? I would guess they might, unless they want the funeral home to look like that overgrown deck in the Barrier Peaks module.

Along those same lines, did Gary have any favorite charities or service organizations? I'm sure a lot of us would be happy to send a few dollars their way rather than send the 7,000th arrangement of flowers to the service.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:29 pm

Xaxaxe wrote:Along those same lines, did Gary have any favorite charities or service organizations? I'm sure a lot of us would be happy to send a few dollars their way rather than send the 7,000th arrangement of flowers to the service.

http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=8558334&postcount=1 supposedly has a link to his preferred charity.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:41 pm

g026r wrote:
http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=8558334&postcount=1 supposedly has a link to his preferred charity.

If it came from KR, you can trust it. He was Gary's collaborator on a number of projects, and in my understanding is helping Gail and the family with arrangements.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:42 pm

His preferred charity is Christian Children's Fund. And, there has been a request for a gathering of Gygax pictures for the memorial Saturday. Please, if you have some pictures of Gary, let's get them collected for posterity and memory.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:44 pm

I haven't heard from the Trolls or Paul or anyone else with any details on the family's preferred charity donations in lieu of flowers yet. The Trolls are en route to LG this morning, so perhaps they'll be able to provide some info by this evening. I did ping Steve about it last night.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:47 pm

serleran wrote:His preferred charity is Christian Children's Fund. And, there has been a request for a gathering of Gygax pictures for the memorial Saturday. Please, if you have some pictures of Gary, let's get them collected for posterity and memory.

I was actually contemplating seeing if anyone was interested in setting up a picture memorial site attached here to the Acaeum as like a subweb, with a dedication to the family and have it dependant solely on outside contributions of pictures and videos. I am just not sure that I would have the time to set it up myself though, but I was going to throw the idea out there in case anyone was interested. It certainly would be a worthwhile project.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:56 pm

bclarkie wrote:I was actually contemplating seeing if anyone was interested in setting up a picture memorial site attached here to the Acaeum as like a subweb ...

I couldn't help with the subweb part, but I'd be happy to host a photo tribute to Gary using my server space from Apple. I'd be able to provide a URL for anyone to access, and also an RSS feed for anyone who uses Apple's .Mac service or owns a copy of iPhoto. I would be able to set up a pretty nice gallery, all modesty aside; much better than the average Flickr page, for instance.

If it worked, maybe Foul could tell me how to connect it as a subweb, or else I could just forward it all along to him at a later date.

If there's some interest out there, I'd be happy to do it. But I'd like to see at least another couple of respond to this thread before I jump in completely ...

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:27 pm

As noted via PM Duke, sounds good. Hopefully some other folks here can also chime in and I can go see what others think as well.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:33 pm

Well, I decided not to wait and posted something over on DF right now.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:55 pm

I sent the following to the Funeral Home:

http://www.ftd.com/1164/catalog/product ... n_sympathy

w/the premium upgrade and the following note:

From all your friends at: The Acaeum & Dragonsfoot -
Greyhawk has inherited a new noble, the world has lost a great man.

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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:25 pm

The "after service" gathering grodog refers to:

In the evening, there will be an informal gathering to remember Gary with games, food, and beverage. This will be at the American Legion Hall, 735 Henry Street, Lake Geneva, WI 53147

His children (at least Ernie and Luke) want everyone who wants to come to feel welcome. As Ernie said "I hope it is like Mecca".

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