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Jordi Fabre · Posted: Jan 07, 2013 12:24 Post subject: Edward Swoboda has passed away

Gail Spann announced today in Mindat the sad new of the decease of the legendary Ed Swoboda: Sad loss for the mineral world today

Rest in peace Ed, your son Bryan, your family and all of us will miss you.

Darren · Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 91 Location: New Mexico

Might want to change this to say that Ed, not Bryan, passed away.

Enrique Llorens · Joined: 02 Jun 2011 Posts: 381

Great loss to the world of mineralogy.

Rest in peace Ed.

BlueCapProductions · Joined: 17 Feb 2009 Posts: 286 Location: Honolulu

Jordi,

Thank you so much for the post and email.

But more importantly, thank you for the huge unintentional laugh that you gave all of us in this time of grieving. It reminds us that through even the darkest times, there's still room for laughter.

So for anyone reading this post, I'm very much alive. It was my father who passed.

With much love, thanks, gratitude and even smiles to all.

-The Swoboda Family

alfredo · Site Admin Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 967

My condolences, Bryan.
And, like Mark Twain, you too can say, "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated".

Gail · Posted: Jan 07, 2013 14:29 Post subject: Re: Bryan Swoboda has passed away

Phew, my heart skipped a beat when I read that heading! So glad you are still with us Bryan, I am just not prepared to deal with the loss of both of you wonderful men! Your father was just such a delight, we sat and watched the DVD we got with his wonderful evening at the Westward Look, just last night. Again, we were blown away by his adventurous spirit. And the photos and slide show were joyous to visit again.
Our hearts are heavy with Ed's passing, but we are blessed by having known him. And we are blessed by knowing you too Bryan.

crocoite · Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 483 Location: Ballarat, Victoria

To Bryan and family. Condolences from across the sea. Our thoughts are with you at this time of loss.

Steve and Di

Tracy · Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 551 Location: Toronto

Condolences from me too. I was also quite startled by the subject line!

- Tracy

Antonio Alcaide · Site Admin Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 314 Location: Spain

I have just corrected the Jordi's involuntary mistake. Our most sincere apologies from FMF. Obviously, he is now far from a computer, very busy as always.

My condolences to his family. A great loss for the mineralogical world.

Regards

Jordi Fabre · Posted: Jan 07, 2013 17:38 Post subject: Re: Edward Swoboda has passed away

Riccardo Modanesi · Joined: 07 Nov 2011 Posts: 617 Location: Milano

Hi to everybody!
Now Ed has turned in an angel and looks at us from Heaven! I am sure he has already met all of the collectors we have known and got away before him and all of the teachers I had the luck to have at the University and got the Sky before him! We will all make treasure of his teachings! A big big hug to his family from Italy as well!
Greetings and condolences by Riccardo.

John Medici · Joined: 02 Mar 2011 Posts: 124 Location: Ohio

Medici family condolences to you and family, Bryan. We're all glad to hear your death was "greatly exaggerated"!