[AccessD] Drew Wutka memorial ideas

I think they should be forwarded to the family.  They might not know he was "published".

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

On 10/5/2011 8:25 PM, Susan Harkins wrote:
> I was trying to think if his mom would like my copies of the articles we wrote -- some of them were
> in print, in IMA and a few others. I thought about sending her the actual journals. It seems kind of
> silly, they won't really want to read them, but... do you think she'd want them? He probably got a
> copy, but if they find them, they probably won't realize what they're dealing with -- will most
> likely think they're just old technical journals and throw them out. On the other hand, they might
> not care -- I just don't know -- it's not like they're great literature or anything, but I think...
> if it were my son, I'd want them. I just don't know what to do.
>
> Susan H.
>
>
>> One of the things that is especially helpful to children struggling with
>> grief is a memory book. Since our memories of Drew are "virtual", we
>> couldn't contribute photos or such, but the archives must have many threads
>> that include the outrageous exchanges we had over the years with Drew in
>> there fanning the flames. I wonder if it would be possible to put something
>> together with snippets of his humor and insight and some typical teasing
>> that might serve to remind her as the years pass of the kind of person her
>> father was. Those could be put together in a scrapbook of sorts using
>> online services and sent to Drew's family. We could even collaborate with
>> them in creating something like that that included photos and such they
>> would like to use to remember him and to preserve his memory. I we covered
>> the cost, that would be a great memorial, and we could provide copies for
>> each member of his family.
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