To: wolff Subject: The state of things From: steve@starport.COM (Stephen R. Savitzky) Date: 21 Jan 1999 08:35:07 -0800 Message-ID: Greg: forward as necessary. I'll be back on Monday. Shirley W. Hentzell passed away a little before 9pm last night. She died peacefully, in her sleep, with her daughter present; she smiled a little just before the end. In the morning, in response to questions from the doctors and her family, she had requested that her life support be removed. Since she had declined to answer the day before, we suspect that she wanted to wait until Wednesday, our traditional open house day, when she knew that we would have a house full of friends to come home to. She had been a technical writer and editor at SRI for many years; since her `retirement' she did editing under contract for IBM. She wrote a few science fiction under the name of Shirley Weinland, and occasionally attended Bay Area science-fiction conventions. She is survived by her brother Robert Weinland, daughter Karen Savitzky, and two granddaughters. In accordance with her wishes, no funeral or memorial service will be held; donations in her name to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated. -- \ Steve Savitzky Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down. / http://www.starport.com/people/steve/