[Cialug] Sad news

[David Champion]

Here's their obit:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/praire-nyx-obituary?id=39492347&utm_source=copiedlink&utm_medium=ppn_confirmation&utm_campaign=share&utm_content=ppn_obit&fbclid=IwAR3s2zPRXtt-e2aqk0jxpPX068kfyMcf_YYi6rQ_xHORtUIzR2QmAMnkKZw

-dc


On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 7:29 PM Andy Denner <linux-list at upeke.com> wrote:

> Per the slack/irc channel (thanks for David Champion's post):
> Update: Preliminary information for the Celebration of Life forPrairie
> Nyx
> <
> https://www.facebook.com/prairienyx?__cft__[0]=AZUBwOWvaEsjWIC417s5vM7W6NLHYXYLoEEEVzbVuqcrBOvSlFn2OnkK3YrAO2ky7K3O6Q8dPbjCQ3xJ1Zb2cOYys9m1KqrQ0FpgFcpOHGRLC6H7A5TCr3MzsVyEgwRH_E5_jCBKo79r_s7J7NCI7w5l&__tn__=-]K-R>/Jon
>
> Bäckström
> <
> https://www.facebook.com/unixengineer?__cft__[0]=AZUBwOWvaEsjWIC417s5vM7W6NLHYXYLoEEEVzbVuqcrBOvSlFn2OnkK3YrAO2ky7K3O6Q8dPbjCQ3xJ1Zb2cOYys9m1KqrQ0FpgFcpOHGRLC6H7A5TCr3MzsVyEgwRH_E5_jCBKo79r_s7J7NCI7w5l&__tn__=-]K-R>especially
>
> for those traveling.
> Saturday, 18 February 2023 at 11:30 am. At the First Unitarian Church of
> Des Moines. 1800 Bell Ave Des Moines Iowa.
> Streaming options will be available.
>
> Is there interest to send something to their service on behalf of the
> group? If so please contact me off list (denner at gmail.com)
>
> David Champion wrote on 1/28/2023 1:14 PM:
> > I'm sad to bring the news that CIALUG founding member Jon Backstrom, AKA
> > Prairie Nyx, passed away this week after having a heart attack.
> >
> > Jon was one of the 4 people at the original CIALUG organizational
> meeting,
> > along with James Shoemaker and Steve Fuller and me. Jon was one of my
> > early Linux / Unix mentors and friend, working as a consultant to help us
> > get our web server and email systems up and running. Jon had license
> plates
> > UNIX and WEBMSTR you may have seen around.
> >
> > -dc
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