Re: Patricia Godfrey, in memoriam

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[Carl Distefano:]
> We were saddened to hear that Patricia Godfrey, a long-time member
> of this mailing list, died in December. All of us who knew her will
> miss her erudite, gentle, and sometimes gently remonstrating voice.
> Her integrity and love of knowledge shone through in everything she
> said here. Sincere condolences to her family and friends.
   I'm sorry to hear this. I haven't posted here for a long time
now, but I did sometimes earlier on, when I obtained a copy of
XyWrite, and was considering adopting it as my main word processor /
text editor (that somehow never quite happened, though - I suspect I
just missed the XyWrite era, somehow), and I recall she was helpful
enough to answer some of the questions I had, and respond to some of
the points I raised for discussion.
   So I certain do remember Patricia quite well, and I did engage
in conversation with her occasionally, including privately once or
twice; and more recently I had been wondering why she hadn't posted
here for a while, and what had happened. So that is sad.
   I do recall her as someone who defended proper use of the
language, and tried to resist the tendency to erode proper usage which
you see all too often nowadays.
   Is there a picture of her anywhere on any web site?

             Regards,
             Michael Edwards.