[AZ-Observing] Re: Lloyd Horton
- From: Jeff <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:40:22 -0700
Thanks Dean,
I met Lloyd Horton in the early 1980's and communicat3d with him off
and on over the years. He was always going to get into doing
photometry, but never quite made it.
I will try to make the service Monday.
Jeff
Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
Counting Photons
Phoenix, Arizona USA
www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html
International Epsilon Aurigae Campaign
http://www.hposoft.com/Campaign09.html
On Oct 29, 2010, at 8:45 PM, ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi All-
>
> I heard yesterday that long-time Phoenix Astronomical Society member
> Lloyd
> Horton died the other night of pancreatic cancer. He had just
> turned 72 on
> Monday... I only met him once about a month ago, and even though he
> was quite
> sick then, his eyes sparkled and he had loads of stories about
> polishing,
> making, and using telescopes. He seemed quite the friendly sort
> (aren't we
> all!), I only wish I had known him for a few decades... His
> daughter Laurie,
> from Ohio, informs me that services will be Monday morning (1
> November)
> at 10am
> at Phoenix Memorial Park and Mortuary.
>
> -Dean
>
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