To all my friends in the geocaching world,
My brother Jim otherwise known as jim_geocacher passed away on
Tuesday night. He was as far as we know in the peak of health
(exercising everyday, lifting weights, eating nothing but organic
foods and generally taking good care of himself) and yet at work
Tuesday he got back from lunch and was going back to his machine (he
worked in a factory in JC)...his coworkers say that he suddenly
stiffened up and just collapsed...he could not be resusciatated.
They worked on him for over an hour, shocking and doing CPR...all to
no avail. My family and I all were at the hospital and sat with him
for several hours before any of us could force ourselves to leave.
Even though we knew he was gone we kept hoping that he would
suddenly "wake up" and get off the table.
He enjoyed geocaching when he was into it full time and I believe
several of you met him at some of the Jeff City and Columbia events
from several years ago. He and I went several times together and it
was always a blast.
GLENN: Jim still has 5 or 6 caches that are active in the JC area
and if possible I would like to find people to adopt them but keep
them in Jim's name to honor his memory.
I will probably adopt the painted rock cache myself and try
diligently to maintain it as a memorial to my brother.
I appreciate any help with the caches and I really do appreciate my
geocaching friends more and more every day...Have a great Easter
and say a little prayer for my family if you are inclined to
Thank you
Dan "Thunder_Monk" Henke
