[roc-chat] Re: Gary Moratz
- From: Melinda Oldham <melcatoldham@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 14:44:07 -0700
Thank you for posting that picture.
Melinda Oldham
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 9, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Kenneth Brown <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> He had a bunch of gray hair like us old foggies, so he wasn't THAT young.
>
> <MBGary.jpeg>
>
> On Oct 9, 2013, at 2:19 PM, R Dierking wrote:
>
>> I've started to type this a couple of times over the last couple of days,
>> but couldn't continue. I guess like many people, I'm so surprised to hear
>> this news, that I really still don't know exactly what to say. I know that
>> some people like me are not good with names, so I've attached a photo of
>> Gary taken from Facebook. Perhaps people that didn't know Gary well will
>> recall him taking photos at launches.
>>
>> Gary was a young man, at least relative to us old guys. This is one of the
>> reasons this news came as a shock. We've lost several people since I
>> started hanging out with ROC. All nice people and seems like way too many.
>>
>> Gary was a remarkable photographer with a signature smile. I can't get the
>> image of Gary smiling behind the camera out of my mind. I guess that's OK.
>> He was the kind of person that would drop what ever he was doing to help
>> someone. On several occasions, I saw him lay his expensive camera down on
>> the lakebed to help someone load a rocket. Just one example of what kind of
>> person Gary was. He was a real cool guy.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> > CC: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > From: hanson@xxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Gary Moratz
>> > Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 09:05:03 -0500
>> > To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> > Right on there JVN
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPad
>> >
>> > > On Oct 6, 2013, at 10:14 PM, John Van Norman <yrockets@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Fly high, Brother!
>> > >
>> > > Sent from my iPhone
>> > >
>> > >> On Oct 6, 2013, at 4:36 PM, "Jim Wold" <bb.wolf2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> That is really sad, Gary was always so much fun to be around.
>> > >>
>> > >> Jim Wold
>> > >>
>> > >> -----Original Message----- From: Melinda Oldham
>> > >> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 12:14 PM
>> > >> To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >> Subject: [roc-chat] Gary Moratz
>> > >>
>> > >> Not sure if this has been posted yet.
>> > >> Gary Moratz passed away early this morning in Hawaii. I will speak with
>> > >> Amber Jones once she is able to. At this moment she is in a total state
>> > >> of shock.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Melinda Oldham
>> > >> Sent from my iPhone
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