Re: Obituary - Joe Kohn

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

On Jan 7, 9:29 am, sporadic <sporadica...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 7, 6:55 am, spectrumda...@nospam.com (Ewen) wrote:
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> > It is with heavy heart that I report this--one of the Apple II's notable
> > personalities has passed away.
>
> > Joe Kohn of ShareWare Solutions II, died on Jan. 6th, 2010 following a
> > battle with metastatic cancer.  He was 62 years old and lived in Marin
> > County, Calif.
>
> > Joe got to know many Apple II people when he was a Sysop on the Source,
> > and his interest in the Apple started to grow.  He became interested in
> > writing about the II and was a regular contributor to the Apple IIGS
> > Buyer's Guide and then wrote for inCider/A+, most notably writing about
> > shareware programs.  He then started ShareWare Solutions II from 1993
> > thru 1999, while running an online store for Apple shareware and
> > freeware titles. He was active on several of the online services when
> > they were still supporting the A2, including Compuserve, AOL and Delphi.
>
> > An avid Apple II fan, Joe owned numerous Apple II computers including
> > the rare Mark Twain IIGS, and used his GS for all of his work, including
> > online work as his preferred machine.
>
> > In his later years he was was president of the Marin Chapter of the
> > Californian Native Plant Society, and became an expert on native
> > wildflowers and other California plants.
>
> > Burial will be in Marin County on Jan. 8th, and a memorial  service will
> > be held on Saturday.
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> > There is no contact information for the family at this time, we will
> > update this in the future should a memorial book be posted online.
>
> > Howard Katz - Ewen Wannop
>
> Oh wow, my condolences.  I grew up reading Joe in A+ and inCider, and
> on c.s.a.2 during the late 80's and early 90's once I got to college.
> He will be missed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jimmy

May he be at peace.

Anybody knows if he was able to make the digital video of the Mark
Twain demo, and hopefully also have his Mark Twain preserved for
further study (I'd hate to see it in an estate sale thing to be
randomly grabbed and forgotten)?