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    Arrow Bobw Passed Away

    It is with much sadness to inform you that Bob Wood (aka Bobw) passed away in his home last night. His son informed me of the news, and said that he was found sitting in front of his Mac, he died doing what he loved most.

    Bob was a retired business owner, who spent time helping people with their computers. Bob's contribution will be sorely missed at Macosx.com, as his contribution to this site went unmatched. Back in 1997, Bob Wood joined up as a volunteer on No Wonder. Bob went on to answering the most Mac questions of anyone on the volunteer team that numbered around 1000 people and even more. In fact, he had answered several thousand more personal support questions than the next runner up. After No Wonder's acquisition, Bob stayed on board under the new ownership and continued to help out. He later came and joined Macosx.com, and has been an invaluable asset to this site. In true Bob fashion, he out-shined everyone and has answered thousands of questions here at Macosx.com in the personal support area, not including all the help and support he provided in the forums.

    I don't know personally where Bob spent his time outside of Macosx.com, but I do know that he did contribute elsewhere in the community, and the Mac community lost a member who held true to the spirit of the Mac community, the deep desire to help others with their Mac.

    Thank you Bob for all your dedication to the Mac Community at large. Our prayers go to Bob's family as they cope with an even more personal loss, of a father and husband.

    Funeral Details

    Viewing & Service: Monday, July 30 1-2pm at the James J McGhee funeral home. A small service will immediately follow starting at 2pm. Per Bob's wishes, he will be cremated and the burial will not happen until Saturday the 4th.

    James J McGhee Funeral Home
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    Contributions/Gifts

    While you are free do what you want, send flowers, etc, I believe it would be best for us to help cover funeral expenses for his family. As such, I will be collecting contributions directly, then will hand it all over to the family.

    You can make a contribution here: Bobw's Funeral Expense Fund

    Here at Macosx.com and at No Wonder, we will honor Bobw with renaming "The Cafe" forum to a name suited for him, and put his avatar on the forum. This is partially done, but the name has not been finalized. Bob has done so much for all of us, all of this is the least we could do for such a great man.
    Last edited by ScottW; July 26th, 2007 at 08:46 AM.

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    My love goes out to his family and friends. Bob was an infinitely knowledgable asset to our website, and probably the most active contributor of anybody that has ever visited here. I'm sure that his outside life was just as involved.

    Our prayers go out to him and his family.
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    Even though I've only been here for about half a year, I learned quickly how good BobW was at tech support and how nice he was.

    My prayers as well go out to his family and friends.

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    Aw. All the best to his family, of course. He was an integral part of this community here. I'll miss him. :/
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    I've not been here long, but Bob was one of the guys who helped with sound advice on every occasion. He will be missed.

    My condolences to his family.

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    All my thoughts go to his family and his friends. Bobw was an important value in our small community on macosx.com.
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    BobW

    When i would see the Cowboy Avatar in the threads...
    there was Bobw with incontestable advise and community altruism for macosx.com.

    Thank you BobW (MacOS-X Mar 2001 to Apr 24 2007), you will be missed.

    My best to your family and friends.

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    My prayers to the family. As we mourn the loss of such a knowledgeable and personable tech, he is probably asking St. Peter for a Mac.
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