[HLUG] Noel McGuinness

[Julian Robbins]

I can only add to what everyone has said so far. I was absolutely
shocked at hearing of his sudden passing away in the Hereford Times last
night.

I probably knew Noel longer than most at the LUG, as effectively Noel
and myself (re-)started the HLUG between us in 2004.

I first met Noel when he joined the Shropshire LUG around 2001, and
arranged to give him a lift to a meeting in Shrewsbury. In the car we
discussed the sad state the original HLUG was in where we had only a
very few members, but no-one ever used the mailing list and we had never
had any meetings whatsoever.

Between us, we decided to start the HLUG afresh ourselves. Noel's
attitude to getting things started was absolutely instrumental in
getting organised, keeping things together, and finally getting the
meetings off the ground and without him, the LUG would not have taken
off in the manner that it has.

My condolences to Jeff and the family; Noel was a very kind and helpful
person, who would go out of his way to help others.

Noel will be very sadly missed.


Julian & Sue


On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:35:31 +0100 (BST), "box lawrence"
<box_l at yahoo.com> said:
> this is very sad news.
> 
> Noel will be much missed by the HLUG.(and by me
> personally)
> 
> R.I.P Noel
> 
> 
> --- Andrew Hodgson <andrew.hodgson at allpay.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am really sorry to hear this.  Noel was one of the
> > first people to really
> > get things moving with the LUG, and he will be sadly
> > missed.
> > 
> > Andrew.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On
> > Behalf Of Jeff Tupholme
> > Sent: 29 September 2006 10:23
> > To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> > Subject: [HLUG] Noel McGuinness
> > 
> > 
> > I'm sorry to have to report to HLUG the death of my
> > father, Noel  
> > McGuinness.
> > 
> > Noel died suddenly of a heart attack in his garden
> > on Saturday. He  
> > had always taken good care of himself, but there is
> > a history of  
> > heart disease in the family and he himself had had a
> > heart attack  
> > some 20 years ago. He died as he lived - gardening
> > and looking after  
> > his house was one of his passions (as well as
> > computers). He was 65.
> > 
> > Noel's funeral will take place next Wednesday at
> > 10am at Hereford  
> > Crematorium. He had made a good life for himself in
> > Herefordshire  
> > since moving from London and we hope that as many
> > local friends as  
> > possible will be able to attend. No flowers, please,
> > but donations to  
> > the British Heart Foundation.
> > 
> > Thank you all for the enjoyment you gave Noel over
> > the last few years.
> > 
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
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