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From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject: Re: Mark R. Leeper, 1950-2025
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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:36:29 GMT
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In article <vpfe4c$i60u$1@dont-email.me>,
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
>Mark R. Leeper passed away on February 22, 2025.  His end was very 
>peaceful; one moment there was a breath, and the next there wasn't.
>
>Mark was born in Chicago in 1950

[Hal Heydt]
That would make him a year younger than I am. (And 8 years
younger than Dorothy.)

>He leaves 
>behind him his wife of 52 years Evelyn

You got one more year with him than I got with Dorothy.

My sincere condolences.  My experience is that the loss of a long
term spouse leaves a void that persists...or, at least, in my
case it does.