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Daddo is gone

Daddo died on May 10, at domicile. His ordeal is now over. Whew!

Thankfully, I was talented to say goodbye, go in quietness and that I loved him (my sister held the phone up to his ear) about 20 minutes before he died.

Expressions of gratitude to all of you for your warm wishes and bear up through all of this.

I am adding the funeral rite in case you're prejudiced (sans all the relatives junk).

Rory Neil Vose, age 67, died May 10, 2008 at his dwelling in Winona, MN after
bravely battling kidney cancer for more than a year.

Rory was born January 6, 1941 in Culver Incorporated town, CA to Roy and Norma
(Schumacher) Vose. He graduated from Winona Elder High in 1959 and
admitted his Bachelor of Knowledge degree in Biology from Winona Category
University. He obtained his Masters stage from University of Southern
Dakota, Vermillion, SD, where he also did his PhD studies. On Majestic
31, 1963 he married Janis Datta in Winona.

Rory was an environmental biology professor at St. Mary's Seminary of learning,
Winona for 31 years, where he influenced the lives of thousands of
students. He was a originator of the Resource Studies Center (now GeoSpacial Services)
at SMU, helped disclose the GIS Masters program at SMU, served on
the Minnesota Overseer’s Council on Geographic Notice, and
received SMU’s first paid sabbatical and first honorarium in recollection of
exceptional act. Rory was named “Outdoorsman of the Year” in 1972,
and enjoyed chase and fishing. He was an eager photographer, with several
photos published in National Geographic warehouse.

Believing in protecting our cosmos, Rory wrote the primeval language for
a stewardship bill that is now being considered by the U.S. Meeting,
served as President of the Will Dilg Chapter of the Isaac Walton Coalition,
chaired the Winona Citizens’ Environmental Property Committee, was listed in
“Who’s Who in Ecology,” and did groundbreaking...

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