TubaDiva gone? [Update: RIP]

Nice lady. She will be greatly missed.

Very, very sorry to hear this. She was always helpful and kind to me, and I was glad to meet her once some years ago at a DopeFest in Cleveland. Rest in peace, Jenny, and many thanks for all you did for us!

Wow. I’m at a loss for words. I didn’t really know her, hardly ever interacted with her, but I don’t think I’ve ever read an ill word about her here from anybody. Her commitment to this place and its people was obvious; she’ll be sorely missed.

This is horrible, horrible news. It would be horrible at any time, but now of all times… Reality is remorseless and pitiless.

She reported that she was working through the night to work on the changeover. I have to hope that the stress and loss of sleep didn’t contribute. That would be tragedy on a Shakespearean scale.

I am afraid so. Monday sometime. She is and was and will be a beloved friend.

That’s the main memorial thread, and most of the comments and tributes are there.

Condolences to her family and friends.

I’m not good with words at times like this, so here’s some substitute body language:

:open_mouth:
:anguished:
(((hugs to family, friends, and board as a whole)))

Jenny was not overly beaten down by the change over. More like invigorated by the challenge of having something to do.

@dcarolan…thanks for that. I was feeling bad that she may have drove herself too hard.

I never interacted with her in any way, but she was always a force for good on these boards.

What are we going to do without her?

I messaged with her about a week ago. As always, while she had a lot of health problems herself, she mostly cared about, worried about, remembered-every-detail-about everybody else. She was larger than life. I can’t believe she’s gone. So sorry.

Thank you for that.

She’s going to be missed around here. I still remember the Winter of Our Missed Content, when she paid for a forum for us when the board went dark due to technical issues for a couple of months. It was that important to her that the community have a home so that it would stay together. I hope we can validate the trust she had that we are a community that can continue to thrive.

This is so tragic. :frowning:

That worried me too.

I made a post somewhere complaining about the new board and worried it contributed, in a very small way (read that part again), to her stress and helped lead to this.

I wish I had also said something nice in that post though. There is a lesson there.

This is so sad. Jennie helped me and Spider Woman with many issues in the early days of our Dope membership. She will be and is already missed.

I am glad and relieved to hear that. Thanks, dcarolan.

I’d have called it “cheerful resignation”, based on how she talked about it.

I was certainly a massive accomplishment that she could be proud of.

Typo? :smile: