Is there a tuba cover of that song?
No words. 
What sad news! 
What the fuck? I can’t believe this. This is wrong.
“The end of an era” is ridiculously overused, but it certainly does seem to apply here. I have a taste of like a teenager must have felt like when FDR died: that someone who had always been there (and by extension would always be there) was suddenly gone. The empty space is palpable.
I hope her name was a foreshadowing of her destination. Managing this crew certainly does take the patience of the proverbial saint.
As a frequent submitter to Threadspotting we’d had a lot of correspondence – she was the main (if not only) one to tend to that email addy. Before the transition I’d submit four to six a week and let her know when I was going offline for Burning Man, a period of three weeks or so. Since the transition, as I come up to speed with the new format, I’ve submitted one.
[Rex] Now I feel guilty! [/Rex]
I remember some years ago she mentioned she’d always wanted to visit Tuba City, AZ. I posted I’d been there, and it wasn’t much – certainly no tubas. I miss her already.
This is terrible news. I only got to meet her in person once, almost twenty years ago, but I’m so glad I got the chance. She was a very kind and supportive friend. I’ll miss her. This place will never be the same. She was the rock upon which the SDMB was built.
I’ve been lurking for decades and very rarely felt the need to post. This is one of those rare times. TubaDiva was an all-around mensch. What an awful calamity. I will contribute to whatever memorial the Board establishes.
Never had much direct interaction with her, but it’s abundantly clear how much this place owed her hard work. A tremendous loss.
I was amazed at how much hard work she put in during the transition to make it as seamless as possible and most likely to provide a huge amount of coordinating effort as well. This is a sad moment for the board.
Holy shit WTF!? I am completely shocked. Such terrible news.
My god. I can’t believe this.
Much of Jenny’s work was behind the scenes, and I think many people are not aware of how hard she worked and how much effort she put into keeping the SDMB going.
On a personal note, even though we never met in person, we did speak fairly often online and I considered her to be a good friend. She will be missed.
My condolences to her loved ones.
This is such a terrible loss. I wish her peace. My condolences to her family and friends.
I never interacted directly with her on the board, but her firm hand on the tiller was always apparent. We will miss her a lot.
Despite living fairly close to each other for quite a few years, we only saw each other a couple times. The last time was about two years ago, when I had an extra ticket to see Aubrey Logan, a singer and trombonist. I invited Jenny because I knew she’d enjoy that, and indeed it was a fantastic show with great company. She used to message me about so many local events, to make sure I’d heard about them. She was such a kind and thoughtful person.
So many of us owe deep friendships and more to these boards. I met my husband UncleBill here, and I know a whole bunch of people who also met spouses and partners here. That wasn’t the original intent of the board, but it grew to be so much more than just a place to discuss a newspaper column. Thank you so much, Jenny, for your enormous part, your blood, sweat, and tears, in making this place the community it is. I don’t come here often these days–in fact, looking back though my recent history, it seems I come here every few years to let y’all know someone has died, so I feel some kind of way about that. Godspeed, Jenny.
If this automated content generator is believable, she was 65.
Such sad, shocking news. Rest in peace, Jenny.
Terrible news.
I know in the past month or so, she worked very long hours on the transition to Discourse. In particular the weekend of and in the days following the go-live, she worked insanely long hours. She even assisted me when I had problems getting my account set up on the new board. I think that was the only direct contact I ever had with her, in my sixteen years here. To be honest, I feel a little guilty for adding, even a tiny little bit, to her burden when her health was not great.
BTW, I don’t know if her family participates on this board, but there is an option on the obituary page to share a memory about her. It might be good for those who shared memories of her here to also share them there, as the family is likely to see that stuff.