<div dir="ltr">I am truly sorry to hear that Joe passed.  I never got to meet him in person, just his emails and videos.  I enjoyed his sense of humor, stories, and his woodworking expertise.<div><br></div><div>May he rest in peace.  My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.</div><div><br></div><div>Bill Kluckhohn</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 11:27 PM, Jason Beam via Woodworkers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>Disregard, my email client made it look like i sent a half dozen
      emails to the list. My fault! :(<br>
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    <pre class="m_7406101505116532276moz-signature" cols="72">Jason Beam
Sacramento, CA</pre><div><div class="h5">
    <div class="m_7406101505116532276moz-cite-prefix">On 12/24/2017 10:20 PM, Jason Beam via
      Woodworkers wrote:<br>
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      <p>holy crap - what the hell was this? <br>
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      <p>Thunderbird seems to have over-sent my messages as i wrote
        it... <br>
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      <pre class="m_7406101505116532276moz-signature" cols="72">Jason Beam
Sacramento, CA</pre>
      <div class="m_7406101505116532276moz-cite-prefix">On 12/24/2017 10:18 PM, Jason Beam
        wrote:<br>
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        <p>I don't have words. I have thoughts, nebulous and
          disconnected. I have memories, more faint than I wish they
          were now. I don't have a coherent statement... I have emotions
          that I can't articulate.</p>
        <p>I feel fortunate to get to hang out with Joe in Vegas in
          2009. I wish I'd written them more clearly to memory. <br>
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        <p>My respect for Joe's unwavering generosity with his
          experience will be my fondest memory. If he's ever done it,
          and he probably has, he'd always tell you how he got it done.
          It's with a heavy heavy heart that I bid him goodbye.</p>
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        <pre class="m_7406101505116532276moz-signature" cols="72">Jason Beam
Sacramento, CA</pre>
        <div class="m_7406101505116532276moz-cite-prefix">On 12/24/2017 8:50 PM, Dave
          Heitstuman via Woodworkers wrote:<br>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">WOW,
                I just got a text from my daughter, and checked my
                email.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
                I am left speechless and sad and a few other emotions
                all at the same time.  I was welcomed into this group by
                this big friendly goofball that Idaho Dave brought by my
                house one day about 12 years ago.  Joe and I became
                friends mostly through emails between us.  His sense of
                humor was one of a kind.  He could point out things with
                something you had done that never once felt like he was
                critiquing your work at all.  It was just pure fun.  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I
                will cherish the week I spent with him redoing my
                daughters bathroom for the rest of my life.  He will be
                deeply missed by my daughter and myself.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">RIP
                my friend.  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
                    Woodworkers [<a class="m_7406101505116532276moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">mailto:woodworkers-bounces@<wbr>lists.sawdusters.org</a>]
                    <b>On Behalf Of </b>devlincab via Woodworkers<br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 24, 2017 6:05 AM<br>
                    <b>To:</b> A place where woodworkers talk about
                    woodworking<br>
                    <b>Cc:</b> devlincab<br>
                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Woodworkers] Where's Joe?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Hi dave,<u></u><u></u></p>
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            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal">This is jeff devlin joe's woodworking
                partner... I am the one in the videos...  I am 4 years
                into a traumatic brain injury so I don't partake in
                emails and such, but I have been part of the group for a
                long time. I didn't know who to tell so I am telling
                you. That it is with sad regret to tell you that Joe
                Johns passed away yesterday morning around 4 am under
                the care of hospice. I am still in shock and don't know
                anything else at this time... I would appreciate it if
                you could let the others know...  Thanks Jeff<u></u><u></u></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#575757">Sent from my
                    Samsung Galaxy smartphone.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">--------
                    Original message --------<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From:
                    Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.<wbr>org</a>>
                    <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date:
                    12/21/17 11:35 AM (GMT-07:00) <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To: A
                    place where woodworkers talk about woodworking <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.<wbr>org</a>>
                    <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cc: Dave
                    Heitstuman <<a href="mailto:DaveH@sphcontrols.com" target="_blank">DaveH@sphcontrols.com</a>>
                    <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Subject:
                    Re: [Woodworkers] Where's Joe? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">I called Joe a couple weeks ago and we
              had a good conversation.  I don't feel that it is my place
              to pass on any of the medical stuff he shared with me but
              I hope it is OK if I tell everyone this.<br>
              <br>
              He sounded like he was tired but I think he is on the road
              to recovery albeit a bit slow.  His attitude is good, and
              he is working on a plan to get back in his shop.<br>
              <br>
              I think that all we can do is to continue to hope for the
              best and say a prayer or two for him.<br>
              <br>
              2Dave<br>
              <br>
              <br>
              -----Original Message-----<br>
              From: Brian Johnson <br>
              Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 8:28 AM<br>
              To: A place where woodworkers talk about woodworking<br>
              <br>
              Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] Where's Joe?<br>
              <br>
              Is anybody near Joe that could fill us in? I think I speak
              for every single person on this list when I say we are all
              genuinely concerned.<br>
              <br>
              -Brian<br>
              <br>
              Tom Lovelace via Woodworkers wrote:<br>
              > I haven’t heard anything fro Joe for awhile.<br>
              > Joe: Are you there?<br>
              > Regards<br>
              > TomL<br>
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