Begin forwarded message:
> From: Ron Fitch <ronfitch(a)gmail.com>
> Date: April 16, 2021 at 5:40:11 PM CDT
> To: sphbc(a)googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [sphbc] Kurt Smelser
> Reply-To: sphbc(a)googlegroups.com
>
>
> From Kurt’s sister, on FB:
>
> “ The Celebration of Life for Kurt Smelser will be Friday April 23. We will have an outdoor memorial service at 3:00pm at Gateway Park (across the river from Cup of Joe) in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Please bring your camping chairs for the service, as we anticipate a large gathering.
>
> Afterward, we will continue sharing our memories of Kurt at a local restaurant/brewpub (location still to be confirmed). All are welcome.
>
> I wanted to let everyone know so that folks can begin making arrangements to attend. I will update this post with the location of the restaurant. We will also try to post this from Kurt's account later.
>
> Please feel free to share!”
Some of you knew Kurt Smelser. He passed away last night.
Al
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Bjorn Berg <bjorber(a)comcast.net>
> Date: April 15, 2021 at 1:38:20 PM CDT
> To: sphbc(a)googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [sphbc] Kurt Smelser
> Reply-To: sphbc(a)googlegroups.com
>
> Thanks for sharing this Ron. I had not seen that on FB yet. Sad to hear this.
>
> Bjorn,
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>>> On Apr 15, 2021, at 1:09 PM, Ron Fitch <ronfitch(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> David from the Cedar Falls homebrew club (CRAZE) let me know. Kurt's sister posted it on Kurt's FB page. Today would have been his birthday.
>>
>> He was really happy to be back in the Quad Cities. I *think* his homebrew club journey went from the QC to SPHBC to CRAZE to Oklahoma and back to the QC.
>>
>> The guy had a big smile and a big, big laugh.
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 12:56 PM <s.schaar(a)mchsi.com> wrote:
>>> Ron I hadn’t heard of this. He’s living here in the QC now.
>>>
>>> Scot Schaar
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On Apr 15, 2021, at 12:43 PM, Ron Fitch <ronfitch(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> Sadly, Kurt died last night.
>>>>
>>>> Kurt was an active SPHBCer when he lived here (maybe ten years ago, now) and made it back for AHA Nationals to drop in on us. Kurt was a big fan of big beers, especially Belgains.
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