Excuse me Tom, but that is rather inappropriate. What do you think?
At 09:15 PM 9/11/2019, you wrote:
>Got it, thanks. Remember, if you find a
>picture it would be nice. Tried Goggling, but
>the name is the same as a gay porn star. Now that would get folks talking!
>
>Tom
>
>On 9/11/2019 12:18 PM, Steve Rosenthal wrote:
>>Rich Kelly 1949-2019
>>
>>Rich Kelly passed away on 06 September after a
>>two year battle with cancer. Rich was a
>>self-taught master naturalist whose knowledge
>>of birds, insects (especially butterflies and
>>moths), plants, seashells, reptiles and
>>amphibians never failed to completely blow away
>>anyone who was lucky enough to spend any time
>>with him in the field. Rich enjoyed collecting
>>shells close to home and abroad. He enjoyed
>>attending COA conventions and the Philadelphia
>>Shell Show with his family and many shell
>>friends. Rich was a longtime member of the
>>Long Island Shell Club and was instrumental in
>>helping to organize local shell shows , as
>>well as in facilitating the club's support
>>of the 1991 COA convention on Long Island. He
>>also lent his support to the New York (City)
>>Shell Club, where he gave several presentations over the years.
>>
>>Rich was a skilled field collector, who also
>>leveraged his shell collection through an
>>extensive network of shell trading friends all
>>around the globe. He also augmented his
>>collection through mail order and shell show
>>purchases and fondly recalled the 'old days'
>>when you waited for pricelists to arrive in the
>>mail and then would pounce via a telephone call
>>to the dealer when a rare item caught your
>>eye. I was always amazed at just how many of
>>those 'no longer available classic rarities of
>>the golden days of collecting' Rich keenly
>>picked up during the often-brief window of time
>>when they became available to collectors via trade or sale.
>>
>>Rich was especially proud of his Columbellidae
>>collection which is undoubtedly one of the most extensive in private hands.
>>
>>Over the last ten years or so, I gave Rich a
>>good-natured hard time about how his birding
>>and botanizing, and butterfly viewing had
>>really pushed his shelling to the back burner;
>>the best way to confront that? If you can't
>>beat them, join them, so other local shellers
>>and I would go with him to look for birds, or
>>butterflies. Rich was fond of his regular
>>weekly walks with several local birding
>>clubs, as much for the socializing as for the
>>birds, and kept up with them as much as
>>possible through August. In April 2018,
>>despite his illness, Rich battled exhaustion
>>and pulled out all the stops to
>>collect shells for three days in a row with
>>some European shell-trading friends who were
>>visiting us from Belgium, that's how much he
>>valued his friendships with other shellers.
>>
>>In addition to his skills as a naturalist, Rich
>>was also a devoted husband, father; and a
>>veteran of the US Army. He spent his entire
>>professional career at Verizon (and its
>>corporate progenitors: New York Telephone,
>>NYNEX, Bell Atlantic etc) where he worked as a
>>Field Office Engineer in New York City and Long
>>Island, retiring with full benefits at age 56 !
>>
>>Rich will be terribly missed by many in the
>>various fields of Natural History, including Conchology.
>>
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