Shelling Friends,

Katherine "Bobbi" Cordy passed away this morning after a several month
illness.  She was the show chairperson for the Astronaut Trail Shell Club
for the entire time of our shell shows, Secretary for the COA, and co-chair
of the COA conventions in 2001 and 2011.

I visited Jim Cordy and his daughter Denise (from Houston) and there will be
a memorial service for Bobbi but plans have not been completed.

Bobbi was truly a larger than life person, a passionate advocate for the
hobby and science of shelling and a person of extraordinary energy.  With
her husband Jim, she led trips to many Bahamas locations over the past
twenty years.  We are so pleased that she got to participate in the opening
of the Johnson-Cordy Museum of Shells of the Brevard Natural History Museum
last November, a lasting memorial to Bobbi and Jim for their extraordinary
knowledge and passion for shells.

The Astronaut Trail Shell Club is fortunate for her hard work which is a
legacy in place for the COA convention this July and also for continuing our
annual shell shows which already is scheduled for January 14-15, 2012.

When we receive additional information, we will forward that to the list.

Alan Gettleman
Merritt Island, FL

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