Frank did indeed die last spring, due to complications from surgery.  What
sad news that was.

If you've ever been to Frank's house you know he kept most of his records in
his head.  Several of us in the Boston Mal Club offered to help his widow
figure out what was what, but she never took us up on the offer.  She said
she wanted to keep the business going, but that doesn't seem to have
happened.  The web site was last updated at Christmastime *a year ago* and
someone told me the phone was disconnected.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathryn Goguen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: Frank Walker


> I also heard that he died (almost a year ago), and we talked a little at
the
> Port Canaveral convention that he had died from complications after
surgery.
> I had been to his home to buy shells about a month  before the surgery and
> he had a very positive attitude about improving his general health and
> mobility with the surgery. Then - I heard he died.  I noted recently that
> there were some items on EBAY sold by Noreast (his old ebay id) so I don't
> know whether his family has taken over the website, or what has happened
to
> ALL THOSE SHELLS he had!!  He was a fine person and spent time answering
all
> my beginner questions.  It thought maybe the Boston shell group had done
> something to help the family with the shells.
> Kathryn Goguen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of James M. Cheshire
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 6:40 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Frank Walker
>
>
> Dear all,
> Has anyone heard from Frank Walker recently? I have tried e-mailing him
> twice, but I didn't get any response. A while back there was a rumor that
> he had died, but I never saw anything else about it, which I find rather
> unusual. His website (http://www.gemsfromthesea.com) is still up, and it
> was last updated at Christmastime. I really don't know what happened to
> him, so if anyone could help me find out, I would of course be grateful.
>
> Thanks In Advance,
> James
>
> James M. Cheshire
> (a.k.a. Jeremiah Chess)
> 3185 Raccoon Valley Rd.
> Granville, Ohio 43023-9472
> USA