Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:34:48 -0600 From: Ken Zentzis <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04C-SBIS-NC404 (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Sad Note References: <[log in to unmask]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All, As one of the (very near) founding members of The Minnesota Society of Conchologists, I can affirm that Illuminado Iway was not a hoax. He sent myself and many other members of our club shells in exchange for clothing and other useful items, beginning in the mid-1970's. Some of the best shell-dolls I've ever seen were made and/or sent to us by him. It is sad indeed to hear of his passing. Ken Zentzis Wichita, Kansas