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[Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com>]

What can I say? Very sad. I feel very lucky to have made it out to his house 
to visit him years ago, after the NAFEX meeting at Purdue University. He was 
so willing to share his knowledge.

Lee Reich, PhD
Come visit my farmden at
http://www.leereich.com/blog <http://www.leereich.com/blog>
http://leereich.com <http://leereich.com/>

Books by Lee Reich:
•The Ever Curious Gardener: Using a Little Natural Science for a Much Better 
Garden
•A Northeast Gardener’s Year
•The Pruning Book
•Weedless Gardening
•Uncommon Fruits for every Garden
•Landscaping with Fruit
•Grow Fruit Naturally

> On Apr 1, 2019, at 5:04 PM, rob hamilton via nafex 
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> 
> Wow,  this news has really hit me. I was just thinking of him a little 
> while ago. I should have called him.  Jerry was always very kind to me and 
> others in the group.  He was always so ubiquitous at the meeting, I find it 
> hard to think he would not be around to give sage advice. He was my 
> introduction to the nut growers group and I always wanted to work with him 
> on some persimmon and pawpaw projects.
> He really lived his life doing what he loved and had so much knowledge to 
> share. Whoever carries on his work has some big shoes to fill.
> Robert
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>    On Monday, April 1, 2019, 4:03:58 PM EDT, ehilborn@mebtel.net 
> <ehilborn@mebtel.net> wrote:  
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> 
>     
> Bad news indeed. I learned a lot from Jerry. Thanks Bass.Betsy Hilborn Sent 
> via the Samsung Galaxy Note® 3, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Bass S <bassgarden@gmail.com> 
> Date: 04/01/2019  3:11 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org 
> Subject: [nafex] Jerry Lehman 
> 
> In case you didn’t know, he’s been a long time Nafex member. “We are sorry 
> to report that pawpaw and persimmon breeder Jerry Lehman, 82, of Terre 
> Haute, Indiana passed away this morning following a farm accident last 
> week. Jerry will be greatly missed by all, but his contributions to the 
> pawpaw and persimmon world will live on.”Thank 
> you,Bass__________________nafex mailing 
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