My deepest sympathies to Frank's family and girlfriend. If Frank was
anything like the person that helped us through his posts, then he was truly
an extraordinary man.
Enough said.
"Norman Harker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Everyone!
>
> The heading expresses our distress at a loss to the community of
> Excel.
>
> It is with the greatest of sadness that I must report the news that
> Frank Kabel has died in a tragic accident whilst on holiday in his
> home country of Germany.
>
> I'm afraid that at this stage, whilst the news has been confirmed from
> his employers, we know nothing more. It falls to me to try and do
> justice to a good mate on behalf of Bob Phillips, Ron de Bruin and all
> of Frank's other many "Excel friends".
>
> Frank was not only a very major contributor to these newsgroups but he
> was also a great innovative developer and friend to all. Despite
> English being his second language his replies to public and private
> correspondence were always well worth reading for content and charm.
> It is difficult to believe that Frank only started posting to
> newsgroups in late 2003 but his posts were immediately prolific and
> helpful to all. At one stage Frank was such a prolific poster we even
> thought that he was several people. It was difficult to comprehend how
> he could compose so many excellent replies at such a high speed. Frank
> was our newest MVP Excel and he achieved this recognition at the same
> record speed that he was used to working at. It is distressing to
> many outside Germany that we never got to meet him in person. Here
> though is a photograph that we can remember him by.
>
> http://www.jumper.ch/infos.htm
>
> Many thousands will have benefited from his efforts to help and
> educate; even more will benefit over the years from the time and
> considerable energy that Frank devoted to developing and sharing his
> knowledge. Bob Phillips, Ron de Bruin and I worked many hundreds of
> hours with Frank on projects such as QDE (Quick Date Entry) and the
> EasyFilter Addins. A pre-production Addin CFPlus being worked on with
> Bob Phillips and giving the additional conditional formatting has only
> happened because of Frank's energy and we know that he was very proud
> of its concept and implementation. Frank also was driving,
> contributing, and stimulating other projects and updates and we know
> that Frank had so much more he wanted to give to the community of
> Excel users. He was a great team player and we could guarantee high
> speed, critical and friendly feedback. We will miss him not only for
> his contributions but also for his humour and sincere friendship. He
> enjoyed a Single Malt and a good cigar and lived, and gave of his
> life, to the full.
>
> We offer condolences to his family and friends at the loss of Frank at
> such a young age. Frank came from Hamburg where his family still live
> and had a long term girlfriend to whom we offer the sympathy that can
> do little to make up for her loss.
>
> We have all lost a good and sincere friend. Frank represented the very
> highest of the traditions of these Excel Groups.
>
> I have undertaken to ensure the collection and collation of responses
> to this post both public and private and I will ensure a suitable
> presentation to his family.
>
> --
> Regards
> Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
> on behalf of Bob Phillips, Ron de Bruin
> Sydney, Australia
> [email protected]
>
>
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