Our good friend Honoluludesktop has passed away.

tadema · 22 Oct 2011, 11:34

RIP. A true Gentleman.

Bep · 22 Oct 2011, 11:54

Bep

Anssi · 22 Oct 2011, 12:35

So sad. He seems to have been a gentle and helpful person.

Anssi

vidy · 22 Oct 2011, 13:13

Rest In Peace, my friend Wesley.. our prayer is for you..

d12dozr · 22 Oct 2011, 14:05

RIP, Wesley

mitcorb · 22 Oct 2011, 14:14

It is sad to realize that Honoluludesktop will not be with us. It is wonderful to realize what a gift he was to the world, and to this community in his creative efforts.
May the family accept my humble condolences.
Sincerely,
mitcorb

Box · 22 Oct 2011, 15:02

I read this sad news minutes after Mike posted it and here I am 12 hours later and I still don't know what to say.

Getting to know people in the virtual world is a strange new phenomena, although you have never met them you get to know their personalities in a strangely unique way. You read their posts and look at their work and somehow you feel a personal connection. Some people annoy you, some you are indifferent to, some make you laugh out loud or quietly chuckle to yourself. You may never directly correspond with them but each post you read adds up to a complete personality that you are familiar with. Over time you get to know who is worth listening to and Honoluludesktop certainly was.

Honoluludesktop's posts were always a good read, helpful, patient, talented, often humorous and always trustworthy. I had noticed he hadn't been around for a while but that is usually pretty normal for forums, people come and go all the time. To know he won't be posting again is sad indeed.

My best wishes go out to Wesleys daughter, Elizabeth and all his friends and colleagues. He will be missed and is already.

May you rest peacefully and your spirit live on in your creations.

I wonder is there anything we as a community can do for his family?

boofredlay · 22 Oct 2011, 15:44

Aloha Honoluludesktop.

Vicspa · 22 Oct 2011, 16:15

Rest in Peace, you will be missed.

Krisidious · 22 Oct 2011, 17:27

Nooooo.... Rest in Peace old friend.

Frederik · 22 Oct 2011, 18:33

Sad news indeed...
RIP, Wesley...!

pbacot · 22 Oct 2011, 18:53

Peace to Wesley.

He was always helpful and insightful on the forum, but more than that his posts often seemed to convey a kind and humble nature.

Peter

Didier Bur · 22 Oct 2011, 19:16

@unknownuser said:

I never imagined that the death of a person I didn't knew personally will affect me

+1
I'm speechless. And sad
I'm sure he's not.

numbthumb · 22 Oct 2011, 19:19

It took me a moment to understand what happened...but I am still lost for words.
Seems like a long time since I´ve heard any good news.
Rest in peace, Honoluludesktop.

jim smith · 22 Oct 2011, 19:45

I am saddened to hear about Honolulu's passing. I also enjoyed his thoughfull and helpfull comments.
I agree 100% with the post "Box" made above. It is hard to know what to say. The concept of virtual friends is new but the sence of loss is very real. I wish and pray for his family to find peace.

solo · 22 Oct 2011, 20:04

So very sad, I too am unfamiliar how one mourns for a virtual friend, yet I feel so sadden by the loss of someone I have never met. I have had many discussions on forum and via pm and email with Wesley, however I always referred to him as Honolulu. I only wished he would have made it to a basecamp so I’d at least have had a beer with him in order to validate the loss I’m feeling.
My heartfelt condolences to his family and everyone feeling his loss. He was a gentleman and always around to help when he could, SCF has lost a great member.

hellnbak · 22 Oct 2011, 20:07

Like most people here I didn't know him personally, but Honolulu's passing has affected me much harder than I would have expected. Perhaps because this is such a close-knit little community. I've never been very good at expressing myself, so I'll just say RIP, Honolulu.

Mike Lucey · 22 Oct 2011, 20:12

@unknownuser said:

Very sad news
I never imagined that the death of a person I didn't knew personally will affect me . It did. Was he that old?
I learned a lot from this community and I'm not talking about sketchup, but about dedication, about selflessness. Let's just hope we will not get such news in near future.

Rest in peace!

No, I believe Wesley was only 65 or there abouts. I will try to locate his daughter's, Elizabeth's address and send all these heart felt wishes. I am sure it will bring her some small comfort knowing more about an area of Wesley's life that she may not have been aware of.

solo · 22 Oct 2011, 20:17

@mike lucey said:

@unknownuser said:

Very sad news
I never imagined that the death of a person I didn't knew personally will affect me . It did. Was he that old?
I learned a lot from this community and I'm not talking about sketchup, but about dedication, about selflessness. Let's just hope we will not get such news in near future.

Rest in peace!

No, I believe Wesley was only 65 or there abouts. I will try to locate his daughter's, Elizabeth's address and send all these heart felt wishes. I am sure it will bring her some small comfort knowing more about an area of Wesley's life that she may not have been aware of.

He had many friends his daughter may not be aware of, even if we are online, we are real people displaced by geography only.

designforgood · 23 Oct 2011, 00:23

Mike, thank you for the news. It is very sad news. I am fortunate to have had a moment to seek advice and insight from Wesley via pm. Just one of the lucky members that was able to tap into one of the forums responsible and helpful power members. My thoughts are with his family and the design communities in California and Hawaii that will miss him.