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DavidDvorkin

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3. Damn

Reply to 68er (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 07:59 PM

Jun 11

This is very sad news.

I've known her online since GEnie, in the 90s, and now on Facebook. She stopped posting on FB a year or two ago, and I suspected her health was declining.

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Jane Yolen, 1939-2026 [View all] 68er Jun 11 OP

Seems like a life well lived. harumph Jun 11 #1

My mom was a school librarian IbogaProject Jun 11 #2

Your post also infers some condolences to be dispatched in your direction too, for the passing of your mom 68er Jun 11 #4

Thank you IbogaProject Jun 11 #7

Damn DavidDvorkin Jun 11 #3

Y'know, DavidD., I was FB friends with her too, and she was a fairly consistent poster for a long while... 68er Jun 11 #5

Yes, she posted fairly often DavidDvorkin Jun 11 #6