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Old January 19th, 2005, 12:23 AM
Rob van Gelder
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Norman,

I'm shocked and sad to know it.
Frank was a real talent and always happy to share his knowledge.

My thoughts go out to his family.

We'll miss and remember him.

Rob


"Norman Harker" wrote in message
...
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




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Old January 19th, 2005, 12:23 AM
RWN
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I'm very sorry to hear this.
He was on my "trust this guy's advice" list.

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Regards;
Rob
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"Norman Harker" wrote in message
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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.

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Old January 19th, 2005, 12:30 AM
RB Smissaert
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Hard to believe this. He only helped me out on the last day of 2004.
Like most people on this forum I never met Frank, but this really makes
me feel sad.
Condolences to all his family, friends and colleagues.

RBS

"Norman Harker" wrote in message
...
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



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Old January 19th, 2005, 01:08 AM
N10
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"Norman Harker" wrote in message
...
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



My condolencies to Franks family. This news saddend me immensly. A man of
staure and wisdom has been taken.

N10


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Old January 19th, 2005, 01:21 AM
Fredrik Wahlgren
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My deepest sympathies to Frank's family, girlfriend and friends.
Unfortunately, this year has had a bad start. I recently found out that a
former colleague of mine along with her husband, toddler, father and mother
are missing since the tsunami. And then a neighbour passed away from cancer.
Frank's death makes things worse. They were all very giving people.

/Fredrik


"Norman Harker" wrote in message
...
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





  #16  
Old January 19th, 2005, 01:47 AM
Robin Hammond
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My condolences to Frank's family. He embodied everything that is best about
this community, and all of us have benefitted from his tireless advice.

I have always been amazed at how much time and effort he was prepared to
devote to helping people with their problems, answering questions ranging
from the mundane to the truly arcane.

Robin Hammond.


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Old January 19th, 2005, 02:49 AM
Ola
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My sympathies to Frank's family, girlfriend and friends.
I will miss his comments and know his contributions will be remembered.

Ola Sandstrom

  #18  
Old January 19th, 2005, 03:04 AM
Jerry W. Lewis
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Sad and shocking news indeed. My condolences to his family and friends.
He will be missed.

Jerry

Norman Harker wrote:

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.



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Old January 19th, 2005, 04:28 AM
Max
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It was with great disbelief, a very heavy heart and an awful sense of LOSS
when the impact of Norman's post on Frank's tragic passing on finally sank
in. Friendly and cheerful, Frank's prolific responses and contributions to
the Excel newsgroups have benefited many, inclusive this writer.

My heartfelt condolences and sympathies to his family, loved ones and
friends

Frank will be sadly missed ...

(Thanks for the post, Norman
It's well composed and appreciated)

--
Rgds
Max
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Old January 19th, 2005, 04:29 AM
Biff
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What a tragic loss.

My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Frank was an absolute superstar in these groups. He will
be sorely missed and his devotion to help and educate will
probably never be duplicated. I often wondered if Frank
ever slept! He was by far the most prolific poster and
quite often he tackled the more difficult problems with
ease.

Bless your soul, Frank Kabel.


Norman, although the news is so sad, thank you for letting
us know.

P.S. - Norman, you're contributions have also been missed.

Biff

-----Original Message-----
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



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