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Newsletter from Sheina Weltman.
I am very sad to have to tell you all, my beloved husband's viewers
and friends on Tudogs, that Ivan Weltman passed away tragically on the
16th of January 2004 after a short illness.
He was diagnosed with pre-leukemia on the 23 December, caught an
infection in hospital, and, unfortunately, did not make it through.
I will be posting full details of our experience on the web site in
time to come, as will our children Jonathan, Inina and Amanda.
Ivan was a lovely man, intelligent, sensitive and caring. I know you
readers knew him well because he could express himself so well in his
writings and it was important to him to be able to communicate with
every one of his readers personally. I know that he enjoyed very much
chatting with many of you about your lives, software and personal
issues and where possible to advise you as best he could. He would
spend most nights on his computer, with the TV in front of him as
background to his work and to keep him abreast of world news and
foreign affairs. Sometimes when I had time I would just sit there with
him and watch a soppy love story as he worked. He loved you, his
audience, and often when he came to bed in the early hours of the
morning he would tell me of some of you who were experiencing illness
or crises in your lives, or show me the very inventive websites,
clipart or software that some of you had created.
My son Jonathan and I have decided that we will continue Ivans work
and promise to keep you abreast of all the Gratis Software that we can
find.
When I met and married Ivan we worked together, or rather I worked for
him, in an advertising agency and we then ran our own market research
company for 17 years. When asked why he married me he always said,
jokingly, good staff are hard to find. We have had a working as well
as loving relationship all of our lives. I have been his backroom
surfer helping him find interesting sites to present to you.
Jonathan is a professional IT man, and E-Commerce Consultant and has
been in the background for Ivan for technical and backend work since
the beginning of Tudogs.
We intend to give you as close a level of professionalism and
friendship, to that which you got from Ivan, as we can.
All of us in the family want to thank you for the friendship and
constant personal interaction you had with Ivan. I know how he valued
that and kept him constantly amazed at how "interesting" and "good"
people are out there.
I have read many of your notes to him from time to time and know how
much you have enjoyed conversing with Ivan. If any of you wish to make
a contribution to the upcoming memorial section of the site be it a
special piece of your correspondence with Ivan or just a sample of how
he helped you find just the right piece of software when you needed it
please send it through to me and we will try to post them all on the
site.
For me it is now a very sad world without Ivan, I feel heartbroken and
alone without the man I shared so many hopes and dreams with for 34
years and who was the inspiration and strength behind all the
encounters in our lives. He was only 67 years old and was stolen from
me at the dawn of our golden years, unnecessarily.
Please hang in with me until I get your newsletters flowing smoothly
again. It is my sincerest intentions to work for you while keeping his
work and memories alive.
I am happy to hear any recommendations you may have.
Tudogging on....
Sheina
(e-mail address removed)
[Jonathans (Jono's) e-mail: (e-mail address removed)]
Newsletter from Sheina Weltman.
I am very sad to have to tell you all, my beloved husband's viewers
and friends on Tudogs, that Ivan Weltman passed away tragically on the
16th of January 2004 after a short illness.
He was diagnosed with pre-leukemia on the 23 December, caught an
infection in hospital, and, unfortunately, did not make it through.
I will be posting full details of our experience on the web site in
time to come, as will our children Jonathan, Inina and Amanda.
Ivan was a lovely man, intelligent, sensitive and caring. I know you
readers knew him well because he could express himself so well in his
writings and it was important to him to be able to communicate with
every one of his readers personally. I know that he enjoyed very much
chatting with many of you about your lives, software and personal
issues and where possible to advise you as best he could. He would
spend most nights on his computer, with the TV in front of him as
background to his work and to keep him abreast of world news and
foreign affairs. Sometimes when I had time I would just sit there with
him and watch a soppy love story as he worked. He loved you, his
audience, and often when he came to bed in the early hours of the
morning he would tell me of some of you who were experiencing illness
or crises in your lives, or show me the very inventive websites,
clipart or software that some of you had created.
My son Jonathan and I have decided that we will continue Ivans work
and promise to keep you abreast of all the Gratis Software that we can
find.
When I met and married Ivan we worked together, or rather I worked for
him, in an advertising agency and we then ran our own market research
company for 17 years. When asked why he married me he always said,
jokingly, good staff are hard to find. We have had a working as well
as loving relationship all of our lives. I have been his backroom
surfer helping him find interesting sites to present to you.
Jonathan is a professional IT man, and E-Commerce Consultant and has
been in the background for Ivan for technical and backend work since
the beginning of Tudogs.
We intend to give you as close a level of professionalism and
friendship, to that which you got from Ivan, as we can.
All of us in the family want to thank you for the friendship and
constant personal interaction you had with Ivan. I know how he valued
that and kept him constantly amazed at how "interesting" and "good"
people are out there.
I have read many of your notes to him from time to time and know how
much you have enjoyed conversing with Ivan. If any of you wish to make
a contribution to the upcoming memorial section of the site be it a
special piece of your correspondence with Ivan or just a sample of how
he helped you find just the right piece of software when you needed it
please send it through to me and we will try to post them all on the
site.
For me it is now a very sad world without Ivan, I feel heartbroken and
alone without the man I shared so many hopes and dreams with for 34
years and who was the inspiration and strength behind all the
encounters in our lives. He was only 67 years old and was stolen from
me at the dawn of our golden years, unnecessarily.
Please hang in with me until I get your newsletters flowing smoothly
again. It is my sincerest intentions to work for you while keeping his
work and memories alive.
I am happy to hear any recommendations you may have.
Tudogging on....
Sheina
(e-mail address removed)
[Jonathans (Jono's) e-mail: (e-mail address removed)]
