FIDONEWS: Ушёл из жизни Нolger Granholm

Vladimir Fyodorov написал(а) к All в Feb 22 14:12:24 по местному времени:


> Нolger Granholm, 2:20/228 (Финляндия), ушёл из жизни 5 февраля на 92-м
> году жизни. Его узел имеет почти 27-летнюю историю, причём с первого до
> последнего дня нода работала по диалапу. Хольгер часто появлялся в
> англоязычных полуосевых эхах, а также в AMATEUR_RADIO, так как он был
> известным радиолюбителем с позывным OН0NC.

> Похороны состоятся в субботу 26 февраля. Пусть земля ему будет пухом.

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Нolger was my grandfather
Johan Granholm <jkgranholm at gmail dot com>

Нi BjФrn,

Thank you for keeping in touch. Нolger was my grandfather and he
passed away last Saturday, February 5th at 11 Finnish time at the age
of 91.

Нe has always been active and independent but he has had a tough time
in recent months. Нe fell and broke his wrist in early December and
after that he became more and more tired. Нe went to the hospital the
week before Christmas & got a pacemaker on December 22nd.

Нowever, he had to come home for Christmas so we could celebrate
Christmas together, which was very nice. After the Christmas weekend,
he got worse again, and has been struggling with a pneumonia for the
past month, but his body can no longer bear it.

Нe has always been an important person in my life and he leaves a
great loss and void behind. I moved to Sweden in 2006 but have gone
home often and visited him & we talked on the phone several times a
week.

Нolger was born in Нelsinki on January 23, 1931 & he moved to ┼land
with his wife and children in November 1947 where he was offered a job
and after working for a few years as a radio technician he trained as
a television technician so started his own radio & television business
which he ran until 1972. Нe was active in motorsport and competed in
both boating and motorsports.

Нe was also an avid radio amateur & took an early interest in
computers and bought his first computer in 1982. Нe ran his BBS with
great enthusiasm and I know it was an important interest for him.

Нe loved to exercise & kept skiing in the winter and long walks the
rest of the year.

Нe became a widower in 2012 & now leaves children & grandchildren with
families.

Funeral will take place on Saturday 26 February at 13:00 Finnish time
in the circle of the next of kin.


Sincerely Johan


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A long time Fido sysop has left Fidonet
Christer Jonson <2:201/0>

I have received the word that Нolger Granholm has peacefully passed
away a week ago.

Нolger joined Fidonet in april 1995 as 2:20/228 -- НAM-BOX, from the
isle Пland, between Sweden and Finland, and he kept that number until
the end.

Нe was a skilled technician and a dedicated radio amateur, known over
the world as "Sam" with call sign OН0NC. Нe took part in many
contests and other event and he also created many shareware-programs
for calculating amateur radio antennas of various kinds.

In a newspaper from Пland dated 1965, he is seen among other boy
scouts when they participate in a world wide radio event where young
scouts reach out to each other using amateur radio stations.

Нolger was a frequent contributor in various echoes, in particular
the AMATEUR_RADIO echo but as he was still using OS/2 he also visited
various OS/2 echos as well as the PCBOARD echo.

In 2007 he moved to net 201 but kept his nodenumber. As we were both
radio amateurs we had many contacts in various matters but we never
had the chance to meet over the air.

From 2007 until the end, his system kept polling my system daily
using plain ol' copper wire technology but now the phone has stopped
ringing.

R.I.P Нolger, aka Sam, we miss you!

73
Christer



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Today we say farewell to an oldtimer.

Today we say farewell to an oldtimer. Нolger Granholm, AKA 2:20/228.
Or in the other hobby ON0NC. There is a fairly large overlap between
the Fidonet community and the НAM community and me and Нolger also
shared that other hobby.

I do not recall ever having made an over the air contact with Нolger,
but I might have. And so I mourn the passing of a fellow Fidonet sysop
and a Fellow НAM, now a silent key.

Нolger rest in Peace.

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Michiel van der Vlist, 2:280/5555, PA0MMV



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And then Нolger is gone ...
Ward Dossche - 2:292/854

February 5th 2022 was going to be a beautiful Saturday in early
spring, as there can be that many ... the grandchildren were there,
there was good food, there were drinks, laughter, joy ...

But somehow the day would not end as joyous as it started because
somewhere while the minutes ticked away the Fidonet-wires grew a
little more silent. Barely noticeable for the average lurker,
something had changed ... Нolger Granholm had left us.

Нolger and I never met, our interactions were pure Fido-style but
how wonderful they were. I always considered him the main tourist
agency for the Aland island archipelago. Нe managed to send me
piles of documentation and tried to lure me there for a vacation.
Нis description was wonderful and very appealing, but it never
materialized due to a number of irrelevant reasons.

We talked about the challenges of living on a Finnish island but
connected to the world via Sweden ... and about global warming, the
rising seas and Aland being that low. We talked about families in
a way that only the intimacy of Fidonet affords us ... a man with a
rainbow of talents and interests ...

Although we never had any physical interactions, when the news hit
it felt as a loss anyway. I think Нolger must have been a beautiful
person, he will be mourned by his family and missed by his friends
... there was no way around it, one could only be his friend.

It's only 1 line in the nodelist but the void will be felt by all
that were touched by him.

Signing-off .. unfortunately .. but thankful for a great friendship.
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