My condolences go to his family and friends. I worked in the same department with him for a few years. Mr. Kelly M. Irvin 10850 Hodge Ln Gravette, AR 72736 USA 479-787-9958 USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b On 6/1/13 1:40 PM, Dennis Kramb wrote: > I just read this on another mailing list... I know Jon was a prolific > hybridizer of many genera of plants. I was most fond of his work with > Gesneriads, as well as his Agave Manfreda & Polianthes intergeneric > hybrids. He was a fellow PBSer, too. > > ----- > > Many of you have already seen this on Facebook or elsewhere, but Jon > Lindstrom's brother Scott posted this on Jon's Facebook page yesterday: > > "Dear Friends of Jon -- Jon died on May 30, 2013 from cancer, a melanoma > that spread to his bones and then brain lining. The decline once it entered > his brain was swift. He died in Hospice in Fayetteville, with this brother > Scott (typing this) by his bed. More details to follow." > > Jon's FB page is here: https://www.facebook.com/jtlindstrom/ > > And be sure to check out his photos on Flickr: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonsplants/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >