Date: 1/23/26 5:39 am From: Karyn Delaney <delaneykaryn...> Subject: Re: Recent Passing of Birders
Thank you, Mike. I enjoyed meeting and birding with Clare on an Audubon trip years ago.
Also, I understand that you lost your mother recently. May I extend my sympathies. It's so hard to lose one's mother.
Blessings, Karyn Delaney
On Fri, Jan 23, 2026, 8:21 AM Michael Fialkovich < <0000012b4af48ab0-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Hi Everyone, > > Just making sure this sad news gets to everyone. Three long time and well > known Pennsylvania Birders have passed away over the past several weeks. > > Joyce Hoffmann of Allegheny County passed December 22, 2025. > > Gene Wilhelm from Butler County passed away January 18, 2026. > > Thomas Clare Nicholls of Crawford County passed away January 20, 2026. > > May they rest in peace. > > Mike Fialkovich > Pittsburgh Area, Allegheny County >
