Jude Crouch
Posting Name: Jude
Real Name: Jude Crouch
Type: T2
Dx Date:
Location: Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Age:
Personal Comments: Jude Crouch was a telecommunications and IT specialist who lived in suburban Chicago. He had a way with people, and his kind and insightful posts could quietly give reassurance to newbies, or calm a flame war with a single post. You can read how he single-handedly saved our newsgroup under the History link on this site. Jude's last posts and private e-mails to members of this newsgroup described some "problems" which he needed time to work through. We knew he had some problems at home. We didn't know that he was also fighting cancer, which would eventually claim his life in November, 2002.
The very existence of alt.support.diabetes is a lasting tribute to his hard work and compassion for his fellow diabetics. Those of us who had the honor of knowing Jude were enriched by his kindness, his passionate activism, and his careful and reasoned advice. He is profoundly missed.