Sad News, Good News
Our dear friend, @jlmarta (oldfart as he liked to call himself) has passed. The good news is his troubles and struggles have ended.
@Stubble was realizing that Marty had been on the forum for a while, and the curious and caring person that he is, Steve found the obituary online and asked me to confirm. Yup, middle name Leo, hence jlmarta, and spouse's name was Barbara.
We'll miss you, old timer. I first 'met' Marty on a coffee forum in '14 and when the subject of cigars came up I PM'd him because I was a cigar noob and wanted some direction. Direct me he did, right to this great brotherhood. And then, the same thing played out w/ me and @Yakster. We do in fact impact people, often w/o knowing the extent of it. Marty and I emailed often, about life, cigars, and coffee; he was always kind and inquisitive even at his ripe old age. Thanks, Marty, for all you meant to me, and to us here. You'll be missed.
[https://legacy.com/us/obituaries/appealdemocrat/name/joseph-marta-obituary?id=35945668]
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I didn't know him, but I wish I had.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
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I wish him well on his journey.
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I always enjoyed Marty's humor and attitude on the forum was lucky enough to meet him in person a couple of times and kept up with him from time to time over text messages. I take comfort that he's been reunited with his child bride now.
Marty will be missed.
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Rest in peace brother.
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Rest in Peace, Marty.
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves livesIt'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
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RIP Marty, Godspeed.
Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?0 -
I texted him a couple months before the Milwaukee herf and tried to get him there. He said he was too old and tired to travel, he wasn’t changing his mind either. He was one hell of a man and will be missed. I’m glad Mary and his “child bride” are together again. Until next time old fart, until next time.
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill.
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Does that link work for you guys?
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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Try this one. There's not much there, other than the date of passing, etc. There's a place to leave a message of condolence too.
"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis0 -
Rest in peace, Marty. You will be missed here.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
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God bless them both. I knew he was missing her greatly. He had a deep love for his child bride. He’ll me greatly missed. Thanks Peter for the heads up.
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RIP Marty
I was born a fool, and just got bigger!0 -
I was afraid of that. I sure will miss him being around here.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain2 -
RIP Marty. I'm glad I had the chance to meet him on the vherf on a couple times.
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It's Fuente Friday
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Rip Marty. Thanks for the coffee grinder buddy. I use it everyday.
@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.0 -
Rest well old timer.
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Sorry to hear … may he Rest In Peace …
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Thanks for sharing Peter. I didn't know the man well, but glad that he is in a better place now
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Rest In Peace Marty. You will live on through those who you touched.
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....2 -
I never knew Marty either, but knowing the people he knew, I’m glad he had a universally positive experience on their lives, as I’m sure they did in his.
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Oh man, that hurts.
He was a great friend.
I will miss his calls.Rest in peace Marty, we will miss you Pops.
This smile was brought to you by Marty.
He sent my grand daughter this bear.
That was the type of person he was.
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Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.Wylaff said:Atmospheric pressure and crap.13 -
Rest In Peace Marty. We honor your memory and appreciate the time you shared with us.
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I saw this plaster cast of Bacchus (Originally Dionysus was the Greek god of fertility. Later, he came to be known chiefly as the god of wine and pleasure. The Romans called him Bacchus. at a rummage sale yesterday). I immediately made me think of Marty, he had one with a cigar in his mouth on his back wall w/ a cigar in it, which was his avatar.
"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis19 -
RIP Marty..
We had some good times.
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I dont know how I missed this and was thinking recently about him and how he wasn't around. Time is a poison we all drink.
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
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Found this in my pictures a couple days back. Great memories."Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...12
