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 Post subject: R.I.P. Jean Wells
PostPosted: Jan 31, 2012 6:41 am 
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Author of the original B3, Jean Wells dies at 56.

http://blackmoormystara.blogspot.com/20 ... -2012.html

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 Post subject: Re: R.I.P. Jean Wells
PostPosted: Jan 31, 2012 12:33 pm 
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Replaced the original URL with a link to my blog, as I have posted quite a few details there.

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 Post subject: Re: R.I.P. Jean Wells
PostPosted: Jan 31, 2012 8:16 pm 
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Wow. Sad news.

56 is no age at all, my wife is 56.

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 Post subject: Re: R.I.P. Jean Wells
PostPosted: Feb 01, 2012 10:05 am 
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Very sad, indeed. :(


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 Post subject: Re: R.I.P. Jean Wells
PostPosted: Feb 06, 2012 4:29 pm 
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Some more details:

JEAN WELLS (JULY 25, 1955 - JANUARY 25, 2012)

Jean Wells was employed by TSR between 1979 and 1981, during which time she worked as an author, editor, and illustrator. She also inaugurated Dragon's "Sage Advice" column, one of the magazine's most enduring features. As the first woman hired as a designer by TSR, Jean Wells played a unique role in the history of both the company and the hobby. She is most remembered as the author of Palace of the Silver Princess, written in 1980 and published in 1981.

Many Gary Con attendees will remember her from Gary Con III, where she spent many hours greeting our attendees while working at the registration desk. She will be missed.

Her official obituary, as posted in the Beloit Daily News, is:

Oeva Jean Koebernick, 56, of Beloit, WI, died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, in Beloit Memorial Hospital. She was born July 25, 1955 in Jacksonville, FL, the daughter of Walton and Ellen Loft Wells. Jean was a member of St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church.

She is survived by two sons, John Teague and Steve Teague both of Memphis, TN; sister, Jennifer (John) Hines of Memphis, TN and brother Finis Wells of Memphis, TN; father, Walton Wells; former husband, Corey Koebernick of Beloit, WI; mother-in-law, Elaine Koebernick and brother-in-law, David Koebernick both of Beloit, WI and her special canine companion, Darlin.

Source: http://www.garycon.com/articles.php?formid=15

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