Lee Goeller has passed away
This email was sent by Lee Goeller's son Larry, on August 9, 2011.

Dear friends, relations, and colleagues of Lee Goeller:

It is with sadness that I report to you that my father passed away last week. He was found in his home by the police on Wednesday morning, August 3, after I failed to reach him for our usual weekly chat the previous evening. He collapsed and died sometime Monday evening or Tuesday morning, apparently quite suddenly and without pain. He had been complaining in recent months of being especially tired, which suggests he died of congestive heart failure. He was about two weeks short of his 86th birthday. His wife, Nan Goeller, died several years ago.

My brother Jim and I had his body cremated, per his request. He asked for no service and no flowers, although those who feel the need may make a contribution on his behalf to the ASPCA or your local animal shelter. (He had one or more cats, usually strays or shelter animals, most of his life; I have taken possession of Bob, his most recent acquisition.)

Dad always asked that, when announcing his death (all of you were on his Christmas card list), each of you think of some happy or invigorating interaction that you had with him. He always felt that he was fortunate to live his life "in more luxury than Louis XIV," and at "the pinnacle of history." He got to play a small but very real role in the digital revolution at Bell Labs in the 1960's, and he got to "perform" his seminar on PBX's (a type of telephone equipment, for the non-engineers) for many years. He died in the house he lived in for over 40 years, surrounded by his beloved books and the most recent edition of The New York Times.

Please pass this e-mail, and the news of my dad's passing, to anyone not on the address list above that you feel should know. On behalf of my father, thank you all for your years of love and friendship. No one appreciated it more than he.