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On October 3rd, 2016, Winnipegs fandom woke to find themselves fewer by one. At 4:18am Tom Ireland, husband of Anna Murray, passed quietly surrounded by friends and loved ones. I'm forced to admit that I didn't know Tom that well. Although our lives crossed paths for nearly twenty years I never really got to know him. I knew him enough to engage him in conversation and to congratulate him when he and Anna got married in 2015.  I saw him occasionally at my work and he, often accompanied by Anna, would come and chat for a time. We were both engaged in the security industry.  I really wish I had gotten to know him better.  I regret not getting down to see him in the hospital. I wanted to believe that there was still time. We had the good intention of going down to see him but life happened. Maybe next week.  But there is no next week. And I am truly sorry. I wish I knew more about him. Enough to write a short biography. Enough to tell you about...

A year has passed. It still does'n't seem entirely real. A year devoid of one of the most dedicated mothers that I have ever met. If my pain and sadness is real, what must her son be feeling? To have lost a woman who raised you on her own, with no assistance save the loving hands of her family? To have lost the person who wholly, completely, believed in what you could be and encouraged you at every turn? The woman who put your needs and desires ahead of her own because, through her eyes, blinded as they may be by a mothers love, she saw the talent, ability and potential within and gently drew it out pushing you on to follow the path of that which you loved the most? How must her absence feel? Today, though I haven't seen him for over a year, my thoughts are with my geek brother Clayton in mourning the loss of his mother Sandra Stewart. Sandra Stewart It is because of that dedication, that belief in Clay that the Geek's came about. I can truly say that wi...