Nathanieltolbert
Active member
I received a call today from a gentleman who has been in contact with Ed Jeffries of Video Lab here in Kansas City and me in regards to a 1084 monitor he needs. He indicated when he called today there was a message on the answering machine that stated as follows - "Hello, I regret to inform you that Video Lab is permanently closed due to the passing of Ed Jeffries. If you are a customer who needs to pick up some equipment, please leave your name and number and I will contact you to arrange for a pickup. Thank you." I am guessing that the voice on the line is Ed's son, whom I had met on a couple of occasions. I don't know how many people here had interactions with Ed, but I know the community could be either hot or cold about him. He was gruff and curt at times due to things going on outside the view of his store life. But once you got to know him he was a very kind and generous man. On many times I needed help with something that wouldn't work right or didn't run on the Amiga and I would travel down to his store and sit around with him and talk and watch as he fixed whatever problem I had. He consistently refused payment for the work, citing things like, "it was 5 minutes of my time and you kept me company." I feel honored to be able to count him among my friends, even if he didn't do the reciprocal for me. The small time of 8 years that I knew him was sadly not enough. I can count the people I know that are so talented with electronics on one hand and now I have to reduce that number by one. I left a message trying to find out information in regards to his passing and when an observance might be. I now am trying to get a hold of others in the area that I know so they can hear the sad news as well. I feel saddened and I can empathize with what his son must be going through right now, remembering back to the passing of my father when I was 25. The worst part of it is I was talking with him just recently because I wanted to take my Daughter up to the store so he could meet her. The worst part of this is that I am missing my friend terribly and it's just another hole in the fabric of my being from those that left too soon. I miss them all to this day. I wish all of you a good weekend and I am sorry for bringing this information to you on the cusp of it. I just felt everyone in the community should know. I don't know the specifics of his passing, but I know he had trouble in the past with his heart, and I can only surmise as to this being involved in his passing. When I know more information I will pass it on to everyone here. If others would like to post the information to the other Amiga forums I would appreciate it. I don't have memberships to most. Please everyone take care and be safe.
Kind regards,
Nathaniel
Kind regards,
Nathaniel
Strength to you my friend and I hope like me you believe that there is more to us than our journey here on earth. 
