![]() The photo that allowed me to figure out my DNA puzzle, was the headstone of George VanBuskirk, Lydia Cunningham VanBuskirk, Fred VanBuskirk, and Gertrude VanBuskirk Geer. At this time the Van Buskirk’s lived in Akron at 745 Elma Street (this house no longer stands). Paul’s older brother, George Ellsworth Geer, and his younger sister, Ruth Cloe Geer, were both accounted for on the 1910 census, my guess is that Paul may have just been missed. (It appears Clyde lived with his brother, Fred, and his family after Gertrude passed away). Though Paul was not listed in the 1910 census in his grandparents’ home, he is not listed with his dad, Clyde, either. From there he was raised by his maternal grandparents, George Van Buskirk and Lydia Cunningham. Paul was only 3 years old when his mother died on 26 October 1908 of acute pneumonia. These places were just around the block from each other. Another index lists the home as 102 E York St, which is where the Akron City Directory for 1906 has Clyde and Gertrude living as well. Standard birth and death certificates did not begin in Ohio until 1908. Toms wishes were to be cremated without a formal service.This was found on in the Birth Card Index for the state of Ohio. Tom is survived by his sister, Rebecca (David) Welner of Akron, nieces and nephews, Lauren Welner, Dave Welner, and Kurt Brown Jr. Preceded in death by parents Thomas and Selma Moldvay and sister Jody Brown Most of those early modules achieved classic status, some of them being collected and reprinted again and again in the years that followed.īorn in Cleveland, Ohio, Tom graduated from Mayfield High School and went on to receive his Masters degree in Anthropology from Kent State University. Odds were that if you'd played a published adventure, most likely you were a fan of Tom Moldvay. The Classic Rulebooks and Player's Handbooks written by Tom had been in print for several years and played so intensely that many gamers had them practically memorized. During the early 80's when home computers were not prevalent, Tom was creating thought provoking games that stirred the imagination and were played by thousands of enthusiasts across the country. As an employee of TSR, Inc., he authored or co-authored many landmark D&D adventure modules. Tom was a game designer and author most notable for his work on early materials for the fantasy role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). Tom Moldvay, 58 passed peacefully into his next adventure on March 8th 2007. Below is Tom's obituary as it appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal: If you have anything youd like to contribute to the site, please email me. We are looking into finding out about rights of his final manuscripts, or at the very least, making a public website with his remaining works available to his fans. If anyone would like to put together something for the memorial we are working on with Jeff, please email me at antigone at experimedia dot net. Though my husband and I arent much into RPG, we are artists ourselves and do not wish to see someone like Tom, who has contributed so much to his art form, pass without notice. My husband is currently in possession of Tom's pc and is putting together his remaining work to make a sort of tribute to him through Jeff Rient who runs Jeff's Game Blog. My husband works as a programmer for a company in Akron, OH whose owner is the brother in law to Tom. I joined the community just to be able to post this re: Tom Moldvay and to let everyone know about Tom's passing. I'm glad for the contribution he made to gaming. I really appreciated the work that Tom Moldvay did. I'm reposting this from another person's post on livejournal.
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