Frank Wihbey

I don't know how long ago its been, but I was looking for information on Maine's nature, and this one website came up. I clicked on it and started following it. Maine Nature News. Ever since then I was hooked. And then one day I started sending in reports.

Maybe a year on off and on reporting I got an email from Frank, saying hi, how are you doing and do you have anything to report? I thought quickly and wrote back ,"yes I do". Always enthusiastic about anything I sent, no matter how trivial I thought. And always grateful for any photo. And not too long ago, he announced he was looking to retire and was looking for someone to take over. Robin Follette,from over in eastern Maine jumped in and boldly marched on.

Robin emailed me and some other reporters on Friday and said that Frank died. Shocked and saddened I tried to learn more. It seems he was in California and went out for a hike before he was scheduled to come home to Maine. The trail was bad, he had a fall and died.

From this move I have gained a really good friend in Robin. I try to get her something to publish, but it's been hard these last few months. We are both deeply saddened over Frank's death.

Frank , I never had the honor of meeting you, but I enjoyed working with you and I wished we did have the chance to get together, I'm sure we would have had a good time.

You'll be missed.

Frank Wihbey's obituary. Please read it and take a few moments to honor this man. Over on the right side of my blog, you will see a link to Maine Nature News. Go visit.