Curlie

In Memoriam

Category containing sites in memory of and in tribute to deceased Open Directory / DMOZ / Curlie editors.

Bettysue

Joined the directory on the April 28, 2001 and departed on the January 9, 2020. Our thoughts are with her and her family.

Bralbag

Bralbag joined DMOZ in September, 1999 and was an editor until March, 2003. He passed away in 2008.

Brmehlman

Bruce R. Mehlman was a meta editor who died on January 1st, 2009.

Cicka

Joined the directory on the 17th of March 2007, and tragically departed on the 14th of August 2010. Will be missed by many.

Claudiadot

Claudiadot was an editor from March 1999 to March 2004. She achieved meta status in December 1999. She passed away in 2015.

DeGroot

Heather Grootens, aka editor degroot, died of a heart attack in early June 2011.

Editor desertjules joined ODP on April 27, 2005 in the Kids and Teens area. She acquired numerous Health related categories in the classic directory, in part because of her relationship with her fiancee who had been given the gift of a liver transplant. She passed away in November, 2013.

Ettore

Ettore was an editor from December 1999 until April 2004. He passed away June 22, 2024.

Furbis

Furbis, ODP/DMOZ Meta, March 22, 1956 - May 21, 2019.

Ghisolabella

Ghisolabella - Anna was editor at Dmoz and Curlie from 2004 to 2019, in many languages, Editall since 2007. She passed away on October 2019.

Herbridg

Fritz Weidner, known at ODP as herbridg, joined this project in its first month (June 1998) and edited a wide range of categories in the Business, Science, and Society areas of the directory, as well as Home/Gardens and the Regional category for his home state of Maine. Professionally, he was an investment adviser specializing in socially responsible investing, and his editing interests reflected his commitment to social responsibility in all aspects of life. Fritz incurred a fatal bee sting on June 1, 2002, at the age of 60.

Jeanmanco

jeanmanco was an editor at DMOZ from September 1999 until May 2008.
She passed away in March 2018.

Jimnoble

jimnoble joined DMOZ on August 2, 2001 and was granted meta status on February 9, 2003. As a meta-editor, he joined thousands of editors to the project. He passed away November 18, 2014.

JJMaloney

Editor JJMaloney joined the Open Directory in 08 Jun 1999, and edited many Crime, Law Enforcement, and Newspaper categories. He was an award winning Kansas City crime newspaper reporter, and founder of the web site Crime Magazine. He passed away December 31, 1999.

Magpye

Jessie Withrow, ODP editor Magpye from 30 Jan 1999, was killed by a drunken driver July 4, 2000, while riding her bicycle in Anchorage, Alaska. She was 20 years old, a student in Bates College, Maine, involved in Renaissance fairs, fantasy, comics, roleplaying, poetry, and Alaska regional categories. This is a category listing web sites in her memory and tribute.

Makrhod

Outside of this directory, makrhod was known as Doctor Amanda Bowen. She lived in Western Australia. When she joined DMOZ (now known as Curlie), she owned a number of Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs. The "rhod" in her editor name was short for Rhodesian. She later became involved in rescue groups for racing greyhounds and adopted quite a few of the dogs herself.

Amanda joined DMOZ in 2003, and with a few breaks, was part of the project until November 2014.

She passed away on January 10, 2021.

Please suggest websites about Amanda to this category.

If you would like to make a donation in her memory, she asked that the money be sent to any of the following:
Greyhound adoptions - https://greyhoundadoptionswa.com.au
Animals Australia - https://www.animalsaustralia.org
Animals Asia - https://www.animalsaustralia.org
Medicins San Frontiers - https://msf.org.au
Swan Animal Haven - https://swananimalhaven.asn.au

Pamelajoy

Editor pamelajoy joined ODP on July 14, 1999 in the Regional/Alaska/Fairbanks area, becoming a Catmod-editor on May 10, 2001 and Meta on January 21, 2002.
She passed away in September, 2005.

Petrovich

Petrovich joined DMOZ on March 26, 2006 and was granted the status of catmod World/Russian on May 1, 2009. As a catmod, he joined more than 400 editors to the project.
He passed away in July 2016.

Petrovich стал редактором DMOZ в марте 2006 года, получил статус катмода русскоязычного раздела 1 мая 2009 г. В качестве катмода он принял в проект более 400 редакторов.
Он ушёл из жизни в июле 2016 г.

Best Overall World/* Editor (Runner-up) - petrovich

Editor I Most Want to See As Meta (Runner-up) - Petrovich

Best Quality Control Specialist (Runner-up) - Petrovich

Best Greenbust Mentor (Winner) - Petrovich

Best World/Russian Editor (Winner) - Petrovich

Raggedyrugs

Editor raggedyrugs, commonly called 'rugs by fellow editors, was born Robert Waldhelm. He was an editor at DMOZ from early 2001 until 2016. During that time he was granted editall and then meta privileges. He passed away December 14, 2018.

Rzan

Rzan, whose real name was Rosanne, was an editor at DMOZ and its successor, Curlie. She joined about February 9, 2003, and last logged in during March 2017. She passed away October 31, 2020.

We have various grades of editors with different capabilities assigned to each. Rzan was made a meta-editor in October 2006. One of a meta-editor's duties is to review applications to decide if s/he thinks the person is a good fit for the work at Curlie.

Meta-editors also help new editors learn the ropes, and are involved with decisions that may affect the directory and all future editors. So even though rzan is gone in body, her work here remains and will do so as long as Curlie exists.

Rzan lived in England and worked primarily in categories relating to England, and to categories related to Middle Eastern dance, anywhere in the world.

Rzan was preceded in death by her husband Phil, in 2019. She is survived by her adult children Rachel and Richard, and several grandchildren.

For websites related to the life and death of our DMOZ/Curlie co-volunteer Rosanne, who used the name rzan here.

Sanko

Joined the directory on 4th of December 2000 and passed away in July of 2012.

Tedres

Editor Tedres joined the Open Directory on June 20, 1999.

He was one of our first PCPs here, representing Women.com and began by editing mostly in Society, but was also a top editor in Home, Recreation, Business, Health and Arts.

He edited in an ethical and unbiased manner which was an inspiration to other editors representing their companies, and was never too busy or tired to mentor those who asked him for help.

He passed away March 14, 2001, and will be missed greatly.

Webventure

Editor until August 2004.

jeanmanco was an editor at DMOZ from September 1999 until May 2008.She passed away in March 2018.

jeanmanco was an editor at DMOZ from September 1999 until May 2008.
She passed away in March 2018.