It is with great sadness that I have been asked to inform you of the passing of Mr. Galen B. Kilburn this morning, December 27, 2000. His body will be at Patterson/Springhill Funeral home at 1020 Spring Street, N. E. Atlanta, GA 30076. Telephone number for the funeral home is 404-876-1022. The family will receive visitors on Thursday, December 28th between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm and a memorial service will be held at the funeral home at 11:00 on Friday, December 29, 2000.

A lot of you remember the vast contributions that Mr. Kilburn has made to Opticianry in Georgia, the Southeast and the United States and we will all miss him. His most recent position included Executive Director of the Southeastern Society of Dispensing Opticians, which ran for 30 years in the Atlanta area. He was one of the instrumental leaders to organize that association, which has been copied by a lot of other trade shows.

If you know of someone that may need to know of Mr. Kilburn's passing, please forward this information to them.