Jack's wife tree-mailed us to let us know that @jmorth has passed away, following a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. His wife also passed along a message from him to us: "It's been a great run. I've enjoyed it very much. Thanks again"

Jack was an active member of the site here, and will be very missed.

Obit: https://www.bramleyfh.com/obit...

I so enjoy all his many beautiful photo's and his avatar with his sweet dog.

God bless Jack and his family. He will certainly be missed.

Jack had such a deep appreciation for his family, life, nature, and his dogs. He will be missed.

Jack and I had email conversations on airplanes, aviation, 70s cars, rocks, animals and growing up in the 60s and 70s. Always interesting,he will be missed.
Pancreatic Cancer is a tough disease

Thank you for posting this, Dave. I loved all of his posts and photos. He really loved that dog, Plato! Jack won't be forgotten.

He is and will be missed. 💚🌻🌳

I always enjoyed his calm reasonable posts, and will miss his presence. Condolences to his family and friends.

Such sad news, Jack was such a kind person and wonderful contributor here on garden.org. My sympathy and prayers go out to his family.

Jack certainly will be missed. Here's a record of his contributions to the database:

10,693 images
173 Plant Combinations
1,800 comments
26,807 plants
15,969 data proposals
43,257 miscellaneous proposals

Always a courteous and kind gentleman, he provided thorough and helpful responses to questions and was generous with his advice on plants in the gardening forums and his recommendations of good books in the Sandbox.

Jack will be missed. He was kind and generous and very helpful. Loved the dog Prayers for his family.

So sorry to hear about jmorth. He has been a good contributor here and I learned a lot from him.
He will be greatly missed. My condolences to his family. Rest in peace jmorth.

So sad...he will be missed. Love and hugs to the family. Puppy dog kisses for Plato from Dixie

Jack will be missed by many people. He was a kind, sweet fellow, always willing to "listen" and help if he could.

My condolences to Mrs. Morthole and the rest of his family and friends.

I'm so sorry to hear this. He was such a nice guy. I really liked him, enjoyed his posts and comments. He'll be missed.

Please pass deep condolences to his wife.

He was a wonderful man who loved nature and animals. I loved his pictures of asters and goldenrod.
He will be missed very much.

This was an exceptional man who lived an exceptional life.Jack was kind, funny and always generous with his expertise. I communicated with him through tree mails many times. I will miss his courtly manner. He was a true gentleman.
My prayers are for his family. I think for us participants on this website we will feel the void of his presence for some time to come.

I imagine right about now, Jack is having some glorious conversations with Sharon about oh, just a little bit of everything. They got along so well.

Here's to your new adventures Jack!

I can only echo what everyone above has written. Our NGA home is enriched by Jack's contributions and presence here. He has not truly gone, but is with us in all of his wonderful posts, photos and comments. Thank you Jack for your membership in this family.

Mr. Morthole's kindness and wisdom will be missed. I always enjoyed his posts. Prayers for his family.

Thank you all for your kind words. Jack was very proud of this website and
valued the good friends he made all over the country. He would be very grateful and humbled.
Deby and Plato