It is difficult to write about things like this. But I feel it only appropriate for me to acknowledge the loss of someone here at Office1000 that has touched and changed all of our lives for the better.Benjamin William Horner passed away on Sunday, August 30 in a car crash that took his 19 year old life while on his way to work.
Ben was due to start his first day of his sophomore year at Clarion University the very next day and was so excited to get started.
Ben has done much for us here, both as an employee and as a personal friend of our family for the last 8 years.
Ben is credited with creating the Sheeple website graphics that made us all laugh. Every time I see one of his crazy drawings, it makes me ponder how someone so talented and young could be no more.
This isn't a post about a normal office topic. I think its relevance today is to take the example that Ben gave and spread to the world what it means to be an exemplary person. He was a great employee. He was always excited to be able to perform any function, whether it was something fun like making new graphics (for which he was very talented) or doing more routine functions, such as writing new descriptions for products so our customers could make informed buying decisions. No matter what the task, Ben never complained and gave everything he had no matter what he did.
It is a sad time for us all. May God bless and keep Ben and perhaps grant us mercy in our time of sadness. You will never be forgotten Ben.
All UPSable
