In memoriam: Stephen Kern

Lifetime Member Stephen Jeremy Kern died recently and left a bequest to FFRF.

His obituary included no personal information, but instead said to “consider the thoughts of Roman philosopher-poet, Lucretius.”

“Life is a gift to no one. It is merely a loan. Look back in time. How untroubled, how carefree before our birth. In this way Nature holds before us a mirror image of our future after death. Is that so grim? So dreary? Is it not a rest more free from care than any sleep?”