R.I.P. Corwyn (Cory) William Zimbleman (Dead at 53 from PEST)

Tucson.com ^ | 6/20/05

[Libloather]

Corwyn (Cory) William Zimbleman
Tucson, AZ (formerly of Champaign, IL)

Age 53. Born April 18, 1952 to the late Willard and Gilda (Ebert) Zimbleman, died June 10, 2005. Throughout his life Cory was an extraordinary artist. His artistic talent and imagination would bring awe to all who viewed his work. His works grace an LP cover and numerous books; using Computer Aided Design (CAD) he designed home and business exteriors, interiors, and furniture for several architectural firms. His talent went beyond the fine arts as he added sculpturing, woodworking, metals, and other mediums to his repertoire. Having never gained the recognition he deserved in his own lifetime his family hopes to publish a book of his works. Another of his passions was herpetology. As a child he was always bringing home reptiles. His friends nicknamed him "Snake." He even built a turtle pond in his backyard. An avid atheist, he studied the bible and religion with more fervor than most Christians. He had strong political opinions and followed Amy Goodman's radio broadcast "Democracy Now." Alas the stolen election of 2000 and living with right-winged Americans finally brought him to his early demise. Stress from living in this unjust country brought about several heart attacks rendering him disabled. Cory, a great man, so very talented, compassionate and intelligent, dedicated to the arts and humanities and the environment, will be greatly missed by his wife, family, and friends. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Montiel; his step-daughter, Esperanza Hernandez both of Tucson; his brother, Mike (Dana) of St. Louis, MO; his sisters, Susan St. Claire of San Jose, CA and Laura Zimbleman of Ypsilanti, MI, and his turtles Heidie, Skinhead and Studley and many other pets. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 21, 2005 from 6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m., please call 883-2862 for information. Cremation has taken place.

[Libloather]

If ya can't take the heat, assume room temperature...

[Shannon]

What is PEST?

[G32]

[pipecorp]

Post Electoral Stress Trauma ?

[ConservativeMind]

That is one of the most humorous obits I've ever read!

Thank you.

[Texas Eagle]

Thanks for the link. I'm going to forward this to the "Current Wisdom" department at The American Spectator. This should get me a cool t-shirt.

Party on.

[tet68]

His turtles will miss him......sniff.

[Fog Nozzle]

Can someone explain his obit picture? Will his loafers be bronzed?

[woofie]

Well at least now, after fighting the good fight, he is not at peace with God

[satchmodog9]

I heard this on Limbaughs show today and I thought it was a joke. I din't think a US paper would actually run something like this.

[RightWingAtheist]

You do realize we are prohibited from posting articles from The Onion due to copyright comp...oh, wait. Never mind.

[softwarecreator]

Stress from living in this unjust country brought about several heart attacks rendering him disabled.

WHAT????

[RichInOC]

An avid atheist, he studied the bible and religion with more fervor than most Christians.

I'd say "good, then he shouldn't be surprised at where he's going to end up", except for one thing. Any man who's spent fifty-three years and change saddled with the name "Corwyn" has suffered enough.

[fieldmarshaldj]

He died so that the rest of us normal people could live...

[stands2reason]

That Hate is a real killer.

[giotto]

The family could have saved a lot of money on this obituary, if they had just printed the shorter form:

Born April 18, 1952 to the late Willard and Gilda (Ebert) Zimbleman, died June 10, 2005. It's Bush's fault!

[KStorm]

Stress from living in this unjust country brought about several heart attacks rendering him disabled.
WHAT????
:
Well, it's better to cause pain - or joy - than to cause absolutely nothing.

[eleni121]

If only what this jerk had could spread throughout the Left wing world.

[armymarinemom]

Oh man this is sad. Let's make a new word.

• Morbiprojection:Attributing illness or death on imagined social difficulties.

Sure living around those who are not just like you can be irritating but it can't stress you to death. I suppose in his families mind they are all now going to start dropping like flies.

[Dog Gone]

He was so tolerant of conservatives that he died rather than to stick around to offend them. sniff, sniff...

[Nonstatist]

Stress from living in this unjust country brought about several heart attacks rendering him disabled

Man, I hate when that happens.

[armymarinemom]

He was so tolerant of conservatives that he died rather than to stick around to offend them. sniff, sniff...

Yep he will probably have his tombstone say "killed by freepers".

[softwarecreator]

I think the stress of being a failed artist may have been what caused the disability.

[CzarNicky]

I almost feel bad that I laughed. Almost.

[CyberAnt]

Why would somebody who claims he doesn't believe in GOD - study the Bible ..?? Hmmmmm??

[Enterprise]

Angel at the gate; "Hi Corwyn. It says here that you were an "avid atheist," and you "studied the bible and religion with more fervor than most Christians." "Is that correct?"

Corwyn: "Yes, it is."

Angel: "So, tell me, what did you learn?"

[MamaB]

I thought it was the funniest one I had ever heard when Rush read it today.

[Dog Gone]

Having never gained the recognition he deserved in his own lifetime his family hopes to publish a book of his works.

Look for that on a best-seller list near you. Or not.

[softwarecreator]

dedicated to the arts and humanities and the environment

Well, beats working for a living, I guess.

[Henchster]

Post-Election-Selection Trauma.

Liberaleese for "I can't take reality any more."

[stevem]

This obit makes it sound as though dying was d**ned considerate of him.

[dighton]

Stress from living in this unjust country brought about several heart attacks rendering him disabled.

[machman]

Alas the stolen election of 2000 and living with right-winged Americans finally brought him to his early demise. Stress from living in this unjust country brought about several heart attacks rendering him disabled.

I wonder what kept him from moving to some socialist utopia like Sweden? Or least Canada or Cuba, could have gotten that free healthcare dontchaknow.

[purpleland]

"Stress from living in this unjust country brought about several heart attacks rendering him disabled."

After hearing yet another obligatory rant against America, I asked my left-bent antiAmerican friend just what country would he prefer to live in. The answer: "INDIA! Because Gandhi..." In a bemused tone I interrupted with "You are out of your blooming mind. Why aren't you there now?"
the answer: "Gandhi is dead."

[Right Angler]

At least he died with his Birkenstocks on.

Obit said he had already been cremated. What it didn't say was that everyone downwind for a half mile of that crematorium got a hellacious case of the munchies.

[auboy]

Having never gained the recognition he deserved in his own lifetime his family hopes to publish a book of his works.

And the book will be printed on Kleenex for the convenience of the bleeding heart liberals who will purchase Cory's masterpieces.

[softwarecreator]

"I can't take reality any more."

What reality?  He was an liberal, artist, humanitarian and environmentalist who blamed social unfairness on his heart attack induced disability and built a pond in his backyard for turtles.

This guy makes Michael Jackson look as grounded as William F. Buckley.

[Hot Tabasco]

Having never gained the recognition he deserved in his own lifetime

Sadly I have to agree......I never heard of the guy. That being said, I think I have finally found my runaway turtles.........

[mountaineer]

I'd laugh at this loser, except I fully expect the next thing will be PTSST, post-Terri Schiavo stress trauma.

[KStorm]

Studies have shown that artistic types do have a greater vulnerability to stress. And as far as being a "failed artist", well, he set himself up for that, thanks to outcome-based thinking, who knows?

[Dog Gone]

It's kinda weird that only his dead parents and a sister share the same last name as him. Not his wife, not his kid. Even his brother doesn't.

Admittedly, his turtles might.

[Billthedrill]

Alas the stolen election of 2000 and living with right-winged Americans finally brought him to his early demise.

Hey - it's working.

[Lunkhead_01]

I hope this guy likes the perpetual and eternal smell of barbecue.

[jimboster]

I love ya, man.

[Petronski]

Dead "avid atheist" ping.

[Rakkasan1]

"here's your sign"...

[TennCon]

OK, so what exactly is wrong with building a turtle pond? After all, turtles are people, too!

[Recovering_Democrat]

Oh good Lord. Gimme a break. Died from living in an unjust country, eh? He lived close enough to that paradise Mexico he could've moved there and be alive and happy today...

[MassRepublicanFlyersFan]

LMAO. :-)

[Rakkasan1]

turtle love ping. you can't soar with the eagles until you've crawled with the turtles , or something like that.