~~~~~~ MY THIRD COUSIN ~~~~~~~
DECEMBER 7, 2009
Kennedy "Kippy" Poyser, 64, former husband of Hugo winning SF artist Victoria Poyser, died of a heart attack in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on November 30th. When the couple were living in Olympia, Washington, Poyser taught at Evergreen State College and worked extensively on Norwescon, especially its program book. He was Fan GoH at the 1981 Orycon, organized and ran Hatcon in Danbury, Connecticut in the 1980s, designed and edited the 1982 World Fantasy Convention program book, and owned bookstores in Connecticut, where he published and sold SF-related posters, and later in Texas, where he also owned bookstores and taught college. At the time of his death he was planning to open a bookstore in Mexico. He is survived by his former wife and his children, artist Astra Poyser Laughlin and filmmaker Bryan Poyser.
Kennedy was the son of Orville Douglas Poyser and Margie Kathleen Scott. (This information is from the Texas birth index 1903-1997).
Also survived by brothers, Ronald Garrett Poyser and Terry Allen Poyser, a sister Lily Darlene Poyser.
~~~~~~ MY THIRD COUSIN ~~~~~~~
DECEMBER 7, 2009
Kennedy "Kippy" Poyser, 64, former husband of Hugo winning SF artist Victoria Poyser, died of a heart attack in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on November 30th. When the couple were living in Olympia, Washington, Poyser taught at Evergreen State College and worked extensively on Norwescon, especially its program book. He was Fan GoH at the 1981 Orycon, organized and ran Hatcon in Danbury, Connecticut in the 1980s, designed and edited the 1982 World Fantasy Convention program book, and owned bookstores in Connecticut, where he published and sold SF-related posters, and later in Texas, where he also owned bookstores and taught college. At the time of his death he was planning to open a bookstore in Mexico. He is survived by his former wife and his children, artist Astra Poyser Laughlin and filmmaker Bryan Poyser.
Kennedy was the son of Orville Douglas Poyser and Margie Kathleen Scott. (This information is from the Texas birth index 1903-1997).
Also survived by brothers, Ronald Garrett Poyser and Terry Allen Poyser, a sister Lily Darlene Poyser.
Gravesite Details
Kennedy's ashes were scattered in the lake. (You can see video on You Tube)
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