But he left this world on February 15, 2014 with many bead friends.
Shocking News! Ed Zoebisch of Empyrean Beads passed away on Feb 15 from a heart attack. Ed lived in Seattle Washington.
We will sadly miss this wonderful man and bead lover. We will miss his smiles at our beads show and in our bead world. For all of you who know Ed, he always walked up and said "Hi Guys, How ya doing?" with a huge smile.
I can remember times when we shared a dinner after shows and he was always asking us things like ; "How is yours? What did you get? Is it good? I might try that sometime." Always curious and a very sweet personality.
We had many times when Ed would come running over to our booth before set and and ask "so, what is new?" We would tell him little things about our Grandkids or our dog or a new tree we planted. Then he would say "and any new beads?" We would all laugh, as we all knew he wanted to know what Vintage beads we had found on our adventures. Ed had a great love for Vintage seed beads, nailheads (especially bronze or gold). He was a specialist in hunting down the itty bitties for his customers.
Ed, We will always remember you, your friends J-ME & Guy of Wild Things Beads
This image is from Ed's Website, Empyrean Beads
Please share and add comments and fun times you had with Ed. We would all love to read it.
I was so sad to hear of Ed's passing away, such a big-hearted man, always generous and kind; and of course gifted with a keen eye for unusual and beautiful vintage beads!!.... I will surely miss his warm presence at bead events...
ReplyDeleteI just found out that Ed had passed away. Sorry to hear that. He was always very kind to me.
ReplyDeleteI placed an order on 2-17-14 for beads to the amount of 70.21. I have a copy of the order. Do you know anyone that could help me in this manor? I would love to get my monies back. Janice
Oh, I am so sad :( Ed was ALWAYS so nice to me. One time I did a big buy from him at a show and one of his girls accidentally overcharged me....not a lot, only $27.00 or some small bit like that. I let them know at the next show and of course they made it right.
ReplyDeleteAnd this tells you what a wonderful man he was!! About a year later I got a package in the . It was full of wonderful vintage bugle beads (which are one of my obsessions) He wrote a wonderful letter saying when he bought these beads he thought of me and knew I would love them. He also said he always felt bad that they had over charged me. I only saw him once or twice a year. I was so touched that he even remembered me!! What an amazing man he was, he truly had a heart of gold. He will always be in my heart for the kind gestures he made toward me.
I had a bead embroidery piece that I laid out after he sent me the beads. This is the perfect opportunity to make this in his memory.
Rosie Long
Kiowa Rose Beads
Oh my gosh I had no idea! I've known Ed for years! Bought lots of beads from him, last time a few years ago. Usually saw him at shows in California, and then we moved to Seattle back in 2003 and I saw him a few times here. I have so many cool memories of chatting with him at bead shows, buying lots of really wonderful beads, both new and vintage. And even some tiny tiny stone beads! He had the most amazing range of purple beads that no-one else carried, including bugle beads. Colors ranged from a nearly pink fuschia to a deep deep "grape jelly" purple (that's what I called it). He is missed! So sad.
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