Tyler Cluthe – December 6, 1941 – November 29, 2015
Some of you will remember Tyler, who was for many years the main moderator, and frequent commentor on the Sabbath School Net Blog. We learned with sadness that Tyler passed away in November last year.
I have known Tyler through our work on Sabbath School Net for quite a few years. He had the ability to ask some challenging questions and to make insightful comments. The amount of work that he did behind the scenes in preparing posts, creating graphics and generally keeping things going was staggering, and I am sure that we never thanked him enough. Tyler was not married and for him Sabbath School Net was his family.
He told us early last year that he was unable to continue working for SSNET and we thought he just needed a change of activity. We suspect now that he knew he would no longer be able to continue.
Over the years Tyler and I have had some great exchanges. I sent him some photographs that I had taken of Australian birds and he would send me articles of scientific interest and ask me what I though of them. Looking back through my emails I found our last exchange, mid 2015, was about the longevity of DNA in fossil records.
Tyler, I know that you are sleeping in the blessed hope now and you won’t read this, but we would like to publicly say thank you for those many years of faithful work you did for this Blog. Some of us will look back over those many comments that you made, the moderating letters that you wrote, the graphics that you created and be inspired by your example of selfless service. We look forward to meeing you on the resurrection morning.
Editor’s Note: You can see the article Tyler wrote https://ssnet.org/blog/author/tyler-cluthe/. Tyler was also the blog’s most prolific comment contributor.
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Thank you.
May his soul rest in peace, Tyler was such a resourceful contributor to the SSNET.
Oh so so sad. I always looked forward to reading his insightful & challenging comments on any blog, little wonder av not been seeing them. Goodbye Tyler till we shall meet face-to-face on the resurrection morning. May God console all the bereaved in Jesus name. Amen
Tyler's comments were among my favorites. I had been wondering about his absence from the posts. So sorry to hear this was the reason. He will be missed on ss.net, but I look forward to meeting him one day when this travail is over.
I am so sorry to hear about the passing of Tyler Cluthe. My sympathies to all of you who knew and worked with him. I've been missing his comments that often seemed to say what I was thinking, though with clearer explanation and illustrations than I could have managed. Often he would challenge us to think bigger, dig deeper into God's Word and Heart, to know and love Him more. Looking forward to that day when together we'll worship our Savior face to face.
Thank you, Maurice. I wondered what happened to him when he no longer made comments on SSNET. He was part of my "dream" Sabbath school class, along with Hugh Dalhouse, Inge Anderson, William Earnhardt and Shirley Debeers. I look forward to catching up with "Ty", when we all get Home.
He has fought the good fight of faith. We meet on the resurrection morning
I am very thankful God blessed our Sabbath School Net family with Tyler, with all his warm and caring contributions. I also want to say now, how thankful I am for everyone who contributes posts, lessons and comments, and makes up our online Sabbath school family!
Thank you to the SSNET team for bringing the information about Tyler's passing to our attention.
I too am thankful to have worked with Tyler on SSNET. Tyler and I communicated behind the scenes, and when I wrote Tyler, I tried to be encouraging and supportive. He often struggled and I know what that is like.
And like William, I want everyone to know now, while they are alive, how very grateful I am for being a part of their lives in a small way, on SSNET.
It still brings tears to my eyes to know how quickly someone can go from this world. While there is time, try to show love and care for others, especially those who are hurting and struggling.
I missed his earnest, sincere, and searching posts. He spent his late Evening silent but faithful to the Lord, I\'m sure! Praise the Lord we\'ll see him in the Morning1
I too, will miss Tyler's comments! What an inspiration he was to me. I will personally thank him when we meet in the kingdom!
Thanx for the info. Missed reading his contributions to the lessons. My condolences to the family. Praise God we'll have the opportunity to meet in heaven. Thanx to all of you who contribute to the lessons.
These announcements of this type, especially from all of our friends at SS Net, bring a tear to our thoughts. Possibly some of the most satisfying accomplishments that Tyler enjoyed was the many contributions made by our members. 1Thessalonians 4:13-18 is the best announcement we can make.
May God help me to live a faithful life so that I meet Tyler for the first time in hallelujah square
I am so sad to hear this news regarding Tyler. Thank you Mr Ashton for updating SSNET. I always looked forward to his comments; wondered why I hadn't seen any in a while. As with everyone else, I look forward to seeing him when the Lord comes back to take us all home. He will be sorely missed.
Praise HIS name; for allowing me to interact with one of HIS elect (Tyler) here on Earth, as it will be in Heaven. See you soon friend
While Tyler's work was largely behind the scenes in putting up the daily lesson posts, he posted quite a few thoughtful comments, as many of you have recognized.
Tyler also wrote several articles, and you can find them all by clicking on this link: https://ssnet.org/blog/author/tyler-cluthe/. You will notice a bit more information about him in the "About the Author" section under his posts.
Thank you for sharing this, Inge. I read for maybe 10 minutes and was greatly blessed. https://ssnet.org/blog/evolution-of-bible/
Shocking news. I didn't know him as much as others but I really appreciated our exchanges on this site. He really was a blessing to many. Thanks for sharing news of his passing.
I too was shocked to read the sad news about Tyler's passing, I will miss his intellectual comments and insightful posts. He had a knack of putting into words the ideas and thoughts we would have difficulty expressing. Although I am not a regular writer, Sabbath school net is the first thing I read every morning, thanks to all contributors and readers and if it is the Lord's will hopefully we'll be sitting at the same table in the Kingdom and shout and praise His name.
Thank you Maurice, old mate, see you there.
HE will be sadly missed. His comments were really heart searching. I too was wondering why he seemed silent. We will meet yet him in the resurrection!
Thank you for sharing this information. He will be greatly missed
So sorry hope will meet at Resurrection
Thank you Maurice for letting us know about Tyler. I enjoyed reading his comments. Very thoughtful and on point. He will be truly mist. I consider him a true Christian and a friend in Christ.
I cannot imagine ssnet comments without Tyler comments, a person who identified and helped me empty the pain i held back for 20 years. But what do I say? Like our people say, It is GOD WHO GIVE and IT IS GOD WHO TAKE ....
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I will miss his wise guidance
Another wonderful soldier has laid down his arms, having fought the good fight. Many thanks for passing on this sad news. " blessed are the dead who die in the LORD , yea saith the SPIRIT that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them" Revelation 14:13.
May we who have been blessed by some of Tyler's works continue in this spiritual warfare until we with Tyler meet the LORD in the air in that grand reunion of loved ones.
Many many thanks Inge for sharing his link with us.
Thank you Maurice. I was so much blessed by Tyler. I look forward to knowing him through eternity. When my father died. Pastor told us that he called him over and asked him to tell him more about heaven. I can't help but think that Tyler had heaven more on his mind as my father did, realizing his earthly time was drawing to an end.