In the case of an obituary, I feel somewhat reluctant to share this link on the wiki as a reference as it would seem far too clinical.
https://obits.oregonlive.com/us/obituaries/oregon/name/eric-etheridge-obituary?id=32986167
Other refs: https://vintagetek.org/miscellaneous-engineering-groups/ "November 20, 1998 TekWeek features Fellows Mike Nettles and Eric Etheridge" https://vintagetek.org/chief-engineers/ https://secureservercdn.net/45.40.145.201/7vm.c31.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/NettlesEtheridge_Fellow_TW_11201998.pdf