"Gus pie - I'll miss you" - Lady A
"Gus, I never got to say goodbye, but I hope you know I care." - WiseGuy
"Eve'nin, Gus, Suh. Auh am sorry to have missed you, and hope to share a JD with ya when we meet again, Suh." - SouthernGent
"My PAL Gus, you will be missed." - Newty
"I will always think of you, your lovely wife and children. You are in my thoughts and prayers." - Joie
"Damn, I miss you already." - BL
"Gus.... you had a warm loving heart and I will miss you greatly my friend. I just cant believe you are gone. I wont forget you!" - Lucee
"You were a good teacher and a great friend. I and everyone you've touched will always carry your light within us. May you rest in eternal peace." - Orcus
"It is with regret that I say farewell to a man known as Gus, condolences go out to his wife and daughters in this tragic time. You will be in my thoughts and prayers, so long Gus." - Bruce Duffy
"Gus, we shared some good moments - from just idle chatter to ruminating about the wonders of physics. I am going to miss you my friend." - CopperCan
"Hey Big buddy, you were a friend, there is no higher compliment, you are missed and I promise to remember your family." - Mac71
"Gus was a good man with the heart of a saint. May there be more like him in the years to com...... " - BlackHat
"Gus, you made me love physics" - Mmnycmb
"My prayers for Mr. Cortes' family." - Robert XHS '92
"I consider Mr. Cortes to be one of the most knowledgeable and friendly teachers I knew in the field of science.....one of the few teachers I have known so far that are able to show students a subject, and not be afraid to show the truth behind it, however confusing, and be able to explain it. Mr. Cortez will always be in my prayers." - Brian Gantz and family
"Gus, a gentle caring man, a father, a husband, a son, a friend and a teacher who may have taught his most important lesson by leaving us all far too soon. Many of those who came to know Gus are I know at the beginning of their adult lives with long journeys still ahead. You and you untimely death remind us all that the future is not to be counted on, planned for, hoped for - yes, but what is important is what we do and are today. People are wont to call the online world the 'virtual' world, as if it is different and somehow less important and valid than what we call the 'real world'. I now know that it is no less a 'real' world than any other because the news of your death pained me as if you were a 'real' friend because that was what you were - a real friend. In a world of noshos, nobriefs and yes even Muttleys, you were Gus, yourself, because I think that is all you could or wanted to be. I have a momento of our short friendship and I will keep it in an honored place to remind me of you. Though I believe in more than what I can see, I hope that this is not the end for you, that you are somewhere, happy and at peace. Your friend......" - Muttley
"I only got to know Gus in a short time. But in that time I made a good friend I will miss him and remember him as a very caring and a kind person - Miss you Gus " - Mike1 aka Mjphip10
......and the list shall go on. We love ya Gus.
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