Caitlin Bestler
(March 15, 1956 – August 8, 2021)
Caitlin Bestler was a Chicago fan in the 1970s and ’80s, most active as "Chip" Bestler (her given name was Charles Barrett Bestler). She transitioned ca. 1986, by which time she was mostly gafiated.
Thursday began in the dorm room Bestler shared in the ’70s with Phil Foglio. Bestler was a member of the Armchair Speculators of DePaul University and an editor of its clubzine, Effen Essef; co-chaired Capricon 1 in 1981 in Evanston, Illinois; worked on Windycon; was part of the Chicago in 1982 Worldcon bid; and performed with Moebius Theatre.
Bestler was married, for a time, to fellow fan Leah Bestler; they had two children, Jessica and Ian.
Caitlin gafiated in the late 1980s and moved to California by the early 2000s. She was a systems architect. She died of complications of esophageal cancer.
- Effen Essef (one of several editors)
- Windyapa
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