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Georgia DuBose gdubose at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 07:05:31 UTC 2016


{{{{{{{Jay}}}}}}}

Georgia+

On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> And I devoutly hope that none of you ever do. It is the second time for me.
> The first was 45 years ago, but that was an infant. This is far different.
> I do not wish it on anyone.
>
> On Sunday, January 3, 2016, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Such a sadness in these messages.  Our clocks are ticking.  I became the
> > matriarch about 25 years ago!  But thank God I have not had to bury a
> child.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
> > On 1/3/2016 6:43 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> >
> >> It is indeed, dear Cady. I became the matriarch 2 years ago and I hate
> it.
> >> I just feel so OLD lately. And on Saturday next I bury my son....
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 6:18 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear ones,
> >>>
> >>> The changes just keep on coming -
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 22, my uncle Christopher Jefferson Parker died. He was my
> >>> mother's youngest sibling, born in 1930. His funeral is at St. Paul's
> >>> Episcopal Church in Riverside, CT on Jan 9th. I hope to be there. It's
> >>> a bit of a drive and I don't officially have leave from the office
> >>> yet.
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 26, my son Michael Landrum started his drive to Vancouver, WA.
> >>> He arrived last night, Jan 2, as planned (after stops to see friends
> >>> in Nashville and Denver, and tourist stops in Las Vegas and the Avenue
> >>> of Giants in Humbolt County, CA). He has moved west permanently (in
> >>> Vancouver until September, when he moves to Seattle). I am totally in
> >>> favor of his move, and am unexpectedly sad that he is no longer here.
> >>> He's a good guy, and a great source of puns (a pundit?). Several of
> >>> you may remember him from various list gatherings through the years.
> >>> His first list meet was with Connie and Bill Jones, sometime in the
> >>> summer of 1997.
> >>>
> >>> My father's memorial service is on Feb 13 at St. Andrew's Episcopal
> >>> Church in Downers Grove, IL. I plan to be there, along with daughter
> >>> Sam. Sister Anne flies in from Switzerland with her two offspring,
> >>> brother Pete will be there with most of his offspring. It will be
> >>> wonderful and difficult all in one package. Kind of like a family
> >>> gathering of any type.
> >>>
> >>> How strange it is to wake up and be one of the elders.
> >>>
> >>> hugs anyway - Cady
> >>>
> >>>
> >
>


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