[Magdalen] RIP Brudder Jon

[Sally Davies]

Oh. Oh. We knew it was coming and needed to come - but it still hurts....

Scott - thanks for mentioning Mary Jane - I like to think of her welcoming
Brud and pointing him to the Punster's Corner in heaven; which I also
imagine as being sound proofed for everyone else's sake.

Jon fought so hard to have a good life, a sober life, a rich life and to
always make the world a better place. His personality shone even at this
distance so I can't imagine what it must have been like to be around him in
close up!

Please Molly give our love to Dawn and our Pub condolences. Raising a
non-alcoholic glass to Brudder Jon - Deacon, servant of Jesus, family man,
friend to all, braver than most, and master of terrible off the cuff jokes.

Sally D

Sally D

On 20 December 2017 at 20:22, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm so glad to have met Jon in person, when he and Mary Jane Anderson of
> blessed memory came to Chicago for the ordination of Deacon Steve Lowe. We
> had lunch at a Mexican place (Su Casa) afterward, IIRC.
>
> I didn't know at the time that Jon was near hitting bottom in terms of
> alcoholism. TBTG for his recovery from that and for his presence in our
> lives. And for his release from illness and all that plagues us on this
> side of the veil.
>
> Rest eternal and light perpetual be to him and all the departed, through
> God's mercy. Amen.
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>