[Dialogue] Completed life of Ed Feldmanis

[Joan]

 When the Knutsons interned in the Cleveland House in 1969, the Feldmanis family was there also.  Atis and his wife had a sweet baby daughter that year.  We had a lot of children in that house and had really great EG structures.  Whenever I was on a team with Atis I knew the kids were going to have a fun time and experiencial learning.  Journey on, Atis.
Joan Knutson
    On Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 11:55:16 PM MST, Elsa Batica via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:   

 Oh this is indeed sad news. I met him more recent than maybe most of you when I came to Chicago for ICA Board meetings. He told me his name and I told him it's a name of a delicious medicinal fruit in the Philippines. That's how we bonded. I sent him pictures of "atis" and one time I was able to get some real fruits and we enjoyed eating it together. May he rest in peace. 


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On Sunday, December 28, 2025, 5:58 PM, Doug and Pat Druckenmiller via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

And Jo - I'm nearly positive he was born in Latvia. Pat
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What? Oh dear. Very sad news.Ed rather saved my sanity the first summer in Hai Ou. While he and others had Hepatitis,  I was trying to carry on. When I was a kid near Seattle, we had Latvian refugee neighbors. Ed and I bonded over that connection. He will be missed
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Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Completed life of Ed Feldmanis Oh, no! It’s sad to hear this. 
I originally met him in 1970/71 when he visited the DC House. His name was really Atis Feldmanis, and he had Latvian heritage — maybe was born there. In 1970 I remember he was very careful not to tell strangers he was Latvian. I think this was from his family’s fear after WW2. 
Recently he told me his mother pronounced it “Atti”, and he really appreciated it when I called him Atis. 

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On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM Terry Bergdall via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

This morning, Sunday, December 28, Ed Feldmanis passed at his home in the GreenRise Intentional Community, Chicago. Ed was a long-time OE and ICA staff member, a communitarian at GreenRise, and, more recently, a dedicated volunteer with the ICA Archives program. He also was a strongly committed member of an active, and long-standing, men’s group in the greater Chicago area.

Grace and Peace,

Terry Bergdall
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