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<div>Ellie</div>
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From: RICHARD HOWIE <rhowie3@verizon.net><br>
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Subject: [Dialogue] Fwd: Janice Ulangca's Memorial Service<br>
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Ken Rose's reflections of Janice Unlangca's service.
<div>Love, Grace & Peace,</div>
<div>Ellen Howie<br>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">"Dorcas Rose" <<a href="mailto:icatroy@verizon.net">icatroy@verizon.net</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">September 2, 2013 2:57:23 PM EDT</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">"Nelson Stover" <<a href="mailto:StoverN@BellSouth.net">StoverN@BellSouth.net</a>>, "Terry Bergdall" <<a href="mailto:bergdall@gmail.com">bergdall@gmail.com</a>>,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>"John Cock" <<a href="mailto:jpc2025@triad.rr.com">jpc2025@triad.rr.com</a>>, "Norm & Judy Lindblad" <<a href="mailto:nj.lindblad@gmail.com">nj.lindblad@gmail.com</a>>, "Ellen Howie" <<a href="mailto:rhowie3@verizon.net">rhowie3@verizon.net</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Janice Ulangca's Memorial Service</b></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Reflections on Janice Ulangca’s Memorial Service</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Janice Ulangca’s memorial service was held at the First United Methodist</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Church in Endicott, New York on August 14, 2013. That morning Dorcas and I</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">drove to the Howie’s with our daughter Alice and Bob Griffin soon arrived</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">from Massachusetts. We took two cars to Endicott. Dick drove the Howie’s car</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">with Ellen and Dorcas; Alice followed in ours with me and Bob, who checked</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">in with Muriel.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The memorial service was hosted by Janice’s sister Jeanine and her family.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Jeanine looks enough like Janice to be mistaken for her at first glance. The</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Endicott church has a large facility with some conference offices and runs a</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Safety Net program. Part of that program involves meals at the church and</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">participants in the program helped prepare the meal following the memorial</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">service.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The memorial service was led by Rev. Susan Davis who had just retired as</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">the pastor. Janice had been active in the Broome County Council of Churches</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">for many years, which was reflected in the five other pastors (all men) who</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">participated in the service in addition to the choir.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There is a period in the service for words of remembrance and hope. This</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">provided an opportunity for people to witness to the blessing that Janice’s</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">life had been for them. This was a remarkable outpouring of appreciation for</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">the presence Janice had been in the many lives she touched. Here are some</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">highlights as I remember them.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Rev. Sue Davis talked about how close Janice had been as a friend,</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">supporter, and guide in her ministry. She mentioned Janice eating meals and</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">talking with the people served by the Safety Net program.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Janice’s family remembered her growing up as a preacher’s kid. When she was</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">in primary school, she asked to stay home from church one Sunday. It turned</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">out that she spent her time at home calling up members of the congregation</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">to ask why they weren’t in church. (Her parents only learned about this when</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">her father retired from the church.)</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>At Ellen’s request I read from Judy Lindblad’s eulogy for Janice. I left</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">out the long list of Janice’s ICA activities, but got a laugh from the</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">congregation when I mentioned her being a founding member of the Old as Hell</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Angels.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A member of the choir, who was the husband of the choir director, thought</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">he would get more time with his wife when Janice became involved in the</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">music program at the church. Janice mentioned that one piece of music was</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">not suitable for the choir because it required a deep voice. He asked ‘What</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">about me?’, became involved, and remembered Janice’s enthusiastic ‘Yes!’</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">when he hit the low tones.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A neighbor recalled many conversations with Janice when she was ferrying</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">her back and forth from chemotherapy. Janice was beginning to feel more</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">tired, but no less encouraging.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Copies of Janice’s obituary and the memorial service are attached.</div>
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