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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dear Cynthia,<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I hope this message
finds you well after saying farewell to your beloved Bob and our cherished
colleague and friend. Sam and I have been reflecting on the unexpected news of
his passing; reading the touching remembrances from across the world; and
reflecting with deep gratitude for the Bob's life and the privilege of knowing
him. With apologies for the delay we send you greetings of support, heartfelt
condolences and very warm hugs.<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Birthing the
International Association of Facilitators was the most unforgettable
partnership venture with you and Bob. He was an instrumental leader in the
handful of years leading up to the official formation of the association. It
was a gigantic team effort with Bob playing a unique role as a steady and
effective spokesperson for the underlying intents of the organization. After
Jim Troxel called interested ICA colleagues to Dallas to explore the idea of
promoting the role of facilitation, Bob served as articulator-in-chief for the
emerging consensus with his compelling logic and personable messaging<b>: </b>The organized
entity would not be an ICA alumni group but a resource for practitioners from
all backgrounds and walks of life that believed in the values of participatory
engagement and adhered to a related code of ethics. As the first Chair,
he led the board (then called the ACT, the Association Coordinating Team) in
collaboratively launching a dynamic, self-sustaining professional network
worldwide. <o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bob was also an exemplar
as a Renaissance Man in league with a Renaissance Woman. <b>Thank
you </b>for inspiring us with your diverse interests, infectious joy,
priceless humor, enduring activism on behalf of the planet and appreciation for
the arts and the natural world. <o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cynthia, may showers of
blessings propel and support you in the days, months and years ahead. We look
forward to connecting virtually and perhaps even in person too!<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Take care,<o:p></o:p></font></div>
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Sam <o:p></o:p></font></div>
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From: Cynthia Vance via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
To: dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
Cc: Cynthia Vance <facilitationfla@aol.com><br>
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Bob passed away today, Monday, August 13.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">On July
11 I enrolled him in Hospice at Home, due to his increasing symptoms from (possibly)
Lewy Body dementia and I cared for him since then. Last Sunday morning he
awoke with extreme difficulties. The Hospice nurse came and felt he probably had
a 'neurological event' the Saturday evening before, perhaps while
sleeping. She took him to the Venice Hospice House at 6pm that
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visited him 90 minutes later. He was very calm but not very responsive. I shared
my reflections as I showed him 4 photos -- his parents, his brothers Neil and
Denny, our doxies Star and Matilda and finally Bob and me. I also read two
poems I had written (about the dogs!) and a love letter highlighting and
thanking him for the special times we shared as a team in our community service/civil
rights efforts, followed by our strategic planning consulting, and finally in our
various nature adventures. We had had these discussions before and had agreed
that history had given us a fine ride! – and that hopefully we made the world a
little better.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He died peacefully 5
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<div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">I’m
grateful for the wonderful life and marriage we had. I could ask for no
more. Our home was one of peace, love, respect, creative planning and always in
anticipation of our next birding or butterflying adventure.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He was always kind to others and was a
terrific partner in our life work together! <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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of you, our colleagues over the years, wrote letters to him or telephoned him
in the past 10 days. He was so pleased to hear from you and I’m grateful
that you reached out to us. You shared your appreciation of his life and
brought us great joy.</span></div>
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sister, Cecily, has been with me for 2 days and as an R.N. has given me
guidance during this journey. Other friends locally have compassionately
reached out to me.</span></div>
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has donated his brain to the University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank to both
confirm (or not) the diagnosis and to contribute to their research.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We will be spreading his ashes in our
Butterfly Garden and the Gulf of Mexico where he </span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">proudly completed 990 SCUBA dives to collect hundreds of
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