[Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire

[Don Cramer]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Janice Ulangca <aulangca at stny.rr.com>wrote:

> **
> I did not know him well, or work with him - but I remember feeling awe
> whenever he was around. With him there was  humor, on top of a kind of
> volcano of anger and care that it seemed could erupt at any moment.  Oh,
> Robert Shropshire, of all the people I've wished this for, perhaps the
> strongest wish is this for you:  that somehow the Mystery allows you to
> have a sense of how much you are loved and appreciated.  Perhaps to have a
> chance to read e-mails with your name on them?!
> Love to your family.
> Janice Ulangca
>
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> *From:* ICA <icatrue at igc.org>
> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Cc:* Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:33 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
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> I will always remember Robert as a great Teacher, a Truth Teller, a Lover
> of what has Heart and Meaning.
> Praise the gift of his life and spirit!
> Bob
>
> Dr. Robert True
> True and Dorin Medical Group
> 360 Lexington Ave., Suite 1102
> New York, New York 10017
> 212-826-2525
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> On May 31, 2012, at 5:06 PM, "Ellen & David Rebstock" <grapevin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Shrop was my section leader for RS1 in Academy in 1976.  I'll never
> forget his style of addressing our illusions with a HO, Ho, Ho isn't that
> great.  He always said he wished he had the busiiness education that I had.
> I've always wished I could have told him that his facilitation and people
> skills were so much more important than what i was doing. I,ll never forget
> him as a friend and I agree as to his great sense of humor and leadership
> skill.
> David Rebstock
>
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Dharmalingam Vinasithamby <
> dvinasithamby at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>  Very sad to hear of his passing. We taught together at the Black
>> Academy several times and through him, I got to know about the feelings and
>> hopes of the black community in the 70s. We worked together at Bombay house
>> together as well. I had been trying to track him down all these years with
>> no success. A man with a great sense of humour and passion.
>>
>> Dharmalingam
>>
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>> *From:* George Holcombe <geowanda1 at me.com>
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>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:15 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
>>
>>  Conna Wilkerson told me that Robert died Tuesday night at his mother's
>> home in Chicago.  A service will be held for him on Saturday.
>>
>> Wanda and I will never forget Robert.  When he arrived at Mowanjum, he
>> was the star of the show, everyone thought he was the greatest.  Years
>> later Robert and I had a great time playing music at the summer programs.
>>  I'm sure others of us have memories of Robert, too.
>>
>>    George Holcombe
>> 14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
>> Austin, TX 78728
>> Mobile 512/252-2756
>> geowanda1 at me.com
>>
>> Hope appeareth, but it is not your Hope—you do not have anything to do
>> with it. It just appeareth. It comes as a stranger, as an alien—it
>> just appeareth! You do not even know why you hope. How in the world could
>> you hope when there is absolutely nothing to justify any hope?    ~Joseph
>> W. Mathews
>>
>>
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> You are a great man of the spirit, Robert.  Keep having great laughs and
depth insights.  We'll keep listening.  Thanks, Conna, for your care for
Robert!  Don Cramer
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