[Oe List ...] Colleen Birch Smith

[Janet Sanders]

Dear Clare, 

Thank you for weaving the threads of Colleen back into our community story.  Over the years I've shared musings and laughter with Colleen.  Please extend greetings and appreciation to her family.  

Grace and peace, Jan 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Clare Whitney 
  To: OE 
  Cc: MovementDir at aol.com 
  Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:57 PM
  Subject: [Oe List ...] Colleen Birch Smith


  Colleen Birth Smith left this life Thanksgiving afternoon in Moab Utah where she had lived for several years near her son and his family.  She and her husband, Victor, came to the community from Salt Lake City where they were in the religious house.  They went to Cusak, WA when the project began there and she worked as a Vista volunteer.  Victor died in 1980.  In 1982 she took assignment to Samoa and then to Tonga, returning in 1985 and living in Denver.  She moved to Moab several years ago to be near family.  She has been sick for some time and while there is sorrow on our part that she has left us, we also rejoice that her earthly pain is over.  She leaves two sons and a daughter and many colleagues who remember her keen understanding and her passion for justice wherever she was.

  Grace and Peace,

  Clare Whitney, Denver


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