[Oe List ...] Peter Adams Whitney

Tue Jun 11 02:44:56 PDT 2013

Thanks so much Marilyn, 

for being there to represent all of us. 

>From the service sheet you include I note that it must have  been an 
awesome and sad celebration, filled with tears and laughter, life and  
death. 

Grace and peace indeed,

Paul

Paul Schrijnen
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In a message dated 11/06/2013 04:02:26 GMT Daylight Time,  
marilyncrocker at juno.com writes:

Dear OE  Colleagues of all generations, 
Joe and I  have just returned from attending the glorious celebration of 
the completed  life of Peter Adams Whitney.  The service was held on Saturday, 
June 8,  2013 at Burke Mountain Academy in East Burke, VT, longtime home of 
Peter, his  wife Carol, and daughters Maya and Joleil.   
Joining  Anna and Dick Stanley, and of course Ken and Clare Whitney, Joe 
and I  represented the OE “first generation.”  I would like to offer this as 
an  initial reflection, trusting that members of our “second generation” 
will have  much more to share with video and digital photos documenting this 
amazing  event. 
We didn’t  know Peter as well as we had, in the past, many of his close OE 
contemporaries  who were participants in the celebration – Keith Boivin, 
Nancy Griffin, Brad  Grow, Brenda Johnson, Andy St. Clair, Denise and Rick 
Stanley and Pete’s bro,  Mark.  But yes, we came to know him more recently -- 
probably lots  through his parents Ken and Clare, dear friends since the early 
days of the  Movement in New England, who, more recently, often stayed with 
us in ME en  route to their regular visits to East Burke, VT. 
Nevertheless, I’m guessing all of  the 300 or so people gathered at Burke 
Mountain Academy, like us, learned much  more about this unique and 
unrepeatable bundle of energy, love, commitment,  passion and care that is Peter 
Adams Whitney’s continuing gift to life  itself.  As affirmed by those who 
eloquently offered words of remembrance  in the service, Peter’s legacy lives on 
in the powerful, positive influence of  his life on everyone in attendance.  

We learned  Peter’s legacy is one that speaks on behalf of justice and 
civic  responsibility in the community, especially in support of ethical 
practices in  the public sector workplace; that advocates for and leads the 
authentic,  creative engagement of youth in sports, arts, drama; that adamantly 
insists  upon consistent loving relationships with family and friends; that 
rejoices in  the beauty of the natural world and urges living gently on planet 
earth; and  that invites profound enjoyment of LIFE itself, just as it  is. 
I am  attaching a part of the celebration program – the liturgy Peter 
Whitney and  his childhood friend Peter Johnston, liturgist for the service, 
created  together. 
May we all  give thanks for this well-lived life – Alleluia, alleluia,  
Amen!! 
Grace and  peace, 
Marilyn 
Marilyn R. Crocker,  Ed.D 
123 Sanborn  Rd 
West Newfield, ME  04095 

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