[Oe List ...] Donnamarie West

[RICHARD HOWIE via OE]

Dick and i add our prayers of gratitude for the completed, wondrous  
life of Donnamarie.
Love, Grace and Peace,
Ellen
On May 16, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Marilyn Crocker via OE wrote:

> Dear Jack, George and other members of our Order who have known and  
> loved
> Donnamarie,
>
> Joe and I send our deep condolences to you, West family members and  
> the
> Litibu community in Mexico on the passing of one fine, missional lady.
>
> We consider Donnamarie our surrogate "daughter," as we stood up as
> representatives of "the parents" at the wedding of George and  
> Donnamarie,
> many years ago in Chicago.  Although "our daughter in the spirit",
> Donnamarie, is spared further pain from her long illness, so many  
> of us will
> deeply miss her presence.
>
> We remember especially her memoir of "awakenment" (my label)  
> entitled "What
> More Could I Ask For?"  For us it was such a powerfully positive  
> narrative
> of her journey from living a full, but somewhat circumscribed life  
> in the
> suburbs of the US, to experiencing a call to serve the innocent  
> suffering of
> the world -- and daring to respond. (She wrote this long before the  
> memoir
> was the literary form "du jour.")
>
> In the early 90s when we lived just outside Boston and Joe's young
> parishioner (a dentist) expressed a "call to serve" beyond the  
> Hispanic
> community of East Boston, Joe asked Donnamarie and you, George (who  
> were
> visiting us at the time), to describe your work in Peru and counsel  
> her a
> bit on the "values screen" she might use in a discernment process  
> for coming
> to a decision.  That young woman is now approaching 50 and has  
> served as a
> UMC medical missionary in Nicaragua for nearly 20 years.  We  
> believe her
> decision was at least in part influenced by the data, concern and  
> passion
> shared by the West family.
>
> Our OE Community of Saints is forever growing these days, each time  
> with
> tears "about" the specific loss of beloved ones like Donnamarie,   
> and tears
> "over" the final separation we all will ultimately encounter.
>
> Grace, peace and love,
>
> Marilyn and Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OE [mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Jack  
> Gilles
> via OE
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 12:41 AM
> To: Richard West; Bill & Sheela Westre; Nancy Lanphear; Bob & Tina  
> Lang;
> Robert Lang; Order Ecumenical Community
> Subject: [Oe List ...] Donnamarie West
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am sorry to say that Donnamarie died this evening around 9 PM  
> after a
> brief stay in the hospital. George, his granddaughter Kathy and  
> Diane where
> there when she passed. She is being cremated on Sunday. No other  
> plans have
> been announced. Thanks for your love and concern over all these  
> years of her
> illness.
>
> Grace and Peace,
>
> Jack
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