[Oe List ...] Death of Vivan Paul

[Marilyn Crocker via OE]

Dear Colleagues and family members of Vivian,

 

Joe and I remember Vivian with fondness and respect.  If our collective
memories are on target, he and his beautiful wife, Marie, were participants
in the Jabalpur ITI - or maybe even the Singapore ITI.  And later in Nava
Gram Prayas days.  We feel as if we knew them as Movement and Order
Colleagues forever.  They were such a handsome couple, handsome and
beautiful, as were all their children.  Later on we were neighbors of Vivian
and the children on the 7th floor at Kemper, and our sons became good
friends with Sherlyn and Shiran and I believe are still in touch
occasionally.  

 

I like your image of "soldier," Jack, although images of warfare are now
unpopular and probably need to be repositioned.  But Vivian "soldiered on,"
no matter what difficulties befell his family.  He fulfilled missional
assignments at Kemper that were far different from his positions of
significant leadership in India ( I believe in education administration),
and yet he did so obediently and faithfully, but not without palpable pain
and some sense of loss (at least to our eyes.)

 

We are happy Vivian was able to be back with Marie and their children (now
adults) over the past months, especially since his diagnosis.  We mourn his
loss to the universe, but celebrate the strength, courage and faithfulness
his life represented on many continents.

 

Grace and peace,

 

Marilyn and Joe

 

From: OE [mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Jack Gilles
via OE
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 12:57 AM
To: Patricia Tuecke
Cc: Tracy Longacre via OE; Marie Paul
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Vivan Paul

 

I will miss Vivian very much. He was a soldier, through and through. He told
stories of fighting the Chinese in the Himalayas. One of his disciplines was
to take a cold bath every day at the Delhi House, no matter how cold it was.
This came from that battle experience. He represented the best of our
colleagues who came from the early days of the Movement in India. I presume
he was a product of the work Raymond Spencer did in those early years.
Journey on dear friend, journey on.

 

Jack

 

On May 21, 2015, at 11:47 PM, Patricia Tuecke via OE
<oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

 

Dharma,

I didn't know Vivian as well as Marie.  She was one of the 4 or 5 women
assigned to  each accompany me for one week of a six week Global Women's
Forum in the villages in Maharashtra. Actually she worked with me in one of
the city forums, not sure which one. For all of the women I think it was the
first time they had travelled outside their village or home without their
husband or a male relative. It was unusual to do so at the time. I remember
Vivian was somewhat naturally concerned for Marie but we had a great week
together and no unpleasantness happened.

 

Please let Marie know we hold her in our thoughts and prayers as she
celebrates Vivian's completed life and begins her life without him at her
side.

Pat Tuecke 

On Thursday, May 21, 2015, Dharmalingam  via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

Dear colleagues,

 

Vivian Paul, who worked with us in Maliwada, the Delhi House and at Kemper,
which were among his various assignments, died at 9.17 pm on Wednesday, the
20th of May. 

 

I just received the news from Marie Paul in San Antonio, Texas, where he has
been living since moving out of Chicago years ago. He was being looked after
by Marie and his children after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer four
months ago. He died during surgery.

 

Dharma

 

 

 

 

 

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