[Oe List ...] In Memory of Gordon

[David Rebstock via OE]

“In thy face I see the map of honor, truth and loyalty” *Henry VI, Part II.*



One could see a loyalty in Gordon that did not waiver, loyalty to family,
friends and colleagues, his church, the Order and the Institutes.



Our families were connected in several ways thru the years.  Gordon was
born and raised in Neenah, WI as was Ellen and Ellen’s dad gave Gordon a
job at a Neenah paper mill during summer vacation in college.  We lived
with the Harpers in Singapore in 78 and 79 and our son Mark attended school
at Earlham College with Stuart and Elena.  While we lived in California we
made an annual trek  to the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon with
the Harpers, the Hockleys and sometimes the Cookinghams.  Gordon being the
Man of Letters usually lead the reflective conversations and interpretation
of Shakespeare and the others plays. (always with clear insight and his wry
sense of humor especially eliciting comparisons of the plays to what is
going on in 21st century society)  I recall several long walks with Gordon
there and in Seattle discussing Order history and the NRM.  We had the good
fortune of visiting with Gordon and Roxana in September after he knew he
didn’t have much time.  I hope that I can have the same attitude to the
completion of my life as Gordon had.



As John Dryden 17th century poet said of Shakespeare, he might have said of
Gordon, “He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets had
the largest and most comprehensive soul.”



David and Ellen Rebstock

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