[Oe List ...] Gordon Harper

[Dharmalingam Vinasithamby via OE]

Dear colleagues,
I share in the deep sorrow that all of you must feel with the passage of our dear friend and colleague. I am so glad for having known and worked with him and grateful to him for having alerted us to the fact that he was nearing the end. My condolences to Roxana, his children and other members of his family. 
I shall always remember the twinkle in his eye and his style of confronting difficult situations with a humorous comment.
regards,
Dharma 

    On Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 19:32, Linda Barnes via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
 

 On the occasion of Gordon's passage
We, Rupert and Linda Barnes, lived next to Gordon andRoxanna in the early days of the Kemper building in the famous filing cabinetsuites.  Often, in the evening, after ourprogeny had been tucked into their respective filing cabinet cubbies,aromatic  pipe smoke would waft over thetop and between the cracks of the filing cabinets into our neighboring suite.  One could hear Gordon rustling through papersor quietly commenting to Roxana about something read in the New York Times.  That was my first brief acquaintancewith the Harper clan as they were rapidly whisked off to Taiwan and India and onlymuch later were the Barnes  and theHarpers to reacquaint through the marriage of Elena Harper and DaudiBarnes.  Over the years  we have had the privilege of interacting withGordon and Roxanna through family gatherings and as grandchildren wove theirway into our families.  A prodigiousmind, ever inquisitive, ever mindful of the uniqueness of the spirit movement,grounded in the Order Ecumenical, ironic to a fault.  A father and grandfather of lovingobjectivity, a colleague and a dear friend. We experience loss at this moment,  but we will remember you Gordon  in fullness as a warrior for justice andhumanity.  Thank you for passing our way onthis amazing journey.

-- 
Linda Rolfing Barnes, CNM

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