[Oe List ...] Anyone remember Sarah O'Boyle?

[Mari Crocker]

Hi Tim and Sarah,

I remember with great admiration the O’Boyle family musicians — a veritable orchestra, all under one familial roof.  As I recall it must have been in the 1980s when your family performed in the Kemper Building for one of our Order events.  Our sons, Ben and Jon Crocker would have been a year younger than you, Sarah, as they were born in 1970.  Their sixth grade trip was up north, portaging canoes across the Canadian border. But maybe you all were at one of the summer camps together as EG (Emerging Generation).  If you would like to connect with them by e-mail, I’m guessing it would be a delight for them.  They are both MDs, working in Boston Hospitals, living in Arlington, MA.  If so, let me know at <maricrocker at gmail.com <mailto:maricrocker at gmail.com>> and I will send your their email addresses.

Keep singing and making music!

Marilyn Crocker

> On Jul 12, 2020, at 10:24 PM, Timothy Wegner via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> 
> Sarah O'Boyle reached out to me for  help contacting anyone who might have known her family in the Order. Folks can reply on the list or to me off the list, and I  will forward to her and you can correspond directly. Also, is there still a second generation community active somewhere? That might be another place for her to connect. If someone can tell me how to join that group, I will pass the information on.
> 
> Sarah would also like to know the address of the "B" Street house in Lincoln.
> 
> I am attaching a picture of her family outside of the Lincoln House, singing as usual.
> 
> Tim Wegner
> 
> Here is what Sarah sent:
> 
> Greetings, 
> 
> My name is Sarah O’Boyle. My parents, Robert (now deceased) and Marilyn O’Boyle, joined the Order in 1970, bringing me and my three older sisters, Maureen, Audrey and Becky, to Chicago when I was one-year-old. After two years, we moved to the Lincoln, Nebraska Religious House, where we lived from 1972-74. We moved to our own house in Lincoln shortly after my brother, Dennis, was born. “We decided that our decisions were best made in our family,” as the line from our family song says. 
> 
> We continued our involvement with the Order, and I went to Mexico in 1981 for the Sixth Grade Trip. The adult guides were Joseph Mathews (Jr.), Araceli Mathews, Desmond Avery, Ann Avery and Lorena Cobio (Araceli’s sister). 
> 
> My parents, Becky, Dennis, and I lived in Lima, Peru from 1982-84, during which time my parents hosted meetings and occasionally travelled to the small village of Azpitia to help. At some point, I attended an RS-I course, which was over-my-head. From 1986-89, my parents lived in Santiago, Chile and remained connected to Order people and activities. 
> 
> Though it was half a century ago, I’m seeking information from anyone who may be able to give me insight into my upbringing. I have a few memories of my life in Lincoln, but I’m especially curious about what my life and schedule would have been like in Chicago as an infant and toddler. Does anyone remember my parents? I would appreciate any information, subjective or objective, about the Order in those days. 
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Sarah O’Boyle
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