[Oe List ...] Nan Grow

Tue Sep 29 15:34:55 PDT 2020

She is there!  Circled!

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From: OE <oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> On Behalf Of PAUL SCHRIJNEN via OE
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 9:38 AM
To: oe at lists.wedgeblade.net
Cc: PAUL SCHRIJNEN <pschrijnen at aol.com>
Subject: [Oe List ...] Nan Grow

Dear Bill and Rebecca,

The announcement of the death of Nan Grow takes me to the GRA of 1974. It was the first event of a 6 month introduction into the life and the work of the Order for me. Nan Grow was the prior of my group, and I for some reason I still remember. I am not sure why, but she must have engaged me.

That memory takes me to this picture, which was from a GRA in the early 1970s. I don’t know which one. I recognise so many faces. Maybe Nan is there too. 

With gratitude for the life of Nan Grow,

Paul

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On 29 Sep 2020, at 14:11, Shelley Hahn via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> > wrote:

I'm sorry if this is a repeat.  I posted it a few minutes ago, but I'm not sure which of my two email addresses is connected to this list.  I want to be sure it does get through.  Rebecca Grow asked me to forward this email regarding Nan.  Rebecca is not on the OE list, so please do copy her on any replies posted to the group.  Her email address is in the forwarded message below.

Fond regards,

Shelley Hahn

From: Rebecca Grow <rjgrow at gmail.com <mailto:rjgrow at gmail.com> >
Date: Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM
Subject: Nan Grow
To: <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> >
Cc: Bill Grow <billgrow at verizon.net <mailto:billgrow at verizon.net> >

Dear Order Colleagues,

On behalf of Bill Grow, I am writing to let you know that my mother, Nan, suffered a large stroke on Thursday and died from it two days later. Our family gathered to be with her until the end and to support Dad. She was kept comfortable in hospice care and we prayed over her. 

Nan would have turned 92 on October 23. I told my friends that she had been a missionary in Korea, a pastor’s wife and mother of four, a member of an ecumenical society that focused on community development as its mission, and a teacher who traveled throughout Asia and to Zambia and lived in Brazil. Along the way, she got her Doctor of Ministry degree and became a UCC pastor in Georgia and Florida. She lived a life of integrity, focused on acting out her faith. She loved poetry and language, and she played a wicked game of Scrabble. 

It has been hard for Bill and Nan, as for so many others, to bear the isolation that Covid-19 has imposed. I am grateful that they were able to spend their August wedding anniversary visiting—socially distanced—with Marilyn and Joe Crocker. 

We intend to organize an online memorial to share more of Nan’s story and to reminisce. It may be months before we do this. Meanwhile, we would be grateful to receive your stories and memories about her.

Bill will be sending a notice to another list, and he apologizes that some of you may receive this news in duplicate.

Grace and peace to you,

Rebecca Grow

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