[Oe List ...] The Completed Life of Nan Grow (forwarded from Rebecca)

[JB Webster]

During my two Sojourns with the Grow's in Brazil (1990 and 1993), Nan
encouraged me to study and learn Portuguese. So when the free Duolingo site
began to offer it a few years ago, I signed up and have continued to
complete a lesson every day since. A pretty nutty idea, I suppose, for a
person at age 93 who will never return to Brazil. But what the heck? I
think I do it to honor Nan, for as a do the lesson I often think of her.
And will continue to do so! [A]vante nós iremos e algum dia no futuro
distante, nós pararemos e nos viraremos surpresos ao ver todos os lugares
que nós estivemos e os heróis que fomos.  -- John Webster

* [O]*nward we go and some day in the distant future, we will stop and turn
around in astonishment to see all the places we've been and the heroes we
were. – Garrison Keillor

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 1:02 AM isobeljimbish--- via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Dear Rebecca, Bill, Brad and Ian,
> We grieve with you on the death of Nan.
> I remember Nan so well and thoroughly enjoyed watching the video clip made
> on her 70 th Birthday! A woman of grace and inner strength and one who
> taught me many important things to enrich my own life.
> We send deepest condolences  to Bill and the family. Our lives were
> touched by Nan and we are kinder and more wholesome people through this.
> With respect and in grief,
> Isobel and Jim Bishop
>
> Isobel Bishop
> Mob.  0412 129 425
>
> On 30 Sep 2020, at 12:56 am, Sarah H. Buss via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Bill and loved ones,
> And I thought Nan was one of those people who would live forever. At 92
> she almost did, then went quickly and gracefully as she lived her life.
>
> Bill, it is hard to think of one of you without the other, even now.
> Marilyn has frequently kept me up to date on the 2 of you. Be gentle with
> yourself in this time of transition knowing that you will be surrounded
> with love and support from so many.
> Love and kindness,
> Sarah
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 29, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Shelley Hahn via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Good morning, friends,
>
> Rebecca Grow asked if I would forward this message to the OE list.  It
> includes both her email address and Bill's.
>
> Fond regards,
> Shelley Hahn
>
> From: Rebecca Grow <rjgrow at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM
> Subject: Nan Grow
> To: <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Cc: Bill Grow <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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