[Oe List ...] FW: JOE AYRES - completed life

[Ann Jaecks]

YES!  Joe and Audrey were special people!.  When I stepped down from the
truck bringing the suitcases from Camp New Jerusalem, Bob and Audrey met me
and immediately drove me to Audrey's home. There I slept for 24 hours a day
for 2 weeks,  What a gift!. Thank you!
Love, always!    Ann Jaecks

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 8:25 AM Judi White via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Ditto on Your sharing, Lynda. Joe and Audrey were really great at pointing
> to the great and unique gifts of individuals, too. So many times, I return,
> in my reflections, to the safety and sense of belonging to something
> special that outings at their home availed to us all.  Exemplars of true
> guardianship.  Udi White
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 3:15 PM Lynda C <lynda860 at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> Joe Ayres, a true Archive Angel, has completed his life at 98 years old.
>> Many of you  mostly knew his wife Audrey, but those of us in the Chicago
>> metro knew Joe and Audrey very well.  Their home in Naperville with its
>> wide open spaces was the source of many Religious House picnics and
>> celebrations where we all enjoyed their generous hospitality and a chance
>> to experience green grass and shade trees and badmitton and other yard
>> games, plus winter snowmen and such.   During the time of overseas
>> deployments, the Ayres attic became a regular storage place for treasured
>> items.   Bless them for that loving gesture of care.
>>
>>
>>
>> Audrey was a dedicated fixture in the Town Meeting days on the West Side,
>>  an expert in writing grants for the 5th City Preschool, attended many
>> overseas conferences and some HDP projects, and in her later years, one of
>> the tenacious members of the Archives team, driving into Chicago each day
>> from Naperville, well into her senior years.    Even after her death, Joe
>> continued to help finance the work of the archives in her memory.  What a
>> team!   When we moved to Galax, they included Galax as a stop over heading
>> back to Naperville after a trip to their St. Louis relatives. They even
>> helped with a sidewalk sale from our Men’s Shop during the annual Old Time
>> Fiddlers Convention.  Their pre-teen granddaughter accompanied them.    On
>> several trips to Chicago to work in the Archives, I was privileged to visit
>> Joe and family in Naperville.
>>
>>
>>
>> In the spirit of a wake, I hope many of you will share memories online as
>> well as copied to Peter whose address is below to share with the family.
>> We celebrate Joe’s life and indeed this family as mission from God to
>> history, singing “For all the saints, who from their labors rest….”
>>
>>
>>
>> With deep care,
>>
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>> Lynda Cock
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>> *From: *Peter Ayres <peter_yrs at yahoo.com>
>> *Date: *Monday, September 13, 2021 at 11:25 AM
>> *To: *Lynda Cock <lynda860 at outlook.com>
>> *Subject: *JOE AYRES
>>
>>
>>
>>   I saw an older email from when Mom passed away and realized I can maybe
>> inform you
>>
>> that dad passed away Sept. 1st. 2021.   He made it to 98 on August 9th.
>>
>>    All and all, he did very well and died at home  with family around.
>> There one day, gone the next after
>>
>> a pizza party for our brother Mike, with him.  1 day of hospice.
>>
>>     If you know others who might want to know, please feel free to pass
>> the news along.
>>
>>   No service for the moment is planned.
>>
>>    Not sure who at ICA might want this information.
>>
>>   I hope there is an attachment here with his Obituary for you.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Sorry for the news,
>>
>> Peter Ayres
>>
>>   630 505 9695
>>
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