[Oe List ...] Celebrating the life of Jonathan Troxel

Thu Jun 8 15:13:33 PDT 2023

Jim and Karen - Feeling your lose and shock at how sudden it all happened.
May you find strength inside and among us.
Wendell

On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 5:53 PM Bill Schlesinger via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Grief.
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> Bill and Carol Schlesinger
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> *From:* OE <oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> *On Behalf Of *Sarah H. Buss
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> *Sent:* Thursday, June 8, 2023 3:28 PM
> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Cc:* Sarah H. Buss <shbuss at me.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] Celebrating the life of Jonathan Troxel
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> Shocking and how so very very sad. I can now only vaguely remember
> Jonathan as a little toddler, so sweet, so cute. My heart is so touched and
> saddened by this news. My arms open to you both, as we go back so far.
> Blessings and comfort to you both and to Elizabeth. May the three of you
> gently find your way forward as you process this sudden and what has to be,
> overwhelming loss.
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> Love and kindness,
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> Sarah
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 8, 2023, at 3:44 PM, Beret Griffith via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
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> Dear Karen, Jim and Elizabeth,
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> Paul and I just now read your note Karen. We hear of Jonathan's death with
> deep sadness. Paul mentioned Jonathan watching him paint the Uptown Mural
> on the wall across from the ICA at Sheridan and Lawrence. Jonathan then
> shared his delight in painting by numbers with Paul. Both men had been
> captured by the "art spirit." We interacted with Johathan and met you,
> Elizabeth, on occasions we were at events when we were visiting Jim and
> Karen as they hosted ICA board members, folks working with the ICA Global
> Archives Team and we even watched a few football games together.
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> May you gather in close within the circle of care and love surrounding you
> at this difficult time.
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> With love, Beret and Paul
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> On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 3:01 PM Joyce Sloan via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
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> Dear Karen and Jim,
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> I was deeply shocked and saddened when Ed Feldman posted that Jonathan had
> completed his life on FB.  Although, I honestly don't remember Jonathan
> from my Order years, and I don't know if he and my Anthony ever crossed
> paths as Order youth. But, I do remember him from when you hosted the ICA
> Board at your home a few years back. I particularly remember how easily he
> and I slipped into conversation and laughter as if we had known each other
> for a long time.
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> In reading your account of how dear his Order memories were to him, I now
> understand.  I think it was a recognition of and appreciation for the bond
> shared because of Order:Ecumenical values and experiences.
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> With gratitude for Jonathan's life, I send prayers and condolences to you
> both. Hugs!!♥️🙏🏽
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> On Thu, Jun 8, 2023, 1:18 PM Karen Snyder via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
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> Greetings - especially to those of you who knew our son, Jonathan Troxel,
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> Yesterday, June 6, Jonathan suffered a cardiac arrest (triggered by asthma
> attacks possibly exacerbated by the air pollution from the Canadian
> wildfires) and died. He has had asthma since he was child. He began having
> strong problems with his breathing last Thursday, saw a doctor on Saturday,
> but still continued to have issues. Before going to work Tuesday, he texted
> us that he had another asthma attack, but was feeling better and proceeded
> to go to work. After he had walked the one block to work at the Admiral at
> the Lake Retirement Center, he told his staff colleagues that he was
> breathless and collapsed. All the nurses from the Admiral, the EMT
> paramedics and the hospital ER team were not able to revive him.
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> This of course has been a great shock to our lives - Jim and I as well as
> Jonathan’s wife, Elizabeth. We are in the midst of deciding what are the
> appropriate ways to celebrate his life. Although we don’t know who is
> reading this email, you too may have had experiences of death that you have
> wrestled with how to celebrate the life of your loved one. We thought
> sharing about Jonathan through the Dialogues was one way to celebrate.
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> If Jonathan knew you, he loved you. Any time someone would visit Jim and
> I, he wanted to see them too. He loved his experiences as a child in the
> Order, singing “Try to Remember” in the Student House, and was disappointed
> when Jim and I left the Order community. He has been pleased that Jim and I
> have re-engaged with the ICA. In the past couple of years he has enjoyed
> working with the Phase I files of the Global Archives in order to have them
> put on its website. And he has kept up with the lives of many who have
> transitioned from this life. Now he is among them.
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> Jim, Elizabeth and I are grateful for the messages and phone calls we have
> received. Each and every one is meaningful to us.  Thank you.
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> Take good care of yourselves, especially in these days of uncertain air
> quality or illnesses. Life is precious and mysterious.
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> Peace and love,
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> Karen and Jim Troxel
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Sincerely yours.
"We must be lovers." "..the sentiment of love. This is the one remedy for
all ills, the panacea of nature." - Emerson in lecture, "Man, The Reformer"
(1841)
Wendell
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