[Oe List ...] Larry Ward

[Linda and Milan Hamilton]

I was a lone Town Meeting recruiter in Maine when stationed out of Boston in 1977. Larry and Nelson Stover weee the Strike Force “Commanders” shuttling us back and forth on weekend sessions between Boston and Hartford. One weekend in the fall i arrived in Hartford to find we were all going to see Star Wars the first one. When we returned we were instructed to prepare for an enactment of the weird bar scene and ended up in a dance that lasted for some time, everyone taking their turn to pass through two lines of colleagues to the music from the film. That is the kind of weekend activity that refreshed us and prepared us to head out to conquer the New England wilderness that fall. Journey on Larry.
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> On Aug 19, 2025, at 2:53 PM, Dianne Greenwald via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues,
> Our friend and colleague, Larry Ward made his journey to the spirit world this morning. He was in his home with his wife, Peggy, and collapsed.  He did not regain consciousness.  
> Larry and Peggy have been renowned teachers in the tradition of Thich Naht Hanh for many years.  His recent book on Americas Racial Karma led to opportunities for him to speak on many forms of media. Larry and Peggy are the directors of the Lotus  Institute which reaches many practitioners around the globe.  In recent years, Larry spent much of his daily time in nature and writing poetry.  Be watching for his book to be published.  He also had  been preparing to do three talks on Kazantzakis this fall.  
> The breadth of consciousness that Larry touched will ripple for centuries.  Those of us close to him personally journey forward with a deep chasm of loss. We will share more as I am sure others will soon.
> What an incredible remarkable thing this living is.
> Dianne Greenwald snd Salvatore (Ray) Caruso
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