<font color='black' size='4' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">Presence. Shropshire was just sheer presence. I got to calling him "Robert" with the accent on the second syllable, (to his chagrin), just so he would be distinctive in my ear. And not take his genius too seriously!</font>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">With the continuing parade of beloved colleagues marking their dots on finitude, the Titanic song takes on an existential meaning. "My heart will go on" somehow keeps a connection in place.</font><br>
<br>
<div style="font-size: 18px; clear: both; "><a href="javascript:void(0)" style="font:lighter 10px Verdana, Arial;color:#000000;"><img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="http://presence.mail.aol.com/mailsig/?sn=jrvergarajr2031"></a> <font color="black" size="2" face="arial">Jaime R Vergara
<div><br>
</div>
<div><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff0000"><b>All of yesterday, thanks; all of tomorrow, yes; all of today, let it be!</b></font></i></div>
</font></div>
<br>
<br>
<div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: oe-request <oe-request@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
To: oe <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
Sent: Thu, May 31, 2012 10:17 am<br>
Subject: OE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 40<br>
<br>
<div id="AOLMsgPart_0_133abf6b-34e9-4d09-8d50-981a65f1d1c2" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;">
<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Send OE mailing list submissions to
<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a>
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
<a href="mailto:oe-request@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe-request@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
You can reach the person managing the list at
<a href="mailto:oe-owner@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe-owner@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of OE digest..."
Today's Topics:
1. Re: Death of Robert Shropshire (George Holcombe)
2. Re: Death of Robert Shropshire (Dharmalingam Vinasithamby)
3. Re: Death of Robert Shropshire (E B)
4. Re: Death of Robert Shropshire (E B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 19:15:57 -0500
From: George Holcombe <<a href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</a>>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:OE@wedgeblade.net">OE@wedgeblade.net</a>>, ICA LIST SERVE
<<a href="mailto:dialogue@wedgeblade.net">dialogue@wedgeblade.net</a>>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:727D17E3-707C-4FA8-9501-96A53DACECA1@me.com">727D17E3-707C-4FA8-9501-96A53DACECA1@me.com</a>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
Conna Wilkerson told me that Robert died Tuesday night at his mother's home in
Chicago. A service will be held for him on Saturday.
Wanda and I will never forget Robert. When he arrived at Mowanjum, he was the
star of the show, everyone thought he was the greatest. Years later Robert and
I had a great time playing music at the summer programs. I'm sure others of us
have memories of Robert, too.
George Holcombe
14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
Austin, TX 78728
Mobile 512/252-2756
<a href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</a>
Hope appeareth, but it is not your Hope?you do not have anything to do with it.
It just appeareth. It comes as a stranger, as an alien?it just appeareth! You do
not even know why you hope. How in the world could you hope when there is
absolutely nothing to justify any hope? ~Joseph W. Mathews
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120530/3c630684/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120530/3c630684/attachment-0001.htm</a>>
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 18:25:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dharmalingam Vinasithamby <<a href="mailto:dvinasithamby@yahoo.com">dvinasithamby@yahoo.com</a>>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
Message-ID:
<<a href="mailto:1338427502.38440.YahooMailNeo@web110709.mail.gq1.yahoo.com">1338427502.38440.YahooMailNeo@web110709.mail.gq1.yahoo.com</a>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Very sad to hear of his passing. We taught together at the Black Academy several
times and through him, I got to know about the feelings and hopes of the black
community in the 70s. We worked together at Bombay house together as well. I had
been trying to track him down all these years with no success. A man with a
great sense of humour and passion.
Dharmalingam
>________________________________
> From: George Holcombe <<a href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</a>>
>To: Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:OE@wedgeblade.net">OE@wedgeblade.net</a>>; ICA LIST SERVE
<<a href="mailto:dialogue@wedgeblade.net">dialogue@wedgeblade.net</a>>
>Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:15 AM
>Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
>
>
>Conna Wilkerson told me that Robert died Tuesday night at his mother's home in
Chicago. ?A service will be held for him on Saturday.
>
>
>Wanda and I will never forget Robert. ?When he arrived at Mowanjum, he was the
star of the show, everyone thought he was the greatest. ?Years later Robert and
I had a great time playing music at the summer programs. ?I'm sure others of us
have memories of Robert, too.
>
>
>George Holcombe
>14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
>Austin, TX 78728
>Mobile 512/252-2756
><a href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</a>
>
>
>Hope appeareth, but it is not your?Hope?you do not have anything to?do with it.
It just appeareth. It comes?as a stranger, as an alien?it just?appeareth! You do
not even know?why you hope. How in the world?could you hope when there
is?absolutely nothing to justify any?hope? ? ?~Joseph W. Mathews
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>OE mailing list
><a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a>
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120530/c3c68c8e/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120530/c3c68c8e/attachment-0001.htm</a>>
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 19:17:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: E B <<a href="mailto:marosel2000@yahoo.com">marosel2000@yahoo.com</a>>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>>, Order
Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:OE@wedgeblade.net">OE@wedgeblade.net</a>>, ICA LIST SERVE
<<a href="mailto:dialogue@wedgeblade.net">dialogue@wedgeblade.net</a>>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
Message-ID:
<<a href="mailto:1338430648.16819.YahooMailNeo@web163101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com">1338430648.16819.YahooMailNeo@web163101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com</a>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
It is a sad day to hear of Robert's death. He was dean of my first and second
Academy.
May God have mercy and welcome him into His Kingdom.?
Our deepest condolences to his bereaved family.
Elsa Batica
Minneapolis, MN
________________________________
From: George Holcombe <<a href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</a>>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:OE@wedgeblade.net">OE@wedgeblade.net</a>>; ICA LIST SERVE
<<a href="mailto:dialogue@wedgeblade.net">dialogue@wedgeblade.net</a>>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
Conna Wilkerson told me that Robert died Tuesday night at his mother's home in
Chicago. ?A service will be held for him on Saturday.
Wanda and I will never forget Robert. ?When he arrived at Mowanjum, he was the
star of the show, everyone thought he was the greatest. ?Years later Robert and
I had a great time playing music at the summer programs. ?I'm sure others of us
have memories of Robert, too.
George Holcombe
14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
Austin, TX 78728
Mobile 512/252-2756
<a href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</a>
Hope appeareth, but it is not your?Hope?you do not have anything to?do with it.
It just appeareth. It comes?as a stranger, as an alien?it just?appeareth! You do
not even know?why you hope. How in the world?could you hope when there
is?absolutely nothing to justify any?hope? ? ?~Joseph W. Mathews
_______________________________________________
OE mailing list
<a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120530/914e80f4/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120530/914e80f4/attachment-0001.htm</a>>
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 19:17:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: E B <<a href="mailto:marosel2000@yahoo.com">marosel2000@yahoo.com</a>>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>>, Order
Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:OE@wedgeblade.net">OE@wedgeblade.net</a>>, ICA LIST SERVE
<<a href="mailto:dialogue@wedgeblade.net">dialogue@wedgeblade.net</a>>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
Message-ID:
<<a href="mailto:1338430648.16819.YahooMailNeo@web163101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com">1338430648.16819.YahooMailNeo@web163101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com</a>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
It is a sad day to hear of Robert's death. He was dean of my first and second
Academy.
May God have mercy and welcome him into His Kingdom.?
Our deepest condolences to his bereaved family.
Elsa Batica
Minneapolis, MN
________________________________
From: George Holcombe <<a href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</a>>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:OE@wedgeblade.net">OE@wedgeblade.net</a>>; ICA LIST SERVE
<<a href="mailto:dialogue@wedgeblade.net">dialogue@wedgeblade.net</a>>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Robert Shropshire
Conna Wilkerson told me that Robert died Tuesday night at his mother's home in
Chicago. ?A service will be held for him on Saturday.
Wanda and I will never forget Robert. ?When he arrived at Mowanjum, he was the
star of the show, everyone thought he was the greatest. ?Years later Robert and
I had a great time playing music at the summer programs. ?I'm sure others of us
have memories of Robert, too.
George Holcombe
14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
Austin, TX 78728
Mobile 512/252-2756
<a href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</a>
Hope appeareth, but it is not your?Hope?you do not have anything to?do with it.
It just appeareth. It comes?as a stranger, as an alien?it just?appeareth! You do
not even know?why you hope. How in the world?could you hope when there
is?absolutely nothing to justify any?hope? ? ?~Joseph W. Mathews
_______________________________________________
OE mailing list
<a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120530/914e80f4/attachment-0002.htm" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120530/914e80f4/attachment-0002.htm</a>>
------------------------------
_______________________________________________
OE mailing list
<a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
<a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a>
End of OE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 40
*********************************
</tt></pre>
</div>
<!-- end of AOLMsgPart_0_133abf6b-34e9-4d09-8d50-981a65f1d1c2 -->
</div>
</div>
</font>