Dear Lynda, John, and family, <br><br>In celebration of the life and death of Joe Lippard, this poem comes with tears of sadness and gratitude for a life well lived! My candle is lit sending loving energy to the family who gathered around supporting Joe's journey. May the light of his life be with you always in shared memories. You are all in my prayers.<br>
<br>With love, <br><br>Nancy<br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Lynda Cock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com" target="_blank">llc860@triad.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Dear <span>c</span>olleagues, </span></div>
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<div><span>Dad<span>
</span>completed his amazing journey August 28th.
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<div><span><span> </span>Wisdom from <span>the Order</span> <span>community </span>accompanied us on that
journey. <span> </span></span></div></span><span><span>For most of July and
August I have been in Virginia helping my sister Diane Galbreath <font face="Andalus"><font face="Times New Roman">(</font><span><font color="#0000ff"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Guardian, HDP
consults and</font> </font></span>former <span>ICA </span>Board member) to care for our 98<span>-</span>year<span>-</span>old <span>F</span>ather </font>in his declining health.
Brother Hal Lippard (<span>summer participate at South
House and a </span>Delta Pace<span> Consult
participation</span>) was <span>with us</span> on weekends. We were
honored to be part of his care team as a small pay-back for the years of his
caring for us. </span></span></div></div>
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<div><span></span><span>You
may have seen his photo in one of John's blog<span>
posts</span> <a href="http://rejourney.blogspot.com/2012/07/joes-98th-birthday.html" target="_blank">http://rejourney.blogspot.com/2012/07/joes-98th-birthday.html</a><span></span><span> in July
</span>as he <span>stirred the </span>plum
sauce. <span>And h</span>e was so pleased to
have been able to celebrate his 98th birthday in July<span> under the spreading walnut trees with four generations
of us around him.</span></span></div>
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<div><span>Dad and Mom<span>
(she</span><span> died at 90 eight years
ago)</span> were RS-I grads <span>and
</span>found practical ways to participate in our work. Mom always
brought <span>her apron</span> and Dad brought his
toolbox. They visited Fifth City, <span>our
houses in KC and DC, </span>attended <span>G</span>uardian meetings, and <span>visited </span>Canon Ball HDP <span>on</span> a western <span>car </span>trip. They also hosted development
teams from the Memphis House, and through their church in Tennessee,
raised money for our support while we were in Australia, Indonesia, and
India. <span>Because of all this, <span>we included the Ecumenical Institute/ Institute of
Cultural Affairs in the memorial requests<span>.
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<div><span><span>Thank you for
journeying with our <span>extended</span>
family,</span></span></div>
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<div><span><span>
<div><span>Lynda Lippard
Cock</span></div></span></span></div>
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<div><span>Dad's obituary may be viewed at <a href="http://www.mcmillianfuneralhome.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.mcmillianfuneralhome.com/" target="_blank">www.mcmillianfuneralhome.com</a></span></div>
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