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<div><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi Lynda,</font></div>
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<div>Thanks for sending this information about your father. We are sorry for his loss but celebrate with you the gift of his long and fruitful life which was poured out for many--locally and globally. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, John and all your family.</div>
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<div>Grace and peace,</div>
<div>Carleton and Ellie</div>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Lynda Cock <llc860@triad.rr.com><br>
To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
Sent: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 5:02 pm<br>
Subject: [Oe List ...] Completed life of Joe Lippard<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="869254419-05092012">Dear <span class="781202221-05092012">c</span>olleagues, </span></div>
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<div><span class="869254419-05092012">Dad<span class="781202221-05092012">
</span>completed his amazing journey August 28th.
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<div><span class="869254419-05092012"><span class="281015321-05092012"><font color="#0000ff"></font></span></span> </div>
<div><span class="869254419-05092012"><span class="281015321-05092012"> </span>Wisdom from <span class="781202221-05092012">the Order</span> <span class="781202221-05092012">community </span>accompanied us on that
journey. <span class="734083921-05092012"> </span></span></div>
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<div><span class="869254419-05092012"><span class="869254419-05092012">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 class="788385721-05092012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman">Guardian, HDP
consults and</font> </font></span>former <span class="781202221-05092012">ICA </span>Board member) to care for our 98<span class="781202221-05092012">-</span>year<span class="781202221-05092012">-</span>old <span class="781202221-05092012">F</span>ather </font>in his declining health.
Brother Hal Lippard (<span class="781202221-05092012">summer participate at South
House and a </span>Delta Pace<span class="781202221-05092012"> Consult
participation</span>) was <span class="781202221-05092012">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>
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<div><span class="869254419-05092012"></span><span class="869254419-05092012"></span> </div>
<div><span class="869254419-05092012"></span><span class="869254419-05092012">You
may have seen his photo in one of John's blog<span class="781202221-05092012">
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 class="734083921-05092012"></span><span class="781202221-05092012"> in July
</span>as he <span class="781202221-05092012">stirred the </span>plum
sauce. <span class="781202221-05092012">And h</span>e was so pleased to
have been able to celebrate his 98th birthday in July<span class="781202221-05092012"> under the spreading walnut trees with four generations
of us around him.</span></span></div>
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<div><span class="869254419-05092012">Dad and Mom<span class="781202221-05092012">
(she</span><span class="781202221-05092012"> died at 90 eight years
ago)</span> were RS-I grads <span class="781202221-05092012">and
</span>found practical ways to participate in our work. Mom always
brought <span class="781202221-05092012">her apron</span> and Dad brought his
toolbox. They visited Fifth City, <span class="734083921-05092012">our
houses in KC and DC, </span>attended <span class="781202221-05092012">G</span>uardian meetings, and <span class="781202221-05092012">visited </span>Canon Ball HDP <span class="781202221-05092012">on</span> a western <span class="781202221-05092012">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 class="781202221-05092012">Because of all this, <span class="869254419-05092012">we included the Ecumenical Institute/ Institute of
Cultural Affairs in the memorial requests<span class="781202221-05092012">.
</span></span>
<div><span class="869254419-05092012"><span class="781202221-05092012"></span></span> </div>
<div><span class="869254419-05092012"><span class="781202221-05092012">Thank you for
journeying with our <span class="663315621-05092012">extended</span>
family,</span></span></div>
<div><span class="869254419-05092012"><span class="781202221-05092012"></span></span> </div>
<div><span class="869254419-05092012"><span class="781202221-05092012">
<div><span class="869254419-05092012">Lynda Lippard
Cock</span></div>
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<div><span class="869254419-05092012">Dad's obituary may be viewed at <a href="http://www.mcmillianfuneralhome.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.mcmillianfuneralhome.com/" target="_blank">www.mcmillianfuneralhome.com</a></span></div>
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