<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:24px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102"><span>Dear colleagues,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27938">I share in the deep sorrow that all of you must feel with the passage of our dear friend and colleague. I am so glad for having known and worked with him and grateful to him for having alerted us to the fact that he was nearing the end. My condolences to Roxana, his children and other members of his family. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27896">I shall always remember the twinkle in his eye and his style of confronting difficult situations with a humorous comment.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27957">regards,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455007934302_27102" dir="ltr"><span>Dharma</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 19:32, Linda Barnes via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7993226397"><div dir="ltr"><div>On the occasion of Gordon's passage</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">We, Rupert and Linda Barnes, lived next to Gordon and
Roxanna in the early days of the Kemper building in the famous filing cabinet
suites.<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Often, in the evening, after our
progeny had been tucked into their respective filing cabinet cubbies,
aromatic</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">pipe smoke would waft over the
top and between the cracks of the filing cabinets into our neighboring suite.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">One could hear Gordon rustling through papers
or quietly commenting to Roxana about something read in the New York Times.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">That was my first brief acquaintance
with the Harper clan as they were rapidly whisked off to Taiwan and India and only
much later were the Barnes </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">and the
Harpers to reacquaint through the marriage of Elena Harper and Daudi
Barnes.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="Calibri"><span></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Over the years</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">we have had the privilege of interacting with
Gordon and Roxanna through family gatherings and as grandchildren wove their
way into our families. </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">A prodigious
mind, ever inquisitive, ever mindful of the uniqueness of the spirit movement,
grounded in the Order Ecumenical, ironic to a fault. </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">A father and grandfather of loving
objectivity, a colleague and a dear friend.</font><span><font color="#000000" size="3">
</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">We experience loss at this moment, </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">but we will remember you Gordon </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">in fullness as a warrior for justice and
humanity. </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" size="3">Thank you for passing our way on
this amazing journey.</font></font></div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></div><div class="yiv7993226397gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i style="color:rgb(153,51,0);font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Linda Rolfing Barnes, CNM</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"></span><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"></i></div></div></div>
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