<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><p 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></p><p 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></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></div><div class="gmail_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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