<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span>I didn't know Gordon well at all, but he stood out among the throngs in navy blue. Of course there was the pipe and goatee ... but there was something more. As we talked about him over dinner last night, my parents told me Gordon was a scholar of English (literature, I assume), and now I can see how well he fit that part. I can imagine him performing on stage or at the podium, opening young minds to the beauty and genius of Shakespeare. Perhaps in his quest to save the world, he gave up other aspirations (totally guessing here). I will say that in the past few months, as he faced his own death, he posted some of the most eloquent, insightful, beautiful and loving reflections I've ever read on the OE list. I can see him clearly in my mind's eye, head tilted slightly back, a great smile, sweet-smelling pipe ... I'm glad I knew him, if only a little. Sending love and wishes for peace to Roxana, Geoff, </span></span><span class="" style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(220,230,248)"><span><span>Elena</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span> & Stuart.</span></span><br><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span>With warmest regards,</span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span>Shelley Hahn</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Linda Barnes via OE <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><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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