<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_9132" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_9131" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_9130" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_9832" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_9581" face="Arial" size="2"> How do you say farewell to a highly respected and beloved member of our community? I remember the words if not the title that began, "Born to forge out of the darkest night the sound of emerging life, in the midst of strife, struggling, struggling consuming all!"</font></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_9833" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_9963" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">Bill injected his gift of spontaneity and relaxed, easy going nature to the task at hand and also contributed these gifts toward making a celebration a memorable event. I remember a celebration initiating the South House in Chicago with a talent show. Bill and Nan crooned to those gathered the song, "I Shot the Sheriff, (but I didn't shoot the deputy)! Intentional lyrics from a man who made intentionality look easy.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_10453" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_10454" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">Journey on in peace, Bill Bailey, with blessings to your inclusive family that remains to remember you fondly with </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_10689" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_10690" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">Grace & Peace,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_10782" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_10781" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">Dawn Collins</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_9964" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_10863" face="Arial" size="2"><br>----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Isobel Bishop via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Doris Hahn <dshahn31@gmail.com>; Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, January 14, 2017 12:03 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Celebrating the completed life of Bill Bailey<br></font></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </div><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484442986103_10864" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br><div id="yiv2441441645"><div><div>Thankyou Charles and Doris for this story </div><div>In peace and love,</div><div>Isobel<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="yiv2441441645yqt7927050414" id="yiv2441441645yqt59434"><div><br clear="none">On 14 Jan 2017, at 1:27 pm, Doris Hahn via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">What can we say about Bill?--Bill who married Marianna in their mid-teens and then went on to play football at Duke; father three bright and accomplished children; finish three years of graduate school; then put all of that to work on behalf of our corporate life and work. In the first year of the Religious Houses, Bill and Marianna were assigned to Los Angeles, where Bill demonstrated his great ability to raise the right questions and calm the waters with simple but profound answers. He was also somewhat a magician who did his and Marianna's laundry while he did "wake-up" around our House every morning. From there he mixed his southern drawl with many other voices in Order Houses around the world. The Hahn family are grateful for having had the privilege of sharing life and work with Bill Bailey.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Grace and Peace to Marianna, Tom, Lynn, Nan and the younger Bailey clan.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Doris and Charles Hahn </div></div><div class="yiv2441441645gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2441441645gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Marilyn Crocker via OE <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2441441645gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Dear Lynn,<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Thank you so very much for letting us all know about your beloved Dad's<br clear="none">
passing on to join the Community of Saints. Joe and I hold you, your Mom,<br clear="none">
Nan, Maria, Billy, Julia and Tom in our hearts tonight with deep love and<br clear="none">
admiration for the strong image of "missional family" you have always<br clear="none">
represented -- whether under assignment together or working in separate<br clear="none">
places.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
This letter is meant for you all.<br clear="none">
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When your parents agreed to take on a critical leadership role in Majuro, we<br clear="none">
became Nan's guardians in the NYRH (first in Patterson, NJ, then in<br clear="none">
Manhattan -- a 3 year journey when Nan was then in high school). Your Dad<br clear="none">
returned to the US briefly during this time, and led House Church one Sunday<br clear="none">
in Patterson. He was introduced as "Nan's Dad", to which Jon and Ben, then<br clear="none">
3 years old and very attached to Nan said, in toddler shock and utter<br clear="none">
disbelief, "But we thought OUR Dad was Nan's Dad!" So we have felt forever<br clear="none">
connected in love and appreciation to the Bill Bailey family.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Your family (Bill, Marianna, Lynn, Nan, Tom) somehow, despite<br clear="none">
understandable pain and angst, were able to embrace the radical shift from<br clear="none">
being a pastor's family in comfortable suburbia, to moving to the<br clear="none">
then-ghetto of Fifth City as part of an experimental religious order, to<br clear="none">
sharing your gifts of leadership in remote villages and big cities across<br clear="none">
the world -- AND -- to not ever lose your commitment to extended family<br clear="none">
(including Nan's grandma with whom she always stayed in touch) or its<br clear="none">
unusual call to service.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
All of that and far more (as the family expanded) is the legacy of Bill<br clear="none">
Bailey, his beautiful wife, Marianna, and his three terrific offspring --<br clear="none">
and their enriching effects to planet earth and its inhabitants will be felt<br clear="none">
directly and indirectly for many more decades.<br clear="none">
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We send you our love and prayers of thanksgiving for being YOU!<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Marilyn and Joe<br clear="none">
<span class="yiv2441441645im yiv2441441645HOEnZb"><br clear="none">
-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">
From: OE [mailto:<a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe-bounces@lists. wedgeblade.net</a>] On Behalf Of Marianna<br clear="none">
Bailey via OE<br clear="none">
</span><span class="yiv2441441645im yiv2441441645HOEnZb">Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 1:28 PM<br clear="none">
</span><span class="yiv2441441645im yiv2441441645HOEnZb">To: Order Ecumenical Community<br clear="none">
Subject: [Oe List ...] Celebrating the completed life of Bill Bailey<br clear="none">
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</span><div class="yiv2441441645HOEnZb"><div class="yiv2441441645h5">This is Bill and Marianna's daughter, Lynn. I want to let you know that Dad<br clear="none">
completed his life early this morning with his family by his side. We love<br clear="none">
him and will miss him dearly.<br clear="none">
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Grace and Peace,<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Lynn<br clear="none">
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Sent from my iPhone<br clear="none">
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