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<p class="MsoNormal">Marilyn and family, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a sacred moment as we stand present with you and your family in the passing of Joe.
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<p class="MsoNormal">He was one of our early heroes in the leadership of our OE community and the work of renewal of the Local Church.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are grateful for our work with you folks in Area NY and with later JWM and Bishop Jim events. What a team you two have been!
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can almost hear him joining a choir and singing “for I have touched the hem of his garment and his love has made me whole.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Peace be with you all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lynda and John Cock <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of OE List <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>OE List <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 28, 2023 at 4:01 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>OE List <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Mari Crocker <maricrocker@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Oe List ...] Joe Crocker's Passing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues on the Long March of Love,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just a note to say my beloved Joe passed on to the "next chapter" yesterday at 5:41 AM, after a nearly 48-hour, post-stroke journey. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ben, Jon and I were with him for most of that time, and it was a deeply meaning-filled experience of remembering with gratitude. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All 4 grandchildren and both daughters-in-law were able to visit early in the process of our “watching, waiting and standing present". <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The staff at Watson Fields were amazingly loving and supportive during our sojourn, and gathered to witness Joe's “send-out” into the funeral hearse, accompanied by the singing of <i>Amazing Grace</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">God gives, and God takes away, and we give thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Grace and Peace,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Marilyn <o:p></o:p></p>
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