<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Dearest Marilyn,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">May you be surrounded with love as you experience the loss of Joe. Know that you, Ben, Jonathan and their families are being held in the hearts of so many during this time of transition.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In gratitude for Joe.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Marsha </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 28, 2023, at 3:02 PM, Mari Crocker via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div class="">Dear Colleagues on the Long March of Love,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. </div><div class="">Ben, Jon and I were with him for most of that time, and it was a deeply meaning-filled experience of remembering with gratitude. </div><div class="">All 4 grandchildren and both daughters-in-law were able to visit early in the process of our “watching, waiting and standing present". </div><div class="">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 class="">Amazing Grace</i>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">God gives, and God takes away, and we give thanks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Grace and Peace,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marilyn </div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>OE mailing list</span><br><span>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</span><br><span>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>