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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Marilyn, Ben, Jon and families,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The extended Balm family sends you all our heartfelt condolences on the passing of Joe. Out thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this difficult time. I have very fond memories of the Crockers in Maliwada, including the trickle of a creek/canal that came to be called Crockers Creek.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>In sympathy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kevin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mari Crocker via OE<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 29, 2023 6:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> ICA-OE Listservs <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></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues on the Long March of Love,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><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></div><div><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></div><div><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></div><div><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></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>God gives, and God takes away, and we give thanks.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Grace and Peace,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Marilyn <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>