<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Isobel Bishop<div>Mob. 0412 129 425</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Isobel and Jim <isobeljimbish@optusnet.com.au><br><b>Date:</b> 30 April 2023 at 10:02:31 am AEST<br><b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Frank Knutson <frankknutson2@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [Oe List ...] Joe Crocker's Passing</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Thank you Frank. <div>For Joe, much loved and fondly remembered by all. </div><div>Vale Joseph </div><div><br></div><div>Our memories are strong </div><div>The Bishop family. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Isobel Bishop<div>Mob. 0412 129 425</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 30 Apr 2023, at 1:38 am, Frank Knutson 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><Bread_and_Wine 2.jpg></div><div><C42 k012 2 2.jpg></div><br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Apr 28, 2023, at 8:05 PM, Marsha Hahn via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div 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>Dear Colleagues on the Long March of Love,</div><div><br></div><div>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>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>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>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>.</div><div><br></div><div>God gives, and God takes away, and we give thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Grace and Peace,</div><div><br></div><div>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></div>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<br>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net<br></div></blockquote></div><br><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></div></div></blockquote></body></html>