Re: [Dialogue] A confluence of Twins! Did I remember them all??

20 Feb 2018

      Thanks Lynda,

WENDY HOCKLEY'S TRAVAIL

The Hockley Family was interning at the time she took sick in Aug. of 
'66 and living in an out building on Trumbal.  It was a un-operative 
brain tumor.  She was treated on (for free!) at St. Luke's.

It was an up and down battle.  Being in community was everything. We 
were able to travel by train to celebrate Christmas with family in MI, 
but before the end it was very difficult for her to communicate her needs.

In Feb on Shrove Tues we took Elaine and the Jets to the train for a 
trip to Marti Gras.  When we returned, Elaine's mother who was caring 
for Wendy during the trip informed us that Wendy had called out and 
succumbed to death.

The community acted swiftly and decisively.  Elaine was taken off the 
train at midpoint and arrived home by bus late aft.  That evening Wendy 
was laid on our bed on the second floor with her black beret hanging on 
the bed post while the Order processed up the stairs and around the bed.

The next few days was a bee hive of activity;

a group to create a liturgy where the double cross on the readose was 
used for the first time, you may remember Joe Pierce used the symbols in 
an ei news letter at about that time.

a group to plan the memorial event.  I was ingeniously assigned to the 
pit as Bill Grow's assistant to create and print the invitation to go to 
our entire mailing list.

It was quite an event.  There were people from as far as Cincinnati OH 
and Port Huron MI that came for the day.  The ceremony started in room A 
and marched across the open path to the Gym to the heavy beat of a huge 
bass drum.  It's all I remember (symbol is key) except that Slicker read 
the New Testament and Joe gave the eulogy.

Our care as a family was not neglected.  We were given time out for a 
week of renewal as a "new" family which we used to stay at an Indiana 
winter resort.

Praise God,
Len

On 2/19/2018 4:09 AM, Lynda C wrote:
...
We arrived in spring of 1969 and I remember hearing that the double 
cross was in memory of little Wendy Hockley.  As I recall she was one 
of the first deaths in our order community.  Now I look at that list 
of In Memoriam in our Directory and realize what an immense Crimson 
Line we stand on.  And one day, we will be like the Shakers who have 
now passed into history.   Tell us the story of the double cross again 
and tell us more about little Wendy.    I’m remembering the line from 
the /Come Walk with Francis/ song: “Life and death the kingdom come.”
I think of you and the Greene’s every time one of our children die.  
We hold these dear ones and their families in our care as we remember 
the joy and delight that each must have brought to their families in 
their abbreviated time.  Thank you for sharing.
Lynda Cock
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Early on we had the Hockley twins, Mark and Wendy.
Noting that Wendy's death and memorial service brought the double 
cross to our altar hanging.
Len
On 2/18/2018 5:37 PM, Mary Kurian DSouza via Dialogue wrote:
Thank you for reminding us.
Greetings and best wishes to each and all of them.
Mary
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On 19 Feb 2018, at 04:24, Lynda C via Dialogue
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Celebrating with all these families and remembering these
        wonderful young people now assuming their own special places
        in the world.   Surely would be fun to see the “then and now”
        photos on FB.   Lynda and John Cock
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        remember them all??
What a treat to be reminded of the “double treats” all the
        twins were to our community.  I was always in deep admiration
        to the moms who birthed their twins (or any child) while on
        assignments in developing nations and to all the couples who
        birthed twins and managed parenthood as part of the Order
        Comminity🌍🌎🌏
......And to follow some of them as they grew and were loved
        by a larger community beyond their parents💗🦋
Wanda
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On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:53 AM, James Wiegel via Dialogue
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This subject line from a recent email . . .  Stu & Elena's
            50th Birthday Weekend!
It was 1976.  Maliwada village.  The Castle at the end of
            the road.
The Harper twins, now turning 50
The Balm twins
The Crocker twins
And subsequently . . .
The Spencer twins
The Wiegel twins (just turned 40)
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On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:53 AM, James Wiegel via Dialogue
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This subject line from a recent email . . .  Stu & Elena's
            50th Birthday Weekend!
It was 1976.  Maliwada village.  The Castle at the end of
            the road.
The Harper twins, now turning 50
The Balm twins
The Crocker twins
And subsequently . . .
The Spencer twins
The Wiegel twins (just turned 40)
Jim Wiegel
401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona
            85353<x-apple-data-detectors://0>
Tel.011-623-936-8671<tel:011-623-936-8671> or
            011-623-363-3277<tel:011-623-363-3277>
jfwiegel@yahoo.com<mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com>
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