Kitty was a friend to our family in Kobe and Osaka - and a warm, caring person to all she met. Bill and Carol Schlesinger, Co-Directors Project Vida 3607 Rivera Avenue El Paso, TX 79905 Office (915) 465-1191 ext. 207 Cell (915) 490-6148 FAX (915) 503-1014 -----Original Message----- From: Dialogue <> On Behalf Of Terry Bergdall via Dialogue Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:21 PM To: oe@wedgeblade.net; dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net Cc: Terry Bergdall <bergdall2@gmail.com> Subject: [Dialogue] Kitty Cole I just spoke to Kitty’s daughter, Brenda, and learned that Kitty completed her life’s journey a week ago on June 8th. I first worked with Kitty in Osaka, Japan, during the summer of 1976 and then for many years in Chicago. She was a great spirit and will be greatly missed. Funeral arrangements are still in process of being made and I will post more information as I learn about it. Grace and peace, Terry _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net https://www.google.com/url?q=http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net&source=gmail-imap&ust=1655929236000000&usg=AOvVaw2CTtklKm3P0ROWApsYDpBo -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This transmission may contain confidential information belonging to the sender that is legally privileged and proprietary and may be subject to protection under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you

When Joe, David McCleskey and I were assigned to recruit (by teaching RSI and PLC courses in SEA) participants for the first ITI in Singapore in 1969, colleagues like Kitty Cole were crucial. Kitty hosted us in her home in Kobe, and invited Japanese and International colleagues to meet with us and learn about our work. One night when Kitty was hosting a Japanese/American couple (who eventually moved to the US), David excused himself to visit the restroom, and didn’t realize the children were sleeping on the floor. David, unintentionally, but sadly stepped on “Markeo, (the child of a future guardian couple,) whose lusty lungs sang out DANGER, DANGER. Kitty, thankfully with her training as a nurse, was able to calm the child and his parents, as well as David — and the evening proceeded as planned. This was the kind of gal she was: knowledgable, smart, responsive, and ready to tell it the way is was! I doubt we would have ever encouraged Japanese colleagues to join us if Kitty Cole had not been the international pioneer.

On Jun 15, 2022, at 4:20 PM, Terry Bergdall via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

I just spoke to Kitty’s daughter, Brenda, and learned that Kitty completed her life’s journey a week ago on June 8th. I first worked with Kitty in Osaka, Japan, during the summer of 1976 and then for many years in Chicago. She was a great spirit and will be greatly missed. Funeral arrangements are still in process of being made and I will post more information as I learn about it.

Grace and peace, Terry _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net

I imagine Kitty, and all the other Guardians who have completed their earthly journey, are now still our Guardians on another plane. Journey on, oh gracious and brilliant one, Sunny *Sunny Walker * *She/her/hers* *On **Arapaho, Cheyenne, Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute), and Očeti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) tribal land* Certified Facilitator (Also Certified ToP Facilitator) ToP Methods Mentor Trainer - Upcoming Courses <https://www.top-training.net/w/> Virtual Facilitation Collaborative Senior Facilitator sunny.sunwalker@gmail.com 303-587-3017 For virtual facilitation inquiries: sunny@virtualfacilitationcollaborative.com www.virtualfacilitationcollaborative.com On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 2:20 PM Terry Bergdall via Dialogue < dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

I just spoke to Kitty’s daughter, Brenda, and learned that Kitty completed her life’s journey a week ago on June 8th. I first worked with Kitty in Osaka, Japan, during the summer of 1976 and then for many years in Chicago. She was a great spirit and will be greatly missed. Funeral arrangements are still in process of being made and I will post more information as I learn about it.

Grace and peace, Terry _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net