Liz and Martha, thank you for this update about Bruce Donnelly’s passing.

I realize now how little we knew of our colleagues, with whom we worshipped and worked, day after day, in the Order.

I never knew Bruce was an ordained minister, much less the “hippy priest” before he joined our fold.  I always saw him a “the slick, Development Guy,” who was always on the road visiting Patrons.  

But our kids knew differently.  Bruce was way ahead of our plodding technology (telexes and WATTS calls).  He and his first wife, Barbara, installed a HUGE SCREEN at the end of the hall on the 7th floor in the Kemper Building in Chicago, and invited us to watch all kinds of interesting films, likely then VHS tapes.  He introduced our emerging generation (and us ole fogeys)  to what is now common practice.

I celebrate the full life of service he gave in so many ways, over so many years.  Thank you Bruce Donnelly, for being you.

Marilyn Crocker

On Jan 17, 2024, at 6:54 PM, James Wiegel via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

I remember, especially, Bruce’s twinkly eyes and his way of standing at an angle . . .

An old spiritual, that I don’t remember ever learning, goes round in my head, and sometimes I sing these few lines aloud — at our food bank or just anywhere

“Oh what fellowship, oh what joy divine
Leaning on the everlasting arms…”


Jim Wiegel

“…the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come and let us talk“. 

The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver


On Jan 17, 2024, at 2:45 PM, Elizabeth Caperton via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:


Martha Laird just shared with me that Bruce Donnelly died a few days ago. When I saw him in October he said he’d had some serious medical issues but he was the same outgoing host for a reunion of the original Atlanta house. 

I hope the link to his obituary from the newspaper comes through. If not, it is handled through the Sandy Springs Chapel. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries?searchtext=donnelly&locationcode=7119

I’m attaching the photo of our recent gathering in the fall with Ike & Charlene Powell, Jean Watts, Martha Laird & Bruce. Eileen & George Howard had left before the picture was taken. The papers on the dining room table visible in the background were old ICA brochures he’d kept. <image0.jpeg>

DONNELLY, Rev. Robert
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