Dear Elizabeth, Karen and Jim,

Amidst the shocking news of Jonathan’s death, I am celebrating his wondrous life and passion among and for us all.

Following Dick’s sudden death Ann Epps kindly shared with me the help and comfort she found in Martha W. Hickman’s daily meditation book Healing After Loss : Daily meditations for working through grief.  I have found it to be reassuring for me over the past two years in my effort to learn how to be single after 63 years of marriage.

My love to you all.

God’s Grace and Peace,

Ellen 

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On Jun 8, 2023, at 10:50 PM, Lynda C via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:



What a special photo.  Thank you for sharing this.  I need to look for old photos.  We were with the Troxels  in 5^th City Program Center House.  Jonathan was one of the 6^th graders as I recall.  Melanie Harris and the Gayner (sp?) children, youth Todd and Tad Mueller, and our lst grade Jeremiah were some of the E. G.   

 

Our deep care to the Troxel family.  A special recent  memory of Jonathan was having him join in the Archives work, wanting to begin to document the Emerging Generation.  I hope others will join in to “finish his work”  by looking into old photos, sharing curriculum, etc. 

 

      Lynda

 

From: OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Elsa Batica via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>
Date: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 9:53 PM
To: Karen Snyder via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>
Cc: Elsa Batica <marosel2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Celebrating the life of Jonathan Troxel

Dear Karen and Jim,

This post hit me sad. Addi and I grieve with you.

I remember Johnathan when he was a little boy at one summer camp we were assigned. I also remember him as a happy little boy at Kemper. He loved to come around us to play with our baby Jaffer. 

Sending you our love and prayers. I hope his warm memories will comfort you. 

 

Here's a picture I found from our collection with L-R, Adam Lingo, Jaffer Batica, Thomas Prather, Benjamin Bossart, Jonathan Troxel and Allison Scott. 

 

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Elsa Batica St Paul, MN

 

 

On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 01:18:48 PM CDT, Karen Snyder via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

 

 

Greetings - especially to those of you who knew our son, Jonathan Troxel,

Yesterday, June 6, Jonathan suffered a cardiac arrest (triggered by asthma attacks possibly exacerbated by the air pollution from the Canadian wildfires) and died. He has had asthma since he was child. He began having strong problems with his breathing last Thursday, saw a doctor on Saturday, but still continued to have issues. Before going to work Tuesday, he texted us that he had another asthma attack, but was feeling better and proceeded to go to work. After he had walked the one block to work at the Admiral at the Lake Retirement Center, he told his staff colleagues that he was breathless and collapsed. All the nurses from the Admiral, the EMT paramedics and the hospital ER team were not able to revive him.

This of course has been a great shock to our lives - Jim and I as well as Jonathan’s wife, Elizabeth. We are in the midst of deciding what are the appropriate ways to celebrate his life. Although we don’t know who is reading this email, you too may have had experiences of death that you have wrestled with how to celebrate the life of your loved one. We thought sharing about Jonathan through the Dialogues was one way to celebrate.

If Jonathan knew you, he loved you. Any time someone would visit Jim and I, he wanted to see them too. He loved his experiences as a child in the Order, singing “Try to Remember” in the Student House, and was disappointed when Jim and I left the Order community. He has been pleased that Jim and I have re-engaged with the ICA. In the past couple of years he has enjoyed working with the Phase I files of the Global Archives in order to have them put on its website. And he has kept up with the lives of many who have transitioned from this life. Now he is among them.

Jim, Elizabeth and I are grateful for the messages and phone calls we have received. Each and every one is meaningful to us.  Thank you.

Take good care of yourselves, especially in these days of uncertain air quality or illnesses. Life is precious and mysterious. 

Peace and love,

Karen and Jim Troxel

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