What? Oh dear. Very sad news. Ed rather saved my sanity the first summer in Hai Ou. While he and others had Hepatitis, I was trying to carry on. When I was a kid near Seattle, we had Latvian refugee neighbors. Ed and I bonded over that connection. He will be missed Pat Druckenmiller Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Dialogue <dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Jo Nelson via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2025 5:02:11 PM To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Jo Nelson <jo.r.nelson@gmail.com>; Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Completed life of Ed Feldmanis Oh, no! It’s sad to hear this. I originally met him in 1970/71 when he visited the DC House. His name was really Atis Feldmanis, and he had Latvian heritage — maybe was born there. In 1970 I remember he was very careful not to tell strangers he was Latvian. I think this was from his family’s fear after WW2. Recently he told me his mother pronounced it “Atti”, and he really appreciated it when I called him Atis. -- Jo Nelson, CPF, CTF <jo.r.nelson@gmail.com<mailto:jo.r.nelson@gmail.com>> 647 233 6910 "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead On Sun, Dec 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM Terry Bergdall via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: This morning, Sunday, December 28, Ed Feldmanis passed at his home in the GreenRise Intentional Community, Chicago. Ed was a long-time OE and ICA staff member, a communitarian at GreenRise, and, more recently, a dedicated volunteer with the ICA Archives program. He also was a strongly committed member of an active, and long-standing, men’s group in the greater Chicago area. Grace and Peace, Terry Bergdall _______________________________________________ Dialogue mailing list Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net