Dear Julie, Liz and OE Colleagues,
I’m naming Ike in my prayers daily, and am grateful he is in the strong and supportive care of Hospice, as was my husband Joe a few years ago.
I remember with delight the chance Joe and I had to first meet and work with Ike and Charlene as fellow staff of the Jabalpur ITI, 1971, in Madhya Pradesh, India. Julie was about 5, John was 2, Jonathan & Benjamin were 9 months old, Adam Lingo was an infant. That was the year Charles Allen Lingo, procurer of all manner of supplies and finances as “development maven”, bought out the “black market” of Gerber’s baby food! Ike and Charlene were a powerhouse team, as they proved to be ever-thereafter in whatever assignment they were given.
I, like Sherwood, remember the important work Ike did to empower ordinary people with mental illness.
My love goes out to the whole Powell family. Grace and peace, Marilyn
On Nov 15, 2025, at 6:40 PM, Randy Williams via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Ike and I taught RS-1 in Sherman, Texas so many years ago. After the Saturday session we went to a local bar for a beer and got hasseled by some of the local red necks because we weren’t wearing Wranglers and T-shirts.
Randy
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On Nov 15, 2025, at 4:28 PM, Sherwood Shankland via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Blessings to Ike and family on the road ahead. We are especially appreciative of the work that Ike and others did with people in NY experiencing homelessness and mental health challenges - designing workshops that the residents facilitated themselves.
Grace and Peace,
Sherwood and Eunice
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