In a message dated 9/4/03 10:09:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Jean in Cleveland U.K. > By chance, looking at this pattern book, I noticed 2 patterns from > Ghyslaine Maes the President of OIDFA who died so recently. The OIDFA > bulletin No. 3 arrived today also. It reported how ill she had become, > but not her death. The world of lacemaking has lost a talented and > dedicated lady. >> -------- << I sent a message to the list the following day of her death but I think no one noticed because everyone was so busy with Ms Channer's mat and copyright. This lack of reaction was very disappointing because she was really a remarkable person in the world of lacemaking. Liduina from Belgium >> ------- Dear Liduina, It is always sad when we lose a wonderful lacemaker and leader. Probably few of the people who are active participants on Arachne knew Ghyslaine Maes, and there have been no details or reviews of her contributions to lace - which would have drawn comments. She came to the position of President of OIDFA fairly recently, and no one was prepared to hear of her sudden death. Please don't be too disappointed by the lack of response to your announcement on Arachne. There may be comments when the magnitude of loss is realized. Perhaps there are members of Arachne with memories to share, as they did upon the passing of Doreen Wright.... Please let us know if a special tribute to Ghyslaine Maes is put on OIDFA's Website. (It is worth noting that I just looked at the OIDFA Website, and it is still possible to click on Ghyslaine's name and send OIDFA business mail to her. This could be quite upsetting to her family. It would be compassionate if the Webmaster made an adjustment.) Kind personal regards and sympathy to Ghyslaine's many lace friends, Jeri Ames in Maine USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
