Think it is a wonderful idea. Joyce On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Tom Davenport <[email protected]> wrote:
> Larry's passing left me with a moral dilemma, my wife and I had previously > planned to make a trip down to Cedar City, Utah to enjoy a mini-vacation and > a couple of evenings of Shakespeare at the annual festival held there, > leaving us out of town for Larry's viewing and funeral. If it had just been > me I would have opted out and stayed to honor Larry, but he was my friend > (my wife had only met Larry briefly) and I knew how much my wife had been > looking forward to this trip. I opted to spend the time with my wife, but > on the way down we stopped to visit Shauna. We had a nice visit, she gave > me more details about Larry's passing. She said the end came very quickly, > with no suffering. Shauna feels like a blood clot was the culprit, but no > one will ever know, since (I assume) no autopsy was done. She has decided > to forgo any "what if" thinking and move on to the happiness and comfort of > her faith, family and friends. > > We talked about the plans for the funeral, it was planned be a celebration > of Larry's life, with speakers from family and friends and music! Larry's > life was spent as a choral instructor, he touched thousands of lives in his > 20 year career at a local high school and last 15 or so at Utah Valley > University (a large community college with over 30,000 students). A choir > was formed for the funeral, consisting of family, friends and former > students. I'm sure the service was wonderful and a great comfort to Larry's > wife and family! > > So, that brings us to the point of this email. We returned last night, and > at 3:30 this morning I lay awake wondering about having a final memorial for > Larry to give Shauna a parting "hug" from Larry's friends on the VFB list. > What I had in mind was a fly from each of Larry's friends or admirers > along with a story (with pictures if possible) of any memory you have of > Larry. A picture of the fly, the participant , along with their "Larry > pictures" would be complied in a nice book to accompany the actual flies > themselves, which could be presented in some sort of wall hanging. Well, I > went on line and found out a shadow box was already in the works, which is > great, so I would like to volunteer to produce a companion book. > > Here is how it could work: > > 1. If you were in the 2011 Catskill swap, you could send me a picture of > yourself, along with an anecdote, and any Larry pictures you might have. If > you never met Larry personally, it could be a story about a particular list > converstation, or you could simply be listed as a "VFB list member and > friend". A picture of the fly would be nice as well, I could take it > myself, or perhaps Peggy could do it before it was placed in the shadow box. > > 2. If you were not in the above swap, but wanted to participate, you could > send your fly to Peggy, and pictures and anecdotes directly to me. I would > compile your story and pictures. > > A deadline needs to be set if this idea becomes "official". Right now it > is just a suggestion on my part. > > Peggy and others, what do you think? Would this be a good idea, or should > we just keep it simple and go with the original plan? Either way, I would > like a fly of mine to be included. > > Tom Davenport > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/vfb-mail?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en> > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
