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yAJgKcSTaKDNCGLVse posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Stay infromatvie, San Diego, yeah boy!
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Patricia Hunter posted a condolence
Monday, April 7, 2008
Dear Don,
My heart and prayers go out to you. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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Jessica Showalter posted a condolence
Saturday, March 29, 2008
My Grandmother was a loving woman, who did everything she could to improve the life of others. She's been in my thoughts a lot this year, and I hope she's in a better place.
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Carolyn Hall posted a condolence
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Don - you, Valerie, Richard and Diane and their families have been in my thoughts and prayers since learning of Joan's sudden passing. Joan was a special person, loving and exemplary of Christian devotion. She assisted me many times with tax tips and I enjoyed our times together at Anchorage's First Congregational Church, especially our Sunday School current events discussions. When we three relocated to the Seattle area, I always looked forward to seeing you and sharing good times. May the heartfelt sympathy of your friends and the close presence of Jesus Christ sustain you in your mourning. Love, Carolyn
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Kathy Means posted a condolence
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Don, I was so sorry to hear of Joan's untimely passing. I have good memories of walking the Crop Walk with her in the beautiful and crisp Fall and sharing our thoughts. It was such a pleasure to see both of you visit the church on your trips up to Anchorage to see family and to catch up on your adventures. May God be with you through this loss and know that many of us grieve with you. Kathy
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Lottie Davey-Beyer posted a condolence
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Dearest Friend Don.
I 'm sure you realize what a blow it was to hear the news about Joan - hard to tell and hard to hear. You above all people know what a special woman she was and how much she will be missed in all our lives. I can't tell you how sad I am just thinking about her and you. I know you are a strong person, and we do go on, but it hurts. Know that you and all the family are in my thoughts and prayers. God Bless you and keep you.
All my love, Lottie
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Gail Dudley posted a condolence
Monday, February 11, 2008
Dear Don: I was so saddened and shocked to hear of Joan's death. She was a wonderful woman and you are very fortunate to have met and spent so many great years together. You are in my thoughts and prayers. May the love of your friends give you comfort and may the love of God give you peace.
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Margrit Butz Walmsley posted a condolence
Monday, February 11, 2008
Dear Don, - I was so terribly saddened to hear that Joan has passed away. She was one of my favourite people and I was so lucky to have met up with her again during the Woodstock 150th celebrations. I am also very happy that my family was able to meet both of you then. My most sincere and deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family.
With love, Margrit
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Katherine (Davey) Huffman posted a condolence
Monday, February 11, 2008
To Joan's family, my heartfelt sympathy for your loss.
Joan became my "other mother" when Diane and I began our friendship as 3rd graders at College Gate Elementary. We were often at each other's homes, and walking, bikeriding between them. I remember "Mrs. Showalter" as reserved but strong, with a natural social grace that flowed from kindness. I spent so much time with their family...pancakes for breakfast, camping in the Winnebago at Montana Creek, boating in Prince William Sound (she once read Poe stories to us before we slept, and that time we woke up sleeping on the wall and stove in the sailboat because the tide had gone out and we were on our side...), going to church at First Congregational. She liked the songs "Jean, Jean roses are red.." and bought me the sheet music for "The Music Box Dancer" so I could learn it and play it for her - which I never did. Sometimes I keep my kitchen radio tuned to the oldies station (it was always on in her kitchen) and I am reminded of her and get a cozy, homey memory. She had house dresses and aprons and little pink slippers. She had twinkly blue eyes and I remember her full of empathy, ready to laugh or to listen. Joan and Diane picked me up at my house one evening in January 1979, and as we drove it was Joan who first told me my father had died. I remember Joan weathering the storms of our adolescent girlhood -- onetime nodding patiently, unfooled, as we described the "G" movie we were supposed to have seen rather than the "R" one we snuck in to. I was privileged to sing "My Cup Runneth Over with Love" at the ceremony where she and Don wed, and I was happy to be a guest in their home for many Christmas brunches and other gatherings (including when she prepared my taxes during that indebted post-college/but-bad-job time). I've always felt a part of the family, and liked being present at those transition times...going through photos and knickknacks when she and Don were paring down their belongings preparing for retirement and life on the road. I saved boxes of photos, some things from when they lived overseas - so I could get them to Diane. Joan gave me a copy of Shel Silverstein's book about triangles looking for love, but they didn't find it until they learned to roll, smooth out their corners and become circles - to complete themselves, first.
Our last two visits were at my home here. I have photos of Joan and Don visiting with my daughter when she was 3 months old and 1.5 years. She was sort of delighted and a bit aghast that I let Emma whole-heartedly dive in to a bowl of blueberries! Joan described her recent 50 year high school reunion in India, and spoke of their volunteer work, and family.
I remember that it was fun to be a little scandelous with her. She would say "Kathy!" in that horrified but kind of laughing way. I hear her voice say "Di- YANN!" and "RI-chard!" hushed, punctuated(as we all stepped beyond her sense of decency in our mischief). There was always something a bit Victorian about Joan that was both a caution and a comfort.
I will miss that little piece of my innocent childhood that she held, as loved ones do who are our witnesses, who have that piece of shared time and history, who hold us accountable, even, to the memory of when who we were to become was just girlhood wishing.
Joan and her family, and particularly my ongoing friendship with Diane, have given me strength and comfort in my life. I know Joan gave many such comfort. Thank you.
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Ilse Paulssen Naj posted a condolence
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
My deepst sympathies and sadness reach out to you Don, and all the family. I feel so fortunate that I had the chance to spend time with her and you during our reunions in 2004, both at Estes Park and then ofcourse, in Mussoorie, especially our breakfasts together, Fred and Karen joining us. Joan was so vital and full of life it was contagious and all I can do is celebrate the wonderful memory of those times together in my heart. I will miss her, as I know, we all will, who she became such an integral part of in so short a time.
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Jerry Hubbard posted a condolence
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
As a friend of Joan's son, Richard, I will always remember Joan as a kind mother who was encouraging in a difficult time in some young men's lifes. She was strong and an example to us all.
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Chuck & Rita Denzin posted a condolence
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Don,
During our RVing years we met many couples and made many friends - none that we enjoyed or grew to love as we did you and Joan. We have many happy memories of our days at West Yellowstone with you & Joan during the summer of 1998 and our visit to your home in September of 1999. Our loss is truly heaven's gain! God's love and peace to you and your loved ones. Chuck & Rita
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Clem Douglass posted a condolence
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Hi Don;
You might remember that we met at the Country Kitchen just South of Cincinnati in Kentucky a couple days after a big class reunion...Since you couldn't interrupt your detailed travel plans and stay a while, I didn't get to know you well, nor did I get to know Joan well in her brief tenure at Woodstock. I did NOT know that her Dad must have worked with my Dad on Grand Coulee and Bakhra Dams...what a small world! She and I had a lot in common. I'll never forget her smile of recognition as I locked eyes with her when I entered the Country Kitchen that day.
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Barbara Cattell Brantingham posted a condolence
Sunday, February 3, 2008
I am so saddened to hear of Joans death. I remember her well from High School in India. I feel priveledged to have known her. My prayers are with you - her family. May God comfort you and bless to you all the memories of dear Joan
Barbara C. Brantingham (Babs)
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Myra Downie VanUxem, Woodstock Class of '54 posted a condolence
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Dear Don and All Joan's Friends and Family,
Joan was a classmate of mine at Woodstock International School in the Himalayas of Northern India. She wasn't in our class very long, yet she sure did belong. I remember her saying at a class reunion some years later, that her few months at Woodstock changed her life. I wish I had asked her "in what ways?" Don, if you know would you lete Marianna know? She was part of our Woodstock "Family" and I looked forward to seeing her at reunions. What a good listener she was! What a beautiful smile she had! What a depth of soul she possessed! What a gentle manner! And so forth. My empathy to you, Don, her loving spouse, and to all who knew and loved her. I loved her, too.
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Bob Fleming posted a condolence
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Dear Don:
Deepest sympathies to you Don, on Joan's passing. We live near Eugene, Oregon and it is nice to feel that people are thinking of Joan in the region where she was born and where she later had connections. We remember with pleasure the time you visited us on one of your forays from Alaska and now wish the very best for you during this difficult time of transition. Bob
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Lore von Tucher posted a condolence
Sunday, February 3, 2008
I met Joan only once at our 04 Class Reunion in India and I felt I had always known her. She was so sweet and such a warm person. Through this reunion I met Don of course, and Fred and Karen, whom it was such a pleasure to met up with again in Juneau. Our meetings have all been such memorable ones and my heart goes out to you all at this sad time. With my love, Lore
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Rick and Lou Ender posted a condolence
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Dear Don and Family, Please accept our love and affection for Joan. She was a wonderful woman and contributed much to the lives of people she touched. I am glad she passed in peace and wish all you the best in this time of mourning but also celebration of Joan's life.
Rick and Lou
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Gordon and Vivien Roy posted a condolence
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Our sincere and deepest sympathy go to you Don, Rich and Diane in your great loss of Joan. Our Afghanistan and Thailand remembrances are vivid as well as your visit to Florida - you are all in our prayers.
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Ma;ry Ellen Ensminger Atwood and Glenn Atwood posted a condolence
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Joan and I met as roommates our senior year at Woodstock. We managed to keep in contact and even see each other several times over the intervening years. It was a joy and great satisfaction to both of us to get our husbands back to India and Woodsock. This part of our lives had a trmendous impact on the type of adult we both became and it was important to share it with our husbands. I have many happy memories of both Joan and Don. We were able to visit with them when they were gypseys and stopped in Ohio one summer. And of course at Estes Park and India for our classes 50th reunion. We were able to meet both Fred and Karen in India also. We can only begin to imagine the emptiness and sorrow in your lives at this critical time. We pray God's loving and healing touch upon all of you. God bless and keep youl Mary Ellen and Glenn
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Jim and Mary Hatch posted a condolence
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Joan was very special. She will be greatly missed by family and friends. Our heart goes out to Don and the family in this hour of sorrow. But, there is a bright spot in this. Joan is at peace and is with the Lord and will be watching over all of you. She will be there to slip into your thoughts by day and tip-toe into your dreams at night. God bless you all.
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David and Nancy Holmes posted a condolence
Saturday, February 2, 2008
How blessed we were to have a visit from Joan and Don a year ago as well as a visit several years ago. We will always carry the memories of those visits and the trip to India. Joan was one of the most lovely ladies that walked this earth. Don, Fred, Karen and family... you are in our prayers and we send our love to you all. David and Nancy Holmes
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Marianna and Bob McJimsey posted a condolence
Saturday, February 2, 2008
With happy memories of our trips together to India in 2004 and of Joan's and Marianna's student days together at Woostock School. We send our love and prayers to Don, Fred, Karen and all of Joan's extended family.
With love, Marianna and Bob
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