[Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Fwd: Memorial Celebration for Ruthe Yost

[J&OSlotta]

Jim Johnson; Mark Reames; Craig Webb; Art Smith; Ruth Larsen; E. Lee 
Sugg; Terrence Wright; others; and now Ruthe Yost. We in the Denver 
Region of the ICA have experienced separation via death to the extent 
of feeling that it has been more than our share. But then we recall our 
common faith, based on the Word about Life, and we, to a person, are 
able to continue to say YES TO LIFE AS IT IS, and to go on living our 
own lives.

That said, details from the life, including the death, of Ruthe need 
recalled for all of us, including our larger movement of colleagues. I 
can remember 'snapshots' of vision into Ruthe's life. Here are two:

*   At her and George's 50th Wedding Anniversary, when the layout of 
pictures and the sharing of stories about this great woman and her 
family overwhelmed me, as exemplified when (I swear) six generations of 
Yosts formed a chorus and filled the room of celebration with heavenly 
harmony.

*   At her mother's funeral in Loveland, Colorado, when I first 
understood from whence came the strength and wisdom, faith and 
determination of this giant of a woman, Ruthe.

May the Mystery continue to strengthen us with new colleagues, and with 
the power received through shared stories from the lives of those who 
have died on the march. Stories from the lives of people like Ruthe 
Yost.

Grace and peace,

Jim Slotta




On Thursday, December 22, 2005, at 04:36  PM, Singltn at aol.com wrote:

> I am forwarding a message from George and Ruthe Yost's family.  Ruthe 
> died on December 19th after a year's illness.  For those of you who 
> may not have known, she was diagnosed over a year ago with a brain 
> tumor and was not expected to live for more than 2 - 3 months.  She 
> was remarkably resilient and lived with a reasonable quality of life 
> for over a year.  It was always a pleasure to visit.
>  
> Her family has taken unbelievably good care of them.  Daughter Deborah 
> has been there every day and David has been there at night.  Other 
> family members have come in for weekend care and visits.  After 
> visiting a week ago Tuesday and learning that the doctor said that 
> Ruthe would probably not live more than 2 - 3 days, I called on 
> Thursday to find that David said they were both in the living room in 
> their motorized chairs doing their daily readings. 
>  
> Ruthe has been a dear friend and an inspiring colleague for 35 years.  
> She will leave a big hole in my life and in that of Denver 
> colleagues.  Her completed life was a great journey.
>  
> My greetings for this Christmas Season
>  
> Grace and Peace,
> Louise Singleton