[Dialogue] In Memoriam: Jack and Mary Lois Shepp - and a request

[ed feldmanis]

Hi,

It is difficult to remember everything.  But there was a very strong
emphasis on the facts of one's life including a pretty good rendition of
history when doing eulogy.  It was the thought that to honor a person was to
show the reality of that person.  To celebrate a life meant to respectively
remember both victories and struggles.

Ed

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Janice Ulangca <aulangca at stny.rr.com>
wrote:

>  There is a request to share some ways that "the movement celebrated
> completed lives" - and perhaps it would be valuable for us all to do that
> sharing.  See the next to last paragraph for the request.
> Janice Ulangca
>
>
> *Jack and Mary Lois Shepp*
>
> Outside of New York State, ICA colleagues may not have known them.  But in
> Area New York, the Rochester Region, the Binghamton Metro, Jack and Mary
> Lois Shepp were creative, passionate, fun, ready for anything to renew the
> church for the sake of the world.  Jack was a manager at IBM, Mary Lois
> artistic, energetic, and both so enthusiastic about RS-1 that they badgered
> Abe and me into going.  I was hooked immediately - Abe more cautiously took
> another RS-1 before he was fully supportive.  The Ulangcas and the Shepps
> had too much radical excitement to be well-received in our proper suburban
> congregation - but we kept each other going.
>
> Mary Lois and I made gazillion calls on wary clergy on behalf of several
> PLCs (Parish Leadership Colloquy) held in this area and all of us helped
> with recruitment and enablement of RS-1s.  We worked with Carl and Judy
> Hickey, who were priors in the Rochester House and with folks from the
> Albany NY area - Norm and Judy Lindblad, Ken and Dorcas Rose, Dick and Ellen
> Howie.  Carl and Ellie Stock were part of the Rochester local church
> experiment that inspired us all.  In the Metro Cadre we worked with John and
> Marge Kloepfer and with Dick and Amelia Kroeger and Dick's wonderful mother
> Garnet.  Justin and Delores Morrill were our area priors in New York City.
>
> Jack and Mary Lois had four children, and all knew of and I think were
> enriched by learnings from EI/ICA.  The youngest, Martha, recently sent me
> word that both her parents had died within the last year.  I was concerned
> when I did not hear from them last Christmas and an e-mail bounced, but
> didn't know how to get in touch.  The Shepps moved from here in the mid
> 1970s, Jack worked in Oak Ridge, TN and they spent most of their retirement
> years there.
>
> Here are some excerpts from Martha's messages:
>
> -----------------
> Hi Janice!
>
> Martha Shepp here. I have recently gotten tuned in by meeting Don Clark's
> wife, Suemi, in a completely different context; through a spiritual group
> who had been helping Don in his illness, (called sukyo mahikari).
>
> I'm living in NH and teaching high school. Just started this August, after
> earning my MFA in art at U of Tennessee, Knoxville, where I'd been living,
> near mom and dad since 1983.
>
> And now I would like to let you know that ...  dad passed away May 12
> (2007) ...
>
> So I'm on the listserves of ICA OE etc and enjoying the connection with
> Truth. Hope to be in touch again ...
>
> Martha
>
> Please let it be known of the completed life of Mary Lois Shepp, who
> passed March 2. There will be a memorial service in Oak Ridge middle of
> June. Please remind me of how the Movement celebrated completed lives, as
> I would like to incorporate this in her service. If you can help or refer me
> to this, I'd be so grateful, Janice!
>
> Martha
> -----------------------
>
> I salute you, Jack and Mary Lois, together with all the colleagues whose
> names I don't know - who in their own geographies responded with energy and
> excitement to the vision of a movement that could make a profound difference
> in the world.
>
> Janice
>
>
> **************************
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