[Dialogue] Elaine Richmond

[Colleen Smith]

Dearest Ray,
My spirit flies to you across the many miles that separate us.  I stand by you as you journey through these coming days.  I will always hold tight  the memory of nearly 30 years when you and Elaine flew from Seattle to Salt Lake to stand by me in my grief over Vic's passing.  Elaine's compassion and care included convincing you to by a new suit.  I cherish the memories of our time in the Seattle House.  I still use the lessons in strategic planning and life methods that I learned from Elaine. Her life was a great gift to us all.
 
Grace and Peace
Colleen Smith
currently living in
Moab, Utah USA 

--- On Wed, 9/22/10, LAURELCG at aol.com <LAURELCG at aol.com> wrote:


From: LAURELCG at aol.com <LAURELCG at aol.com>
Subject: [Dialogue] Elaine Richmond
To: Oe at wedgeblade.net, dialogue at wedgeblade.net
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 1:15 PM



I received this from Sharon Fisher this morning.  Blessings, Jann
 


Sad news to share. Could you post this on ICA/OE networks, Jann? I received this from Ray this morning.
 
Life is short. Be quick to love. Make haste to be kind!
 
Blessings,
Sharon
 
 
From: richmonder <richmonder at iinet.net.au>
Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:58 PM
Subject: Elaine Muriel Richmond died 21/09/2010
To: RAY and ARLISS GOFF <radd4goff at msn.com>, Sharon Fisher <saf1220 at gmail.com>
Cc: Hilton & Pam Scott <scottwillow at cci.net.au>, Geoff & Dawn Richmond <dawnr at nelsonbay.com>, Mal & Val Richmond vrichmon at bigpond.net.au

To my family and colleagues in Australia and the United States of America.

 

Elaine and I set off from home to our Church at West End in Brisbane last Sunday afternoon and before we had gone 2 of 30 miles, I changed course for the local emergency hospital. Elaine was admitted and examined and within 45 minutes was in an ambulance headed for the Intensive Care Unit at Mater Hospital in Brisbane at 90 kph.  My daughter Sandra and I kept vigil by her side, talking with her on occasions between nurse and doctor attentions, and on Monday and Tuesday we sang her favourite song "The Rose". Elaine died at 9:30pm Tuesday 21st September following a mostly conscious journey with pain management attended by her magnificent doctor specialists and nurses and the faith of a saint in adversity.

 

I have now returned home to an empty house and I know I will need help and seek it.  Sandra, Karen and some friends and I are planning a funeral/memorial probably for next Wednesday one week from today at the West End Uniting Church and intend to send her urn of ashes to her brother Raymond Goff in St. Paul MIN for a later placement with her parents graveyard in Cable Wisconsin. This was her wish.

 

I am blessed with wonderful family and friends and 33 years of companionship with Elaine; a woman of extraordinary accomplishments and the best Christian Theologian and servant in the Way of Jesus I have ever encountered.  A professional teacher and practitioner of Facilitation.

 

Raymond & Arlis, would you distribute this to our family in the USA please, for I have incomplete addresses. Thank you. Pam, Mal, Geoff, would you distribute this to others in Oz as you see fit. Thank you. Sharon Fisher, would you distribute as you see fit in the Pacific Northwest. Thank you.

 

Please ask for details of funeral/memorial date at richmonder at iinet.net.au or phone (07)3488-2300 if you are able to attend.

 

Ray Richmond. Cleveland, QLD
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