[Ravensfort] Fw: [Gatesedge] Fwd: [Bordermarch] Passing of Don Henri / Fw: [WSA] Sad Tidings

[Jacinth de Warwick]

Such a loss of a fine person.  I knew Jeff since the 5th grade when we shared a desk in History.  When I remember him, I see him with his dirty blonde curls from before he had chemo.  When he surfaced in Raven's Fort at a party that John was having at his apartment, I had just come from work and had two carving knives in my hands and was still wearing my apron from The Feed Store and I'm sure I looked like an axe murderer with all the barbecue sauce staining me.  I hadn't seen him in years, and he was sans-curls, but how could I forget him.  He said he had been treated for testicular cancer, and I could see he had such a fire in him to live.  Truly, I think he made the best of the hand dealt to him and had such a dignity and humour that was a fine example of how to live one's life.  He went on to be fine Don, despite it all.  Carpe Diem!

-J.

--- On Sat, 11/28/09, David Brown <lddevin03 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: David Brown <lddevin03 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Ravensfort] Fw: [Gatesedge] Fwd: [Bordermarch] Passing of Don Henri / Fw: [WSA] Sad Tidings
> To: ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 4:24 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----
> Forwarded Message ----
> From: Darlene
> Burns <annescvb at gmail.com>
> To: Stargate
> <stargate at lists.ansteorra.org>; Gatesedge
> <gatesedge at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Sat,
> November 28, 2009 3:41:45 PM
> Subject:
> [Gatesedge] Fwd: [Bordermarch] Passing of Don Henri / Fw:
> [WSA] Sad Tidings
> 
> >From Bordermarch
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message
> ----------
> From: tessa <tessa at gt.rr.com>
> Date: Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM
> Subject: [Bordermarch] Passing of Don Henri / Fw: [WSA] Sad
> Tidings
> To: bordermarch at ansteorra.org
> 
> 
> This detailed message comes from Don Corvin, a life-long
> frined of Don Henri
> who had been Cadet to Don DoorMouse.
> Our condolences are sent to family and friends of Henri /
> Jeff Girard.
> Simonn & Tessa
> 
> 
> 
> Brothers and Sisters, I am afraid I am
> the bearer of sad tidings.
> 
> Ansteorran White Scarf number 53, Don Henri Molineaux, mka
> Jeff Girard, died
> yesterday on Thanksgiving in his sleep.  Jeff had
> spent many of the past
> years in constant pain from back and neck problems, and had
> been told
> recently that his condition had gotten to the point where
> surgery was no
> longer an option, and he would have to continue living as
> he was.  Jeff saw
> his doctor on Wednesday, and the doctor gave him a
> different type of pain
> medication to start using (some kind of patch is what
> I've been told). Jeff
> took the medication yesterday and laid down to rest before
> Thanksgiving
> dinner.  When his father went to wake him, Jeff was
> already cold.
> Paramedics were called, but there was nothing they could do
> and he
>  was
> pronounced.
> 
> Jeff's family plans to cremate him.  We do not as
> of yet have any
> information regarding services, but as soon as we know
> anything I'll post it
> here.
> 
> I'd known Jeff since the 7th Grade, and my Lady Anne
> had known him since
> first.  He was always a good friend, one who always
> had your back and was
> loved to laugh and make people smile.  He loved
> fencing and SCA with all his
> being, and was trying to make his way back into the Society
> he loved.
> Sadly, like so many of his hopes and dreams, life did not
> allow him his
> glory.
> 
> Feel free to distribute as you see fit.
> 
> Corvin Fenarro
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ansteorra-Dons mailing list
> Ansteorra-Dons at lists.swordworks.org
> http://lists.swordworks.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-dons-swordworks.org
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bordermarch mailing list
> Bordermarch at lists.ansteorra.org
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/bordermarch-ansteorra.org
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Annes
> It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, It is by
> the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed. The hands
> acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by
> caffeine alone I set my mind in motion
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       
> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Gatesedge mailing list
> Gatesedge at lists.ansteorra.org
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/gatesedge-ansteorra.org
> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ravensfort mailing list
> Ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ravensfort-ansteorra.org
>