[Sca-cooks] Sad news from Atlantia

[Sue Clemenger]

Oh, goodness! I just heard of his passing this morning, on the Historic Knit
list.  His lady wife posted a brief bit about his untimely death.  He sounds
like he was an amazing guy! ;o)
--Maire

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elaine Koogler" <kiridono at gmail.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>; "Order of the
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Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Sad news from Atlantia


> Good Friends, Gentle Cousins,
> At this season of joy and peace, it grieves me to inform you of the
passing
> of Master Vuong Manh, Companion of the Order of the Pelican, Mandarin
> Second Class of the Royal Court, Premier Companion of the Golden Dolphin,
> Companion of Order of the Silver Crescent, Companion of the
> Lozulet.
>
> Many of my earliest memories of the SCA include this gentle man, one who
> always sought peace in all that he did.  He was one of the founding lights
> of the Kingdom of Atlantia, having served as her first Chronicler as a
> Principality...which is why our newsletter is just about the only thing
that
> doesn't have a sea theme...he edited the newsletter of the Barony of
> Myrkewoode, the Acorn...and used the mailing permit for that to send out
the
> Principality newsletter...which of course had to have the same name!  When
I
> was Triton Principal Herald, he served as my "drop dead" deputy and
actually
> wound up serving for a few hours when one of our Kings suspended me from
> office for the duration of his reign (it worked out to be about 12
> hours...).  He breathed a great sigh of relief when the new King was
crowned
> and agreed to reinstate me!
>
> Dick Eney was active in Science Fiction fandom as well.  I had heard of
him
> through my cousin, also very active, before I met him as Master Vuong
Manh.
>
>
> Though I had not seen much of him in recent times, I will miss knowing
that
> his gentle presence is nearby.
>
> Kiri
>   Atlantia