[Sca-cooks] Sad news from Atlantia

[Elaine Koogler]

Yes, he was.  He worked for many years on the Africa desk (I think that's
the one) at the State Department.  He was, to my mind, a courtly gentleman
of the old school.

Kiri

On 12/23/06, Sue Clemenger <mooncat at in-tch.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> Laurel - Restricted Access" <sca-laurels at lists.ansteorra.org>
> 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
>
>
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