Cecelia:

Thank you for this.

Shawn

On Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 6:11 PM C Gabriel <4cgabriel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Friends of General Boats,
>
> I have been struggling in my mind to compose this note for a week,
> searching for the right words and right tone to convey the message.  It is
> with the deepest sadness that General Boats announces the passing of Stan
> Spitzer’s beloved wife Rose Spitzer.
>
> Rose was born June 1, 1922.  Stan and Rose married June 4, 1949 and
> celebrated their 70th Anniversary and her 97th Birthday earlier this month.
> Stan conveyed that she kissed him sweetly each night and it is unfathomable
> that she is not sitting beside him now.  The family has not
> publicly announced any arrangements.
>
> Stan urges me with the strongest admonition that he does not want to
> receive phone calls, emails, letters, or cards from anyone. Anyone. He says
> he would feel obligated to respond to you and cannot bear to do so at this
> time.  Each person and each family grieves differently, and differently
> over time.  Please honor Stan’s wish not to discuss her passing with him at
> this time. Should he be in the mood to discuss Rose with you, he says he
> will reach out to you in the future.  Stan notes that with each poignant
> mention of her name he is stricken by grief, again and again.  He firmly
> requests that you do not contact him at this time to mention your
> condolences.  When asked what came next Stan said, “I have work to do.”
>
> To honor Stan’s wishes perhaps you could silently acknowledge her passing
> by the light of the moon.  Rose died peacefully at rest on the afternoon of
> June 17, 2019, during the peak of June’s Full Moon.  This moon is known as
> the Strawberry Moon here in the US but it is well known throughout the
> world as the Rose Moon.  I like to think that with each Full Moon Rose will
> be shining brightly and forever on Stan and their children and family, and
> of course their extended family of working colleagues and employees at
> General Boats, and all their friends who own, or have owned, or will own a
> Rhodes 22.
>
> Cecilia
>