Beautifully written Cecelia.  Joe Riley Athens GA

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From: Rod Ellner via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
To: Email List Rhodes 22 Rhodes 22 Rhodes List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tue, Jun 25, 2019 9:11 am
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rose Spitzer 1922 - 2019

Cecilia

Thank you for this information.    Remember her fondly from our visit to GB!

Rod and Mary
WI
> On Jun 24, 2019, at 1:16 PM, Michael Corley <michael.4591 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, thank you.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 9:46 PM Shawn Boles <shawn.sustain at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>