[Choir] Fwd: fyi ;suggestion about Bill Orr

[Sue Stukey]

Thank you, Harris, for letting us know.
I hadn't heard much about Bill over the past few years, and I'm glad you
had some connection with him.
He was a gentle, dignified man.
Warmly,
Sue

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 1:07 PM Donia Prince via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I received this from Harris today, about Bill Orr.  We are of course not
> having rehearsal tonight, but I imagine many of you would appreciate
> knowing this so you can mark his passing in your own way.
>
> Donia
>
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> From: <hewebster at comcast.net>
> Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 10:24 AM
> Subject: fyi ;suggestion about Bill Orr
> To: Donia Prince <ucm.music21 at gmail.com>, Donia Prince <
> doniaprince at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi Donia, Maybe you could forward  this to the choir as I couldn't  get
> my choir -e-mail to work.
>
> Hi Choir, I haven't  seen any word of Bill Orr's  recent death  in UCM
> mailings,  but maybe I  missed it . I was called on the phone by Bill's
> home caretaker to inform me of his passing. I  was  invited  to a  small,
> I  sense  by  invitation only, gathering at Bill's home  tonight at  6  PM
> to share memories of Bill ,   I  and sometimes  Fred Abraham  (Bill's
> neighbor and a  classmate  friend of mine)  met together  over the years.
> Recently most  of our  contacts I initiated by phone.  Bill was always
> cogent and  we enjoyed these  phone discussions .
>
> I suggest   choir have a moment of silence at  tonight's practice  and
> perhaps  even some memories of Bill after choir. I recall our choir
> meeting at  Catherine and Bill's home,  but my friendship and time with
> Bill occurred mostly  after  Catherine's death.  I  treasure those times.
> By the way today  would  have been  Bill's   95th or  96th BD. He  had had
> significant heart issues these  recent years.      Harris
> Unitarian Church of Montpelier
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