[Rhodes22-list] Rose Spitzer 1922 - 2019

[Michael Corley]

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
> >
>