[Rhodes22-list] Rose Spitzer 1922 - 2019

[Kevin Halligan]

Cecilia

My life has been enriched by knowing Stan and Rose through my association
with General Boats. I have had the good fortune of visiting the plant on
several occasions and have always come away feeling better than when I
arrived. My thoughts are with Stan and his family as they grieve the loss
of Rose.

Kevin Halligan
Powhatan Virginia
Former Rhodes Owner

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 9:11 AM Rod Ellner via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> 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
> >>>
> >>
>
>
>