Last night I hosted a dinner party for Scott Fikse, the new Director of Music and Liturgy at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, his spouse Marcus, Randy and Jeanne Castello, and their daughter, Marisa. It’s “what Carl Crosier would have done,” to show aloha for his successor at the church. Randy has been in the… Read More WWCD – What would Carl do?
Today, Jason Anderson posted James Weaver‘s obituary from the WYDaily.com, the local newspaper from Williamsburg, VA. You may recall from my last post about necrology, that Jim’s name was the last name read Sunday night at Compline, and that his death was sudden and unexpected. You can read the complete obituary by clicking here, but what jumped… Read More Lives touched by others
I guess I had never heard the word “necrology” before (I could not have used the word in a sentence!) until I took a job as a parish administrator in an Episcopal church in 2004. It refers to a list of people who have died. I couldn’t help but think back to the last time I entered… Read More Necrology
Last night’s extraordinary Hallock Tribute concert was absolutely over the top and both Peter Hallock and Carl Crosier would have been over the moon! I would have to consult the thesaurus to describe all the highlights of this concert: exceptional, fantastic, outstanding, and phenomenal barely scratch the surface. I had the immediate sense that this concert took… Read More An extraordinary Hallock Tribute
Last fall, I mentioned that there would be a gathering of Carl Crosier’s relatives and friends in the Northwest sometime in the spring. And that day turned out to be Saturday, May 9th at Chez Hallock, as Peter Hallock’s former home is still called. When Peter was in hospice care, Mel Butler (his successor at… Read More Carl Crosier Fête
It’s Saturday morning, and my usual custom upon waking is to retrieve the daily newspaper hanging on my door. I may be one of those rare persons who turns to the Religion Section on Saturdays first — to find if I recognize an event which I have submitted (Thank you, Pat Gee, and before her, Mary… Read More Hallock, Lamentations of Jeremiah
Over the past Christmas season, I was absolutely amazed to find out that the death of Carl Crosier was mentioned in at least a dozen Christmas newsletters — some of them not even family or relatives! So it was with a mixture of sadness and happiness that I read Ken Peterson’s latest post on the… Read More Death and life
The following poem was written by Jason Anderson and is reprinted with permission , on the loss of composer Peter R. Hallock, It is so intensely personal, and reveals much about Peter, the man, whom those in his inner circle were privileged to know and love. I Call: a poem reflecting on loss for Peter… Read More I call
Had he lived, today would have been Peter Hallock’s 90th birthday. For the last 15 years, my husband Carl spent every November 19th in the Seattle area, to help Peter celebrate his birthday. You may recall that it was on Peter’s 85th birthday that the two of us flew to Seattle with about 8 boxes of… Read More Happy Birthday, Peter!
All Saints was last weekend, but it has turned out to be an entire week of remembrance. All week long at Iolani chapel services, students and faculty were invited to bring pictures of their loved ones to be displayed and candles were lit in their memory. Bob Kane, who was last week’s speaker, spoke again:… Read More A week of remembrance