From: lenona321@yahoo.com   
      
   I found this at rec.arts.books.childrens - it was posted yesterday:   
      
      
    Thank you for posting, Lenona (and, oddly, on my most recent birthday!)   
      
   Pat (the name she used with friends and family) was my classmate in a masters   
   program in holistic studies in the 80s, and a somewhat distant friend for   
   decades, although I had not seen her in awhile (since the onset of dementia).   
   Periodically, I have    
   searched the obituaries, knowing her advanced age. It is weird, isn't it, that   
   there was no obit. I would have attended the memorial service, had I known   
   about it.   
      
   She was a lovely, thoughtful, intelligent person with a lively mind and   
   wide-ranging interests. Born on Halloween, she took a strong interest in Dio   
   de los Muertos, and traveled to Mexico to celebrate it, for many years. I   
   shared many lunches with her on    
   the patio of her Weston home, which was filled with beautiful art and   
   artifacts from her travels.   
      
   It was a blessing to be her friend! I wish her well on her path, whatever   
   comes next.   
      
   Tiger/Lisa   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)