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December 2024

November 2024

Event of Remembrance
11/22/2024

Phishing Scams: What You Need to Know
11/22/2024

Pupusas Family Style: Another Adventurous Dining Winner
11/22/2024

Celebrating the Holidays
11/21/2024

Genealogy Group: Discovering Our Pasts
11/21/2024

Nathan Wolford – From Tragedy to Ministry
11/21/2024

Pasadena Village Board of Directors: A Brief Overview
11/21/2024

President's Message
11/21/2024

The Day of the Dead (Dia de muertos)/ Mexican Culture/Community
11/21/2024

Vintage Celebration: Aging Like a Fine Wine
11/21/2024

Review of Racism in Our Local Past
11/20/2024

Creative Juices Flow in The Village
11/19/2024

Checking In by Ed Rinderle
11/15/2024

Eagle Poem by Joy Harjo
11/15/2024

I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear (Sonnet IV) by Edna St. Vincent Millay
11/15/2024

Pictures From Brueghel by William Carlos Williams
11/15/2024

October 2024

ARBORIST WALK: NOT FOR TREE HUGGERS ONLY!
10/29/2024

Bill Wishner: Visual Hunter
10/29/2024

Can a Village Group Fix Our Healthcare System?
10/29/2024

Community Board Directors Strengthen Village Board
10/29/2024

Connecting with Village Connections: The A, B, C, & D’s of Medicare @ 65+
10/29/2024

Grief is a Journey: Two Paths Taken
10/29/2024

Message from the President
10/29/2024

Promoting Informed & Involved Voters
10/29/2024

What Will Be Your Legacy?
10/29/2024

1619, Approaching the Election...
10/27/2024

Beyond and Within the Village - A Star is Born
10/17/2024

Happiness by Priscilla Leonard
10/11/2024

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
10/11/2024

Unpainted Door by Louise Gluck
10/11/2024

In the Evening by Billy Collins
10/10/2024

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
10/10/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

Betty Kilby, A Family History
10/01/2024

September 2024

August 2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

1619 Wide Ranging Interests
08/19/2024

First Anniversary
08/19/2024

Alexandra Leaving by Leonard Cohen
08/16/2024

Muse des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden
08/16/2024

The God Abandons Antony by Constantinos P. Cavafy
08/16/2024

Ch – Ch – Ch –Changes
08/15/2024

Cultural Activities Team offers an ‘embarrassment of riches’
08/15/2024

Engaging in Pasadena Village
08/15/2024

Future Housing Options
08/15/2024

Message from the President
08/15/2024

There Are Authors Among Us
08/15/2024

Villagers Welcome New Members at the Tournament Park Picnic
08/15/2024

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
08/14/2024

A narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson
08/13/2024

Haikus
08/13/2024

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
08/13/2024

Poem 20 by Pablo Neruda
08/13/2024

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
08/13/2024

Trees by Joyce Kilmer
08/13/2024

July 2024

June 2024

May 2024

Emergency Preparedness: Are You Ready?
05/28/2024

Farewell from the 2023/24 Social Work Interns
05/28/2024

Gina on the Horizon
05/28/2024

Mark Your Calendars for the Healthy Aging Research California Virtual Summit
05/28/2024

Meet Our New Development Associate
05/28/2024

Putting the Strategic Plan into Practice
05/28/2024

Washington Park: Pasadena’s Rediscovered Gem
05/28/2024

Introducing Civil Rights Discussions
05/22/2024

Rumor of Humor #2416
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2417
05/14/2024

Rumor of Humor #2418
05/14/2024

Springtime Visitors
05/07/2024

Freezing for a Good Cause – Credit, That Is
05/02/2024

No Discussion Meeting on May 3rd
05/02/2024

An Apparently Normal Person Author Presentation and Book-signing
05/01/2024

Flintridge Center: Pasadena Village’s Neighbor That Changes Lives
05/01/2024

Pasadena Celebrates Older Americans Month 2024
05/01/2024

The 2024 Pasadena Village Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
05/01/2024

Woman of the Year: Katy Townsend
05/01/2024

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Event of Remembrance

By Edward A. Rinderle
Posted: 11/22/2024
Tags: ed rinderle, newsletter december 2024

On Monday, November 18, Pasadena Village held its second annual Event of Remembrance, a celebration of life.  We gathered at the Flintridge Center to share our memories of lost loved ones. 

The event, organized and led by Villager Claire Gorfinkel, began with some pleasant ukulele music presented by Corey Brendel.  Corey is a self-proclaimed "Ukulele Troubadour" whom Executive Director Katie Brandon met recently on a Village sponsored walk. 

With Corey's music in the background, Claire gave a brief overview of the program, which was included in a printed brochure containing a list of Villagers who have died since its inception in 2013.  The primary focus on this day was those who have left us in the past two years, with the inclusion those who lost a family member.

The event featured the participation of Villagers to say a few words about a lost loved one.  Claire introduced each of these members in turn, and each said a few words about the person they had chosen to remember.  The participants were: Wayne April, remembering Peter LeSourd . . Terry Chamorro, remembering her son, Adam . . Sue Kujawa, remembering John and Thelma Orr as well as John Hitchcock . . Ron Scott, remembering Dorsey Lawson . . Fritzie Culick, remembering her husband Fred . . Sharon Jarrett, remembering Bob Snodgrass . . Ed Rinderle, remembering his wife Jean . . Claire Gorfinkel sharing on behalf of others: Sharon Wolcott’s daughter Jennifer Gail Anderson, Margo LeSourd and a poem written by Sally Asmundson remembering her husband Mike. With condolences, a white rose was presented to each participant. 

Everyone was invited to add their own remembrances if they wished. Claire closed with an interactive poem entitled “We Remember Them” by Sylvan Kamens and Rabbi John Riemer.  To close this special Remembrance, Corey Brendel sang an old favorite from 1924, “I'll See You in My Dreams”, composed by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

For me personally, meeting with other people who have experienced loss helps to ease  my own grief journey.  I appreciate all of those who shared their thoughts of their loved ones with us.

Claire Gorfinkel later commented, “I am so pleased that the event served two significant purposes: to acknowledge our grief and to connect with one-another.  We learned about those who had passed on, and we learned about our Village community.”

The Event of Remembrance has proven to be another of the many ways that Pasadena Village ministers to the Village family.  We are grateful for these meaningful opportunities.

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