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From: "Geraldine McKeown" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] SCOTCH-IRISH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 195
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:55:56 -0400
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Dear Linda,

You have given so much to us over the years and we love you for it. We too
have lost our dear parents and now send our love and compassion to you
during this difficult time.

Gerry McKeown
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Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:00 AM
Subject: SCOTCH-IRISH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 195


>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Re: SCOTCH-IRISH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 194 (S. B. Mason)
> 2. Re: from the list admin: my father has passed (bev capper)
>
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:06:30 -0700
> From: "S. B. Mason" <>
> Subject: Re: [S-I] SCOTCH-IRISH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 194
> To:
> Message-ID: <>
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> Dear Linda,
>
> You have given so much to all of us on this list. My hope is that all
> the condolences you have received from your friends here may in some
> small way give you comfort.
>
> Love from,
>
> Sara Bradley Mason
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:12:14 -0700
> From: bev capper <>
> Subject: Re: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
> To: <>
> Message-ID: <>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
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>
> Dear Linda,
> So many responses from the list to the recent death of your Dad, and
> before that, your Mom.
> So many of us have been on the list for years and have not said much, just
> listened and learned??.so much from you.
> We all appreciate you so much, we feel we know you, and are therefore
> affected by your loss.
> All the best to you and your family,
> Bev Capper
> Vancouver, Canada
>
>
>
>> From:
>> Subject: SCOTCH-IRISH Digest, Vol 6, Issue 194
>> To:
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:31:11 -0600
>>
>>
>>
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>> 1. Fw: Condolences (Dave Mitchell)
>> 2. Re: from the list admin: my father has passed
>> (Bill & Cathy Hughes)
>> 3. Re: from the list admin: my father has passed (Janet)
>> 4. Re: from the list admin: my father has passed (Don Thompson)
>> 5. Sympathy (Lois Gibboney)
>> 6. Re: from the list admin: my father has passed (Martha El-Maguid)
>> 7. Re: from the list admin: my father has passed (Donnalangbank)
>> 8. Re: from the list admin: my father has passed (Sharon Oddie Brown)
>> 9. Re: from the list admin: my father has passed (Extant)
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:03:32 +0200
>> From: "Dave Mitchell" <>
>> Subject: [S-I] Fw: Condolences
>> To: <>
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>
>> Dear Linda
>>
>> May you know all comfort that our God brings us and may the angels of
>> Heaven be with you right now.
>>
>> Imagine the sound of 100 pipers all playing "Flower of Scotland" or "The
>> Skye Boat Song"? As they salute one of their ain kin? Heaven has many
>> more thousands of pipers who will mourn and rejoice with your Dad as they
>> celebrate him.
>>
>> Take care! You're in our thoughts.
>>
>> Much love
>>
>>
>> Dave Mitchell
>> Cape Town
>> South Africa
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:06:20 -0400
>> From: "Bill & Cathy Hughes" <>
>> Subject: Re: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
>> To: <>
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Hi Linda!
>> I`m so sorry to hear about the passing of your Dad. Know that you
>> are in my thoughts and Prayers.....
>>
>> Eternal rest grant unto him, O LOED,
>> And let perpetual light shine upon him,
>> May he rest in peace.
>> Amen
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Cathy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
>> [mailto:] On Behalf Of
>>
>> Sent: September-18-11 9:07 PM
>> To: List
>> Subject: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> My father passed away early Saturday morning. I know a few people here
>> were
>> aware of his sufferings. He wasn't Scotch Irish (but rather Scots and
>> English), so I guess it's off topic.... My apologies. An obit and photo
>> is
>> on line. Last time I was in Northern Ireland and showed someone my
>> parents'
>> photo he said "They look like Ulster Protestants". Same bloodlines. My
>> mother was kind of half Irish and half Ulster Scots, only her Irish half
>> was
>> also somewhat Ulster Scots (Marshalls? Doesn't sound Irish to me....) and
>> her Scots side got Irisher and Irisher. That's what 300 years in Ireland
>> will do to you. The Andersons supposedly came with the McDonalds in the
>> 1550s. They became red headed, musically gifted Covenanters who were
>> carpenters. Probably related to the Andersons who built Bushmills.
>>
>> Photo is here (my mother who is in the photo passed away 2 years ago):
>> http://www.livingtributes.com/cobr/pittsburglive/guestbook.php?action=signgb
>> &memid=100247785&ltid=1031
>>
>> Obit here, scroll down to William Mason:
>> http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/obituaries/
>>
>> His death was actually somewhat comforting in that at the end the
>> hospital
>> was able to keep him comfortable (he was in respiratory failure) and on
>> his
>> last night he was very very happy because all his family -- his parents,
>> his
>> deceased sisters -- even the one who died at age 10 in 1935 -- were
>> there.
>> They say you see your loved ones when you're dying, and apparently it's
>> true.
>>
>> Linda Merle
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:16:58 -0400
>> From: "Janet" <>
>> Subject: Re: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
>> To: <>
>> Message-ID: <007b01cc7709$16554600$>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> I can imagine what you're going through now - my deepest sympathy. My
>> father died in
>> 1983, my mother in 1995 - my grandparents on both sides several years
>> before - as an only child I'm glad to have genealogy as a hobby and the
>> internet as a way to locate more relatives and keep in touch (mostly in
>> faraway places) with the ones I already know about.
>> Thank goodness for Facebook (which I had thought a waste of time). A load
>> of my surname McCrosky known cousins have signed on!!!
>> Janet McCrosky
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:18:32 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: Don Thompson <>
>> Subject: Re: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
>> To:
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>>
>> Hello Linda,
>>
>>
>> I am very sorry to hear of your father's death. Having lost both my
>> parents over the years, I want to express my sincere condolences to you
>> and your family. Your memories of your parents will be with you forever.
>>
>>
>> Please keep up your great work on this list, it will help you and all of
>> us, your students.
>>
>>
>> Don Thompson
>> Whittier, California
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:41:55 -0400
>> From: "Lois Gibboney" <>
>> Subject: [S-I] Sympathy
>> To: <>
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Linda,
>>
>>
>>
>> It must be soothing to know his soul flew away to be with his and your
>> loved
>> ones one step beyond. Peace and grace.
>>
>>
>>
>> Lois Gibboney
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:16:38 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Martha El-Maguid <>
>> Subject: Re: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
>> To:
>> Message-ID:
>> <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Dear Linda,
>> My condolences to you and your family.
>> Kind reguards,
>> Martha from CA
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:06:32 +0100
>> From: Donnalangbank <>
>> Subject: Re: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
>> To: "" <>
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Sorry to hear your sad news, Linda, but glad he was comfortable at the
>> end.
>> Donna
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 19 Sep 2011, at 02:06, wrote:
>>
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > My father passed away early Saturday morning. I know a few people here
>> > were aware of his sufferings. He wasn't Scotch Irish (but rather Scots
>> > and English), so I guess it's off topic.... My apologies. An obit and
>> > photo is on line. Last time I was in Northern Ireland and showed
>> > someone my parents' photo he said "They look like Ulster Protestants".
>> > Same bloodlines. My mother was kind of half Irish and half Ulster
>> > Scots, only her Irish half was also somewhat Ulster Scots (Marshalls?
>> > Doesn't sound Irish to me....) and her Scots side got Irisher and
>> > Irisher. That's what 300 years in Ireland will do to you. The Andersons
>> > supposedly came with the McDonalds in the 1550s. They became red
>> > headed, musically gifted Covenanters who were carpenters. Probably
>> > related to the Andersons who built Bushmills.
>> >
>> > Photo is here (my mother who is in the photo passed away 2 years ago):
>> > http://www.livingtributes.com/cobr/pittsburglive/guestbook.php?action=signgb&memid=100247785&ltid=1031
>> >
>> > Obit here, scroll down to William Mason:
>> > http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/obituaries/
>> >
>> > His death was actually somewhat comforting in that at the end the
>> > hospital was able to keep him comfortable (he was in respiratory
>> > failure) and on his last night he was very very happy because all his
>> > family -- his parents, his deceased sisters -- even the one who died at
>> > age 10 in 1935 -- were there. They say you see your loved ones when
>> > you're dying, and apparently it's true.
>> >
>> > Linda Merle
>> >
>> > -------------------------------
>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
>> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without
>> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:18:54 -0700
>> From: Sharon Oddie Brown <>
>> Subject: Re: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
>> To:
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> "They say you see your loved ones when you're dying, and apparently it's
>> true."
>>
>> I love that description that you shared when you told us of your father's
>> death - and I am so glad that you were able to be there. Loss is still
>> loss, always - and often harder than we anticipate, but there is at least
>> a blessing when the circle is complete. When we are lucky enough to
>> experience being in that circle, as you were, at least it is some solace
>> in a time of grief.
>>
>> Blessings to you,
>> Sharon Oddie Brown
>>
>> Sharon Oddie Brown, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project:
>> http://www.thesilverbowl.com/
>>
>> On 18/09/2011 6:06 PM, wrote:
>> > They say you see your loved ones when you're dying, and apparently it's
>> > true.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:31:01 -0400
>> From: Extant <>
>> Subject: Re: [S-I] from the list admin: my father has passed
>> To:
>> Message-ID: <>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> Linda,
>>
>> You have my sympathies. You will be in my thoughts.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
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