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Thread: Leetle Masha RIP
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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On the prayer thread, CuppaT posted the sad news of the passing of shipmate Leetle Masha.
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Originally posted by CuppaT:
Leetle Masha, Mary Hamilton, fell asleep in the Lord last night shortly before midnight, November 3, 2011. Memory Eternal.
May she rest in peace and rise in glory ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
[ 04. November 2011, 16:58: Message edited by: Spike ]
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Welease Woderwick
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Loveheart
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RIP Leetle Masha, God take you to him
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CuppaT
Shipmate
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I want to tell you all the kind of friend that Mary has been to me. Like so many, we met on the Ship here, but became fast friends. She is easily 20-30 years my senior, and much more brilliant than I, with more degrees than one could count. She edited books until just recently and sent me some that she thought I or my husband would like. We exchanged music, Christmas presents, tears, prayer requests, stories, and sorrows over the years with phone calls every couple of weeks or a month. She lived alone with her cats and her ring-necked doves, never having married. Much of her life she spent taking care of her elderly father, and so marriage passed her by, she said. She sang for a while in her Orthodox church choir, alto. In a particularly cold winter with much ice, and with money for paying taxes on the house being slim, I encouraged her to move in with our family and live out her days with us. She used to joke about it, but never took it seriously. I wish she had. I never got to see her face to face, but one day I will.
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Dafyd
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I'm sorry to hear that. Light perpetual shine upon her.
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Nenuphar
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May God grant peace to her soul and comfort to all who mourn her passing.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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I'm so sorry to read this.
CuppaT thanks for drawing us a warm picture.
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lilBuddha
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Thank you spike and cuppaT
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Major Disaster
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crynwrcymraeg
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St Everild
Shipmate
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May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
RIP Leetle Masha
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seasick
...over the edge
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Leetle Masha, that she may rest in peace
CuppaT, and all who mourn her
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by seasick:
Leetle Masha, that she may rest in peace
CuppaT, and all who mourn her
Amen and Amen. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Boadicea Trott
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by seasick:
Leetle Masha, that she may rest in peace
CuppaT, and all who mourn her
Amen to that.
Memory Eternal, Leetle Masha....
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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I was one of the recipients of her random acts of kindness to a stranger, a few years back. She sent me two Christmas CDs which I desperately wanted. I was sorry to have to add her to my cancer prayer list. And now life's journey is over. And the next journey begun.
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Adeodatus
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Such sad news. We had a couple of lovely conversations via the Ship, she being so kind in indulging my curiosity about Orthodoxy. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
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IngoB
Sentire cum Ecclesia
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Leetle Masha was often particularly encouraging to me on the Ship, and outside of it we occasionally exchanged gifts. We never met in person though, which I regret.
I have no doubts that she is in heaven now. Hence when I pray for her, I will also ask her to pray for my family and me, as she has done before.
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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We got on. I remember our earliest exchanges (over spoof verses to "Immortal Invisible" in which we added verses to reflect our respective denominations). Mary's contribution re the Orthodox included the lines
"We've sung the same hymns
Since 503".
That made me chuckle, and it wasn't the only time.
She'll enjoy singing in eternity - I'll enjoy singing with her.
Rest in peace and rise in glory, Masha.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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aw crap.
Blessed journey, Mary.
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Jahlove
Tied to the mast
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Mary sent me many understanding and supportive PMs and from reading the AS prayer thread, it seems she did the same for quite a lot of folk here! Like me (and many of us), she had some ups and downs with SoF though her underlying concern was to see it back on an even keel.
God bless Leetle Masha, the "Cantankerous Anchoress"
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Louise
Shipmate
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Mary was also kind to me and prayed for a dear orthodox friend of mine in a time of need. I'm truly truly sad.
L.
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Darllenwr
Shipmate
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That this was expected news makes it no easier to bear.
I never met Leetle Masha in the flesh; how much I wish that I had. She wrote a number of encouraging PM's to me shortly after I joined the ship (at a time when squiggle Andrew was at his height), prompting me not to chuck the Ship aside as a bad job. I valued that contact very greatly at the time - still do.
I'm not usually one for votives, but this one is well warranted - Mary, I will miss you
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mousethief
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May her memory be eternal.
Give rest, O Lord, to your handmaiden Mary in a place of brightness, a place of verdure, a place of repose, from which all sickness, sorrow, and sighing have fled away.
Goodbye, Mary, until we meet again.
May her memory be eternal.
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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For Leetle Masha, may light perpetual shine upon her.
For CuppaT and all who mourn.
(Thank you for providing her name; I can add her to our All Saints Sunday necrology.)
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dj_ordinaire
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I'm very sorry to hear that... may she RIP ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Go with God, Mary.
CuppaT, thank you for the lovely post. What a blessing you must have been in her life.
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Prester John
Shipmate
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Prayers for her friends and family.
What a crappy day this has turned out to be. I enjoyed her contributions to the Ship and will miss her posts. I never got around to letting her know because I kept putting it off for something more "important".
I have family relatively close to where she lived and I had intended to see if she would be up for a visit when I visited them. I haven't gotten around to visiting them either. If this has taught me anything is that I need to get off my rear and do so before it is too late.
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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Leetle Masha was a shipmate I would have loved to have met in real life. She sent some lovely pms, telling me about her beloved cats, I just wish I'd kept in contact more.
May she rest in peace and rise in glory
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Margaret
Shipmate
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I was thinking about her not long ago and hoping she'd soon be back - I always enjoyed her kind, humorous, intelligent posts. May light perpetual shine upon her!
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amber.
Ship's Aspiedestra
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She will be much missed by me. Always a kind, thoughtful and quietly gentle presence in the background, explaining and encouraging and settling....Heaven will be lucky indeed to have her up there.
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Rowen
Shipmate
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My prayers too
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Grits
Compassionate fundamentalist
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I am so sorry to hear of this. She will be missed.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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Into they hands, O merciful saviour, we commend the soul of thy servant Mary, now departed from the body. Acknowledge, we beseech thee, a sheep of thine own fold, a lamb of thine own flock, a sinner of thine own redeeming. Receive her into the arms of thy mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen
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Angloid
Shipmate
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One of those shipmates I only occasionally encountered online and never IRL, but that was enough to reveal a true Christian soul with a great sense of humour and warmth. May she rest in peace.
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Japes
Shipmate
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Leetle Masha. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
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QLib
Bad Example
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Amen
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Athrawes
Ship's parrot
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quote:
Originally posted by Margaret:
I was thinking about her not long ago and hoping she'd soon be back - I always enjoyed her kind, humorous, intelligent posts. May light perpetual shine upon her!
This goes for me, as well. I am sorry to hear of her passing. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
And for those who grieve for her now. May they/you all find peace and comfort.
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Qoheleth.
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Kyrie eleison
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Trisagion
Shipmate
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Always kind and supportive to me, I pray for her eternal rest.
Requiem aeternum dona ei Domine et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace.
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Celtic Knotweed
Shipmate
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I enjoyed reading what she posted. Can't really say any more than what's been posted above.
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Enigma
Enigma
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Thanks be to God for Mary - she is now safe in the hugs of her Lord and those who have arrived before her.
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Lamb Chopped
Ship's kebab
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She has been a great blessing to me and a comfort. I'm grateful the Lord blessed me through her. Now she is with him and our other Shipmates...
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moron
Shipmate
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There are not very many posters here whose moniker draws me every time to read what they wrote, and now there is one less.
Wherever you are please think of us fools often, and smile.
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