lucky you - your browser doesnt play annoying midis

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,   
  I am greatly distressed to relate somewhat belatedly more sad news today.   Nancy Madagan Van Orden, Class of 1961, sister of  Mary Ann Madagan Franzyshen ('56) of VA,       Joe Madagan ('57) of FL, and Sally Madagan Sullivan ('63) of Northern VA, passed away at home in Rochester, New York on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at the age of 73.

From Miller Funeral and Cremation Services - 02/2_/16:

                Nancy Madagan Van Orden

					ROCHESTER, NEW YORK - Nancy Madagan Van Orden passed away peacefully in her apartment in Rochester, NY on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. She is survived by her daughter, Kimberly, her brother Joe, sister Mary Ann, and sister Sally. Nancy was an avid lifelong learner with a passion for reading nonfiction to expand her world, and fiction to entertain her mind. She enjoyed photography, especially capturing photos of beautiful places, her daughter Kimberly’s face, and her “grandkitten” Mitsy’s snuggles. She loved music and singing along to her albums.
	Nancy Ellen; Joe (known as "Bucky" then); baby sister, Sally Patricia; and Mary Ann	Nancy Madagan	Nancy and Kimberly
	Nancy had an adventurous side: she was known to careen down hills on roller skates with her nieces and nephews, served in Vietnam (as a civilian), and would bodysurf in ocean waves that would make many folks run to shore. She loved to “water walk” in the Gulf of Mexico despite warnings of sharks and icky jellyfish. She had a green thumb, growing flowers to make her gardens a sanctuary for her spirit, as her heart was broken by her husband’s death in 1987. Nancy loved her husband, Van, and was delighted to welcome their “baby girl” Kimberly into the world in 1979. Although illness sometimes made it hard for others to connect with her and her loving heart, Nancy loved her daughter with all her heart, mind, and soul. She taught Kimberly how to love the ocean and find it to be a place of play and peace; she taught her to love writing as an expression of her passions and worldview; and she taught her the joy of music. Nancy was loved by friends and family. She loved her nieces and nephews and playing with them during their childhoods. She was lucky, at the end of her life, to make two dear friends, Loretta and Chuck. She spent hours laughing with them over glasses of wine or cups of tea. These beautiful people brought joy into Nancy’s last few years. Nancy will be buried with her beloved husband, Van, in Arlington National Cemetery sometime this summer. She will be missed by her family, friends, and especially her daughter, Kimberly. She struggled for many years and now is resting in peace, in the arms of her husband, and looking down from heaven to watch over her daughter, Kimbie. “For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered? Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”   --Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Consider planting flowers or a tree in honor of Nancy, or donating to The Sierra Club, as Nancy loved nature and beautiful places: Visit Sierra Club Website View Funeral Home Guest Book

   Our sincerest condolences are extended to Nancy's family and friends at this difficult time.

   This information is also recorded here:

http://www.nnhs65.com/memoriam-all.html 

     http://www.nnhs65.com/memoriam61.html

  Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

                          Love to all, Carol

==============================================

NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE: http://www.nnhs65.com

PERSONAL WEB SITE: http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat

==============================================

Carol Buckley Harty
7020 Lure Court
Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
910-584-8802
 

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Words by Henry van Dyke (10 Nov 1852 - 10 Apr 1933), 1907

Music: Ode to Joy, from the Symphony No. 9 of Ludwig van Beethoven (17 Dec 1720 - 26 Mar1897)

Adapted by Edward Hodges (20 July 1796 - 01 Sept 1867), 1824

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!

All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee, center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Singing bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in Thee.

Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blessed,
Wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother, all who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.

Mortals, join the happy chorus, which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o’er us, brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful music leads us Sunward in the triumph song of life.

"Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/o/joyful.htm - 09/21/12 (sic)

Greg Olsen Paintings courtesy of http://gregolsengallery.com – 03/15/05