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Brod Dolf de la Rosa, UPD'63 - Goodbye and Cheers...
refer to item: Let's
pray and wish Brod Rudolf de la Rosa '63 speedy recovery !!
It is
with deepest sorrow that I inform you that Brod Rudolf de la Rosa,
UPD'63, passed away peacefully at his home in Salisbury, Maryland
yesterday Aug. 31. Last night, I talked to Kay, whose email below I
am forwarding to you. She said that Dolf will be cremated.
Kay has
been a constant support and the closest friend of Dolf and the UP
Betans for as long as I can remember, even back to our college days
in Diliman in the 60's. I had the sad news flashed at our
International website last night. I waited for Kay's letter so she
could tell us about Dolf's fighting spirit and determination, as
well as convey to the brods her personal feelings and thoughts. To
you, Kay, we are all forever grateful.
Let us
pray for Brod Dolf and his family, and send him off with
loud "Cheers!!" for a life well lived.
Norman UPD'65, for
the UPBSFI
01Sep2007
** Brod
Dolf with LA brods - Sept. 1995 **
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To: "'Waly'" <wrodriguez@lamicelany.com>,
<wilwico@aol.com>,
<wrodz@earthlink.net>,
<babahizon@cox.net>,
<babahizon@yahoo.com>,
"'Ed Joaquin'" <edjoaq@yahoo.com>,
"'alfredo hizon'" <ahhizon@yahoo.com>,
<daisi@tpg.com.au>,
"'Gail Blattenberger Blattenberger'" <gail.blattenberger@mill.econ.utah.edu>,
"Lillian le Noble" <lillian_elagdon_lenoble@yahoo.com>,
<mpasamba@yahoo.com>,
<Norman.Bituin@sce.com>,
"'Sarah Calley'" <scalley1@fairpoint.net>,
<tonio52@netscape.net>,
"'Victoria De Santos'" <vjrdes@sbcglobal.net>,
"'Vi Villanueva'" <Vi.Villanueva@rfs.nsw.gov.au>,
<vramos_ph@yahoo.co>,
<sluggor@hotmail.com>
Dearest Friends -
A month ago, when Dolf realized there was no
further chance of remission, he asked a favor of me. Dolf asked that I
express to all his dear friends how overwhelmingly grateful he was for
your friendship and loyalty through the years and, particularly, your
love, support and prayers in this past year. Sadly, the time for that
message has come... Dolf died at 5:15 this evening. He was at home and
his brothers and sister-in-law and nephew and I were at his bedside. The
last two days he had been struggling but at the end, not long after a
blessing by a minister who is a family friend, he relaxed and peacefully
let go. It is heart wrenching for those of us he left but a blessed
release from pain and illness for Dolf.
When Dolf was diagnosed 15 months ago, the
doctors told him he had only a few months to live. With typical Dolf
determination (some might even say hard headedness), he set out to prove
them wrong and thanks to all of you, he did, living this last 15 months
with joy and love and gratitude. He feared at times that he had not
adequately expressed that gratitude to all of you... for the pictures, the
stories, the emails, the cards, the food, the phone calls, the gifts, the
visits and, most importantly, your loving friendship and your prayers.
He knew how blessed he was that each of you has been a part of his life.
He also hoped we wouldn't greet his death with
sorrow but rather with celebration. Sorrow is inevitable but so too
should be a celebration remembering all the precious times (the serious
and the frivolous; the quiet and the boisterous) and the deep friendship
we shared with our beloved Dolf. The family will have a private gathering
to remember Dolf. Since we all can't be together, maybe we can have our
celebration by sharing our wonderful memories online. Dolf loved the
computer and would think it a most appropriate way for us all to celebrate
his life and share our grief over it's brevity.
On a personal note, thank you all for the
kindness and support you've shown me over the last year as well. You are
very precious to me and most of you are in my life because of Dolf. For
that, and so many other things, I will be eternally grateful to him and
miss him terribly.
I don't have Dolf's email address book so,
please, forward this message to those I have missed. I'll fly home
tomorrow but you can always reach me on my cell phone (612-360-3142) or by
email.
Love to you all, K.
p.s. I have written some emails from Dolf's
computer over the last few days but that address is now shutdown so please
contact me at this address:
karlin@karlinsymons.com . Thanks.
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