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Saturday, April 08, 2017Saturday at Thousand Oaks Golf Club, 4100 Thousand Oaks Dr. NE in Grand Rapids. He invites friends, colleagues and family to come and "share a roast beef sandwich, some shrimp and a beer with - on me!"It will be the only public event to celebrate her father's life, Kerry Eleveld said."This is the sole sort of event that we're having," she said. "He just absolutely never wanted a funeral and we're not going to have one."Though intended primarily as a way to gather friends and family together, the "nobit" has generated quite a bit of interest, Eleveld said.The "guestbook" attached to Eleveld's online obituary already has several entries. Though many are from family and friends, some are from strangers reacting to the idea."Sir, I do not know you, but reading your invitation to celebrate life was the neatest idea I've read today!" Patricia Deur-Vis wrote. "I can see myself doing this some day."Another guestbook signer admits to not knowing Eleveld personally, but says in writing the obit he has earned "my utmost respect."Kerry Eleveld said she thinks her father's plans raise questions about how we deal all deal with death."I do think there is a lot more thought now nationally about what end of life means, about how we should approach it and what's meaningful and what isn't," Eleveld said. "And if there's a better way of doing this than we've been doing it."For those who still don't understand the motivation behind her father's unusual decision to draft an obituary and hold a open house prior to his death, Eleveld points to the last line of his "nobit":"Please know that the end of my life is the ultimate "peanut item" in comparison to how much I have enjoyed my life with all of you," he wrote.She explains that "peanut item" is one of her father's favorite terms to describe items of minuscule importance. His death, Eleveld said, is a minor occurrence in his own mind. The important thing is all the time he's shared with others. ...
Monday, March 06, 2017SANDWICH - Ruth V. Spangler passed away peacefully, in Sandwich under hospice care at the home of her daughter, Wendy Harte on February 24, 2017 at the age of 93.Ruth was born in Sandwich, on July 16, 1923 the daughter of Celia H. (Luksanen) Johnson and Emil H. Johnson, wife of the late Dr. Gordon L. Spangler, sister of the late Robert Johnson and Eva (Johnson) Militello.Ruth graduated from the Henry T. Wing School in Sandwich in 1941 and attended the Cape Cod Secretarial School. As many Sandwich woman did during the war, Ruth worked at Camp Edwards as a stenographer, where she met her husband Gordon. As Gordon pursued his education at Tufts College, Ruth also worked at the alumni office at Tufts before her children, Wendy and Marshall, were born.After living in Washington D.C for a short time, followed by Medford, MA the Spangler’s later settled in Danvers for the next forty-four years. There Ruth raised her family and enjoyed such activities as line dancing, volunteer work , travelli...
Monday, March 06, 2017A Lawndale Drive, GB. Fashions will be furnished by TSR Sweater Outlet and Ladies Apparel and will be modeled by area garden club members. Tea and an assortment of pastries, tea sandwiches, cheese, fruit. $15. (336) 282-4940 or www.thegreensborocouncilofgardenclubs.com.Stake and Burger, 5:30 p.m. March 28, High Point Country Club, 800 Country Club Drive, HP. Boys & Girls Club of Greater High Point's annual fundraising dinner. Guest speaker: Caley Edgerly, CEO of Thomas Built Buses. Tickets, $125. (336) 882-2582 or visit www.hpclubs.org.Restoration Runway, 6-9:30 p.m. March 30, Greensboro Country Club, 410 Sunset Drive, GB. Fashion show, silent auction, heavy hors d'oeuvres, beverages. Benefits Restoration Place Counseling. $50 - purchase at www.bidpal.net/famous. (336) 688-0696 or Stephanie@rpcounseling.org.Salute! Celebrating North Carolina's Military Heroes Gala, 6-10 p.m. April 8, Greensboro Elks Lodge, 2201 W. Cornwallis Drive, GB. $45. Food, dancing, entertainment, door prizes and a silent auction. With The Servant Center. (336) 275-8585, Ext. 304.Spring Plant Sale, 8 a.m.-noon April 8, Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden, 215 S. Main St., KV. PJCBG members only pre-sale, 5-7 p.m. April 6. Benefits future development of the garden. (336) 996-7888.Pleasant Garden Lions Club's 17th Annual Golf Challenge, April 8, Country Hills Golf Course, 5610 Hicone Road, McLeansville. In memory of Lion Bill Greene. $60. Dooner Combs, (336) 674-3097 or hcombs2@triad.rr.com.Lunafest, A Short Films Presentation, 7 p.m. April 21, Hirsch Center, 1250 Revolution Mill Drive, GB. $20. Benefits Hirsch Wellness Network and the Breast Cancer Fund. (336) 549-8367 or Info@hirschcenter.org.March for Babies Event, April 29, UNC-Greensboro's Kaplan Commons Lawn. marchofdimes.org.Kernersville Spring Folly Arts and Crafts Show, 6-10 p.m. May 5, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. May 6, cross street of Mountain and Main Streets, downtown KV. With Kernersville Arts and Crafts Guild. Heidi Amash, (336) 601-7977 or thekacg@gmail.com or www.thekacg.com.Kentucky Derby Classic, 3 p.m. May 6, High Caliber Stables, 8506 Cedar Hollow Road, GB. Benefits Make-A-Wish Central and Western North Carolina. Live music, beer and wine, southern cuisine, a horse show, silent auction and a live stream of all the action at Churchill Downs. $150; $75 is tax deductible. (336) 778-2523 or KentuckyDerbyClassic.org.Salvation Army of High Point’s "Darrell & Stella Harris Champion of Hope" Benefit Dinner, May 16, High Point Country Club. Keynote speaker: Jenna Bush Hager. (336) 881-5436.2017 Greater Guilford Heart and Stroke Walk, 9 a.m. May 20, UNC-Greensboro's Kaplan Commons. (336) 542-4833.Aluminum Can Collection, ACES office at Brooks Global Studies Elementary is collecting aluminum can...
Monday, February 27, 2017If he had one regret, it would be that he left Sheila too soon.Visitation hours will be on Tuesday, February 28 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, 154 Route 6A, Sandwich and a mass of Christian burial will be held on Wednesday, March 01 at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Hope Chapel, Route 6A, West Barnstable. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. In lieu of flowers, donations will be gratefully accepted to the Robert Lima Scholarship Fund, c/o Franklin Public Schools, 335 E. Central St., Franklin, MA 02038 (Please make checks payable to Robert Lima Scholarship Fund)For directions, obituary, and online guestbook please see: http://www.dignitymemorial.com/nickerson-bourne-funeral-home-sandwich.
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Saturday, April 08, 2017Saturday at Thousand Oaks Golf Club, 4100 Thousand Oaks Dr. NE in Grand Rapids. He invites friends, colleagues and family to come and "share a roast beef sandwich, some shrimp and a beer with - on me!"It will be the only public event to celebrate her father's life, Kerry Eleveld said."This is the sole sort of event that we're having," she said. "He just absolutely never wanted a funeral and we're not going to have one."Though intended primarily as a way to gather friends and family together, the "nobit" has generated quite a bit of interest, Eleveld said.The "guestbook" attached to Eleveld's online obituary already has several entries. Though many are from family and friends, some are from strangers reacting to the idea."Sir, I do not know you, but reading your invitation to celebrate life was the neatest idea I've read today!" Patricia Deur-Vis wrote. "I can see myself doing this some day."Another guestbook signer admits to not knowing Eleveld personally, but says in writing the obit he has earned "my utmost respect."Kerry Eleveld said she thinks her father's plans raise questions about how we deal all deal with death."I do think there is a lot more thought now nationally about what end of life means, about how we should approach it and what's meaningful and what isn't," Eleveld said. "And if there's a better way of doing this than we've been doing it."For those who still don't understand the motivation behind her father's unusual decision to draft an obituary and hold a open house prior to his death, Eleveld points to the last line of his "nobit":"Please know that the end of my life is the ultimate "peanut item" in comparison to how much I have enjoyed my life with all of you," he wrote.She explains that "peanut item" is one of her father's favorite terms to describe items of minuscule importance. His death, Eleveld said, is a minor occurrence in his own mind. The important thing is all the time he's shared with others. ...
Monday, March 06, 2017SANDWICH - Ruth V. Spangler passed away peacefully, in Sandwich under hospice care at the home of her daughter, Wendy Harte on February 24, 2017 at the age of 93.Ruth was born in Sandwich, on July 16, 1923 the daughter of Celia H. (Luksanen) Johnson and Emil H. Johnson, wife of the late Dr. Gordon L. Spangler, sister of the late Robert Johnson and Eva (Johnson) Militello.Ruth graduated from the Henry T. Wing School in Sandwich in 1941 and attended the Cape Cod Secretarial School. As many Sandwich woman did during the war, Ruth worked at Camp Edwards as a stenographer, where she met her husband Gordon. As Gordon pursued his education at Tufts College, Ruth also worked at the alumni office at Tufts before her children, Wendy and Marshall, were born.After living in Washington D.C for a short time, followed by Medford, MA the Spangler’s later settled in Danvers for the next forty-four years. There Ruth raised her family and enjoyed such activities as line dancing, volunteer work , travelli...
Monday, March 06, 2017A Lawndale Drive, GB. Fashions will be furnished by TSR Sweater Outlet and Ladies Apparel and will be modeled by area garden club members. Tea and an assortment of pastries, tea sandwiches, cheese, fruit. $15. (336) 282-4940 or www.thegreensborocouncilofgardenclubs.com.Stake and Burger, 5:30 p.m. March 28, High Point Country Club, 800 Country Club Drive, HP. Boys & Girls Club of Greater High Point's annual fundraising dinner. Guest speaker: Caley Edgerly, CEO of Thomas Built Buses. Tickets, $125. (336) 882-2582 or visit www.hpclubs.org.Restoration Runway, 6-9:30 p.m. March 30, Greensboro Country Club, 410 Sunset Drive, GB. Fashion show, silent auction, heavy hors d'oeuvres, beverages. Benefits Restoration Place Counseling. $50 - purchase at www.bidpal.net/famous. (336) 688-0696 or Stephanie@rpcounseling.org.Salute! Celebrating North Carolina's Military Heroes Gala, 6-10 p.m. April 8, Greensboro Elks Lodge, 2201 W. Cornwallis Drive, GB. $45. Food, dancing, entertainment, door prizes and a silent auction. With The Servant Center. (336) 275-8585, Ext. 304.Spring Plant Sale, 8 a.m.-noon April 8, Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden, 215 S. Main St., KV. PJCBG members only pre-sale, 5-7 p.m. April 6. Benefits future development of the garden. (336) 996-7888.Pleasant Garden Lions Club's 17th Annual Golf Challenge, April 8, Country Hills Golf Course, 5610 Hicone Road, McLeansville. In memory of Lion Bill Greene. $60. Dooner Combs, (336) 674-3097 or hcombs2@triad.rr.com.Lunafest, A Short Films Presentation, 7 p.m. April 21, Hirsch Center, 1250 Revolution Mill Drive, GB. $20. Benefits Hirsch Wellness Network and the Breast Cancer Fund. (336) 549-8367 or Info@hirschcenter.org.March for Babies Event, April 29, UNC-Greensboro's Kaplan Commons Lawn. marchofdimes.org.Kernersville Spring Folly Arts and Crafts Show, 6-10 p.m. May 5, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. May 6, cross street of Mountain and Main Streets, downtown KV. With Kernersville Arts and Crafts Guild. Heidi Amash, (336) 601-7977 or thekacg@gmail.com or www.thekacg.com.Kentucky Derby Classic, 3 p.m. May 6, High Caliber Stables, 8506 Cedar Hollow Road, GB. Benefits Make-A-Wish Central and Western North Carolina. Live music, beer and wine, southern cuisine, a horse show, silent auction and a live stream of all the action at Churchill Downs. $150; $75 is tax deductible. (336) 778-2523 or KentuckyDerbyClassic.org.Salvation Army of High Point’s "Darrell & Stella Harris Champion of Hope" Benefit Dinner, May 16, High Point Country Club. Keynote speaker: Jenna Bush Hager. (336) 881-5436.2017 Greater Guilford Heart and Stroke Walk, 9 a.m. May 20, UNC-Greensboro's Kaplan Commons. (336) 542-4833.Aluminum Can Collection, ACES office at Brooks Global Studies Elementary is collecting aluminum can...
Monday, February 27, 2017If he had one regret, it would be that he left Sheila too soon.Visitation hours will be on Tuesday, February 28 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at the Nickerson-Bourne Funeral Home, 154 Route 6A, Sandwich and a mass of Christian burial will be held on Wednesday, March 01 at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Hope Chapel, Route 6A, West Barnstable. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. In lieu of flowers, donations will be gratefully accepted to the Robert Lima Scholarship Fund, c/o Franklin Public Schools, 335 E. Central St., Franklin, MA 02038 (Please make checks payable to Robert Lima Scholarship Fund)For directions, obituary, and online guestbook please see: http://www.dignitymemorial.com/nickerson-bourne-funeral-home-sandwich.
