Photos from the Life of Susan Sheffield

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Saturday, May 20th, 2017

Celebration of the Life of Susan Sheffield

Born Susan Amy Stenglein, Highland Park, MI March 28, 1937

Deceased May 2nd, 2016, Berkeley, CA

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        You go from us
        into a new becoming;
        We rejoice for you and wish you
        an easy journey out into the light.
        The winds will speak to us of you,
        The waters will mention your name;
        Snow and rain and fog,
        first light and last light,
        all will remind us that you
        had a certain way  of being
        that was dear to us.
        You go back to the land you
        came from and on beyond,
        We will watch for you from time to time.
                    Amen
                                      -- from Native Tongue

Perfection Wasted

And another regrettable thing about death
is the ceasing of your own brand of magic,
which took a whole life to develop and market --
the quips, the witticisms, the slant
adjusted to a few, those loved ones nearest
the lip of the stage, their soft faces blanched
in the footlight glow, their laughter close to tears,
their tears confused with their diamond earrings,
their warm pooled breath in and out with your heartbeat,
their response and your performance twinned.
The jokes over the phone. The memories packed
in the rapid-access file. The whole act.
Who will do it again? That's it: no one;
imitators and descendants aren't the same.

                                      -- John Updike


Event Program

2:00 Refreshments
3:00 Memories, Sharing

Photos and letters

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