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Re: Fwd: Request for a memorial quarter peal



I'm sorry to hear we lost Bonnie.  Was last Sunday's quarter in memory
of her?  If so, I hope it was successful.

Rosalie

On 6 February 2012 16:12, Laura Dickerson <lauradi rcn com> wrote:
> On 2/6/2012 10:30 AM, Danielle Morse wrote:
>> I am hoping you can guide me in the correct process for requesting that 
>> a
>> half-muffled quarter peal (or full peal, if there are ringers for it 
>> and it
>> is not too presumptuous to ask) be rung in memory of my late mother, 
>> Bonnie
>> Barton Armstrong, one-time parishioner and bell ringer at the Church of 
>> the
>> Advent, who passed on last Friday, 3 February 2012.
>>
>    Oh, no.  I think Arthur & I saw her last April at the New England Folk
> Festival (performing with the Balkan ensemble Divi Zheni), but I suppose 
> it
> could have been the year before.  I think the last time she rang was for
> some special occasion in  Hingham a number of years back (a wedding? 
>  All I
> remember is that they put out a call for ringers).  Nancy, Rosalie,and I
> drove down in the pouring rain, and Bonnie came out of retirement to 
> ring as
> well.
> I remember Borden as a teenager, and don't think I've seen him since.
> Please include me in whatever band gets arranged.
> Laura Dickerson