The Rip Van Wrinkler, Volume XVII, Issue 4, November 2013

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Losses difficult to encompass |en'kompes| verb  surround and have or hold within.

Kaila

Harlan, Kaila Marie, 22 of Huntington, on August 29, 2013.
 
Beloved daughter of  Steven and Anne.  Loving sister of Michael.  Cherished granddaughter of Barbara Waldo and George Horly.  Dear niece of Donna Horly.  Devoted girlfriend of Jeffrey Tilson.


Indy sings for Kaila

Natalie Culver said it best:
Sadness... the passing of a beautiful ambitious young woman, our friend Kaila Harlan, who had a love for her family & of her pups that is enviable. I remember meeting her at a race meet ~9 yrs ago, thinking I wouldn't be comfortable with a then kid helping with my dogs, until I realized she was more responsible & caring of my dogs than I am! In a fair world Kaila would have spent the last two years only enjoying college, not knowing about leukemia. Keeping Anne Esposito Harlan & Steve Harlan & Micheal Harlan & Kaila's dear pups in thoughts.


Kaila in the middle


Mike Mancini

Michael C. Mancini, 68, of Southbury, died unexpectedly at his home on June 26, 2013.
He was the husband of Carol (Martire) Mancini. Mr.
Mancini was born December 24, 1944, son of Jeanne (Allgretti) Mancini of Fort Myers, Fl and the late Michael Mancini. He has resided in Southbury for 25 years, previously living in Stratford. He was a creative director having worked for Delre Associates Advertising Marketing Company.
He also founded "By Design" in Middletown which specialized in marketing, web design and meeting events.
Mr. Mancini was a National Guard veteran during the Vietnam War.
He enjoyed woodworking and doing agility with his dogs and his dogs agility family.


Midge Greenlee

Margaret "Midge" Helen Greenlee, 79, died on September 3, 2013, following a brief illness.

Midge was born in Mercedes, Texas on October 17, 1933, the daughter of Walden Gillespie Greenlee and Nelle Whitehead Greenlee. She moved with her family to LaGrange, Illinois in 1940. She graduated from Lyons Township High School and then received her B.A. from Dennison University in 1955. Following graduation
Midge worked first for the Encyclopedia Britannica and then became
the first woman investment analyst employed by the First National Bank of Chicago.

In 1964 she married and embarked on a great adventure, purchasing a sailboat, sailing down the inter-coastal waterway to Florida, and settling near Fort Lauderdale where she and her husband managed commercial investment properties and enjoyed sailing the Caribbean. In 1987, following her divorce, she moved to Ocala,
where she spent the rest of her life.

Midge was a brilliant woman of many talents. She was a scrupulous business person, a skilled skier and sailor, who loved both snow and the ocean, and a talented artist who had studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Most of all, she was an indomitable woman of great courage, fierce determination, and absolute integrity, deeply loyal to her friends and devoted to her family. A major focus of her life was breeding and showing Basenjis, aiming to produce championship-quality dogs which would also be wonderful pets and companions. Basenjis from her small private kennel, Serengeti, were well known and successful in homes and in AKC Conformation dog shows. The appreciation of her steadfast, reasonable leadership was president of the Basenji Club of America for ten years. She continued to serve the club as a Board member. She also served in the past as president of the Ft. Lauderdale Kennel Club.

Midge is survived by her brothers, the Rev. Malcolm Blake Greenlee of Wilton, CT (Dorothy), Dr. John Edward Greenlee of Salt Lake City, UT (Anabel) and by numerous nephews, nieces, grandnephews, and grandnieces.  Midge's family would like to thank the physicians and nurses who cared for her at the end of her life in Ocala and at Shands Hospital in Gainesville.

Midge had requested that her ashes be strewn into the Gulf Stream.


Jesse Reimer

Jesse Reimer, a local businessman, unabashed adventurer, innovative artist, purveyor of peace, and Woodstock’s legendary Santa Claus, died Thursday, June 20. A figurative and literal man of many hats: as owner of J & J Tree specialists (known to some as The Arbor Barber) his business savvy and fairness were unparalleled; as a found-object metal sculptor and woodworker his innovations were always transcendental; as an adventurer he never sat upon his laurels and endeavored to truly live every day; as a man he loved all humankind and wished for peace for all; and as Woodstock’s Santa Claus he brought smiles to the young and old alike with his antics and ingenuity. His passing causes a vacuum in every heart he’s touched; whether the heart’s owner knows it or not, because from his first breath to his last he affected everyone around him positively.


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