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\"\"<\/a>…those who shaped the philosophy of Katrina’s Dream<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\"\"<\/a>William “Wugsy” Gain<\/strong>es Swanson <\/strong>owned and operated the boat diving business Got Zinc?, died of natural causes in May 2013. William and Helene were married by his parents the Rev. Katrina Martha Van Alstyne Welles Swanson and the Rev. George Gaines Swanson on June 21. 2004 on the Summer Solstice of a Leap Year.\u00a0 He was dedicated to his sons Robert R. River de Boissiere- Rudl and Harold Michael de Boissiere-Rudl spending time talking to them of his world travels and family tradition of being of service to G_d and G_d’s people. William was often seen outside of the West Gate of San Quentin State Prison holding monthly candlelight vigils in opposition to the death penalty.\u00a0 He was noted for his service to the sailing community.\u00a0 For his Obituary Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rev. Kathryn A. Piccard <\/strong>was a priest serving the Diocese of Massachusetts. She had a rare genetic disorder of the connective tissue. She functioned as a resource and contact on disability issues, keeping track of the Church Pension Fund’s policies and the attainment of accessibility goals in the diocese. Piccard wrote a number of scholarly papers and books regarding on Feminist Theology, Gender Neutral Liturgical language, a number of resolutions for the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Kathryn was Spiritual Director to both William Swanson, as he worked on formalizing his ordination, and to Helene de Boissiere\u00a0 Swanson on her pilgrimage across the USA.\u00a0 Click here for \u00a0Obituary\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>George R. de Boissiere<\/strong> was a native New Yorker who was brought up on the Upper West Side died of natural causes in December 2018.\u00a0 George was a teacher and a Park Slope (Brooklyn, NY) institution\u00a0 Reared by a single mother, Helen, and a grandfather, who both survived World War II in England.\u00a0 After the death of William Swanson and again after the death of Rev. Kathryn Piccard George picked up the slack in giving his wise counsel . To read more on George Click Here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rev. George Gaines Swanson<\/strong>, 86, an Episcopal priest and activist musician, died Dec. 5 in Lexington, Mass.,\u00a0 where he had been receiving hospice care for several weeks. He had suffered for some years from heart disease and metastatic melanoma. who performed on Pete Seeger boat the Clear Water and a number of other venues. He produced an album, City of New Orleans<\/a>, with his wife, the Rev. Katrina Welles Swanson, who died in 2005, Katrina was one of 11 women who were irregularly ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1974. That action, while highly controversial at the time, led to the Episcopal Church’s formal approval of the priestly ordination of women two years later. To read more Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"RTC\"<\/a><\/strong>Rev. Robert T. Coolidge<\/strong> was a deacon in the <\/span>A<\/strong>nglican Diocese of Montreal, Canada. He is a retired professor of Medieval History he taught at <\/span>Concordia Universityand published Scotia Pontificia: Papal Letters to Scotland before the Pontificate Innocent III<\/a> and former archivist of <\/span>The Monticello Association.\u00a0 Coolidge was the first deacon to serve a woman priest alongside road following the ordination of the Philadelphia Eleven, on July 29, 1974 .A <\/span>s<\/a>nippet of his childhood<\/a> . For his obituary\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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William R. MacKaye<\/span><\/strong> was an Episcopal layman long active in the affairs of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.\u00a0 He was a\u00a0 member of the diocese’s Hunger Fund. A former reporter and religion specialist for the Washington Post<\/a> and retired chief executive of an agency supporting theological education, MacKaye <\/span>was a freelance writer, editor, and consultant on nonprofit governance. For his obituary Click<\/a> Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…those who shaped the philosophy of Katrina’s Dream   William “Wugsy” Gaines Swanson owned and operated the boat diving business Got Zinc?, died of natural causes in May 2013. William and Helene were married by his parents the Rev. Katrina Martha Van Alstyne Welles Swanson and the Rev. George Gaines Swanson on June 21. 2004…
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