2012 Spring Newsletter.pub - Kairos

KAIROS REMEMBERS
Shirley Ann Hartley, 68, passed away October
30, 2011, in her partner's arms at her home with
Hospice at her side from advanced breast cancer.
She was born in Norway, Maine and moved to
Miami, FL, 43 years ago.
Known and loved by many, she
spent countless years working in the
printing industry with her husband
Blair. She volunteered at Homeless
People with AIDS, with Run Away Children,
Switchboard of Miami 1973-75. Ten years active
in Cursillo (a spiritual retreat community).
As Cursillo Rector in the Panama Canal Zone.
In 1980, she began her 26 years as a volunteer at
Broward's Women's Prison. She participated in
arranging programs such as: Silence The Violence,
Get A Life (GAL), also Access To Education,
Leisure and Guidance. She taught printing
classes, arranged for plants and landscaping, assisted
in prisoners theatrical productions. Always
encouraging "her ladies", and fighting for
them at every turn when needed. She loved and
respected "her ladies" and they called her "their
angel". Many of these "ladies", when released,
sought her out for continued guidance and
friendship with them until her death. For many
years, she administered aid and comfort to inmates
at (T.C.U.) medical, mental health and
hospice units, and as a death and dying consultant.
She was a member of (ADEC) Association for
Death Education and Counseling. She was also a
Volunteer Chaplain at BCI for 9 years and Baptist
Hospital in Miami. She had a strong bond
with the Kairos Prison Ministry for over ten
years, serving as Secretariat/Board of Directors
and Chairperson 1986-87. She was deeply honored
to receive the Citizen Volunteer of the Year
award at BCI in 1991.
She was responsible for bringing the Spanish
Kairos Weekends into both women's and men's
prisons in South Florida and formed a unit with
Spanish and English communities. She loved the
Spanish enthusiasm, "Hola". Sometimes in life
you find a FOREVER FRIEND . . . . Knowing
Shirley, that was very easy to FIND. Every
"thing", every "plant" and every "person" she ever
touched became beautiful, and that is her legacy.
Please keep her family and her partner/
caregiver, Tony Di Cicco of Miami in your prayers.
Shirley request memorial contributions to:
Kairos Prison Ministry - Area 7 -, c/o Orlando
Rodriguez, 2351 South Douglas Road, Apt. 602,
Miami, FL 33145.
Ellery B. May, Jr. of Huntsville,
AL, passed away November
23, 2011. Mr. May was a
veteran of World War II, having
served as both pilot and flight
engineer in the U.S. Army Air
Forces. Following his military
service he earned his BS Degree
in Aeronautical Engineering from Auburn University.
His first job was with the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics in Hampton,
Virginia doing aeronautical research in the Langley
wind tunnels.
He and his young family came to live in Huntsville,
AL in the summer of 1951, when he accepted
a job at NASA with the German rocket team
under Dr. Von Braun. There he helped design the
wind tunnels used to test rockets, and was later
reassigned to the Systems Engineering Office. He
became Chief of the Saturn Systems Engineering
Office in 1970, and managed the Saturn program
office for the final Saturn Launch in July of 1975.
This mission, the Appollo/Soyez Test Project,
sent three American Astronauts into space to
shake hands with the Russians, the first international
rendezvous in space. Mr. May was awarded
the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for
his work on the project.
During his retirement, Mr. May was instrumental
in establishing Kairos Prison Ministry in Alabama,
serving as its director. He started the first
Kairos weekend for HIV inmates at Limestone
and was a member of the Kairos Prison Ministry
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