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24 | September 20, 2018 | The glencoe anchor faith
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Faith Briefs
North Shore Congregation Israel (1185
Sheridan Road, Glencoe)
Baby Wiggleworms
Join the congregation
from 9:30-10:15 a.m. Saturdays,
Sept. 22-Oct. 20.
This classic music program
led by musician Joel
Frankel from the Old Town
School of Folk Music will
have you singing and moving
with your little ones.
Register at www.juf.org/
jBabyWiggleworms
North Shore Alateen
Meeting
Join the congregation
for this meeting from 7-8
p.m. every Monday Oct.
5-Dec. 17.
Sukkot Experience
Get the Sukkot Experience
from 9:15-10:45 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 24.
Hand in Hand: A Support
Group for Spouse/Partner
Loss for Older Adults
The loss of a spouse or
partner can be life-changing,
especially as you face
the “golden” years alone.
Learn what to expect from
your grief, adapt to role
changes, learn coping skills
and navigate relationships
in your new status. For
those with a loss over the
past year and a half, join
NSCI, as well as North
Suburban Synagogue Beth
El of Highland Park for
the event from 10:30 a,m,-
noon every Wednesday
from Sept. 26-Oct. 24. Cost
is $30 for the series. For
more information, contact
Elizabeth Siegel Cohen at
847-745-5404 or ElizabethCohen@jcfs.org.
Am Shalom (840 Vernon Ave.)
Erev Sukkot Service and
Pizza in the Hut
Are you ready to shake
your lulav? Join us for Erev
Sukkot Services, from 5-9
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, followed
by Pizza in the Hut!
$10/person or $25/family.
Don’t forget to bring mittens
to decorate the Sukkah;
they will be donated
after the holiday to children
in need.
Issues of the Day with
Buddy Schreiber
Explore current events
through a Jewish lens with
Master Teacher, Buddy
Schreiber from 10-11 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Hebrew School
Hebrew classes begin at
4:15 p.m. and end at 6:00
p.m. every Wednesday,
starting Sept. 26. Students
are invited to join at Drop
In for games and prizes plus
pizza and snacks (for purchase)
starting at 3:20 p.m.
Learn to Play Bridge
Come and learn how
to play with friends from
Am Shalom from 9:30-
11:30 every Friday until
Sept. 14. This class will
meet for eight weeks. $72/
player. Questions? Please
contact Alyssa Latala at
847.835.4800 or alatala@
amshalom.com.
Fanchon Simons’ Feeding
the Hungry
On the third Sunday of
every month, volunteer
members of Am Shalom
gather to help at the temple’s
kitchen from 9-10
a.m.. It just takes about an
hour and is rewarding for
people of any age! Questions?
Please call Nina
Schroeder at 847-835-
7025.
St. Elisabeth’s Episcopal Church (556
Vernon Ave.)
Gender Authenticity
Workshop
The LGBTQ team is
pleased to announce a
workshop on Gender Authenticity
on Oct. 7, following
the 10 a.m. service. The
facilitator will be Vanessa
Sheridan, Director of Gender
Equity at the Center on
Halsted. Lunch and childcare
will be provided.
St. Elisabeth’s Labyrinth
The labyrinth is open
daily to the public for
walking meditation, from
dawn to dusk. At the corner
of Hawthorn, South,
and Greenwood Avenues,
kitty-corner from Central
School. Pick up an informational
brochure at the
entrance.
A French Dip
With great excitement,
St. Elisabeth’s has begun
to prepare for hosting a
group of pilgrims from
the Paroisse de la Trinité
in Nantes, France. Eleven
travelers plus their priest are
coming to Glencoe October
17-29 to learn about religion
in America. They’ll be
visiting the Bahai Temple,
having Shabbat suppers in
Jewish homes, and going
out to Barrington to see Willow
Creek Church, among
other religious explorations.
Of course they will
also do touristic adventures
in downtown Chicago too.
There are several different
ways to help with this visit,
from giving rides to making
coffee. Please contact Susan
Newcomb to offer help.
Glencoe Union Church (263 Park Ave.)
A Storytelling Workshop
This is a workshop led
by Rev. Rebecca Anderson
from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday,
Sept. 29. In this active
and interactive event, participants
will strengthen
their skills of crafting and
telling stories. Rebecca
will help us think outside
our usual stories -- thinking
beyond what “counts”
as a story worth telling in
a faith community. To that
end, our storytelling session
will help you: Learn
how to better mine experience
for, and then craft,
personal narratives on a
Please see FAITH, 25
In Memoriam
Pamela Gee
Pamela Porter Gee, a
New Trier graduate, 74,
died in Lexington on Sept.
1, surrounded by family.
She was in the fifth year of
her courageous battle with
ovarian cancer. Gee served
as president of Ronald Mc-
Donald House Charities of
the Bluegrass, the Lexington
Medical Society Auxiliary
and Baby Health Service,
which provides free
healthcare to children who
do not have medical insurance.
She also worked
as manager and buyer for
the gift shops at St. Joseph
Hospital and St. Joseph
East Hospital, reprising
her earlier career as a
buyer for Marshall Field’s
in Chicago and Macy’s in
San Francisco. Her interest
in meeting people and volunteering
led her to help
Central Kentucky host
some of the biggest events
to be held in the area in
the past four decades: She
volunteered at the 1985
men’s Final Four at Rupp
Arena, vice presidential
debates at Centre College
in Danville and the 2010
World Equestrian Games
in Lexington. Born Oct.
21, 1943, in Evanston,
she grew up in a two-story
Art Deco house in Northfield,
a North Shore suburb
of Chicago, the third of
four children. Gee graduated
from New Trier High
School in Winnetka and
earned a bachelor’s degree
from Skidmore College in
Saratoga Springs, NY. She
lived in Chicago for three
years after college before
moving to San Francisco,
where she met her husband
Bill, then an officer
in the Navy stationed at
Treasure Island Naval Station.
They were married
for 48 years. Gee moved
to Lexington in 1975 with
Bill, her children Bobby,
then 3, and Lucy, then 1,
and golden retriever Captain,
after Bill completed
his urology residency at
the University of Washington.
The family built a
house in 1980, where they
lived ever since. Gee was
a lifelong Chicago Cubs
fan, attending games as
a child with her father
Bob. She attended Game
3 of the 2016 World Series
in Chicago, the only
Cubs championship in her
lifetime. She was also a
Kentucky basketball fan,
attending home games for
many years in section 213.
She was an avid reader
of novels and a voracious
consumer of news. Gee
was a lifelong supporter
of the Democratic Party,
always believing it was
important to help those
less fortunate. Gee and her
husband enjoyed traveling,
including to presidential
libraries and frequent
visits to see their children
in Chicago and Austin,
Texas, and most recently
their granddaughter Leila,
whom Gee adored. Among
their most memorable trips
were visits to the Holy
Land, Syria and Lebanon.
Gee was a kind and gentle
person, with rarely with
a cross word to anyone.
She cherished all of her
friends, from childhood to
those she met later in life.
Family was also very important
to Gee. She valued
her relationships with her
siblings, many cousins,
nieces and nephews. She
loved dogs and enjoyed
neighborhood walks, gardening
and golf in Lexington
and Vero Beach,
Fla. During her illness she
enjoyed the support and
companionship of many
friends in Lexington and
from around the country.
Her family wishes to thank
Baptist Health Lexington
Gynecologic Oncology,
the Baptist Health Infusion
Center and Hospice of the
Bluegrass. Gee was preceded
in death by her parents
Elizabeth Wales and
Robert Porter of Northfield,
her sister Elizabeth
Bowman of Northbrook
and her golden retrievers
Captain, Dixie and Henry
and yellow Labrador retriever
Abby. She is survived
by her husband Dr.
William F. Gee of Lexington;
daughter Lucy W. Gee
of Chicago; son Robert W.
Gee, daughter-in-law Carolyn
and granddaughter
Leila Porter Gee of Austin,
Texas; brothers Robert T.
Porter (Lee) of Alpharetta,
Ga.; and William W. Porter
of Denver; brother-in-law
John W. Gee of Madison,
Wis.; and eight nieces and
nephews. Friends are invited
to a celebration of
Gee’s life from 2-4 p.m.
on Saturday Sept. 22 at
the Gee residence. In lieu
of flowers, donations in
memory of Gee are suggested
to Baby Health
Service Inc., 1590 Harrodsburg
Road, Lexington,
KY 40504. babyhealthlexington.org
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email
Michael Wojtychiw at
m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury
media.com with information
about a loved one who was
part of the Glencoe community.