<div><div dir="auto">We loved Wilma and her presence will be greatly missed. Thank you for being such a good friend, and giving her the care and support she needed. I know this is a sad news for many in our community, but it sounds like she had the most supportive and peaceful passing a person can have.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 10:38 AM John Cottle via Rotary <<a href="mailto:rotary@lists.mcn.org">rotary@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Our beloved fellow Rotarian Wilma Tucker passed away about an hour ago in her home overlooking the ocean, surrounded by friends and family. <div><br></div><div>"Friends" to Wilma included nearly everyone she met. Many of us will receive this news with a tear and a smile at the same time. She had the gift of lighting up a room, and of making all of us want to be better persons. Even when she couldn't be there, when her name was mentioned in our Rotary meetings smiles would pop up on many faces.<div><br></div><div>Most of you know of the struggles from physical ailments which kept Wilma from coming to meetings the past few years. Despite dealing with physical pain, and with the frustration of not being with her friends more often, she never showed any sign of self pity. Rather, she mustered up a crooked smile and asked how YOU were doing, and how her Rotary Club was doing.</div><div><br></div><div>Wilma chose her time to leave this world, and together with an editor wrote her own obituary to appear in the Beacon. She didn't want a memorial service for reasons I do not know. Let us all take a moment to reflect on the grace, love, and dignity she shared with us all, and resolve to be better persons for it.</div><div><br></div><div>John Cottle</div></div></div>
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