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“‘Farewell dear friend’ by David Chadwick”

by Sangha News editor | Jun 27, 2012 | For Katherine Thanas, In Memoriam

Also at Sweeping Zen, David Chadwick — Suzuki roshi biographer and Zen priest — offers Katherine Thanas a loving farewell: I met Katherine when she first came to sit and practice with Suzuki Roshi and the rest of us in 1967. She was older than many of us, late...

“In loving memory of Katherine Sobun Thanas, Roshi”

by Sangha News editor | Jun 27, 2012 | For Katherine Thanas, In Memoriam

Adam Tebbe at Sweeping Zen offers a thoughtful obituary for Katherine Thanas: Kind. Considerate. Radiant. Playful. These are words people used to describe Katherine Sobun Thanas when I told them I’d be doing this piece on her. Katherine passed away at 9:45 this...
Sobun Katherine Thanas Died on June 24, 2012

Sobun Katherine Thanas Died on June 24, 2012

by Sangha News editor | Jun 27, 2012 | For Katherine Thanas, In Memoriam

Sobun Katherine Thanas, founder of the Monterey Bay Zen Center and student of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, Dainin Katagiri Roshi, Zentatsu Baker Roshi, and Tenshin Reb Anderson, died on June 24 surrounded by loved ones and disciples, after sustaining a head injury that had...
Della Goertz Died on February 5, 2012

Della Goertz Died on February 5, 2012

by Sangha News editor | Mar 22, 2012 | For Della Goertz, In Memoriam

Mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Della was one of Suzuki Roshi’s early students at Sokoji Temple in San Francisco and lived in City Center’s 340 Page Street building for many years. Della was an important member of the Zen Center community and will be...

Services for David Coady in Quincy, MA

by Sangha News editor | Oct 26, 2011 | For David Coady, In Memoriam

From The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Massachusetts: David J. Coady, 46, of San Francisco, died unexpectedly Thursday, July 21, 2011. . . . Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at United First Parish Church Unitarian (Church of the Presidents), at...
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