Candle Category: Sorrow

This is a candle of sorrow, a remembrance for Janet Ford who died on April 19th 2025 after lung cancer. She was a member of the Summit Unitarian Universalist Congregation for years before moving to Cedar Crest.

Cil Knutsen lights this candle of sorrow; she says three dear friends in Transylvania have each lost a parent in the last week and I share in the grief at the passing of these wise elders.

Rev Charles Loflin lights a candle for his colleague in graduate school, John Thornberry, who died earlier this month of pancreatic cancer after a 10-month journey. Pray for peace and consolation for his family especially for his wife Rebecca.

We light a candle of sorrow for Patsy, mother of John Cooke. Patsy died at age 95 after a long illness. Grief remains love’s constant companion; Patsy will be missed.

Rev Anya and Rev Scott light a candle for their dear friend Chava Burguno, of New Haven. Chava is but hours away from death. His fierce gentleness is a gift that will be dearly missed.

Nick Lewis and Judie Rinearson light a candle of sorrow and healing for Nick’s sister Norah and her husband Hugo, Hugo’s mother died in Uganda after a brief hospitalization.