good bye to a fine human

sad news that paul newman has passed away. kudos to an amazing human being. the acting. the salad dressing. the $175 million to charity.

i had the chance to speak service oriented sentences to newman throughout my years of catering at the myriad of charity fund raising events we catered specifically for his camps for kids with terminal illness. like willie nelson, he was one of my favorite celebrities to serve--so gracious, kind and down to earth.

recently, mieke and ezra came to me with ideas for their wedding ceremony. we ended up adapting parts of the beautifully inspiring ceremony that joined him and his wife of 50 years, joanne woodward. a great marriage to follow. he also said in referrence to the temptation to stray from her: "I have steak at home, why go out for hamburger?"images not by kitty joe ste-marie

in case you don't have a subscription to the press democrat

TO: PRESS DEMOCRAT ATTN: CLASSIFIED
FOR: ONE Time, WEDNESDAY, October 10, 2007 (WITH Photo)

SCOTT, ALICE ABBIE CLARK (ST. MARIE) – Entered into rest, at home, in
Santa Rosa, CA, October 5, 2007, after a long and fulfilling life.
Dearly beloved mother of Allan (Barbara) St. Marie, Edwin R. “Gus” St.
Marie, Elizabeth (Joel) Montgomery and Susan K. St. Marie. Adored
grandmother of Sean Bressie, Amy Ahlstrom, Mackensie Ashton, Abbie St.
Marie Kearns, Naomi Campbell and Kitty Joe Ste-Marie. Cherished great
grandmother of Kyle, Allyson, Anika, Colin and Rory. Also survived by
her loving step-children; Jeanine, Linda, Esther, Shirley and Clarence and
her brother, Stan Clark.
A native of Tacoma, WA, age 85 years. Alice was fondly known to her family as “The Grammy”. As Alice traveled through life, she knew no strangers-she loved people and made friends easily. Alice lived on Fox Island and in the Tacoma area until she married Nathan St. Marie in 1941. During the war, Alice drove trucks in the motor pool at Ft. Lewis, WA. Her first two children, Allan and Gus were born in WA.
After the war, Alice and Nathan settled in Montana, where Elizabeth was born. Thence on to California, where they welcomed their youngest child, Susan. Alice has lived with her family in the Sebastopol and Santa Rosa area since 1947. She was married to William A. Scott for thirteen years, who preceded her in death in 1979. In her forties with four children in school, she graduated from the Santa Rosa J.C. as an LVN, one of her proudest accomplishments. She worked as office manager for C.A.
Anderson, chiropractor for twenty-three years. After retirement, she provided loving care for a number of her friends in need of assistance. She was a deacon at Knox Presbyterian Church and a member of the Druids Santa Rosa Circle #66 and the Navy Mother’s Club. Her favorite things in life were her family and drives to Bodega Bay for a bowl of clam chowder. She enjoyed weekly poker games and scrabble with her long-time good friends.

Family and friends are invited to attend a Graveside Remembrance Service on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. at Santa Rosa Memorial Park-Garden of Devotion, 1900 Franklin Avenue. Family prefers memorial contributions in Alice’s memory be made to Memorial Hospice,
821 Mendocino Avenue,
Santa Rosa, CA, 95401.

Arrangements entrusted to:
LAFFERTY & SMITH
COLONIAL CHAPEL,
Directors
(707)539-2921