Re: Passing of a fellow garden afficianado


Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata,
Central New Zealand
----- Original Message ----- From: "david feix" <davidfeix@yahoo.com> 



I hope this does not seem inappropriate to post this
here, but I did want to let people who may have known
my long term life partner, Ernie Gladney, that he
passed away last Tuesday, March 25, 2008 after an 8
month battle with liver cancer.  Those of you who may
have seen Ernie at horticultural events and garden
tours might remember him as the only African-american
male with the ever gracious smile, with a genuine love
of gardens and plants, and a budding talent in garden
design who particularly loved all things succulent,
Brazilian samba, ballet and dancing in general, and
trips to Bali.

We will be having a memorial service to commemorate
his life this coming Sunday, April 6, 2008 from 2 to
5pm in Albany, Ca.  If anyone who knew Ernie would
like to attend, and come to share refreshments and
stories to tell about knowing Ernie, please contact me
for the details, by email at my address:
davidfeix@yahoo.com

Although Ernie was not a regular poster on the
Medit-Plants forum, he was very much a part of the
gardening scene here locally, and could perhaps be
best remembered, if one is so inclined by a charitable
contribution to one of the local Botanic gardens such
as UCBBG(Berkeley) or UCSCBG(Santa Cruz) or the Ruth
Bancroft Garden.


David
We are really sorry to hear of the loss you have just suffered. I am sure it will make a big hole in your life. Not being locals we did not have the pleasure of knowing Ernie, but if he was as keen a gardener as you I am sure we would have had a good deal in common. 

With all our sympathy
Moira and Tony
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