Maybe
some of you haven't noticed - I hadn't - but the
Alternative Considerations website has added a feature
that allows you to leave a remembrance thought about
a loved one, friend or someone you knew who died
in Jonestown. When I recently accessed the list
of those who had died at http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/WhoDied/whodied_list.php,
it had been revised, with much more cross-referencing
of names. There were many people in Jonestown who
were known by different last names or nicknames,
and the listings now include those other names.
In
addition to a picture or two - usually a Temple
membership photo or a passport picture - there is
a feature that lets you write in a few words or
a paragraph about the person. Your remembrance will
be posted with or without your name and with or
without your email address, as you choose. You only
need an email address to post your remembrance.
It's
a nice feature. I posted for several people and
add more as I go on now and then. It felt particularly
nice to be able to post a remembrance of my son
Danny, a boy with more energy than he knew how to
handle. What I left was:
"Our
son. Energetic, curious, eager, always a smile.
Mischievous at times. sense of humor. Quick learner
and usually thinking of things for others. Loose
curly natural. Just a great kid... I only wish he
had had the opportunity to grow to adulthood. "
To
post your remembrance, go to the death list, find
the name of the person you wish to remember, and
click on it. Underneath the photo(s) is a green
prompt that says "Submit Remembrances." Use it.
The folks deserve it.
- Don Beck
1. "Surviving
and Remembering Tom and Dick Grubbs"
by Dea McConnell
2. "Don Bower:
A Remembrance" by Greg Bower
3. "A Remembrance
of: Jerry Livingston" by Patti Nevills
4. "Harriet
Remembered" by Mike Cartmell
5. "Experiencing
the Art of Patti Chastain Haag in the New Millennium"
by Michael Haag
6. "A Visit to
Peoples Temple" by June Gerlach
7. "Marceline/Mom"
by Stephan Jones
8. "Christine
Miller: A Voice of Independence" by Michael
Bellefountaine
9. "Mary
Louise Meyer Clancy: A Remembrance" by
Sally Archambault
10. "Terry
Carter Jones: A Remembrance" by Sally
Archambault
11. "David Richard
Shular - A Remembrance, One Year Later, February
20, 1940-May 6, 2004" by Janet Louden
Shular
