ZiSunka has died suddenly.
She left a note asking me to come to this website and let everyone know, and to thank Tulc and Cletic Rose. among others, for their friendship and support. She asked me to distribute her blessing points and to close out her account.
There were no public services.
As a memorial, I am posting her obituary with all personal information removed. She was quite a modest person in life, but I feel like her life should not pass unnoticed from this place where she spent the last five years among you.
I know she had many run-ins with some of the elderly men here who want to dominate the forum and exclude those who would not surrender to their version of doctrine. I often told her that elderly men have issues with self-worth and significance in their twilight years and they sometimes dominate and even destroy other people in an effort to feel sigficant. She feared that this forum would end up in spiritual slavery to the ideas and doctrines of people who fear freedom in Christ.
She really cared about all of you and her prayer journal was stuffed with prayers for all of you.
Ultimately, she struggled with the pressures of dealing with her mentally-ill sister, financial difficulties, and loneliness.
Here is her obituary:
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XXXXXX XXXXX, XX (her age), of XXXXX (her city), passed away suddenly XXXXXX (the day she died).
Ms. XXXXX was born in Warren, Ohio in XXXX, daughter of the late (parents' names). She graduated from XXXXX high school with honors, and received degrees from XXXX State University and XXXX State University, where she graduated second in her class.
Ms. XXXXX was a children's librarian in the 1980s, where she made lifelong friends with many of the children and parents she served. Under her direction, the children's department increased services to the community through programs that attracted hundreds of new users to the library every year. She taught the first computer literacy courses in the county and established several library traditions that are still followed to this day.
In the late 1980s, Ms. XXXXX became a park planner for major cities around the state. Hundreds of thousands of people have played in her parks. She created or renovated more than 40 parks, mostly in poor urban neighborhoods, designed and built numerous miles of bikeways, and won numerous awards for their design and construction. Two of her parks were used as recurrent outdoor backdrops in two network TV shows.
Under her tenure, thousands of acres of natural area were protected from development in perpetuity through conservation easements.
One of her parks, XXXXXXX Park, hosts dozens of cultural events each year and is consisdered the cultural hub of XXXXXX (city the park is in).
Ms. XXXXX leaves behind a non-profit organization, (name deleted) which she founded in 2000, to encourage families in poor and rural communities to read more.
During her life, she sent more than 8,000 Bibles and hymnals to new entrepuenerial churches and ministries around the world, gave away more than 15,000 new books to clients of food pantries, and established Christian libraries in (three African countries).
Ms. XXXXX is survived by a sister, a nephew, and many friends. A niece preceeded her in death.
There will be no services and a private burial.
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I would add that she was married and divorced young, and never remarried so she could devote herself to serving the Lord. Because of this, she often suffered from extreme loneliness. She came to this forum to interact with all of you because she genuinely enjoyed your company.
Sincerely,
ZiSunka's cousin Debbie
She left a note asking me to come to this website and let everyone know, and to thank Tulc and Cletic Rose. among others, for their friendship and support. She asked me to distribute her blessing points and to close out her account.
There were no public services.
As a memorial, I am posting her obituary with all personal information removed. She was quite a modest person in life, but I feel like her life should not pass unnoticed from this place where she spent the last five years among you.
I know she had many run-ins with some of the elderly men here who want to dominate the forum and exclude those who would not surrender to their version of doctrine. I often told her that elderly men have issues with self-worth and significance in their twilight years and they sometimes dominate and even destroy other people in an effort to feel sigficant. She feared that this forum would end up in spiritual slavery to the ideas and doctrines of people who fear freedom in Christ.
She really cared about all of you and her prayer journal was stuffed with prayers for all of you.
Ultimately, she struggled with the pressures of dealing with her mentally-ill sister, financial difficulties, and loneliness.
Here is her obituary:
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XXXXXX XXXXX, XX (her age), of XXXXX (her city), passed away suddenly XXXXXX (the day she died).
Ms. XXXXX was born in Warren, Ohio in XXXX, daughter of the late (parents' names). She graduated from XXXXX high school with honors, and received degrees from XXXX State University and XXXX State University, where she graduated second in her class.
Ms. XXXXX was a children's librarian in the 1980s, where she made lifelong friends with many of the children and parents she served. Under her direction, the children's department increased services to the community through programs that attracted hundreds of new users to the library every year. She taught the first computer literacy courses in the county and established several library traditions that are still followed to this day.
In the late 1980s, Ms. XXXXX became a park planner for major cities around the state. Hundreds of thousands of people have played in her parks. She created or renovated more than 40 parks, mostly in poor urban neighborhoods, designed and built numerous miles of bikeways, and won numerous awards for their design and construction. Two of her parks were used as recurrent outdoor backdrops in two network TV shows.
Under her tenure, thousands of acres of natural area were protected from development in perpetuity through conservation easements.
One of her parks, XXXXXXX Park, hosts dozens of cultural events each year and is consisdered the cultural hub of XXXXXX (city the park is in).
Ms. XXXXX leaves behind a non-profit organization, (name deleted) which she founded in 2000, to encourage families in poor and rural communities to read more.
During her life, she sent more than 8,000 Bibles and hymnals to new entrepuenerial churches and ministries around the world, gave away more than 15,000 new books to clients of food pantries, and established Christian libraries in (three African countries).
Ms. XXXXX is survived by a sister, a nephew, and many friends. A niece preceeded her in death.
There will be no services and a private burial.
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I would add that she was married and divorced young, and never remarried so she could devote herself to serving the Lord. Because of this, she often suffered from extreme loneliness. She came to this forum to interact with all of you because she genuinely enjoyed your company.
Sincerely,
ZiSunka's cousin Debbie
