In Memoriam: Most Rev. John Cole, CSM
John J. Cole passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010 on his 57th birthday after a ten year battle with leukemia (AML). He was employed at Red Spot prior to his illness.
He was past Grand Master of the Ancient Martinist Order; past Grand Master of the Blue Lodge Mixed Rite of the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and Misraim; past Grand Master of the Rosicrucian Order of the Grail; member of the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis; member of the Theosophical Society; Bishop in the French Gnostic Church and member of the Association of Research and Enlightenment.
He enjoyed studying Comparative Religion and Mysticism, playing and listening to music, and the companionship of his beloved cat, Hiram.
John is survived by his wife Susan (Day) Cole; daughters, Sara (Cole) Fettinger and husband Phil and Becky (Cole) DeBaillie and husband Tim; son, Jesse Allen Cole; grandchildren, Kelcee Quick, Kyle Fettinger, and baby DeBaillie, due in January all of Evansville; mother Donna Beckner and sister Cathy Bennett both of Herington, KS; brothers, Jack and David Bradford both of Globe, AZ and Bill Bradford of Londonderry, NH; two sisters-in-law, Faye Cole of Mt. Vernon, IN and Nellie Cole of New Harmony, IN; two mothers-in-law, Viola Day of Henderson, KY and Beth Day of Evansville; brother-in-law, Allen Day and wife Chery of Ft. Myers, FL; several aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
John’s family would like to extend a special thanks to Deaconess Unit 5100, Dr. Waits and staff.
Services will be 1:00 PM Friday, September 3, 2010, at Alexander East Chapel. Friends may visit Thursday from 3:00 to 8:00 PM and Friday from 12:00 PM until service time at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Posey County or Vanderburgh Humane Society.
Flexibility
This evening, as I was waiting to be seated at the restaurant where I ate, I saw a greeting card which said on the inside: Blessed are the Flexible, for they will never be bent out of shape. I found this amusing, at first, ( I love puns!) and then profound.
I thought about how many really insignificant things I get bent out of shape about during the course of the day. As I heard someone say the other day in reference to pet peeves, I have so many of those, I could start my own shelter. How many of those things really have a real impact on our lives. Can we look back several years and see what devastating impact of the person who just had to dig out exact change in the line at the grocery store? Nope, not me. So why bother getting ruffled over it when it happens?
For me, being delayed by someone else seems to be one of my biggest and most frequently occurring peeves. However, if I think about it, the inconvenience could have been avoided if I had left a few minutes earlier, or remembered to get the cauliflower as well as the broccoli. And that the irritation stemmed from a certain amount of selfishness. Or I could simply roll with it and realize that the few extra minutes spent waiting don’t matter. I could use that moment to pray for some worthy cause or to express thanks that I had the wherewith-all to buy the food. And that I should use those few moments to stretch my spiritual, if not mental and physical muscles.
And be more Flexible.
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