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Daniel Wittels Obituary

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DANIEL M. WITTELS, on May 22, 2007 at age 56, beloved brother of Sarah Blandina, Michael and Barnaby (Mary Labaree). A Memorial Service will be held at 11 A.M. on Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Germantown Friends Meeting House, 34 W. Coulter St., Phila. PA 19144. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Cancer Society or any favorite charity. Another way to honor Dan's life is by supporting art through a direct grant in any amount to a local artist or buying some of that artist's work.

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Published by Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News from Jun. 5 to Jun. 6, 2007.

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Walter Fordham

June 23, 2007

I live with Dan on Camac Street in Philly in the early 1970s and it was through conversations with him that I first hear the irritating truth of the buddhadharma. I -- being irritated to hear that life is suffering, that buddhanature is already complete within me and everyone -- argued with him about it, taking a sceptial view. But I think that to some extent it was those arguements with Dan that opened me up to hearing the dharma in a big way a short while later in my life. I got to work out some of my scepticism with Dan and that was very helpful in terms of being open to the teaching. For that I am eternally grateful to Dan.

Good travels in the bardo Dan. You were a good man. I tried to visit you in Philly a few years ago but your were not home. I love you.

-Walter Fordham

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