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Clint Moorehead
September 28, 2007
My best friend passed away and it took a space out of the universe that was almost bigger than life. This was no ordinary person. This was a man who would teach you anything that he knew. He would push you to be a better person. I am lucky to have known him. He was an example for all to follow. He worked hard for something bigger than himself and always made people aware of what it is to speak out against injustice and for peace in the world. He strived to learn whatever he could.
He would talk about coming up soon to see us in our cabin and was going to jack up the house in Canada so that the creek out back would not run through the living room again. He was so happy to have that home in Honeymoon Bay that he spent weeks at a time up there working on the place. He was so tied to North Fork and California. Maybe it was the two houses he built, one for Fran and one for him and his family. This was his home and he was very proud of it, in the center of California. Eventually he and Fran formed a formidable family of their own. The couple spent many Fridays at the corner of a busy intersection in Fresno being spat on, cursed at, and having the finger thrown at him so often he couldn’t count. But he knew the power of his convictions and that he was right to fight for peace by making people aware that we have rights and that we need to exercise them and stand up for what we believe in. He believed in peace and, with Fran, went to the international peace conference in Sweden a year ago.
He loved his family and was very proud of his caring, loving wife. He loved his children and was very proud of becoming a grandfather.
You will be missed and our family will always feel privileged to have known you. There is a bright star that will never be darkened in the sky. We will all bask in the warmth you radiated and will smile knowing that you are looking over us. I am glad you are at peace. Through you and the example you set we all hope peace on earth is possible.
Namaste..
Love,
Clint
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