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Oriane Sicard Shevin

Oriane Shevin Obituary

Shevin, Oriane Sicard (1970-2005)
Our angel Oriane You will be with us forever in our hearts. We will continue to see you in your children. Dearest Wife, Loving Mother, Beloved Daughter and Sister, Devoted Friend-- We are filled with love for you. We will miss you pour toujours et un jour.

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Published by Los Angeles Times from Jun. 17 to Jun. 20, 2005.

Memories and Condolences
for Oriane Shevin

Sponsored by Oriane's family.

21 Entries

Laure Sudreau Henderson

July 1, 2005

Dear Eric, Ethan and Eloise:

No words can express the total sense of loss and sadness I have been experiencing these past few weeks, along with the complete acknowledgment and awareness that my loss is nothing compared to yours.

Oriane's and my life-paths kept crossing, serendipitiously, all the way back from our childhood and high school years in Paris, to our adult years (as wives, mothers and lawyers) in L.A. Our respective careers brought us back in touch and generated a new circle of friends, the great majority of whom were at her burial.

I am so sorry I could not attend the funeral and say these words to you in person, as well as to her parents and sisters. She was an exceptional human being; and I feel privileged to have known her (albeit for too short a time), counted her among my friends, and to have nothing but wonderful, sweet memories of her.

Elle est toujours dans mes pensées, ainsi que ses deux petits anges, qui j'éspère sauront un jour quelle merveilleuse jeune femme fut leur mère.

With love,

Laure Sudreau H.

Oriane, Sabine, Karyn & Patricia

Patricia Stevens

June 30, 2005

To Eric, Ethan and Eloise, the Sicard and Shevin families:

I am so saddened by the sudden loss of your wife, your mommy, your daughter, your sister and my new friend. What a wonderful person Oriane was, I was just starting to get to know her. We did share those wonderful golf games.

To Oriane: I am so sorry that I wasn't able to attend your service. I am on the other side of the world and think about you all the time. I will miss you.
Namaste my friend
Patricia

Marie Renaudie

June 24, 2005

Chère Oriane,

Ta beauté, ta douceur, ta lumière, resteront pour toujours dans mon coeur. Tu vas beaucoup me manquer.

Merci pour tous ces beaux souvenirs avec toi, je les garde précieusement.

Eric, Ethan et Eloïse, je pense très affectueusement à vous.

bobby klein

June 23, 2005

This morning we gather together as family and friends to celebrate a life.

A life that burned so brightly, for us all to feel and see.

It was a life that was cut short for what reason we have yet to know…

Orianne had a life that was fulfilled in everyway.

Brought into this world by worldly, intelligent and loving parents…Didier and Marie Noel…

She had two beautiful sisters Coralie and Karine who loved and admired her and she them…she brought to us , to this world two amazing children Ethan and Eloise…and she found the love of her life, Eric, who loves her as he loves life itself, perhaps more…

Here is contained her body..but not her spirit. That spirit is here now and a bit of it will live with all of us forever.

Orianne was Born in Paris in 1970…it was the beginning of a full and adventurous life.

When she was 4 years old the Family moved to Laos, where Didier, her father was sent by the Government of France to teach Medicine. There she was attracted to and became accomplished at Lao Dance…an intricate and moving dance that tells the story of the Lao and the stories of Buddhism. She was magnificent with the movements of a queen.

Orianne was given by her parents the gift of choice…her parents are of the Protestant Church but she was not directed towards that church. Instead she was told it is important to have spirituality in your life, you don’t have to choose ours…choose for you.. be it Buddhism, Judaism or what you wish but it is important to have spirituality in your life.

She was given the gift to be exactly who she was…and that is what she was…always Orianne.

This is what we saw in her… that when you were with her she was fully Orianne…fully herself..no pose no artifice.. 100 percent Orianne.

Eric said, “Being with her..she made me a better person.” It was like that for me for all of us…when you were around Orianne you wanted to be the best person you could be…she carried the Mantle of truth. And God Forbid the ones who were not in truth with Orianne..they didn’t last in her life for long.

When the sisters got a bit older they were sent to live with families in Japan..to learn the Culture, to learn the Language. Cora Lee and Corrine went with one family and Orianne stayed with another where she became their prize, this doll. They dressed her in traditional costume and like to show her off to friends at the Local Bar.

She carried this knowledge of and love for Asia it’s people and it’s art with her through her life.

At 18 she went to Champagne to work the harvest…hard back breaking work…where many of the young people left she stayed and worked hard and brought in the Harvest.

This was her way…make a commitment…she would go after what she wanted and she could not , would not be detoured.

When she was 13 she went to live in Ireland to learn English and there she had to suffer the Irish diet…not her taste…she loved food….perhaps Caviar most of all…but good food.

So

It made perfect sense that she married a man that not only was a major Foodie (Gourmet) but also a wonderful cook himself,,,Their dinner parties were magical…food..great wines…conversation…

They cooked at home together often but Loved to go to restaurants where she and he were loved..not for their knowledge of food, their knowledge of wines, not for the money they spent but for what this couple together literally brought to the table. It was love.

Orianne carried with her not only an air of elegance and beauty but a genuiness and authenticity that surrounded you, charmed you and men and women would fall in love with her.

When you were in her presence it was her bearing, her elegance of purity that did make you want to be better..to be your best self…it was as if she said, “Be yourself so I can see you better.”

You felt it in her home, if she was in your home or where ever you were with her.

The word that keeps appearing when she is decribed by family and friends is Passion…Passion for life, for her interests, for her children, for knowledge, for travel.

She loved to travel to have her eyes renewed with what she didn’t know, what she had never seen, enthralled with what she could learn about the world and its people..what she could learn about herself.

Didier described her as a demanding intellectual…always to know more… other’s he would take to the bookstore …Orianne demanded to go to the bookstore and it wasn’t for light reading…it was the likes of Proust who she loved, and great literature and the other great writers of history and her time.

She was a mature intellectual on one hand and on the other she could be an astonished child, she was not blasé, she was thrilled at the success and the adventures of other.

Her dear friend Helene said that when she told her stories of her travels it was like Orianne was on the journey, the adventure with her..

There was no jealousy in her…never covetous of what others had or did…she celebrated their success and deeply felt their disappointments.

In her short life she was fulfilled…Eric said it would blow our minds.. we had these dreams and we fulfilled them and so we made new dreams and they were being fulfilled as well.

Her father said when they spoke she would talk about the marvelous adventure it was to in live in the house she, Eric and the children shared.

Orianne did not leave this life without experiencing the greatest of happiness’s…She and Eric talked and planned what would be the most the greatest happiness to accomplish and they did…and together they went higher than either thought possible in their joy, their love, their passion and their celebration of their happiness…they would walk together in the backyard of the house they shared and be astonished that this miracle could happen…together they made magic happen…Magic was in place for them to get their house of dreams…All said it was difficult if not impossible…that is to sell one house to get the other just in time , the experts said it couldn’t happen…they together made it happen…and what was the magic, what was the miracle..? It is very clear to me that the magic…the miracle …was love…

And the Angels ,who she has joined, were watching over them.

There was something about perfect timing in the air for her. Her sisters told be of when she was in her 20’s there were two boys madly in love with her and she was seeing them both…but the time came when she had to end it with one…he was at her house and she dumped him and he was in tears in one room when the other showed up at the door.

She ushered him in past the room with the crying boy…and neither ever knew the other was there.

Perfect timing.

Eric tells of when they were first getting together… Orianne didn’t feel Eric was being responsive enough to her so early one morning she showed up with a breakfast of Croissants and great French Cheeses….

Eric breathed a sigh of relief because it was so close… to him not being alone that morning but thankfully he was …and that morning this Jewish boy from the Valley learned that there were other cheeses beyond the cream cheese he would have with bagels and lox on a Sunday morning.

But then later a greater education for him began…he realized in a discussion where Orianne was telling him he was not treating her as she deserved …he was thinking…OK this is over I will have to move on.. half way through her chastising him he realized this was the woman he had hoped and dreamed for and what she was saying was right.

It was on that moment that everything changed..it lead to a ski trip to mammoth where he was shocked she could keep up with him,on the slopes, he a member of the Ski Patrol. And then to the ride home when he said, “you are the kind of woman I would Marry.” Unbeknownst to him this was the first of a three part proposal of marriage.

The next was where he gave her his class ring..and then at their favorite sushi bar…as they ordered “one last thing” the chef presented her small gift wrapped box with an engagement ring inside that was made with a diamond brought from Russia by his grandmother and given to him by his mother Judy.

Orianne had found her romantic match…two pure romantics had found each other..this led to the most romantic wedding in Paris and so their life together began…this fairy tale continues…

And now this surprise…this woman who we know loved with a passion hated animals…until she met Eric…

It was Eric’s dogs Buddy and Josie who she fell in love with…much to the shock and surprise of her old friends and family…she, as she was shown by her parents , truly had no door closed when it came to Love.

Orianne was educated as a lawyer in France and when she moved here and married she had planned to take the California bar… Orianne failed the California Bar the first time . But she didn’t as most do…

go back to school take special classes…she with her passion for learning, her incredible work ethic…. she on her own …studied day and night and again took the Bar.

It was the day when the results were to be published about who passed and who failed.

Orianne and Eric went on-line to find the results….they entered the code on the card she was given and it came up she failed…they were devastated and got in the car to go to a local dive bar and get really drunk….on the way a call came from a friend , who had also taken the bar, to see if Orianne passed they said no that they entered the 5 digit number and no she didn’t pass..the friend said no it was the four digit code…Eric spun the car around..if you’ve driven with him you know he literally spun the car around, back to the house and entered the proper codes and Voila..she passed…cut to a great celebration.

Earlier , in France when Orianne took the exam for the French Bar there was a portion where the examining committee gives and assignment to write about…Her was , ironically Le Métier de la mort..the business of death..

This is what she wrote:

Finally, in order to live better, we have given to many third parties the business of death. And here stands the controversy: by slowing down time, we have never been so conscious or weakness and mortality.

So, let’s stop the time of the unuseful, the time of fuss and let’s learn to live with death, let’s learn, like Ceasre Pavese wrote in “The Business of Leaving”.

Like a beautiful angel the poet says:

‘As in himself, at last eternity changes

The poet suggests, with a sword

His century scared of not having known death that was triumphing with a strange voice’

(Mallarme)

And as death puts naturally a full point to life, not only does it stop it, but it fixes the definite lines, now static, of a destiny of a masterpiece. It is good in order to be in immortality, in the memory of the living, we could be able to know how to die and how to return with humility towards what Mallarme called:

“The fires of the pure mortal sun”

And this was her….burning brightly as the sun.

Now this was real life, of course, so there were difficult times and passages…the most difficult for her in this life was when her baby girl Eloise at 8 months mysteriously got meningitis.

I was with them at the hospital when Eloise hovered between life and death..it was Orianne's darkest hour..but through their love and will Eloise survived. I now wonder if she didn’t make some kind of deal at that moment.

And so in this eulogy we have spoken of Passion, this love …this magic..the living of a dream..

….The day after Orianne crossed …I rode with Eric and Ethan to Ethan’s karate class and Eric was crying…Ethan Asked, “Daddy why are you Crying.” Eric answered truthfully, “Because I miss Mamoo so much.” With out a beat Ethan said,”It’s OK daddy, Mommy lives in our hearts now.”

And so she does and so she will for all of our days.”

Let’s take a moment to reflect and review…to feel her and to let her feel us and our love.

Join hands and close your eyes…

(Music)

Carla Bruni Song

Ave Maria

Friends Speak>>>>>>

I want for a moment to talk about this marriage that I was honored to perform in Paris…

There is a line from a letter from the Poet Rilke that says “the criterion for rejection or choice: whether you are willing to stand guard over someone else’s solitude and whether you are able to set this same person at the gate of your own depths.”

This is what they did ..they were fierce guards of each others solitude..in this life and this will remain forever as they stand guard over each others spirit, each others solitude.

This woman who’s body remains loved her husband and children, loved her family of birth..loved her mother in-law Judy who became her confidant and she loved us with a love we will never doubt, never , never forget..she was a teacher of Love..

From a poem Eric wrote to Orianne..this line became their credo.

POUR TOUJOURS ET UN JOUR’

FOR ALWAYS AND A DAY..

Please join me and say this together….Pour toujours et un jour. Again…

This concludes our service….

Take

Directions to their home to join together to celebrate her…and now move to Join us at grave side….

Pall Bearers:

Antoine

Yves Sicard

Didier

Eddie

Mike Simpson

Sam Scott

Mark Morrison

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Gra

veside in French

Coralie & Karine

Psalms 42>> 2,3,67

Marie Noel

142>>2-8

Didier

143>>2-11

Cora Lee and Corinne read from:

Psalm 42

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?

My tears have been my food day and night.

Oh my God, my soul is cast down within me;

Therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan,

From the Hill Mizar.

Deep calls unto deep at the noise of

Your waterfalls;

All Your waves and billows have gone over me.

Marie Noël read from:

Psalm 142

I pour out my complaint before Him;

I declare before Him my trouble.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,

Then You knew my path.

In the way in which I walk

They have secretly set a snare for me.

Look on my right hand and see,

For there is no one who acknowledges me;

Refuge has failed me;

No one cares for my soul.

I cried out to You, O Lord:

I said, You are my refuge,

My portion in the land of the living

Attend to my cry.

For I am brought very low;

Deliver me from my prosecutors,

For they are stronger than I.

Bring my soul out of prison,

That I may praise Your name;

The righteous shall surround me,

For You shall deal bountifully with me.‰

Didier read from Psalm 143:

Do not enter into judgment with your servant,

For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul;

He has crushed my life to the ground.

He has made me dwell in darkness,

Like those who have long been dead.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;

My heart within me is distressed.

I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all Your works;

I muse on the work of Your hands.

I spread out my hands to You;

My soul longs for You like a thirsty land.

Selah

Answer me speedily, O Lord;

My spirit fails !

Do not hide your face from me,

Lest I be like those who go down in the pit.

Cause me to hear Your loving kindness in the morning.

For in you do I trust;

Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,

For I lift up my soul to You.

Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies.

In You I take shelter.

Teach me to do Your will,

For you are my God.

Your spirit is good.

Lead me to the land of uprightness.

Revive me, O Lord, for Your names sake!

For Your righteousness‚ sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Kaddish

Yisgadal v'yiskadash sh'mei rabbaw .)

B'allmaw dee v'raw chir'usei

v'yamlich malchusei,b'chayeichon, uv'yomeichon,

uv'chayei d'chol beis yisroel,

ba'agawlaw u'vizman kawriv, v'imru: Amein.

(Cong: Amein. Y'hei sh'mei rabbaw m'vawrach l'allam u'l'allmei allmayaw)

( Y'hei sh'mei rabbaw m'vawrach l'allam u'l'allmei allmayaw.

Yis'bawrach, v'yishtabach, v'yispaw'ar, v'yisromam, v'yis'nasei,

Blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, extolled,

v'yis'hadar, v'yis'aleh, v'yis'halawl sh'mei d'kudshaw b'rich hu

Cong. b'rich hu).

( L'aylaw min kol birchawsaw v'shirawsaw,

tush'b'chawsaw v'nechemawsaw, da'ami'rawn b'all'maw, v'imru: Amein

(Cong. Amein).

Y'hei shlawmaw rabbaw min sh'mayaw,v'chayim

awleinu v'al kol yisroel, v'imru: Amein

.(Cong. Amein).

(Cong. Amen).

Oseh shawlom bim'ro'mawv, hu ya'aseh shawlom,

awleinu v'al kol yisroel v'imru: Amein

Glorified and sanctified be God's great name throughout the world which He has created according to His will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days, and within the life of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon; and say, Amen.

May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity.

Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, extolled and honored, adored and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, beyond all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations that are ever spoken in the world; and say, Amen.

May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us

and for all Israel; and say, Amen.

He who creates peace in His celestial heights, may He create peace for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen.

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Do not stand by my grave and weep

For I’m not there, I do not sleep

I am a thousand winds that blow

I am the diamonds on the snow

I am the sunlight on ripened grain

I am the gentle Autumn’s rain

When you awaken in mornings Hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet bird in circle flight

I am the soft stars that shine at night

Do not stand at my grave and cry

I am not there, I did not die.

This completes our service

Sophie & Thomas CRUSE-PHILIPPE

June 23, 2005

Chers Eric, Ethan & Eloise,

nous ne nous sommes rencontrés qu'une dizaine de fois, mais ces trop rares moments partagés avec vous et Oriane m'ont offert de connaître une jeune femme merveilleuse, une maman aimante et attentionnée, qui avait la qualité précieuse de communiquer la bonne humeur à quiconque croisait son chemin.

Oriane, je n'oublierais pas ton sourire radieux de jeune maman épanouie par sa seconde grossesse, un certain soir d'été à l'Ile d'Yeu, où nous avons passé une soirée si agréable et si pleine de fou-rires partagés. J'aimais aussi te rencontrer par hasard au Luxembourg avec les enfants, lors de tes passages à Paris.

Je partage votre immense chagrin dans ce terrible moment. Je pense aussi aux parents d'Oriane, à toi chère Coralie, ainsi qu'à Karine, et je me joins à votre peine.

Oriane continue à vivre à travers vous tous.

Affecteuses pensées,

***

"Si vous savez garder votre coeur émerveillé devant les miracles quotidiens de votre vie, votre douleur ne vous paraîtra pas moins merveilleuse que votre joie;

Vous accepterez les saisons de votre coeur, comme vous avez toujours accepté les saisons qui passent sur les champs;

Et vous veillerez avec sérénité durant les hivers de vos chagrins."

KHALIL GIBRAN, "Le Prophète".

***

Eloïse SENE

June 23, 2005

Oriane était belle, lumineuse, rayonnante comme l'astre solaire. Sa gaité et sa joie de vivre nous habiteront toujours. Sa disparition est un chagrin immense pour tous ceux qui l'ont connue.Elle nous manque déjà tant.J'adresse mes plus affectueuses pensées à sa famille, à Eric, à ses enfants, Ethan et Eloïse, dont je partage la douleur.

Batia Zareh

June 22, 2005

« Lorsque vous êtes triste, examinez de nouveau votre coeur. Vous verrez qu'en vérité vous pleurez sur ce qui fit vos délices. » ** “When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” – Kahlil Gibran

How grateful I am to have known Oriane, and truly blessed to count her among my friends in this life. Still resounding in my ears is her buoyant laughter – it was pure delight.

sylvia lasfargeas

June 22, 2005

Chers Eric, Ethan et Eloise,

Je pense à vous de tout mon cœur et prend part à cette infinie souffrance de perdre un être si cher. Que la joie et la bonne humeur d’Oriane rayonnent par delà sa mort.

Sylvia Lasfargeas (Paris)

Monique Joe

June 21, 2005

Oriane,

We will have that lunch one day. We will see you again, but until that time, your spirit will live on in those you loved and those affected by your amazing love of life. We hope that Eric, Ethan and Eloise and your family are filled with the love that surrounds them and find peace in knowing that this is not goodbye, but rather, until we meet again.

Monique & Steve Joe

Jack Samuels

June 21, 2005

I had the pleasure of working with Oriane as my colleague for several years. We also became friends. She was truly a wonderful human being and an excellent lawyer. When I left Disney, Oriane and I spoke on numerous occasions about working together. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Her passing leaves a gaping hole in the lives of all of the people who knew her and especially in the hearts of her husband, children, parents and siblings. She will always be remembered.

Thomas Bouvatier

June 21, 2005

Cher Eric, Eloïse, Ethan, Marie-Noëlle, Didier, Karine et Antoine, Coralie et Hubert, à tous les membres de sa famille et à tous ses amis, je me joins de tout coeur avec vous dans la prière et je vous envoie tout mon réconfort.

Philippe Marmillod

June 21, 2005

Adieu Oriane

Ta personnalité en or restera dans toutes nos mémoires.

Ma profonde sympathie et tout mon réconfort à tes chers parents, tes soeurs, à Eric et tes enfants.

My warm feelings to Eric and the children.

spencer et sabine matheson

June 21, 2005

Nous etions de tout coeur avec vous, dans la priere, lors de la ceremonie. Lots of love to you all, Eloise, Ethan and Eric, Didier and Marie Noelle, Karine et Antoine, Coralie et Hubert.

Alix christophe

June 20, 2005

Toutes mes pensées vont d'abord à Eric, Ethan et Eloise qui vont devoir maintenant apprendre à vivre sans Oriane et tout l'amour de femme et de maman qu'elle leur procurait. Nous serons toujours là pour vous, à vos côtés pour entretenir et raviver la flamme d'Oriane, son enthousiasme, son amour de la vie et l'attention profonde qu'elle avait pour tous ceux qui l'entourent. Mes pensées très émues également pour ses parents Marie-Noëlle et Didier et ses soeurs Karine et Coralie dont Oriane nous donnait des nouvelles à chacun de ses passages parisiens. Dans cette terrible doulour qui frappe votre famille et tous ses amis, nous voulons vous dire à quel point nous aimerions pouvoir vous aider et communier avec vous dans le souvenir de votre fille et soeur. Mon dernier mot est un hommage tout entier tourné vers Oriane. Où que tu sois, sache que nous t'aimions très fort, que tu étais une célébration permanente de la vie avec ta sensibilité, ta bonne humeur de tous les instants et tes fous-rires inoubliables pour qui les a expérimentés une seule fois. Tu vas nous manquer, notre beloved californian girl et nous voulons ici te dire au revoir mais jamais de la vie adieu ! Tu resteras toujours vivante pour nous...

Delbauffe-Sassier Céline

June 20, 2005

Qui nous dira jamais d'où vient la sympathie

Ce charme tout puissant qui doucement nous lie

A des êtres naguère étrangers inconnus

Amis d'hier qu'on croit toujours avoir connu

Dont le regard émeut et dont la vue attire

Qu'on se sent près d'aimer sans oser le leur dire

Et qu'on n'oubliera plus

Robin Walker

June 19, 2005

My sincerest condolences to the Sicard and Shevin families. I had the privilege of knowing Oriane for a very short time yet it seems like we've known each other forever. Her warmth and spirit will continue to glow through all that knew and loved her, particularly through her beautiful children Ethan and Eloise.

Love,

Robin

Marc Denis

June 18, 2005

Pour Marie Noëlle, Didier et leurs enfants. Nous sommes avec vous et partageons votre peine. Oriane restera pour toujours dans notre coeur.

Marc et Jeanne Denis

Ethan Tyer

June 17, 2005

Oriane will be greatly missed my many people. She was such a kind person and always a pleasure to be around. Truly one of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure to work with. My deepest condolences go out to the Sicard and Shevin families.

Dirk Hebert

June 17, 2005

My deepest heartfelt condolences to Oriane's family. I worked with Oriane briefly at Fox Family, and I remember her as a wonderful, kind person.

Jennifer McCaffrey

June 17, 2005

Dear Oriane,

Your life was like a beautiful light for all of us to see. You will be very missed.

Michelina Gauthier

June 17, 2005

My heart goes out to Eric, Ethan and Eloise and to the entire Sicard and Shevin families. Oriane was pure joy . . . she fully embodied the phrase "joie de vivre" and brought light, laughter and love to every encounter. She was a lovely, delightful, warm and engaging person who I am blessed to have known and to have called my friend. Her passing is such a great loss. A very special light has joined the constellations of heaven.

Goodbye my friend . . . until we meet again! With love, Michelina

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