James H. Livezey

Worked together at EMD Chemicals with Jim for many years in Gibbstow, NJ. Truly a caring and genuine all around nice person. He always amazed me with his ability to keep active with activities that he didn't seem to fit the mold for. When I recently heard of Jim's passing my first thought is that the world lost a truly nice person. Take care Jim.

During several or more years before Jim moved back to New Jersey he attended Centre Friends Meeting in Centerville, Delaware, where he participated in 1st day (Sunday) worship and community happenings. Among the twenty-five or so of us (we're a small Meeting with a very old Meetinghouse, heated with a wood stove) he was one of three who sometimes arrived on a motorcycle. As many of us do, Jim most often sat on a particular bench, settled in quickly, and spoke only rarely. His words were always appreciated. When he announced at the end of Meeting that he was moving to New Jersey, we wished him well, realizing that he would be missed. I wish we had gotten to know Jim better. I realized then that he was a highly centered person, with wisdom to share, and that he and I hadn't yet talked about his and my years in the Navy. In retrospect, I must have been thinking that he'd be with us at Centre for many years. At Centre Meeting, we are holding him in the light.