Wendy Sue Larson
1951-05-10 2024-05-04
Wendy passed away in 2024 at age 72.
After taking a long path on her final journey, Wendy passed away peacefully surrounded by light, birdsong, spring frog sounds, woods, rain, and love in Duluth, MN. She was a woman of many talents and interests: environmentalist, fierce climate advocate, bird lover, dog lover, forever an editor, Splendid Dragon-Dragon Heart, and wickedly funny humorist.
Survived by her life partner and wife of 39+ years, Patricia Rogers; brother Gregg, sister-in-law Mary, and brother Jack Larson; Nephews Eric Larson, Clayton Rose, Justin Rose, and niece Cathy Rose; sister-in-law Kathy Rose; great nephew Benjamin Rose, great niece Katelyn Rose; members of her Bemidji sangha, dearly beloved friends of many years, and new friends in the community.
Wendy’s wife wrote: Four days before Wendy went to hospice she was writing to A Way With Words, one of her favorite NPR programs. I include this as Wendy never lost her curiosity and engagement with life! Wendy never gave up, not that she thought she could beat the anticipated end of life, but rather that she wanted to live in the present and continue to experience every second of her life. I think of her as actively living while actively dying.
A Way with Words
One morning while watching the birds at my feeders, several pigeons on the ground were going at it with each other over the seeds, which made me wonder if there might be a connection between the words “squab” and “squabble.” I see that for both, their etymology is possibly attributable to the Swedish dialect words “skvabba” and “skvabbel” respectively. What I find curious and amusing are their meanings: “skvabba” meaning “fat woman,” and “skvabbel” meaning “a dispute.” I wonder whether there is any cultural significance behind that, or no real meaning connection, just that a pigeon is fatty and “squabble” is imitative of “skvabbel.”
Full obituary: https://cremationsocietyofmn.com/tribute/details/79215/Wendy-Larson/obituary.html
After taking a long path on her final journey, Wendy passed away peacefully surrounded by light, birdsong, spring frog sounds, woods, rain, and love in Duluth, MN. She was a woman of many talents and interests: environmentalist, fierce climate advocate, bird lover, dog lover, forever an editor, Splendid Dragon-Dragon Heart, and wickedly funny humorist.
Survived by her life partner and wife of 39+ years, Patricia Rogers; brother Gregg, sister-in-law Mary, and brother Jack Larson; Nephews Eric Larson, Clayton Rose, Justin Rose, and niece Cathy Rose; sister-in-law Kathy Rose; great nephew Benjamin Rose, great niece Katelyn Rose; members of her Bemidji sangha, dearly beloved friends of many years, and new friends in the community.
Wendy’s wife wrote: Four days before Wendy went to hospice she was writing to A Way With Words, one of her favorite NPR programs. I include this as Wendy never lost her curiosity and engagement with life! Wendy never gave up, not that she thought she could beat the anticipated end of life, but rather that she wanted to live in the present and continue to experience every second of her life. I think of her as actively living while actively dying.
A Way with Words
One morning while watching the birds at my feeders, several pigeons on the ground were going at it with each other over the seeds, which made me wonder if there might be a connection between the words “squab” and “squabble.” I see that for both, their etymology is possibly attributable to the Swedish dialect words “skvabba” and “skvabbel” respectively. What I find curious and amusing are their meanings: “skvabba” meaning “fat woman,” and “skvabbel” meaning “a dispute.” I wonder whether there is any cultural significance behind that, or no real meaning connection, just that a pigeon is fatty and “squabble” is imitative of “skvabbel.”
Full obituary: https://cremationsocietyofmn.com/tribute/details/79215/Wendy-Larson/obituary.html