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The Music of the Funeral of Mary Jenks: Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Tucson, Arizona

  



The Music of the Funeral of Mary Jenks: Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Tucson, Arizona

Below are MP3s of the music from Mary Jenks' Funeral yesterday. And thanks so much to all who attended. It meant a lot to me. A number of you wanted the playlist so here it is. And for those of you who couldn't attend for a variety of reasons (time, distance, leaky coolers, to name a few) here is the music so you can spare in some of the experience we had on Saturday.

Blessing to all.

Stu

 

The First Noel by The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choir

Download The First Nowell

 

Just A Closer Walk With Thee by the Treme Brass Band.

Download Just a Closer Walk With Thee (Start)

 

Four Dead Guys Waltz by Chris Thile

Download Four Dead Guys Waltz

 

Angels From The Realms Of Glory by The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choir

Download Angels, From the Realms of Glory

 

Magic (Ben Folds) by The University Of Chicago's Voices In My Head.

Download Magic (University A Cappella Version)

 

By Your Grace/Jai Gurudev by Krishna Das

Download By Your Grace_Jai Gurudev

 

In The Bleak Midwinter by The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choir

Download In the Bleak Midwinter

 

Once In Royal David's City by The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choir

Download Once In Royal David's City

 

The Pier Spiral: 2011

"The Pier Spiral, Rappahannock River, Virginia" (c) Stu Jenks, 2000, 2011 [A new cropped and modified version for Pamela and Mary Jenks]

Just a reminder. Funeral for Mary Jenks is tomorrow, Saturday, July 30th, at Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tucson, Arizona, at 2:00 p.m.

Enjoy the pier image. Everything changes. A hurricane took it out eight years ago. And Death has taken Pamela and Mary, but I'm still here as are all of you. Until we're not. Live for today.

Blessing to you all.

Stu

P.S. My website www.stujenks.com is down temporarily. Should be up by next week. Fezziwig Press and Fezziwig News are still up and running but www.stujenks.com is down, because I didn't see that the domain renewal was up. Been a little busy and a little scattered, don't you know. Thanks, y'all.

 

New Creed from an anonymous El Salvadoran peasant woman. (For Mary Elton Saum Jenks)

 

The below creedal statment was written by an anonymous peasant woman in El Salvador. It's from the book Prayers Encircling The World.

This creed will be the statement of faith at my mother Mary Jenks' funeral this Saturday, July 30th, 2011, at Grace St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams, Tucson, Arizona at 2 p.m. There will be a reception afterwards. Please come.

Rev. Steve Keplinger suggested this creed instead of the Nicene Creed. (Honestly, the Nicene Creed isn't even close to my own personal statement of faith. Thanks, Steve for this creed.) This prayer is so beautiful I think. I just had to put in on the StuBlog for those of you who can not attend the service. And I look forward to seeing all of you who can be there this Saturday.

Love and light,

Stu

Creedal Statement 

I believe, God, that everything good in the world comes from you.
I believe in your great love for all people.
I believe that, because you preached love, freedom and justice, you were humiliated, tortured and killed.
I believe that you continue to suffer in our people.
I believe that you call me to defend your cause,
But I also believe that you accompany me in the task of transforming this world into a different one, where there is no suffering or weeping:
A world where there is a gigantic table set with free food where everyone is welcome.
I believe that you accompany us in waiting for the dawning of a new day.
I believe that you will give us strength so that death does not find us, without having done enough, and that you will rise in those who have died seeking a different world.
Amen.

"Young Woman Defending Herself Against Love" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

"Young Woman Defending Herself Against Love" (Detail) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1880, Oil On Canvas, North Carolina Museum Of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina: Photo by Stu Jenks (c) 2011

"Lowe's Pavilion" (Detail) by Mike Cindric & Vincent Petrarca

"Lowe's Pavilion" (Detail) by Mike Cindric & Vincent Petrarca, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina: Photo by Stu Jenks (c) 2011

Mike Cindric was my best Art teacher at UNC and is still a good friend. A great artist, if you happen to be in Raleigh, check out NCMA's Art In The Park and Mike and Vincent's piece.

And Bozo enjoyed it too.

"Hot Doughnuts Now"

"Hot Doughnuts Now, Raleigh, North Carolina" (c) 2011 Stu Jenks

Mary Elton Saum Jenks: October 31st, 1926 - July 7th, 2011

Images: "Rincon Ocotillos: For Mary Jenks" (c) 2011 Stu Jenks & "Mary On The Fourth Of July" (c) 2010 Stu Jenks

Mary Elton Saum Jenks
October 31st, 1926 - July 7th, 2011

    Mary Elton Saum Jenks died July 7th, 2011 at Crossroads Adult Care Center in Tucson, Arizona of complications from dementia. She was 84 years old. Mary was born in Alexandria, Virginia into a family of landed gentry. She attended Duke University in North Carolina, graduated from Duke pre-med, and married Stuart Carlyle Jenks Sr. soon after. They were married 52 years until his death in 2001. Mary was very active in The Episcopal Church, from being choir director at St. Mary’s Whitechapel in Lively, Virginia, to being a member of The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Virginia. She is survived by her son, Stuart C. Jenks Jr. of Tucson, Arizona, her brother, Courtney Saum of Silver City, New Mexico and a few nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sisters Virginia and Nan, her husband Stuart and her daughter Pamela. Memorial services for Mary will be held at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 East Adams Street, Tucson, Arizona, on Saturday, July 30th at 2 p.m.. Another funeral for Mary and the burials of both Pamela and Mary Jenks will be at St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Church, 5940 White Chapel Road, Lancaster, Virginia on September 17th, 2011 at 2 p.m.
    In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Casa de la Luz Foundation, 400 West Magee Road, Tucson, Arizona 85704  

 

"Holding Mary's Hand"

"Holding Mary's Hand, Crossroads Adult Care Home, Tucson, Arizona" (c) 2011 Stu Jenks

"Tree on a pumice field" by Shawn Peterson

"Tree on a pumice field, Mono Lake, California" (c) 2011 Shawn Peterson

Manzanar Internment Camp & Mt. Williamson Infrared

"Manzanar Internment Camp & Mt. Williamson Infrared, Owens Valley and Sierra Nevadas, California" (c) 2011 Stu Jenks

Manzanar is a very sad place. If you want to know more of its history, wikipedia it and you'll get plenty to cry about.

This image was taken using Efke black and white infrared film and my old Rollei. The red color was added in Photoshop.

Pray this destruction of human civil rights never happens again.