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Dear medieval-religion colleagues,
Fellow list member, and superb, trailblazing scholar -- and wonderful
friend to many -- Jo Ann McNamara has passed away.
With sadness,
George Ferzoco
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George FERZOCO
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Begin forwarded message:
I have received news of the death of my emerita colleague Jo Ann
McNamara. I wished to send out the news to the community of
medievalists whom I know cherish her and her work very much.
Jo Ann had become quite ill in early May.
Her son Edmund wrote:
"As planned, we got her off the tubes and turned off the respirator.
Her heart and lungs were too badly damaged, and insufficient oxygen
got into her blood. The staff sedated her again and made her very
comfortable so there was no pain. I am in some shock and
overwhelmed. Mom's wishes were for immediate cremation and then for
a celebration of her life where we all can remember her in the Fall."
So it will be in the fall that the Hunter History Department will
honor her memory. For those of you who would like to extend any
message of consolation to her son: Edmund Clingan
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I know that many of you will have already received this news from
other sources. Please excuse the repetition, as well as the extreme
formality of this message.
It is perhaps a good time to remember that Jo Ann has told many of us
of the house in England which she intends to haunt as a ghost,
Tom Head
Department of History
Hunter College
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