George Simcox Sensei Passes Away

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[akiy]

George Simcox sensei (6th dan, Virginia Ki Society (http://www.vakisociety.org)) passed away on Friday, 10. November, 2000. He was one of the treasures of the Aikido-L (http://www.aikido-l.org) mailing list. I've learned a lot from knowing him over the past several years, and I'll miss him greatly. My condolensces to his family, friends, students, and loved ones.

Thank you, George sensei.

-- Jun

[Mike Cummins]

akiy wrote:
He was one of the treasures of the Aikido-L (http://www.aikido-l.org) mailing list.

A true Aikidoka in life as well as the dojo.

Mike

[akiy]

The viewing will be at Jefferson Funeral Chapel, 5755 Castlewellan Drive, Alexandria, VA. (intersection of south Van Dorn and Franconia) on Friday the 17th from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

The funeral service will be at Franconia United Methodist Church, 6037 Franconia Road, Alexandria at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday the 18th. The phone number for the church is (703) 971-5151.

There will be a get together at the dojo at 4:00 p.m. following the funeral service.

Burial service will be at Arlington Cemetery on Monday the 27th at 11:00 am.

Directions and such are available on the Virginia Ki Society website (http://www.vakisociety.org).

If anyone wants to make a memorial donation to the Virginia Ki Society (http://www.vakisociety.org) or to the Prostate Cancer Support Group, that would be appreciated. The information for the Prostate Cancer Support Group is:

The USToo/Man-toMan Prostate Cancer Support Group
c/o Life With Cancer
INOVA Fairfax Hostpital
3300 Gallows Road
Falls Church, Virginia 22042

Work (daytime) number for Chizuko Suzuki (a Virgnia Ki Society member) is (202) 238-6942 in case anyone needs to talk to a live person during the day.

-- Jun

[Edited by akiy on November 14, 2000 at 09:38am]