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Funeral Mass
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church
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Neil Kelley posted a condolence
Friday, December 20, 2019
You were a force of nature my friend, your support and guidance helped Jim and I grow the services we provided to our patrons in Illinois for many years. The "Face Behind the Voice" tours we took statewide with 4 of the most prolific and popular narrators gave their listeners a chance to meet and speak with who many thought of as friends they spent hours with. They loved meeting them, and the narrators were moved at how personal their readings were to their fans. I remember the woman who said she took her favorite reader to bed with her whenever she could so she could have him read to her. As a friend in the network said " He was always frank, sometimes curt, but seldom silky". You guided NLS to evolve with technology, made the network better, and helped us be better. I can picture you on your Sunday walks sharing bird calls as you communed with nature. You are missed, thanks for the memories Neil Kelley
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Charles .E Patton posted a condolence
Friday, June 14, 2019
Frank, though I did not know you, I know that those who did are blessed by your presense forever.
" Peace be with you" Jesus
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Anna Kowalchuk posted a condolence
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
A thank you to Poppy …from Anna
Thank you for marrying Mary Zembrowski Cylke. You and she have been the best in-laws I could have imagined.
Thank you for passing down the wedding ring to Mary, which was handed down to me by your son. Please know that I will pass this ring from your family down to the next generation.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful son with me. He loves and respects you very much.
Thank you for raising a man, your son, whom I love dearly.
Thank you for reminding me to stay with this marriage when times got tough.
Thank you for making me tap dance in your kitchen the first day I met you.
Thank you for the many wonderful Thanksgivings and Christmases in your home.
Thank you for teaching me not to hug you…but I do have evidence of a picture when I once succeeded.
Thank you for teaching me how to hand shake properly. I, and thus you, have passed this along to my sons. I believe this hand shake has since helped me in more than one negotiation.
Thank you for always remembering my birthday. You were often the first to call.
Thank you for supporting my children, your grandchildren. They have always enjoyed your stories and your sense of humor and orientation to the world. You mean so much to them.
Thank you for instilling the love of sailing in your son…and helping my sons to learn the craft. Each time Kurt sails, it brings him joy.
Thank you for sharing a summer time vacation with my family in Connecticut together and for taking them to Mystic.
Thank you for always asking about my parents.
Thank you for picking me up from the Brogue that one time when I had too much to drink.
Thank you for treating me to the Brogue on more than one occasion.
Thank you for teaching me more about WWII and Hoagie Carmichael.
Mostly, thank you for sharing your life with me. I am so the richer for knowing you. I love you. I will miss you. I promise to keep your memories alive.
Love
Anna
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Hope posted a condolence
Sunday, May 5, 2019
My sincere condolences goes out to the family during this difficult time. May you find a measure of comfort in God's promise at Revelation 21:3,4 where we look forward to a time when there will be no more pain and death any more. JW.ORG
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Reverend Sheryl Smith posted a condolence
Friday, May 3, 2019
I pray for your continued strength of this testing time of your faith. I worked as a secretary in the Director's office of NLS from 1990-2001, next to Alice. At the time I was in Christian Education at the Washington Bible College. I needed to complete a course that met during the day that conflicted with my working schedule. Although the Library allowed employees to take work-related courses, I thought it would be helpless to ask. On a quiet evening, Mr. Cylke must have overheard my dilemma from a telephone call. He asked me if this course I needed about my future career, and to give just a "Yes" or "No" answer. I said "Yes". The Library through Mr. Cylke's help, I was able to take the course. I became an ordained minister in 2009.
I thought you should know. God Bless you
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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Monday, April 29, 2019
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Steve Herman posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
I was very sorry to hear of Kurt's passing. I have just completed 45 years working at the Library of Congress, the first four of which were spent working for Kurt at Taylor Street. I was the first person that Kurt hired after he arrived at Taylor Street in 1973, so I owe my career at the Library of Congress to him. I have very fond memories of my time working for him from 1973-1977, when I moved to a position "downtown". However, we kept in touch throughout his years at LC. He will be missed.
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Monday, April 22, 2019
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Monday, April 22, 2019
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Monday, April 22, 2019
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J.D. Hall posted a condolence
Monday, April 22, 2019
I am proud to have known Kurt professionally for 25 of the years he was the Director of the National Library Service for the Blind. He was always dedicated to his work and the concept of providing the best library service possible for the blind community. We only saw each other at conferences once every 2 years but even without a name badge he always knew who I was and where I was from, and he always took the time to talk to me, sometimes over lunch. He always made me feel like an old friend, even though he wasn't really. I was sad to see him leave NLS and I am even sadder to hear this news.
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Lois Mandelberg posted a condolence
Sunday, April 21, 2019
I had the privilege to work for Mr Cylke for 14 years as Head of Production at NLS/BPH. Kurt was always supportive of innovative ideas and the march to the future. We started braille and recorded producer conferences to discuss the future of braille and recorded books and Kurt gave me the freedom to test out new ideas and pretty much let me fly with them. He was an interesting man to talk with and had deep love for his family and church. He will be missed by the people he served for so many years.
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Victor A Schmidt posted a condolence
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Mr Cylke did a lot for the blind and NLS. He made NLS a great organization and a wonderful place to work. A memory I will always carry is ..one day he called me into his office saying he received a complaint about my work. He said that I know you are a great employee doing your work, and we (NLS) will therefore cancel this producer's contract. The world lost a wonderful boss!
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Janet Styers Roberson posted a condolence
Sunday, April 21, 2019
I was a graduate student at Catholic University where Curt Cylke was an adjunct professor. I took his class on special librarianship. It changed my life. I had come to the proverbial "fork in the road" and Curt helped me choose the right path. The academic rigor, challenging discussions, and depth of knowledge Curt brought to the classroom prompted me to examine my career choices and explore new opportunities. Although I knew Curt for but a brief time, his impact on my life was profound and positive. I am thankful to have known him. My condolences to his family.
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John & Karen posted a condolence
Friday, April 19, 2019
As a long time employee of LOC we are aware of Kurt’s devotion and commitment to his mission. Our deepest condolences.
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ROMAN and ANISIA posted a condolence
Friday, April 19, 2019
DEAR MARY AND WONDERFUL FAMILY,
Kurt entered our family when Kurt Jr. married Anna July 25, 1992. Before the wedding, we shared a few brews and got to know each other. Kurt was always there to celebrate my birthdays in Pennsylvania. How could you not get to love his stories
and books. He wrote like a calligrapher. You could always recognize mail from him. It was like a trumpeted announcement.
Whenever there was a family event, there was Kurt, dressed in suit and tie, no matter what time of year.
We will miss your wisdom,Kurt, and your presence, and your tutoring, and your respect.
May God watch over you, may He give you the huge sailboat you deserve to sail around the heavens and proclaim the huge importance of books to all.
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Christina Wenks posted a condolence
Friday, April 19, 2019
Kurt inspired us working at the Library of Congress and those of us volunteering within our Great Falls, Virginia, community. Memories of his dedication remain an example for others. Our deepest condolences to his family.
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Lynne Joyce Haslbeck posted a condolence
Friday, April 19, 2019
My deepest sympathy to Mary and the Cylke family. Kurt was a treasure to be cherished - intellectual sunshine. I always looked forward to his company. He was a consummate storyteller with an infectious laugh and enough mischief to bring a smile to my heart! His passionate belief in fairness and for what is good and honorable stays with me, as well as his love of language, both oral and written. His recommendations of a good and worthy read led me to countless journeys. I will miss you, Kurt. Love & Laughter always!
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Yvonne French posted a condolence
Friday, April 19, 2019
Sincere condolences to the Cylke family. This interview is from Library Services Journal, Fall 2008, and includes the following: ". . . when I was nine years old . . . my mother took me by the hand and I walked into the Donald G. Mitchell Branch of the New Haven Public Library and found a book . . . " May heaven be the same.
09/01/2008
INTERVIEW
Kurt Cylke: National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Tom Yee, assistant chief of the Cataloging Policy and Support Office of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate,
recently talked with Kurt Cylke, director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, on his
thirty-nine year Library career and the services provided by the NLSBPH.
Kurt, what brought you to LC
in 1970?
Let me go back to two things.
One, believe it or not, was a lifelong
dream that some day I would
work at the Library of Congress. I
never thought that I would be involved
with library services for the
blind and physically handicapped,
but I wished to be at the Library
of Congress. The second thing was
my meeting with two individuals
who stand out to me as mentors,
friends, and colleagues.
In March 1968, I came to Washington
to run the Library Research
and Development Branch at what was
then the Office of Education, now the
Department of Education. I ran that
branch for about a year or a year and
a half. And in that time, I came into
contact with two people whom I called
“the Saints”: Dr. Elizabeth Stone, Betty
Stone, who was the dean of the Catholic
University library school, and Paul
Howard, who was the founder of the
American Library Association office
in Washington, librarian at the Department
of the Interior, and also of
what is now called FLICC, the Federal
Library and Information Center
Committee, but was at that time
called the Federal Library Committee.
I was doing business with him: we
made grants and awards, and so forth,
and there were various studies that
brought me in contact with both Paul
and Betty. When Paul was retiring,
he called and asked if I was interested
in replacing him at the Library of
Congress as the head of the Federal
Library Committee. I shouldn’t be telling
you this, but at first I said no. I felt
that I needed a couple of years’ more
experience at the Office of Education.
But as I thought about the matter, it
became clear that I didn’t really have
a future at Education. So I made a
call back the next day and said, “Yes,
I’d like to come.” After one thing and
another, I met Quincy Mumford, John
Lorenz, and Elizabeth Hamer—they
interviewed me. I remember specifically
being interviewed at the Monocle,
a Capital Hill restaurant.
Wow, a lunch interview with the
librarian, deputy librarian, and assistant
librarian of Congress! What was
that like?
It was one of the most interesting
interviews I ever had. Among other
things, we discussed clamming in Connecticut
because Quincy had a summer
place in Connecticut and I had
originally come from Connecticut. We
discussed digging clams and whether
we did it with our feet and our toes or
dug them out with a shovel. I said I did
it with my toes, and, as it turned out,
so did he. I’d like to think that my toes
brought me to the Library of Congress.
I asked him why he asked that question,
and he gave me an interesting answer,
expressing an interview philosophy
that I, myself, followed afterward. He
said that obviously I was qualified for
the job or I wouldn’t be having the conversation,
so what he wanted to know
was whether I could get along with
him. After we talked about clamming,
he decided that the answer was that I
could. So that was that.
The relationship with Paul Howard
obviously preceded my arrival and,
socially, continued afterwards. My relationship
with Betty Stone, a very
meaningful one to me, began during
my twenty-five years of adjunct work
at Catholic University, where I taught
a course in special librarianship. While
at the Office of Education I executed
several contracts with Catholic University
and the Library of Congress
By 1970, I was head of the Federal
Library Committee and also head of a
joint task force with the national libraries
of agriculture and medicine and the
Library of Congress. That, too, is part
of what brought me here.
Well, then, what led up to your
appointment in 1973 as director of
the National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped?
Well, you don’t prepare for a job
like the one I have. There is only one
job like it in the United States. So one
would be foolish to spend any time
thinking about how you would get
such a job until it became available.
My predecessor here, who did a superb
job, was a fellow named Robert Bray.
Unfortunately, he developed a fatal illness
and was forced to retire. This was
tragic, but in consequence the position
became open. I said to myself, “Well,
should I apply?” I recalled an author
whose books I collect, Arthur Ransome.
I remembered a phrase from one
of his novels. It says, “Grab a chance
and you won’t be sorry for a might have
been.” So after thinking about that a
bit, I said, “What the heck, I’ll go for
it.” I did, and I was successful. Quincy
Mumford appointed me to the position
and that’s how I arrived at Taylor
Street.
Looking at the National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped right now, what is the
extent and scope of the services it
provides?
Members of the blind community,
until very recently, until the advent of
the computer, had very limited opportunities
to engage in many activities—I
mean “regular” activities. And one of the
activities that they enjoyed the most,
and missed the most if they had sight
before becoming blind, was reading. A
reading program was established about
seventy-seven or seventy-eight years
ago to serve the adult blind community.
Through the years it was modified so
that it became available not only to
the adult blind but also to the juvenile
blind. Then in the late 1960s, physically
handicapped individuals also were introduced
into the program.
So blind and physically handicapped
are tied together as they relate
to reading?
Blindness means one cannot read
print with correction (use of prescription
eye glasses), and physically handicapped
means one might have perfect
eyesight but one can’t hold the book
or turn the pages. Various situations,
physical situations, could put you in
that condition, including temporary
situations. For example, if you had a
detached retina and were required to lie
in bed for a period of time, or if heart
disease kept you in a hospital for a period
of time, you would be eligible for
help from the program. It also serves
people who have such things as Parkinson‘
s disease, or, people who have been
in military service and have lost limbs,
conditions of that sort. So what do we
at NLS do for them? Well, we make
a public library service available. We
have a collection of two million items
for reading. Counting copies of books
in multiple locations, we have more
than twenty million copies of books
around the country. We provide these
books through a network of libraries,
replicating the service of a library
system in a medium-sized city in the
United States. Regional libraries and
sub-regional libraries actually provide
direct service to our users.
What is LC’s role?
The Library of Congress selects the
books, reproduces them in audio or in
braille, and distributes these versions to
a network of 140 libraries, which as I
just mentioned provide the direct service.
They provide not only the circulation
of the books but also the reference
service and the personal service that
individuals may require. We provide a
full range of public library services to a
special community interested in receiving
them. Carolyn Sung is the head of
our network services section. Carolyn
and her part of NLS work with the
American Library Association. The
other side of our program guided by
Michael Katzmann, designs and contracts
for the machines that make the
program’s physical items work.
I spend a great deal of my time
working with or “interfacing” (though
I don’t like that word I’ll use it) with
the blind community. I’m involved
with two organizations, the American
Council of the Blind and the National
Federation of the Blind. For almost
forty years, I have spent every Fourth of
July but one with the National Federation
of the Blind at its annual conference
because the conference is held in
July, and the next week each year I’ve
spent some time with the American
Council of the Blind. One year when
the meetings didn’t occur in July, I was
home for the Fourth of July and was
dumbfounded to see all that I had been
missing. I didn’t realize that we had
a parade in our town on the Fourth,
and evidently my wife and family had
a barbecue at my home each year and
all my friends were there, but I never
was. Anyway, that’s what we at NLS
do—we select books, we reproduce the
books in media that are appropriate,
we ship them to libraries around the
country, and the local librarians run the
service.
But doesn’t NLS now also provide
digital services?
Yes, at this point, we’re also providing
an automated digital service. We
have a digital download program for
braille and we have a digital download
program for audio. This is a major
change. Unfortunately, only a minority
of blind and handicapped people can
take advantage of this, but the minority
of people who can take advantage do
so and love it. However, there’s nothing
we make available to download that is
not available also in hard copy braille or
in cassette/cartridge audio form.
In your thirty-five years as director
of NLS, which programs have
given you the most professional and
personal satisfaction?
When the program started out
for adults only, we provided books in
braille, paper braille, and audio recordings
on 78-RPM records. Over time
the audio went to 78, went to 33, and
33 went to 16, and the 16 went to
8⅓-RPM. My predecessor Bob Bray
had experimented with wire recording.
I don’t know if you’re old enough to
remember the wire, but their use lasted
a very short time for multiple reasons.
For example, the sound was not particularly
good, and also people could
cut themselves hard with the wire. It
was wire from reel to reel. We began
recording on cassettes, but then we had
copyright concerns. We recorded all
the books with no financial remuneration
to the authors and at that time we
had to request permission to do. We
had to keep track of our books so they
could not be used by the general public.
Eventually, we developed a compromise
a cassette system with four sides,
four tracks, in half speed. Each book
was put on two and a half cassettes, on
the average. Thus, the books could not
be easily copied. The average threehundred-
page book would get on two
and a half cassettes.
To produce such cassettes, we had
to design a special machine, a soundrecording
machine. Even when we had
two versions of the machine, a standard
machine and an “easy” machine, there
still were buttons that had to be pushed
and cassettes that had to be turned over,
and it was quite awkward for users.
The coming in of digital technology
made the whole thing different. Realizing
that digital was the future, we
started about ten years ago to try to
take advantage of it. In developmental
work, we took some “wow” guesses, but
the wow guesses were based on very
serious research, and we determined
that we were going to skip use of the
compact discs because the compact
disc is very fragile, it’s not robust at all.
Blind people would have to handle it,
and they could damage it by inadvertent
scraping, and you can’t put braille
on it, not very well, and compact discs
also had other problems. So we skipped
their use and went to what we call a
“flash-memory” technology in which
there are no moving parts. I’ve actually
brought people here to try to explain
to us how something can work with
no moving parts, and I still don’t understand.
But at any rate, we can put a
full book on one “flash” (non-volatile,
solid state media) the size of my thumb,
and play it on a talking book machine,
and that’s fantastic. Even better than
that, the machine is designed to talk to
users. You put it on and it says, “This
is a talking book machine.” Then it
tells you that if you want to use it, you
push a certain button—this one is to
go forward, this one is to go backward,
and so forth—and it speaks to you. If
you do something wrong, it says you’re
naughty and shouldn’t do that. No, it
doesn’t actually say that, but using the
talking machine is as close to reading
with print as you can get, because you
can go backward, you can go forward,
you can start again and pick up where
you had stopped, you can bookmark,
and you can go to specified chapters
and pages, and so forth. It’s just a totally
revolutionary thing. So what has
given me the most enjoyment has been
getting from the 8⅓-RPM record to
the cassette—to the half-speed, fourtrack
cassette—and now to the digital.
Now, obviously I did not personally do
all that. We have a staff that did that.
We have been very fortunate to have
highly qualified engineers. The chap
who is in charge of that now is Michael
Katzmann, the head of our engineering
efforts. Michael has built a staff of
engineers behind him; it’s those fellows
who really do the job. Right now, we’re
building a prototype of the flash-memory
system.
Any developments in the area of
Braille?
Braille is important, but only approximately
20 percent of the population
we serve reads braille. Audio use
is 95 percent. In other words, there are
some people who are deaf and blind
who can’t use the audio, so we produce
braille books both in paper hardcopies
(a normal book, say a novel, would take
four braille volumes, each one maybe
two-and-a-half inches thick) and also
in a digital form, which people can
download.
In 1994 Dr. Billington cited you
for providing exceptional service to
visually and physically impaired persons.
Outside of the services to the
blind, what NLS services are available
to people physically handicapped?
Well, all the services. Very few
people are totally blind in the United
States or anywhere else in the world.
Most are visually impaired. In other
words, some may have “travel sight,”
which means they can be mobile with
the help of a cane but they cannot read
standard print. Physically handicapped
persons may be able to read standard
print, maybe not, but most can’t hold
a book or turn the pages. So all our
services are available, but it’s really the
audio services that physically handicapped
individuals require rather than
braille.
Having received numerous awards
over the years, such as the 1964 John
Cotton Dana Award, the Golden
Cassette Award for Library Partnership,
awarded in 2007 by the Braille
Institute of America, and the Robert
Bray Award from the American
Council of the Blind, also awarded in
2007, which award are you most proud
of receiving and why?
There are two. One is the Newel
Perry Award from the National Federation
of the Blind. As I told you, I’ve
involved myself with both the American
Council of the Blind and the National
Federation of the Blind, and
it’s a total involvement—some people
say too much. In other words, I’m not
blind, but I almost consider myself
part of the blind community. We have
arrangements in which I meet with
the National Federation of the Blind
at various times, and, also, I speak at
their chapter meetings. This is very
important. We get a great deal of criticism
from the federation, and from
the American Council of the Blind.
When I say “criticism,” I mean positive
criticism as well as negative criticism.
And even the negative is very important
because it alerts us to things we
are not doing well. We have a blind
employee, Judy Dixon, who received
a doctorate in psychology. She is our
consumer relations person, and sits
in on all the meetings to make sure
blindness is considered when making
decisions. When we went seeking
money to convert books for use in the
digital program, the blind community
was there to help us. They were there
because they enjoyed and benefitted
from the service. I was dumbfounded
when they presented the Newel Perry
award to me in 2005. I have it hanging
on my office wall. It means a lot to me.
It’s not just the award. It attests to relationships.
Kenneth Jernigan, a leader of
the blind who is deceased—with him I
had a wonderful working relationship.
Marc Maurer, who is now the president
of the organization; John Paré, who is
on National Federation of the Blind
staff; and many others—I look at them
as friends, as associates, almost as close
as brothers. The wonderful thing is that
if they don’t like something or something
needs to be tweaked, they’re the
first to tell me. Another award I prize
is the American Library Association
Award, called the Joseph Lippincott
Award. Receiving this award took me
by surprise because I’m not a member
of any association. So for the American
Library Association to recognize
me, along with people I have really
admired, such as John Lorenz and John
Cole, an outstanding librarian award
was fantastic. But I’m not as emotionally
wrapped up with librarians as I am
with blind people.
So outside of your many professional
accomplishments, please elaborate
on your interesting list of personal
activities, seemingly centered
around books, the sea, and the author
Arthur Ransome.
Arthur Ransome: when I was nine
years old (I can remember the day),
my mother took me by the hand and
I walked into the Donald G. Mitchell
Branch of the New Haven Public Library
and found a book called Swallows
and Amazons. Arthur Ransome was
a war correspondent, was in Russia
in 1917, wrote about China and fly
fishing—he had quite a life. His other
life was writing a series of children’s
books. The books are Swallows and
Amazons, Swallowdale, Coot Club, and
We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, among
others. I became fascinated with them,
and the characters became real to me.
I was one of the early members of
the international group called the Arthur
Ransome Society. What I quoted
earlier—“grab a chance and you won’t
be sorry for a might have been”—came
from We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea. On
my honeymoon, my wife and I visited
Montreal. I walked into a bookstore,
and there was a paperback book with
an island on it and I said, “My God,
that’s Swallows and Amazons.” I started
collecting, and now I have, I believe, the
largest personal collection of Ransome’s
work. I did some interesting things
when Ransome died. I wrote to his
eulogist, Rupert Heart Davis. Nobody
was collecting Ransome’s works at that
time, and I asked Davis for a copy of
the eulogy. He sent me his manuscript
copy, signed.
There was a member at the Ransome
Society whom my wife thought
was strange—a woman up in Maine—
who said that she guided her life by
what Susan in Ransome’s books would
think of her. My wife said that I was
associating with a group of strange
people. However, I find it mesmerizing
that there’s a whole group of us, an
international group. There’s not a day
goes by that I don’t think of Ransome,
the children, and the activities that are
so motivational.
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Tara posted a condolence
Friday, April 19, 2019
So sorry for your loss. Please know the God of all comfort promises to comfort us through our trials. Soon, he will wipe away all sickness, pain and even death. (2 Corinthians 1:3,4 and Revelation 21:4)
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Kurt Cylke uploaded photo(s)
Thursday, April 18, 2019
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Sailing in a fog on Lake Ontario
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john cookson posted a condolence
Thursday, April 18, 2019
It was an engaging experience working for Kurt for 13 years at The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Together, we once privately briefed the Librarian of Congress on NLS technology changes. We also had a beer together at the Crow’s Nest Officer Club, Saint John’s Newfoundland.
It was fortuitous that at Kurt's retirement party, I introduced him to the Apostleship of the Sea, and got to train him in the basics of that ministry.
He enjoyed every minute of it and i enjoyed being with him.
Hearing of his illness, on Saturday, April 13, my email to Kurt included:
... Kurt...
I think of you every time I am the Ship Visitor at AOS as I always use the hard hat
with "Kurt Cylke" written in bold red inside it.
C
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