Re: [AISdiscuss] The Passing of an Irisarian

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To All:
     It is hard to believe that someone as endearing and enduring as Rosalie 
Figge is gone. What a wonderful long life she had and how marvelously she 
embraced all of it.    It is hard to believe that this remarkable individual who 
possessed so many youthful qualities until the very end of her life -- the 
mischievous charm, delightful wit, perceptive intelligence, daunting energy and 
bulldog-like tenacity for causes she espoused -- has left our midst.   Rosalie 
seemed almost ageless and indestructible even at 96.
     It is a wonderful thing for the American Iris Society that one of 
Rosalie's passions was a love of irises.   All Irisarians are much, much richer for 
having had Rosalie in our midst. Without question we will miss her, but there 
will always be a part of Rosalie reflected in all the best qualities of this 
Society she so generously enriched.
      My Sympathy to her family -- relatives and Irisarians (her extended 
family)
          Jeanne

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