Remembering Xerxes

Xerxes circa 1966

Angelica with Xerxes (c. mid 1990)

Xerxes with classmates @ gathering (C. mid 1990)

TRIBUTES:

Ben C. Abellera  Dec 24 at 11:31 PM

As time marches on inexorably, each of us, one by one, shall heed our individual summons "to join that innumerable caravan that moves to that mysterious realm where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death," to quote from one of the poems we learned in Ms. Dolores Valdez's class, this one being William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis" (which he wrote at age 17!).  Now that Xerxes has gone on that journey ahead of us, I would like to think that he is now in a far fairer place.  But it is his family and loved ones who are grieving his passing on, and I join Araceli in offering my thoughts and prayers that God provide his family in particular with "the strength to go through this difficult time." 

Xerxes, we shall all be together again -- in a reunion even grander than our Golden Anniversary in 2012.  But don't hold your breath, because some of us don't want to hasten our change of residence from earthly to ethereal!  It's just a matter of time, though, and your patience shall be rewarded -- even if it means that some of us will not, following Dylan Thomas's advice, go gently into the night.

 

Araceli Antonio  Dec 22 at 1:45 PM

I am so sorry to learn of Xerxes passing. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. May God provide them the strength to go through this difficult time.  May Xerxes rest in peace.
Classmates, take care of yourselves.

God Bless,   Araceli

Amelia Rogel-Rara  Dec 23 at 10:27 AM

Amelia Rogel-Rara sent the following webpage:

http://nethugs.com/christian/if-tomorrow-starts-without-me/

To the love ones and friends of our classmate Xerxes Munar whom he has left behind, may you all find peace and joy as he joins our Creator in the world of everlasting happiness.