Patti Denise O’Neal HARTFORD, CONN. - An impulse of sorrow moved throughs the world on. August 23, 1995, generated by the passing from this life of our much loved and Pere O'Neal, causes to . of aie Denise mers 7m incident metastatic breast. Born cancer. June 19, 1950, raised and educated in fe § New York and Massachusetts, she lived most recently in Connecticut. The Utah community had the gettable sure of unforpleameeting & Beas | ae Le ee ane eect this remarkable woman ne cle her two year faculty position in dance at Weber State University. Her contributions to teaching and performance made an indelible impression on her students and friends and she inspired us to think beyond perceived limitations to stretch the boundaries of our personal universe. Many of us — sentiments. - You are my Soul Sister. - Damn Fate _ that let you come to me so late to bless my life, caress my spirit with the wind of passion pouring from your heart, the following | _ move mind and body to adopt these postures, once only imagined, asking eyes that see to stand and fight with all their might against the wrongs ~ around us. — Damn Fate that snatched you from my life so soon before we had a chance ~ to dance again | in celebration of our Soul Sister, Patti is survived by her husband, Maurice Robertson, Hartford, Conn; daughter, Cheray O’Neal (New York). and mother, Rubie Brodie Johnson, Atlanta, Ga. A memorial service will be held in Hartford on September 9. Plans for a local memorial service are being made by her friends in Utah. For information, call the Weber State Women’s Studies Office (626-7632.) Friends may make donations honoring her memory into The Patti O’Neal Memorial Fund , Account at United Savings, Harrison Bivd., Ogden; funds will be used to help the family defray medical costs of her protracted illness and to establish a Patti O’Neai Scholarship in Dance at weber State University. |