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Oberons meet at Rosey Hunter's for annual holiday gathering

Rosey Hunter, Pam Varilone and Sharon Hunter at Oberon holiday gathering 2014 by Linda Theil Rosey Hunter welcomed the Oberon group to her home on Saturday December 6, 2014 for a holiday feast of companionship and good will. Oberon co-founder Barbara Burris joined us in our first gathering since the recent loss of her husband, Oberon friend and colleague Ron Halstead. George and Sharon Hunter, Pam Varilone, Richard Joyrich, Rey Perez, Mara Radzvickas, Linda Theil, Rob Stefanovich, and Robin Browne also attended. Rey Perez took the photos shown here. We all extend holiday greetings and wish joy to Oberon friends and family, far and near. Barbara Burris at Oberon holiday gathering, 2014 Pam Varilone, Robin Browne, George Hunter and Mara Radzvickas at Oberon holiday gathering 2014 Richard Joyrich and Linda Theil at Oberon holiday gathering 2014 Mara Radzvickas at Oberon holiday gathering 2014 Oberon photographer Rey Perez and Barbara Burris at Oberon holiday

Robin Browne spoke at Ron Halstead's memorial service

Ron Halstead at Festival Theatre in Stratford, Ontario October 4, 2014 by Linda Theil At Ron Halstead's (1940-2014) memorial service on November 22, 2014, O beron member Robin Browne spoke of our beloved friend at William Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak, Michigan where mourners gathered to honor Ron, and comfort his wife of 47 years, Oberon co-founder Barbara Ann Burris. Oberons also attending included George and Sharon Hunter, Rosie Hunter, Richard Joyrich, Rey Perez, Linda Theil, Pam Verlone, and Mara  Radzvickas. Robin Browne said: An article in  The Eccentric  pinpoints the date I first met Barbara Burris and Ron Halstead: Wednesday 18 October 2000. We met at the Baldwin Library in Birmingham, Michigan, following a wonderful lecture given by a researcher from Northern England, Derran Charlton.  I quote from the newspaper which I have kept these past fourteen years: ‘The retired coalminer, Mr. Charlton, was sipping tea at the Royal Oak home of B