Services have been set for JT and will be as follows.
The funeral service will be at 3:00 PM on Friday, November 16. at St. Paul in the Desert, there will be a reading of two scriptures from the bible and two hymns. Also 2 -3 speakers, if anyone wants to speak, please keep it to only 2-3 minutes. Let us know if you wish to speak. Please prepare carefully in advance.
We encourage everyone to share stories later when we gather the next day after a private memorial hike with JT’s friends and family.
We will gather later in the afternoon at Andy & Tim’s house for food, drinks and remembrance and to share what we have decided to call…. JTism’s. Meaning your stories and conversations with JT and his colorful way of initiating conversation and other things in life. That will be posted a little later this weekend with more details and times.
Church location and directions are below. If you have any questions or wish to make donations to a worthy cause on Jon’s behalf, please email Andy and he will pass this information on to the family or ask for you, his email is sobrbear.ps@verizon.net
This has been a long week for everyone involved and I know I speak for everyone when I say THANK YOU for the comments and emails that have been coming in. With each comment and email, I am learning more about my friend and growing to respect his commitment to certain things in life.
We hope to see many of you at the services on November 16th.
Andy
Location The Church of St. Paul of the Desert is located at 125 West El Alameda, Palm Springs, CA 92262, just off North Palm Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs, CA. You can call the church office at (760) 320-7488.
If you’re coming from the east:
Palm Desert/East Valley
West on Highway 111 to South Palm Canyon. Follow S. Palm Canyon north to Indian Canyon. Continue north on Indian Canyon to El Alameda. Left on El Alameda and pass Palm Canyon. The Church will be on your left.
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 to the Indian Canyon Way exit. South on Indian Canyon to Vista Chino and turn right. West on Vista Chino to North Palm Canyon and turn left. South to El Alameda and turn right. The Church will be on your left.
From L.A. and points west:
Interstate 10
Since we are very close to the mountains the only access from the west is via Interstate 10. Travel east on Interstate 10 to the Highway 111 (Palm Springs) exit. Stay on Highway 111 as it turns into Palm Canyon Drive. South on Palm Canyon to El Alameda and turn right. The church will be on your left.
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Tawnie Thomas // November 15, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Jonathan will truly be missed. I have to say, on my first encounter with Jon, I knew he was going to be a handful. He had just came to us at the cancer center and was dangerously close to being evaluated by APS. (Adult Protective Services). He was stubburn, hard headed and a bit of a pain in the ass to anyone and everyone who tried to help him. As I stood back watching all this, I knew it was time for a one on one intervention with Jon or he was going to find himself placed somewhere I knew he didn’t want to be. And although I knew he was dying of cancer, I also knew what he needed was a dose of tough love. I was harsh, direct and to the point, but Jon got the message. He did a total turn around and was able to allow himself the opportunity to have a little time in this world. I grew extremely fond of Jonathan during his chemotherapy treatments and admired his bravery and courage through it all. Gradually as he started responding to the treatments and he was getting some of his quality of life back, I knew he was going to be on my list of “my most favorite patients” forever. And although his comeback was short lived, Jon made his way into my heart and I will always remember him.
Rob // November 19, 2007 at 9:54 am
I just wanted to come back and say what a lovely service the Church of St Paul held, and I wanted to say thank you to Reverand Parker for her kind words and compassion during the service. For those who were there, I was the mystery person sitting in the 2nd row on the left (the young guy in the blue shirt). I’m sorry I didn’t introduce myself to all of you, I felt a little out of place, but I enjoyed attending the service, and I’m glad to see that JT was so well loved by his friends and family. This just goes to show how short life can be, and we have to have no regrets in life, and don’t wait for “someday” to catch up with that old friend you haven’t talked to in years, or to apologize to someone you may have hurt in your life. May JT rest in peace, and I know he’s probably up there wishing he could have a cup of coffee! Who knows, maybe they do have coffee in heaven.