File puptcrit/puptcrit.0507, message 19


From: "Aretta Baumgartner" <hensonfan-AT-fuse.net>
To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 19:55:36 -0400
Subject: [Puptcrit] some sad news from Cincinnati


It's with sadness that I report that yet another amazing puppet colleague has left us.

My dear friend and mentor Jerry Handorf of Madcap Puppets in Cincinnati (http://www.madcappuppets.com/) lost his short but valiant struggle with liver disease this morning.  It happened so fast--my apologies for having to send a message that is "past tense" like this.  I wanted my puppet family to know right away--in some ways it will help me (and other Cincinnati puppeteers and puppeteers everywhere that knew him) deal with this loss--knowing that others are celebrating his memory and legacy right now somehow makes it all a little easier.  Thank you.

Services are next week (Monday 7-11/Tuesday 7-12) here in Cincinnati--DO contact me off list if you'd like details about the "whens" and the "wheres."

Those of us that knew Jerry knew of his big puppets, his big dreams, his big energy and his big mouth (I mean that in the most flattering of ways!).  Take a moment right now to raise a BIG glass, to call up a BIG memory, or to wiggle a BIG puppet right now in honor of YOUR mentor as I honor the memory of mine. 

He's why I'm a puppeteer and I miss him more than I can say.

All the best,
Aretta Baumgartner
Great Lakes Regional Director
Scholarship & Youth Services
The Puppeteers of America, Inc.
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