PROGRAM: MEMORIAL SERVICE held Nov 10, 1999
The following is the program for Terry's memorial service held on from 4:00 to 5:00 on Wednesday, November 10th 1999 in Ottawa. It was a calm, warm and soothing ceremony, attended by 150 friends assembled to celebrate Terry's life. A gathering followed at the Centertown Community Health Centre (For the past year, Terry had arranged for Y2K Preparedness and Ottawa-LETS office space at the centre). We ate vegetarian snacks, had coffee and juice, and spoke the many good stories we all had about Terry.
MEMORIAL SERVICE for TERRY COTTAM, Social and Community Activist.
OFFICIANT: Diane Schmolka Humanist Association of Canada. schmolka@cyberus.ca
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
MUSICAL INTERLUDE: a selection by Bach--played by organist and friend : Georges Aimé Roy
FIRST READING: by George Bernard Shaw "I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
SPEAKERS: (see this website for text) Dan Guertin, Terry's Partner. Jean-Marc Hachey, Employer and Friend. Reid Cooper, Friend.
RECORDING: "Give Peace a Chance"
SPEAKERS: (see this website for text) Kathy Cottam, Terry's Sister. Dr. Jean Kaziemera, Terry's Mother read a few website greetings.
MUSICAL INTERLUDE: a selection by Bach
EULOGY: by Diane Schmolka
MUSICAL INTERLUDE: a selection by Bach
READING from a passage by Dag Hammarksjold "I don't know Who--or What---put the question. I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone----or Something--and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal."
SONG: The Hammer Song, words by Lee Hays, music by Pete Seeger
TWO MINUTE SILENCE OF REFLECTION
CLOSING: Music "Soldado Java" by Agio Pereira, from East Timor