Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting

Supporting Brooke Davis and Nick Martina

by WebPost | Jul 25, 2022 | Announcement, Care and Counsel

Please hold Nick Martina and Brooke Davis in the Light as Nick prepares for back surgery on August 3. Once home, Brooke will be Nick's primary care provider, and the Care + Counsel committee is organizing a Meal Train so that the RFM community as well as their friends and co-workers can support them with dinner meals three times a week through mid-September. You can sign up to be a Meal Train volunteer HERE. Thank you in advance for supporting Brooke and Nick.

Memorial Meeting for Worship for Bette Gilchrist

by WebPost | May 10, 2022 | Announcement, Care and Counsel

A memorial Meeting for Worship commemorating the life of Bette Gilchrist will be held Friday, June 10, at 7 p.m. at the Meetinghouse. A longtime member of Richmond Friends Meeting, Bette died May 5 due to complications arising from a fall.

Celebration of Life for Lee Owings

by WebPost | Apr 15, 2022 | Announcement, Care and Counsel

A Celebration of Life for Martha Leland Walker Owings (Lee Owings) will be held at Westminster Canterbury Retirement Community on May 6 at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary. Those wishing to attend should inquire about parking with the guard at the front gate. Lee Owings was raised as a Quaker and attended Richmond Friends Meeting periodically after relocating to the area about twelve years ago. She is survived by her husband, also a resident of Westminster Canterbury, and three daughters.

Death of Lee Owings

by WebPost | Apr 12, 2022 | Announcement, Care and Counsel

With sadness, we record the death of Martha Leland Walker Owings on Friday, April 8, at Westminster Canterbury in Richmond. Lee Owings was raised in the Quaker faith and attended Richmond Friends Meeting after she and her husband relocated to the area a dozen or so years ago.

 Lee was born in Indiana to Dr. John Walker and Helen Bacon Walker and was raised in Bucks County Pennsylvania. She graduated from Council Rock High School where she was on drill team, played basketball, and was a member of the student council. She graduated from Longwood College and taught in Virginia Beach before marrying and settling down to raise her family. 

She and her husband, Irvin Owings III, had been residents of Westminster Canterbury for the past 12 years. She is survived by her husband and her three daughters, Elizabeth Bryant (John), Rebecca Zuck (David), Catherine Greco (Jeffrey) and five grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life will be scheduled at a later date. Bliley Funeral Home in Richmond is attending to details. Cards may be sent to Irvin Owings, 1500 Westbrook Court, Apt. 1132, Richmond, 23227.

Karen Kain

by WebPost | Mar 8, 2022 | Announcement, Care and Counsel

Tragic news from Karen Kain’s husband ( via Facebook)

To All Karen / Ziggy's friends and family. This is Ben, Karen's Australian Husband. I am sorry to have some tragic news to share. I have tried to contact as many people as possible in person over the last 5 hours, so my apologies for those that are getting this news via Facebook. But I wanted to post this so people have the information before there are many other posts. 

As you may or may not know Karen had moved to Portland OR, to help with the care of her Mom. She and I accepted that we had to live in different countries for the past year while I finished medical training and she set up our home in the US. I was due to join her in a few weeks. We had purchased a home across the road from her mom's facility and Karen took great joy in knowing that she could bring her mom across to visit on a regular basis. 

At approximately 8.30pm last night there was a tragic hit and run accident as Karen and her mom were crossing the road. Her mom is injured but in a stable condition, but Karen took the full force of the impact and we are told was killed instantly. Obviously my heart is shattered and I have no words or headspace to pay fitting tribute to her here and now, She made a huge difference to everyone she crossed paths with, her enormous heart and boundless compassion for others, her intellect and passion and integrity enriched everyone's lives who were lucky enough to come into the brilliance of her orbit, none more so than me.  

There will of course be a celebration of her life in due course but first I will need to get myself across to the US and I look forward to seeing all those I have met already and meeting others for the first time and sharing your memories of her. In the mean time, please reach out to each other and remember her and share stories.
With love to you all, Ben x