Comments on: Green Party’s Bill Holloway passes away http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/green-party%e2%80%99s-bill-holloway-passes-away/ Covering America's third parties and independent candidates since May 2008 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: snarko http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/green-party%e2%80%99s-bill-holloway-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-35448 snarko Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:34:19 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=6076#comment-35448 I just read the news in the Chronicle, which is awful cuz I'm at work and must say my "customer service" level just dropped ten notches. I'm in shock. Bill was my second-favorite partner-in-political-crime, so to speak. He was ALWAYS there for me when I needed help--even a last-second CPA for a convention floor. We've worked on political campaigns together for true-change Democrats and I'd pay back by being his "blue-greenie", as he called me. Well, I'm a Green in disguise, after all. And he was cute, too. A completely positive and wonderful person to be around while all the other activists had a freak-out, I will miss my Billy dearly. I still owe you one. I'll think on that. I just read the news in the Chronicle, which is awful cuz I’m at work and must say my “customer service” level just dropped ten notches.

I’m in shock.

Bill was my second-favorite partner-in-political-crime, so to speak. He was ALWAYS there for me when I needed help–even a last-second CPA for a convention floor. We’ve worked on political campaigns together for true-change Democrats and I’d pay back by being his “blue-greenie”, as he called me. Well, I’m a Green in disguise, after all.

And he was cute, too.

A completely positive and wonderful person to be around while all the other activists had a freak-out, I will miss my Billy dearly.

I still owe you one. I’ll think on that.

]]> By: paulie cannoli http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/green-party%e2%80%99s-bill-holloway-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-35053 paulie cannoli Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:56:01 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=6076#comment-35053 http://wilderside.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/memorials-for-green-party-leader-bill-holloway-of-texas/ <blockquote> Memorials for Green Party leader Bill Holloway of Texas The funeral will be held in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, January 14th at Hahn-Cook, Draper, and Street funeral home at 11am. A celebration of Bill’s life will be held in Austin on Friday, January 16th at 7pm. It will be held at the home of Jim O’Brien From Sondra Sondregger Dear friends- As requested, I wanted to share the details of the services being held in Bill Holloway’s honor. PLEASE distribute this to anyone you think might want to come and pay their respects and remember Bill. For those of you who have emailed me and heard little or nothing back, my deepest apologies. Be assured that I’ve been reading every one of them! If you can imagine how many friends Bill had, you can imagine what my inbox looks like! The funeral will be held in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, January 14th at Hahn-Cook, Draper, and Street funeral home at 11am. The preliminary obituary, which includes funeral details, can be found here: http://www.legacy.com/oklahoman/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory& PersonID=122739972 There will be a more lengthy obituary in the Oklahoma City paper tomorrow, as well as in the Austin paper. A celebration of Bill’s life will be held in Austin on Friday, January 16th at 7pm. It will be held at the home of Jim O’Brien, another of Bill’s longtime friends, and it will be held in the same fashion as Jim’s usual potlucks: please bring a dish to share, a chair to sit in, and if you play one and want to contribute musically, a musical instrument. Several of Bill’s family members will be present and really look forward to meeting all of his friends (I think they’re going to get more than they bargained for, but I digress…) PLEASE NOTE that this will be outdoors, so please dress appropriately! ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE: I am compiling a memory book of Bill’s life, composed of stories and photos from his friends. His family didn’t know as much about Bill’s life in Austin as they would have liked to, and I want them to know what his world was like and what a difference he made to so many people here in Austin. If you have a favorite story about Bill or a reflection about his life, please write or print it out to put in this book for his family. If you have a photo you can contribute to this, please do so! Please either email those to me, or bring them with you to the party on Friday. The family is requesting that in lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the charity of your choice. Thanks- Sondra Sondregger lonestarsondra at gmail dot com </blockquote> http://wilderside.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/memorials-for-green-party-leader-bill-holloway-of-texas/

Memorials for Green Party leader Bill Holloway of Texas

The funeral will be held in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, January 14th at Hahn-Cook, Draper, and Street funeral home at 11am.

A celebration of Bill’s life will be held in Austin on Friday, January 16th at 7pm. It will be held at the home of Jim O’Brien

From Sondra Sondregger

Dear friends-

As requested, I wanted to share the details of the services being held in
Bill Holloway’s honor. PLEASE distribute this to anyone you
think might want to come and pay their respects and remember Bill.
For those of you who have emailed me and heard little or nothing
back, my deepest apologies. Be assured that I’ve been reading every
one of them! If you can imagine how many friends Bill had, you can
imagine what my inbox looks like!

The funeral will be held in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, January 14th
at Hahn-Cook, Draper, and Street funeral home at 11am.
The preliminary obituary, which includes funeral details, can be found
here: http://www.legacy.com/oklahoman/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&
PersonID=122739972 There will be a more lengthy obituary in the
Oklahoma City paper tomorrow, as well as in the Austin paper.

A celebration of Bill’s life will be held in Austin on Friday,
January 16th at 7pm. It will be held at the home of Jim O’Brien,
another of Bill’s longtime friends, and it will be held in the same
fashion as Jim’s usual potlucks: please bring a dish to share, a
chair to sit in, and if you play one and want to contribute
musically, a musical instrument. Several of Bill’s family members
will be present and really look forward to meeting all of his friends
(I think they’re going to get more than they bargained for, but I digress…)
PLEASE NOTE that this will be outdoors, so please dress appropriately!

ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE: I am compiling a memory book of Bill’s life,
composed of stories and photos from his friends. His family didn’t
know as much about Bill’s life in Austin as they would have liked
to, and I want them to know what his world was like and what a
difference he made to so many people here in Austin. If you have a
favorite story about Bill or a reflection about his life, please
write or print it out to put in this book for his family. If you
have a photo you can contribute to this, please do so! Please
either email those to me, or bring them with you to the party on
Friday.

The family is requesting that in lieu of flowers, donations should
be made to the charity of your choice.

Thanks-
Sondra Sondregger

lonestarsondra at gmail dot com

]]> By: Donald Raymond Lake http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/green-party%e2%80%99s-bill-holloway-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-35025 Donald Raymond Lake Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:48:25 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=6076#comment-35025 Even non greens on the West Coast knew him as Mister Reach Out! He was also civil to Reform types in the Lone Star state! [Not an easy group to cozy up to.....] Even non greens on the West Coast knew him as Mister Reach Out! He was also civil to Reform types in the Lone Star state! [Not an easy group to cozy up to.....]

]]> By: Wes Benedict http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/01/green-party%e2%80%99s-bill-holloway-passes-away/comment-page-1/#comment-34933 Wes Benedict Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:25:09 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=6076#comment-34933 I'm sad to hear about Bill Holloway's passing. I first heard about this yesterday at a political meeting in Austin of people from a wide variety of political backgrounds. He was honored with a moment of silence. Many of us knew him. I didn't know Bill especially well on a personal level, but our paths crossed frequently and we cooperated on many efforts over the past several years. Quite often when I'd be working on a Libertarian Party event on South Congress Avenue in Austin I'd run into Bill working on a Green Party effort and we'd chat for awhile. Then again, quite often we'd be working on the same City of Austin effort. He was especially nice and considerate and I know many in Austin, Texas will miss him greatly. I’m sad to hear about Bill Holloway’s passing. I first heard about this yesterday at a political meeting in Austin of people from a wide variety of political backgrounds. He was honored with a moment of silence. Many of us knew him. I didn’t know Bill especially well on a personal level, but our paths crossed frequently and we cooperated on many efforts over the past several years. Quite often when I’d be working on a Libertarian Party event on South Congress Avenue in Austin I’d run into Bill working on a Green Party effort and we’d chat for awhile. Then again, quite often we’d be working on the same City of Austin effort. He was especially nice and considerate and I know many in Austin, Texas will miss him greatly.

]]>