Last Saturday Sensei told us all of the recent passing of Shirley Starr. Shirley was the beloved wife and friend to one of our oldest students, Jerry Starr.
For those of you who don't know Jerry, he was a Green Belt when I first started 12+ years ago. And in all the time he only took one test, to Second Green. Preferring instead to stay in the lower ranks and help new students learn the ropes, Myself included. He has always been a kind hearted and extremely generous old man.
Jerry stopped attending Aikido about 3 years ago to attend to his ailing wife, Shirley. We all owe alot to Jerry and we all feel for him in his time of loss.
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Jerry was a great student and an even better friend. My condolences to Jerry and his entire family.
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