Comments on: In Memoriam…Janet Bloomfield, 1953 – 2007 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/ A network of more than 2000 organizations committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:48:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Elisabeth McElderry http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-34 Elisabeth McElderry Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:43:53 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-34 Janet accomplished so much, and she seemed always to be there, and will go on inspiring us. I hope this calm soft April weather and birds singing can bring some comfort to her family and friends, and I send you my deepest sympathy. Elisabeth Medact Janet accomplished so much, and she seemed always to be there, and will go on inspiring us.
I hope this calm soft April weather and birds singing can bring some comfort to her family and friends, and I send you my deepest sympathy.

Elisabeth
Medact

]]> By: Robin Bloomfield http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-33 Robin Bloomfield Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:58:55 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-33 Dear friends around the world, We have lost our dear Janet, who was loved by so many people, for so many reasons, in so many places. As we prepare for her Funeral on Thursday 19 April, and Memorial Meeting on Saturday 12 May, both in Saffron Walden, England, we know that many people will not be able to physically be with us. We have set up a website, <a href="http://janetbloomfield.com/" rel="nofollow"><strong>www.janetbloomfield.com</strong></a> as a way for people to offer a memory, a moment, an image of Janet and any wishes and feelings you would like to share. We are all in grief and mourning and each other’s words and support are valuable and important. With our love, <strong>Richard, Lucie, Robin, Pamela</strong> <em>Thank you to Abolition 2000 for starting this process while we were incapable of taking such a step. </em> Dear friends around the world,

We have lost our dear Janet, who was loved by so many people, for so many reasons, in so many places. As we prepare for her Funeral on Thursday 19 April, and Memorial Meeting on Saturday 12 May, both in Saffron Walden, England, we know that many people will not be able to physically be with us. We have set up a website, http://www.janetbloomfield.com as a way for people to offer a memory, a moment, an image of Janet and any wishes and feelings you would like to share. We are all in grief and mourning and each other’s words and support are valuable and important.

With our love,
Richard, Lucie, Robin, Pamela

Thank you to Abolition 2000 for starting this process while we were incapable of taking such a step.

]]> By: Stewart Kemp http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-32 Stewart Kemp Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:50:49 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-32 Please record my profound sadness at the loss of Janet who helped me enormously with the development of Mayors for Peace work here in the UK. Stewart Kemp Secretary, UK Mayors for Peace Working Group & Secretary, Nuclear Free Local Authorities Please record my profound sadness at the loss of Janet who helped me enormously with the development of Mayors for Peace work here in the UK.

Stewart Kemp
Secretary, UK Mayors for Peace Working Group &
Secretary, Nuclear Free Local Authorities

]]> By: Debbie Grisdale http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-30 Debbie Grisdale Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:31:17 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-30 mailed to Janet's family: April 11, 2007 Dear Richard, Lucie and Robin On behalf of the Board of Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), I would like to convey our heartfelt condolences on the loss of Janet. Such an untimely and sudden death is difficult to understand and accept. Please know that we are thinking of you, the rest of her family and her friends. The world is diminished by her passing. I first met Janet in 1997 at the UN at an NPT prepcom. Since then I have remained in touch and seen her at other international peace and disarmament events - the most recent being the World Peace Forum last June in Vancouver. Her wonderful hugs were special. Her insights and her commitment to making the world a better place were inspiring. She did indeed make the world a better place. Yours sincerely Debbie Grisdale Executive Director Cc: Dale Dewar M.D., President mailed to Janet’s family:

April 11, 2007

Dear Richard, Lucie and Robin

On behalf of the Board of Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), I would like to convey our heartfelt condolences on the loss of Janet. Such an untimely and sudden death is difficult to understand and accept. Please know that we are thinking of you, the rest of her family and her friends. The world is diminished by her passing.

I first met Janet in 1997 at the UN at an NPT prepcom. Since then I have remained in touch and seen her at other international peace and disarmament events – the most recent being the World Peace Forum last June in Vancouver. Her wonderful hugs were special. Her insights and her commitment to making the world a better place were inspiring. She did indeed make the world a better place.

Yours sincerely
Debbie Grisdale
Executive Director

Cc: Dale Dewar M.D., President

]]> By: Frances Long http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-29 Frances Long Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:31:22 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-29 Dear Richard, Lucy and Robin such sad, sad news from Saffron Walden. Vib and I send our heartfelt sympathies to you and from me personally to Pamela who has lost a soul sister. Janet's light still shines - she was a woman of true vision, with hope, faith and much love given freely into a sometmes dark world. I also feel her legacy and desire would be for us to redouble efforts to work for peace and nuclear disarmament. To all who are grieving from the passing of Janet I hold you all in a shared light. She was a remarkable woman. Love from Frances and Vib Melbourne, Australia Dear Richard, Lucy and Robin
such sad, sad news from Saffron Walden. Vib and I send our heartfelt sympathies to you and from me personally to Pamela who has lost a soul sister. Janet’s light still shines – she was a woman of true vision, with hope, faith and much love given freely into a sometmes dark world. I also feel her legacy and desire would be for us to redouble efforts to work for peace and nuclear disarmament.
To all who are grieving from the passing of Janet I hold you all in a shared light. She was a remarkable woman.
Love from Frances and Vib
Melbourne, Australia

]]> By: Pamela Meidell http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-28 Pamela Meidell Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:27:59 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-28 Dear Global Council Friends, We hope that many of you who will be attending the NPT Prep Comm in Vienna may be able to come to Janet's Memorial Meeting, celebrating her life, on Saturday 12 May 2007. We have chosen this date with you in mind. With my love, Pamela Wednesday, 11 April 2007 Dear Friends, Firstly, may we say a deep thank you for all the messages of love and support that we have received. We’re sure that you’ll understand that we would like to respond to them all, but have been coping with the many facets that accompany such a sudden death. As the Easter holidays are now over, we have been able to finalise the arrangements for Janet’s funeral. It will be held on Thursday, 19 April in Saffron Walden. There will be a Funeral Meeting for Worship in the manner of Friends (Quakers) at 2.30 pm in Saffron Walden Friends Meeting House. All who wish to attend are welcome. The funeral will be followed by the burial at Brinkley Woodland Cemetery, attended by family and close friends. Flowers are being arranged by the Friends Meeting. It is the tradition of Friends to hold a Memorial Meeting a few weeks after the Funeral as “Testimony to the Grace of God in the Life of Our Friend, Janet Bloomfield.” We are arranging such a Memorial Meeting for Janet to celebrate and give thanks for her loving and generous life. We are planning for it to take place on the afternoon of Saturday 12 May 2007 in Saffron Walden. This Meeting will also be an opportunity for any of you who are unable to attend the funeral to pay your respects. (Another memorial ceremony for Janet will take place in California in the summer.) It would be really helpful, although by no means necessary, if you could let us know if you are coming to either the funeral or the Memorial Meeting or both. Please let us know by sending an email to rsvp@atomicmirror.org If you have questions about practical arrangements, please phone Helen Gibbs at the Saffron Walden Friends Meeting House on +44 (0) 1799 521832. We will be organizing the website, www.janetbloomfield.com to become a tribute to Janet’s life and work, and to allow all who wish to contribute to it. In the meantime, we will post practical details there. We will also be arranging a fund for contributions to support some special aspects of the work that Janet was so committed to. We invite you to pass this message on to anyone you know, and who we may have forgotten. We deeply appreciate your support, both near and far, as we walk through this landscape of grief and mourning. Yours sincerely, Richard Bloomfield Lucie Bloomfield Robin Bloomfield Pamela Meidell Pamela S. Meidell Director Atomic Mirror P.O. Box 220 Port Hueneme CA 93044 tel: 805 985 5073 fax: 805 856 0341 pamela@atomicmirror.org www.atomicmirror.org Atomic Mirror Reflecting and Transforming Our Nuclear World through the Arts Since 1994 (A Project of the EarthWays Foundation) Official UN NGO Status Dear Global Council Friends,

We hope that many of you who will be attending the NPT Prep Comm in Vienna may be able to come to Janet’s Memorial Meeting, celebrating her life, on Saturday 12 May 2007. We have chosen this date with you in mind.

With my love,
Pamela

Wednesday, 11 April 2007

Dear Friends,

Firstly, may we say a deep thank you for all the messages of love and support that we have received. We’re sure that you’ll understand that we would like to respond to them all, but have been coping with the many facets that accompany such a sudden death.

As the Easter holidays are now over, we have been able to finalise the arrangements for Janet’s funeral. It will be held on Thursday, 19 April in Saffron Walden.

There will be a Funeral Meeting for Worship in the manner of Friends (Quakers) at 2.30 pm in Saffron Walden Friends Meeting House. All who wish to attend are welcome. The funeral will be followed by the burial at Brinkley Woodland Cemetery, attended by family and close friends. Flowers are being arranged by the Friends Meeting.

It is the tradition of Friends to hold a Memorial Meeting a few weeks after the Funeral as “Testimony to the Grace of God in the Life of Our Friend, Janet Bloomfield.” We are arranging such a Memorial Meeting for Janet to celebrate and give thanks for her loving and generous life. We are planning for it to take place on the afternoon of Saturday 12 May 2007 in Saffron Walden. This Meeting will also be an opportunity for any of you who are unable to attend the funeral to pay your respects. (Another memorial ceremony for Janet will take place in California in the summer.)

It would be really helpful, although by no means necessary, if you could let us know if you are coming to either the funeral or the Memorial Meeting or both. Please let us know by sending an email to rsvp@atomicmirror.org If you have questions about practical arrangements, please phone Helen Gibbs at the Saffron Walden Friends Meeting House on +44 (0) 1799 521832.

We will be organizing the website, http://www.janetbloomfield.com to become a tribute to Janet’s life and work, and to allow all who wish to contribute to it. In the meantime, we will post practical details there. We will also be arranging a fund for contributions to support some special aspects of the work that Janet was so committed to.

We invite you to pass this message on to anyone you know, and who we may have forgotten. We deeply appreciate your support, both near and far, as we walk through this landscape of grief and mourning.

Yours sincerely,

Richard Bloomfield
Lucie Bloomfield
Robin Bloomfield
Pamela Meidell

Pamela S. Meidell
Director
Atomic Mirror
P.O. Box 220
Port Hueneme CA 93044
tel: 805 985 5073
fax: 805 856 0341

pamela@atomicmirror.org
http://www.atomicmirror.org

Atomic Mirror
Reflecting and Transforming Our Nuclear World through the Arts Since 1994
(A Project of the EarthWays Foundation)
Official UN NGO Status

]]> By: Claire Poyner http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-27 Claire Poyner Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:53:43 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-27 What can I say? Words are not sufficient. I was very shocked and upset when I was told Janet had died, and can't believe we won't see her again. I will miss her. Love and sympathies to Richard, Robin and Lucie. Claire xx What can I say? Words are not sufficient.
I was very shocked and upset when I was told Janet had died, and can’t believe we won’t see her again.
I will miss her.
Love and sympathies to Richard, Robin and Lucie.

Claire
xx

]]> By: Pamela Meidell http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-26 Pamela Meidell Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:51:51 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-26 Dear Abolition Global Council beloved colleagues, Thank you for your many messages, which are bringing comfort to the Bloomfield family and to the immediate circle of close friends here in Saffron Walden, Janet's home town in England. Thank you to the Abolition 2000 office in Canada for providing a place for people to post messages and reflections. They are deeply appreciated and deeply helpful. I post below the message on the front page of the Atomic Mirror website, www.atomicmirror.org, which is the most recent information. Please see the P.S. at the end for our current thinking on dates. We know we are being held in the extended web of life and love and in the hearts of everyone who knew and loved Janet. With much love, Pamela 6 April 2007 Dear Friends, We are all in deep shock and mourning at the sudden death of Janet Bloomfield, our beloved UK Director and Celtic guiding spirit of the Atomic Mirror, on Monday, 2 April 2007 in Hereford, England. The Atomic Mirror is in mourning. We ask you to "hold in the Light," in the words and spirit of the Quaker tradition, her husband, Richard, her children, Lucie and Robin, and all those in an ever expanding circle who loved her. Janet loved the whole world, and the outpouring of phone calls, letters, emails, messages that keep coming in from all over England, Australia, Sweden, France, Austria, Geneva, California, New York, India, Japan, Florida and many other places show us that the whole world loved her back. Thank you to everyone for your love and support, your prayers, your heartfelt messages. Please bear with us as we struggle to make the necessary plans after Janet's sudden and tragic death. We will tell these plans to you as they emerge, so that we can share together our grief at her death and celebrate our joy in her life. We invite you to check back here for details about the funeral and memorial services. The funeral is planned for the third week of April at the Quaker Meeting House in Saffron Walden, Janet's home. In the Quaker tradition, a memorial meeting will take place within three months time, which will celebrate and honor Janet's life in all its aspects. We are also planning to hold a ceremony in California sometime in the summer. We are creating a separate website to honor Janet. Janet's son, Robin, our gifted webmaster, is working on it, and we will announce it here as soon as it is up. Please continue to send your cards to Richard, Lucie and Robin Bloomfield at 25 Farmadine, Saffron Walden, England CB11 3HR. The phone here is +44 179 951 6189. Please send any emails to Pamela at pmeidell@gmail.com. We appreciate more than we can ever express your walking with us through this time of great shock and grief. With love, Pamela Meidell Director In Saffron Walden Monika Szymurska Assistant Director In Oxnard P.S. The funeral will likely take place on Wednesday, April 18, or Thursday, April 19. The Memorial service in England that is mentioned below will likely takee place on Saturday, May 12 or Saturday, May 19. We are trying to arrange it so that people in Vienna for the NPT may stay on to attend the Memorial service. Dear Abolition Global Council beloved colleagues,

Thank you for your many messages, which are bringing comfort to the
Bloomfield family and to the immediate circle of close friends here in
Saffron Walden, Janet’s home town in England. Thank you to the
Abolition 2000 office in Canada for providing a place for people to
post messages and reflections. They are deeply appreciated and deeply
helpful.

I post below the message on the front page of the Atomic Mirror
website, http://www.atomicmirror.org, which is the most recent information.
Please see the P.S. at the end for our current thinking on dates.

We know we are being held in the extended web of life and love and in
the hearts of everyone who knew and loved Janet.

With much love,
Pamela

6 April 2007

Dear Friends,

We are all in deep shock and mourning at the sudden death of Janet
Bloomfield, our beloved UK Director and Celtic guiding spirit of the
Atomic Mirror, on Monday, 2 April 2007 in Hereford, England. The
Atomic Mirror is in mourning.

We ask you to “hold in the Light,” in the words and spirit of the
Quaker tradition, her husband, Richard, her children, Lucie and Robin,
and all those in an ever expanding circle who loved her.

Janet loved the whole world, and the outpouring of phone calls,
letters, emails, messages that keep coming in from all over England,
Australia, Sweden, France, Austria, Geneva, California, New York,
India, Japan, Florida and many other places show us that the whole
world loved her back.

Thank you to everyone for your love and support, your prayers, your
heartfelt messages. Please bear with us as we struggle to make the
necessary plans after Janet’s sudden and tragic death. We will tell
these plans to you as they emerge, so that we can share together our
grief at her death and celebrate our joy in her life.

We invite you to check back here for details about the funeral and
memorial services. The funeral is planned for the third week of April
at the Quaker Meeting House in Saffron Walden, Janet’s home. In the
Quaker tradition, a memorial meeting will take place within three
months time, which will celebrate and honor Janet’s life in all its
aspects. We are also planning to hold a ceremony in California
sometime in the summer.

We are creating a separate website to honor Janet. Janet’s son, Robin,
our gifted webmaster, is working on it, and we will announce it here
as soon as it is up.

Please continue to send your cards to Richard, Lucie and Robin
Bloomfield at 25 Farmadine, Saffron Walden, England CB11 3HR. The
phone here is +44 179 951 6189. Please send any emails to Pamela at
pmeidell@gmail.com. We appreciate more than we can ever express your
walking with us through this time of great shock and grief.

With love,

Pamela Meidell
Director
In Saffron Walden

Monika Szymurska
Assistant Director
In Oxnard

P.S. The funeral will likely take place on Wednesday, April 18, or
Thursday, April 19. The Memorial service in England that is
mentioned below will likely takee place on Saturday, May 12 or
Saturday, May 19. We are trying to arrange it so that people in Vienna
for the NPT may stay on to attend the Memorial service.

]]> By: Alice Slater http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-25 Alice Slater Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:13:17 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-25 A great light has gone out in our world. My deepest sympathy to Richard, Lucie and Robin. I was privileged to know Janet for the past ten years in our abolition network and will greatly miss her humor, her brilliance, her persisitence and commitment to building a world at peace. A great light has gone out in our world. My deepest sympathy to Richard, Lucie and Robin. I was privileged to know Janet for the past ten years in our abolition network and will greatly miss her humor, her brilliance, her persisitence and commitment to building a world at peace.

]]> By: Pamela Meidell http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-24 Pamela Meidell Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:45:08 +0000 http://abolition2000.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/in-memoriam%e2%80%a6janet-bloomfield-1953-%e2%80%93-2007/#comment-24 Dear Friends, Thank you for your continuing letters and messages of love and support. Please find an updated home page with the most recent details about arrangements for Janet's funeral, and memorial meetings in England and California. We will also be updating a new web page: www.janetbloomfield.com as we can. With love, Pamela Pamela S. Meidell Director Atomic Mirror P.O. Box 220 Port Hueneme CA 93044 tel: 805 985 5073 fax: 805 856 0341 pamela@atomicmirror.org www.atomicmirror.org Atomic Mirror Reflecting and Transforming Our Nuclear World through the Arts Since 1994 (A Project of the EarthWays Foundation) Official UN NGO Status Dear Friends,

Thank you for your continuing letters and messages of love and support. Please find an updated home page with the most recent details about arrangements for Janet’s funeral, and memorial meetings in England and California. We will also be updating a new web page: http://www.janetbloomfield.com as we can.

With love,
Pamela

Pamela S. Meidell
Director
Atomic Mirror
P.O. Box 220
Port Hueneme CA 93044
tel: 805 985 5073
fax: 805 856 0341

pamela@atomicmirror.org
http://www.atomicmirror.org

Atomic Mirror
Reflecting and Transforming Our Nuclear World through the Arts Since 1994
(A Project of the EarthWays Foundation)
Official UN NGO Status

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