Lisa died our freshman year of a drug overdose. Her passing so affected the Glencoe community that we created the Glencoe Youth Center in 1971. It continues to thrive and provide a safe, welcoming place for high school kids even now (its 43rd year). In a way, it is Lisa who has helped so many hundreds of kids over the past decades. Thank you, Lisa.
Great stuff. You hit the nail on the head, with such poignancy. God, not a single one of us from Glencoe can forget what a monumental shocker that news was. Every cloud, ideally, has a silver lining, and as you said, maybe her terribly early passing had some good in it, with that Youth Center.
I was friends with Lisa at the time of her passing. It really affected me. Her memorial with her mother playing harpsichord was very sad. Good to hear that the youth center was created in response.
A reflection: I thought I recall both Lisa and Jocelyn Davis mutually perished from the same tragic events. And I though it occurred while we were still nestled at Central School as junior high students. Well time tends to distort so much...........
I remember learning about their death in the Chicago Sun-Times with a photo of the girls on the front page. How could a barely pubescent kid even begin to relate to such news! Denial I guess for myself. We may have become friends. Who can say and respond to such a twist of fate. Any of us in those years were potential candidates for tragedy. And, sadly, that still remains the case today.
Shalom aleichem to you, Lisa.........like President Kennedy, "we hardly knew ye"
Alex Jackson (Rieser)
Lisa died our freshman year of a drug overdose. Her passing so affected the Glencoe community that we created the Glencoe Youth Center in 1971. It continues to thrive and provide a safe, welcoming place for high school kids even now (its 43rd year). In a way, it is Lisa who has helped so many hundreds of kids over the past decades. Thank you, Lisa.
Dan Goodman
Alex. Thanks for the poignant memory of Lisa. I remember her well and was very fond of her. She was a very sweet and gentle person. All my best. Dan
Margaret Gautier
God Bless.
Joe Goldman
Alex:
Great stuff. You hit the nail on the head, with such poignancy. God, not a single one of us from Glencoe can forget what a monumental shocker that news was. Every cloud, ideally, has a silver lining, and as you said, maybe her terribly early passing had some good in it, with that Youth Center.
Rony Blum (Lipovetzky)
Agree with you Joey. So sad to see such a young flower die far ahead of her time. Bless her soul.
Joan McNally
I was friends with Lisa at the time of her passing. It really affected me. Her memorial with her mother playing harpsichord was very sad. Good to hear that the youth center was created in response.
Alex Jackson (Rieser)
As an update, Lisa's memory contines-the Youth Center we formed in 1971 is still open and providing kids a safe, supportive environment after school.
Larry Berz
A reflection: I thought I recall both Lisa and Jocelyn Davis mutually perished from the same tragic events. And I though it occurred while we were still nestled at Central School as junior high students. Well time tends to distort so much...........
I remember learning about their death in the Chicago Sun-Times with a photo of the girls on the front page. How could a barely pubescent kid even begin to relate to such news! Denial I guess for myself. We may have become friends. Who can say and respond to such a twist of fate. Any of us in those years were potential candidates for tragedy. And, sadly, that still remains the case today.
Shalom aleichem to you, Lisa.........like President Kennedy, "we hardly knew ye"