Remarks from Moshe's family

Mark Loring, Moshe's cousin, spoke for himself and read a note from Moshe's sister Judy:

I hadn't really expected to read today, but as I am apparently the ragged remnant of a once mighty tribe.  I will try to represent for my family.

Moshe's mother, my aunt Rose, basically raised my dad, the first one of our family to be born in this country.  In my family, of course, Moshe and Judy and Aryeh were ahead of us here.

So although Moshe was of my generation, he was ahead of me breaking trail by some distance,
and all three of them were incredibly influential and important.

In my young 20s, when I was wandering around trying to find someplace to be, someone to be,
and I found myself here in Portland and spending a lot of time at Reed College, as many of us did, who had active and inquiring minds but no academic background.

And this was a really terrific place for someone like me.  I didn't know what movies were until I sat in these hard benches and saw them here.  And that's when I developed my love for theater and spent my working life in the arts.

I know Moshe came back from Europe, and he wanted to be an artist and a musician, but it wasn't the time for that. And so he took on a business and he ran it, and then he developed it and made room for everything else in his life.
But to me, he will always be the guy who could, in his 90s, sit down at a piano and play Gershwin from memory.

Having my guy, he was something.   My cousin Judy sent this up. She's in contact with other family down in California.

"Good afternoon. I'm writing from California--I'm Moshe's 97 year old younger sister---and I want to thank you who had longtime Reed College friendships with my brother culminating in today's occasion to honor his memory.   Our family home was close to Reed College , and since nearby  Reed had an outdoor swimming pool, my brothers and I spent many memorable summer hours  there. We rode our bikes from home in those days and the only dangers we faced were the geese who resided on the campus and chased bicyclists. So Moshe was an early Reedie back in the 30's and after he graduated from  Lincoln High, he had no decision problems about where he wanted to go for his college education.  Again, I thank you for remembering  my brother and honoring him after so many, many years.     Judy Temko"

Mark continued:


And I say to people that my cousin Moshe was a man of many parts, and not all of them fit together.

But one thing that we all agreed upon is we need more bicycle riders in Congress and the Senate.
And I'll say no more.

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