Category Archives: Memorial

In Memory (for Sharon Rinsho Ive) – Stuart Gendai Hollyoak

A speechmaker, Carl W. Buehner, once wrote (in the context of speeches) that, “They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel”. Since we last met years before, I had forgotten Sharon’s name until I read Shinro Sensei’s obituary in the last newsletter and saw her photo. But […]

In Memory – Sharon Rinsho Ive

Sharon Rinshō Ive died suddenly and unexpectedly on 24 March 2021 in Gravesend, Kent. Sharon had practised Zen for many years, beginning in Kanzeon Sangha, with Genpo Merzel Roshi, who gave her jukai and whose US centre she visited a number of times. Sharon participated in sesshin led by Tenshin Fletcher Roshi and Kaizen Scott […]

In Memory – Maurice Shokatsu George

In January we lost Maurice Shokatsu George who passed away peacefully after a short illness. He was 89 years old but very much younger in energy and attitude than his age suggests. A colourful and well-loved member of the Sangha and a frequent attender at the Liverpool Centre and retreats over the years, Maurice was […]

In Memory – Lorna Kokai Morgan 15th November 1941 – 6th January 2021

Lorna found Buddhism in the 1980s at Sidney Zen Centre, which was affiliated to the Diamond Sangha in Hawaii under Robert Aitken Roshi. He visited Sidney to lead sesshin. He gave her the precepts and the dharma name Kokai. Lorna went to Honolulu for sesshin with Aitken Roshi. Returning to England, Lorna found Genpo Roshi […]

In Memory – Henrike Jishin Reef

Henrike Jishin Reef, who was known to many in the Stonewater Zen sangha and who helped Roshi in the early days of the establishment of StoneWater Zen, sadly died on the 7th December 2020. Please click here to read a tribute to her written by Jim Yugen Lakey on the Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center blog.