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There has been a tragic accident and the Gott family is in deep sorrow. Bonnie and David lost their son EO and Shellby lost her beloved brother Friday night.
While camping with friends in a familiar spot he fell while climbing. Paramedics were trying to revive him but he died at the scene. We are reaching out to help Bonnie with funeral and other expenses. Please feel free to share your thoughts and wishes!
This is what EO's teacher Mercy Kraft wrote:
"EO Gott 12/12/2002 - 8/7/2020
He ‘Io au, he manu i ka lewa lani.
I am an ‘io, the bird that soars in the heavens.
From EO’s fourth grade birthday verse, taken from Mary Kawena Pukui’s book of Hawaiian Proverbs, ‘Olelo No’eau. The highest chiefs were often called ‘io, the bird that flies the highest.
Taken 8/8/20 from ‘Olelo No’eau.
He ‘io ‘oe, he ‘io au, he ‘io ma
‘anela l ke akua, ki’i mai la
no ia ‘oe a lawe.
You are a hawk, I am a hawk,
And the angels of God are hawks,
They have come and taken you away.
Our dear EO is gone. How can that be? Are we not a single fabric, a unit? Each has strengths and qualities unique unto themselves but can that fabric lose someone and still hold fast? It has to. We are a community, we are our history, and we hold and were shaped by EO’s gifts, his strengths. He always completed his work in class willingly and on time. He followed directions. He had a real sense of spatial organization and was amazing with creating structures from a very early age. His desk was always as neat as a pin, nothing was out of place for eight straight years. He was honest, polite, and pleasant, even princely. He did not tattle or criticize. He had a good heart and was loyal, even devotional, in his relationships. He greeted me daily with no sense of rush, a true meeting with eye contact and a smile. When I saw him these past few years, his full-hearted greeting was the same. Now this. EO, so well loved by myself and by the class, remains in our hearts and in our history. We carry the stories, the plays, the trips, the teams, the snowboarding; he was a part of all of it, and he stays a part of us. We hold him.
Leave a memory of EO."
While camping with friends in a familiar spot he fell while climbing. Paramedics were trying to revive him but he died at the scene. We are reaching out to help Bonnie with funeral and other expenses. Please feel free to share your thoughts and wishes!
This is what EO's teacher Mercy Kraft wrote:
"EO Gott 12/12/2002 - 8/7/2020
He ‘Io au, he manu i ka lewa lani.
I am an ‘io, the bird that soars in the heavens.
From EO’s fourth grade birthday verse, taken from Mary Kawena Pukui’s book of Hawaiian Proverbs, ‘Olelo No’eau. The highest chiefs were often called ‘io, the bird that flies the highest.
Taken 8/8/20 from ‘Olelo No’eau.
He ‘io ‘oe, he ‘io au, he ‘io ma
‘anela l ke akua, ki’i mai la
no ia ‘oe a lawe.
You are a hawk, I am a hawk,
And the angels of God are hawks,
They have come and taken you away.
Our dear EO is gone. How can that be? Are we not a single fabric, a unit? Each has strengths and qualities unique unto themselves but can that fabric lose someone and still hold fast? It has to. We are a community, we are our history, and we hold and were shaped by EO’s gifts, his strengths. He always completed his work in class willingly and on time. He followed directions. He had a real sense of spatial organization and was amazing with creating structures from a very early age. His desk was always as neat as a pin, nothing was out of place for eight straight years. He was honest, polite, and pleasant, even princely. He did not tattle or criticize. He had a good heart and was loyal, even devotional, in his relationships. He greeted me daily with no sense of rush, a true meeting with eye contact and a smile. When I saw him these past few years, his full-hearted greeting was the same. Now this. EO, so well loved by myself and by the class, remains in our hearts and in our history. We carry the stories, the plays, the trips, the teams, the snowboarding; he was a part of all of it, and he stays a part of us. We hold him.
Leave a memory of EO."
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Gina Flammer
Organizer
Makawao, HI
Gina Flammer
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