GORDON
WITHERS
HAKE
September 4, 1956 - July 18, 1997
Gordon as a baby, 1956.
Gordon was fond of this picture, one of the
first he scanned with our flatbed scanner in 1995.
This is a memorial to Gordon by Bruce and Judy Hake, his grieving brother and sister-in-law.
We are still in shock from Gordon's sudden and terrible death. It may be months until we
complete this memorial. Visitors are requested to send new testimonials, or pictures, or
corrections, or feedback to the email address below. Bruce selected the photos from hundreds.
We hope to add more. Some years are only guessed at. Please let us know if you catch any
mistakes.
For a long time Gordon had this Michaelangelo image on his
home page.
Bruce and Judy ordered a large, framed version to be Gordon's
coming-home-from-the-hospital gift.
He never got to see it.
Fare you well, my honey
Fare you well, my only true one
All the birds that were singing
Have flown except you alone
Going to leave this broke-down palace
On my hands and my knees I will roll, roll, roll
Make myself a bed by the waterside
In my time - in my time - I will roll, roll, roll
In a bed, in a bed
by the waterside I will lay my head
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul
River gonna take me
Sing me sweet and sleepy
Sing me sweet and sleepy
all the way back home
It's a far-gone lullaby
sung many years ago
Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come
since I first left home
Going home, going home
by the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul
Going to plant a weeping willow
On the bank's green edge, it will grow, grow, grow
Sing a lullaby beside the water
Lovers come and go - the river roll, roll, roll
Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul
Brokedown Palace -- Robert Hunter
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Navigation: Please click on baby picture above.
Skip the childhood stuff
and jump directly to 1976. [As suggested by a friend with a slow Internet
connection.]
There are 70 pictures in this memorial.