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Walt Disney Pictures Unveils Trailer and Key Art Of Night At The Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again.
Same Shift, Different Night
The 10-day countdown to the debut of the Original Movie Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again is on, and to celebrate, Disney+ released the trailer and poster for the all-new animated adventure. Based on the popular film franchise, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again debuts exclusively on Disney+ on December 9, 2022.
Every night at the American Museum of Natural History when the sun goes down. Nick Daley’s summer gig as night watchman at the museum is a challenging job for a high school student, but he is following in his father’s footsteps and is determined not to let him down. Luckily, he is familiar with the museum’s ancient tablet that brings everything to life when the sun goes down and is happy to see his old friends, including Jedediah, Octavius, and Sacagawea, when he arrives. But when the maniacal ruler Kahmunrah escapes with plans to unlock the Egyptian underworld and free its Army of the Dead, it is up to Nick to stop the demented overlord and save the museum once and for all.
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again features the voices of Joshua Bassett (High School Musical The Musical: The Series),Jamie Demetriou ( Warner Bros Barbie,Dead End: Paranormal Park),Alice Isaaz (Savage state), Gillian Jacobs (Invincible),Joseph Kamal (Call Of Duty:Blac Ops III), Thomas Lennon (20th Century Studios Night At The Museum Trilogy), Zachary Levi (Tangled Franchise), Akmal Saleh (Tracey McBean), Kieran Sequoia (Netflix’s Daybreak),Jack Whitehall (Jungle Cruise), Bowen Yang (Fire Island), and Steve Zahn (20th Century Family’s & 20th Century 2000 Pictures Diary of a Wimpy Kid Trilogy)
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again is directed by Matt Danner (Legend Of The Three Caballeros) the writers are Ray DeLaurentis & Will Schifrin (Nickelodeon’s The Fairly Odd Parents); the producer is Shawn Levy (20th Century Studios Night At The Museum Trilogy); the executive producers are Emily Morris, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, and Michael Barnathan; and the music is by John Paesano (20th Century Animation’s Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Franchise).
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again is produced by 20th Century Animation & Atomic Cartoons in association with 21 Laps Entertaiment and Alibaba Pictures with Walt Disney Pictures being the distributor.
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I See Me In You by Dr Michelle Daley is a best-selling colorful and engaging book that educates and inspires children about seeing themselves in the image of African American inventors, leaders in science, politics, business, and more, who contributed to making the world better! With illuminating text paired with colorful illustrations, this book highlights inventors such as Dr. Joseph N. Jackon, Osbourne Dorsey, Lydia Newman, Lloyd Ray, politician President Barack Obama, mathematician Benjamin Banneker, businessman Earl Graves, and many more!
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The Rainbow Coalition was an antiracist, anticlass[1] multicultural movement founded April 4, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party, along with William "Preacherman" Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization and José Cha Cha Jiménez, founder of the Young Lords. It was the first of several 20th century black-led organizations to use the "rainbow coalition" concept.[2]
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The Rainbow Coalition soon included various radical socialist community groups like the Lincoln Park Poor People's Coalition,[3] later, the coalition was joined nationwide by the Students for a Democratic Society ("SDS"), the Brown Berets, the American Indian Movement and the Red Guard Party. In April 1969, Hampton called several press conferences to announce that this "Rainbow Coalition" had formed. Some of the things the coalition engaged in joint action against were poverty, corruption, racism, police brutality, and substandard housing.[4] The participating groups supported each other at protests, strikes, and demonstrations where they had a common cause.[5][6]
The coalition later included many other local groups like Rising Up Angry, and Mothers and Others. The Coalition also brokered treaties to end crime and gang violence. Hampton, Jimenez and their colleagues believed that the Richard J. Daley Democratic Party machine in Chicago used gang wars to consolidate their own political positions by gaining funding for law enforcement and dramatizing crime rather than underlying social issues.[citation needed][7]
The coalition eventually collapsed under duress from constant harassment by local and federal law enforcement, including the murder of Hampton.[6]
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The phrase "rainbow coalition" was co-opted over the years by Reverend Jesse Jackson, who eventually appropriated the name in forming his own, more moderate coalition, Rainbow/PUSH. Some scholars, including Peniel Joseph, assert that the original rainbow coalition concept was a prerequisite for the multicultural coalition that Barack Obama built his political career upon.[11]
The Rainbow Coalition youth—made up of Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots—also launched free breakfast programs that were supported by donations from community businesses and ran free daycare centers for neighborhood children. Several operations were upheld by the women of the Black Panthers and women’s focus groups like the Young Lordettes and Mothers and Others (MAO). The federal government institutionalized the School Breakfast Program in 1975.
“We’re gonna fight fire with water. We’re gonna fight racism not with racism, but with solidarity. We’re not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism, but with socialism… We’re gonna fight with all of us people getting together and having an international proletariat revolution,” Hampton was recorded saying.
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In public appearances, the Rainbow Coalition was backed by community residents and Black and brown street gangs—but they also had the support of unions, Independent Precinct Organizations, college students and activists who supported the movement through Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Rising Up Angry, and countless other organizations. Their allies included Concerned Citizens of Lincoln Park, the West Town Concerned Citizens Coalition, the Northside Cooperative Ministry, Neighborhood Commons Organization, and Voice of the People.
“It was really based on common action,” said Mike Klonsky, a former Chicago leader of SDS (who, like Hampton and Cha-Cha, had a reward out for his arrest). “If there was a protest or a demonstration, the word would get out and we would all come to it and support each other. If somebody was arrested, we would all raise bail. If somebody was killed or shot by the police, we would all respond together.”
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In December of 1969, the FBI conducted an overnight raid on Hampton’s apartment with intelligence provided by an infiltrator. He had just been named spokesperson of the national Black Panther Party. A barrage of police bullets struck him in his sleep as he lay beside his pregnant fiance, Akua Njeri, who survived. Another occupant, Black Panther security chief Mark Clark, was also killed.
Distraught members of the Coalition unofficially disbanded, and a handful of the leadership went underground after Hampton’s assassination, fearing for their own safety. Thousands of people lined up to witness the open crime scene, while lawyers from the People’s Law Office disputed the later-disproved official police account, which had falsely claimed a heavy firefight on both sides. Having assassinated its most vocal leader, the Feds had effectively crushed the 1960s’ most promising push for united, cohesive social resistance in Chicago.
Basically just what the title says: a masterlist of the GIF's/GIF sets I've made 😇.
This is the section for the letter J, alphabetically ordered by movie / TV series and whumpee actor/actress first name.
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again Trailer
A sequel to the Night at the Museum films, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again follows Larry Daley’s high school aged son Nick as he takes over for his father as the museum’s night watchman for the summer. He’s well aware of the ancient tablet that brings the museum’s denizens to life at night and is happy to see his old friends. However, Kahmunrah has escaped and plans to free the Army of the Dead and conquer the world.
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again stars the voice talents of Joshua Bassett, Jamie Demetriou, Alice Isaaz, Gillian Jacobs, Joseph Kamal, Thomas Lennon, Zachary Levi, Akmal Saleh, Kieran Sequoia, Jack Whitehall, Bowen Yang, and Steve Zahn. Matt Danner directs the film from a screenplay by Ray DeLaurentis and Will Schifrin. Music is by John Paesano.
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again hits Disney+ on December 9, 2022.
Why Lauren Lyle in new crime drama Karen Pirie is your autumn must-watch
Lauren Lyle on Police jargon, that Patagonia bumbag and what she hopes audiences take away from the series.
Credit: Joseph Sinclair
Lauren Lyle is a woman to watch. From her much-loved role as Marsali in Outlander to her gritty character in Vigil and now, fronting the first female-led primetime detective series from ITV featuring a police detective in their 20s since Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect.
We sat down with Lyle ahead of the first episode of the three-part series Karen Pirie airing this Sunday on ITV at 8 pm (add it to your diary now and thank us later), to discuss the process of bringing this beloved character to life and why the justice Karen seeks feels so personal.
Lyle is fresh from a busy few days at London Fashion Week where she sat on the front row at S.S. Daley and Paul & Joe. Not only is she garnering attention from fashion designers, but industry execs are also watching her every move closely. So much so, that she was spotted at the table read-through for Vigil by an executive who ‘saw me, and said “we need to see her and get her involved with Karen Pirie”‘. You can see why. It’s the most perfect casting. Like Karen, Lyle is petite, blonde, immediately likeable and also hails from the character’s native Scotland.
Joseph Sinclair
‘It’s been so cool working on something really relevant that’s truly saying something,’ shares Lyle. ITV is deeply beloved for its detective series, and characters like Vera and Lewis are long-established icons within the crime drama genre. How did she feel joining such a beloved collective?
‘I never thought I’d get to play an iconic British detective in my 20s. Let alone one who has so much depth.’
Karen Pirie is actress and screenwriter Emer Kenny’s adaptation of celebrated crime writer Val McDermid’s first novel, which focuses on the reopening of a cold case murder investigation. Karen is tasked with looking into a murder that’s been the subject of a provocative true crime podcast. When teenage barmaid Rosie Duff was stabbed to death in 1995, suspicion fell on the three male students who discovered her body.
‘It felt so meaningful for the show to be seen through the lens of a woman. A woman who knows what it means to walk home at night and not know if you’re going to get home safe. To fight for this woman that the unimaginable happened to’ shared Lyle.
‘The need for justice is very personal for Karen.’
Contributing fashion editor, Sarah-Rose Harrison sat down with Lauren to talk all things Karen Pirie…
What drew you to the role of Karen?
The scripts were just so witty. It was such a self-aware adaptation of what it is to live in the world we’re in and what it means to be a woman within it.
Something that a lot of men have asked me is, ‘is Karen firey?’ and you would never ask a guy that. ‘Is he firey?’ I asked my boyfriend what he associated with ‘firey’ and he said, aggressive. Karen’s really not. She’s smart and hopeful.
We’re so used to seeing middle-aged male detectives who are going through a divorce or a drinking problem and they’re dealing with that and then the case comes along and they struggle through it. Whereas Karen is at the beginning of her career. She’s passionate, excited and slightly out of her depth but that’s her advantage.
Joseph Sinclair
We all had those moments dressing up as a doctor, police officer or fireman, did you ever consider being a police officer?
It’s funny I actually never wanted to be a police officer but I always thought the uniform was cool. In the first week of filming when Chris Jenks and I got given our police badges we would go off between camera setups to would practice flipping them at each other. We got really slick at it as you have to look cool doing this stuff.
It’s tricky because the police are quite controversial, but I think Karen’s a realistic portrayal of what it’s like to be in the force. Learning the police jargon was fun. With all the interrogations I had to learn everything backwards. There’s a really big monologue, like 14/15 pages that I actually spent my birthday learning. We filmed that scene all in one take, I felt like I really trained a muscle after that.
On your podcast, She’s a Rec, you ask guests to share their favourite albums and songs. Was there a particular album or song that helped you get into character?
I had Tresor’s album Nostalgia on repeat. It was the most buoyant way to wake up to those 5 am Scottish sunrises. My Spotify-liked songs became my morning routine. There were 45 songs from that summer that I played non-stop. Especially Lipstick on The Glass from Wolf Alice’s album Blue Weekend. It had just come out and I listened to that a lot – I actually had their lead singer, Ellie, on the first season of my podcast so that was a lovely reuniting of creativity to listen to her whilst preparing each day.
I got really into upbeat electronic music like BAYNK and Fred Again. Really epic music that fitted the epic locations.
Karen’s partial to a knitted vest. Was there a particular item of clothing that helped you get into character?
Oh, her bumbag for sure. I’d get in my trailer every morning have my porridge and my process was to dance along to my playlist of those 45 songs, pop the collar of my shirt – which is quite a Scottish thing to do – and, put the Patagonia bumbag on.
The bumbag was a staple. What did you keep in it?
I had little snacks and protein bars, we got really into Pastel de Natas on set but I wouldn’t put one of those in there. It came in handy for my mic pack and on set, we loved the ongoing mystery of ‘what’s in the bumbag.’
I had a lot of creative control over Karen’s wardrobe. Lesley Abernathy (head of costume) and I really got together as the only note for the character was that she ‘that she wasn’t fashionable and didn’t know how to dress.’ So we embraced sweater vests, which I love and a popped collar – a little nod to androgyny. It felt like her armour.
‘I loved the idea of her being accidentally fashionable and a little bit iconic.’
Joseph Sinclair
1 in 3 women experience sexual violence, a heartbreaking statistic Marie Claire shone a light on within our Abuse is Not Love campaign. Whilst the series focuses on a crime that fictionally occurred 25 years ago it felt very current. It evoked the murders of Sarah Everard, Sabrina Nessa and Ashling Murphy. What do you hope audiences take away from watching Karen Pirie?
A number of young women were murdered during the time we recorded the series simply just trying to get home. That’s literally it, isn’t it? We’re just trying to get home.
Emer wrote things into the scripts during filming to keep it mainstream and how, what we as women are already doing, ‘calling when walking home, keys within our knuckles never feels enough.’ We’re doing everything already and it can’t keep happening where women are told to do more. Something has to change.
I hope people who might not have engaged with this conversation previously watch the show and do. Whether that’s by speaking to their male friends about how easy it is to help get a friend or a woman get home safely rather than expecting them to do it themselves. It’s been on us for so long.
The line, ‘Rosie and all of the Rosies deserve better’ stayed with me after the show.
Emer talks a lot about how she writes what her questions are. She writes about how she sees the world and her questions to it. She’ll put different options and answers as well as alternatives to each answer into different characters so those questions can be thrown up and the audience can make the decision for themselves as to what’s right.
That’s why I’m so proud of the show. It’s not shying away. This can’t keep happening, that’s why it’s so personal for Karen to get justice for Rosie and how heartbreaking it is for the families.
Your best friend on the show, River is actually played by Emer. How was it working so closely with the show’s writer?
We really bonded, we now call each other Clooney (Emer) and Pitt and we’re hopefully going to work together forever. There were moments with especially particular police jargon where I ask her, ‘do I have to say it exactly like that, it’s so difficult and she’d laugh and say ‘I’ve done 12 drafts, you have to do it exactly like that.’
Where will you be watching the series?
I’m having all my friends around and we’re going to hunker down and watch it at my house. We’re getting Homeslice pizza and I’ve told everyone to bring champagne. It’s terrifying but I’ve seen the series 100 times now so I’m excited to watch their reactions.
Karen Pirie is on ITV, Sunday 25th September at 8pm.
Photography, Joseph Sinclair
Makeup, Maria Asadi
Hair, Joe Pickering-Taylor
Styling, Emily Tighe
Marie Claire
Remember… a number of young women were murdered during the time we recorded the series simply just trying to get home. That’s literally it, isn’t it? We’re just trying to get home. — Lauren Lyle
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
Kenneth Feinberg: Michael Keaton
Camille Biros: Amy Ryan
Charles Wolf: Stanley Tucci
Lee Quinn: Tate Donovan
Priya Khundi: Shunori Ramanathan
Dede Feinberg: Talia Balsam
Karen Donato: Laura Benanti
Frank Donato: Chris Tardio
Darryl Barnes: Ato Blankson-Wood
Gloria Toms: Carolyn Mignini
John Ashcroft: Victor Slezak
Law Student Barron: Logan Hart
Law Student Patel: Vihaan Samat
Law Student Nguyen: Laura Sohn
Bart Cuthbert: Marc Maron
Defense Lawyer / William: Alfredo Narciso
Plaintiff Lawyer / Gary: Jason Kravits
Oliver: Clifton Samuels
Older Man (Speaking Spanish): Louis Arcella
Attorney 2: Melissa Miller
Translator: Ana Isabel Dow
Tom Schultz Sr.: Ian Blackman
June Schultz: Connie Ray
Senator Kennedy: Steve Vinovich
Senator Hagel: Bill Winkler
Michael Myers: Jeff Biehl
Katherine Wolf: Stephanie Heitman
9/11 Mother / Cathy: Deborah Hedwall
Blue Collar Man: Tom Bruno
Airline Lobbyist: Bradford How
Large Fireman: Chris Cardona
Richard: David Fierro
Laura: Lynne Wintersteller
Don: Jon Wenc
Jim: Wass Stevens
Myrna: Zuzanna Szadkowski
Maya: Gayle Rankin
Joan: Catherine Curtin
Janice: Shernita Anderson
Graham Morris: Andy Schneeflock
Jose: Brandon Hernandez
Carlos: E.R. Ruiz
Usher: David Edward Jackson
Ruth: Johanna Day
Victor: Joseph Ragno
Fedex Carrier: Panama Redd
Mail Woman: Kay Walbye
Fay: Miriam Morales
Airline Lobbyist #2: Stephen Reich
James: James Ciccone
Anthoula: Anthoula Katsimatides
Dancer: Jaime Verazin
Dancer: Alessandra Marconi
Dancer: Lindsey Hailes
Dancer: Marc Heitzman
Dancer: Jacob ‘Seven Feet’ Melvin
Dancer: Jeffery Duffy
Meeting Attendee: Billy Lefkowitz
Film Crew:
Director: Sara Colangelo
Producer: Max Borenstein
Casting: Kerry Barden
Casting: Paul Schnee
Original Music Composer: Nico Muhly
Costume Design: Mirren Gordon-Crozier
Editor: Julia Bloch
Production Design: Tommaso Ortino
Director of Photography: Pepe Avila del Pino
Executive Producer: Nik Bower
Executive Producer: Deepak Nayar
Executive Producer: Ara Keshishian
Executive Producer: Kimberly Fox
Unit Production Manager: Charles Miller
Executive Producer: Edward Fee
Executive Producer: Allen Liu
Producer: Marc Butan
Producer: Anthony Katagas
Producer: Michael Sugar
Producer: Brad Dorros
Producer: Sean Sorensen
Producer: Michael Keaton
Set Decoration: Olivia Peebles
Makeup Department Head: Ivy Ermert
Makeup Artist: Diane Calfee
Makeup Artist: Charles Zambrano
Visual Effects Supervisor: Eran Dinur
Executive Producer: Mary Aloe
Set Medic: Bop Tweedie
Choreographer: Mark Stuart
Production Accountant: James Stayne
Producer’s Assistant: Anthony Santos
Producer’s Assistant: Laura Pilloni
Production Coordinator: Amanda O’Reilly
Assistant Production Coordinator: Marilyn Majich
Location Assistant: Cenia Hampton
Payroll Accountant: Catherine ‘Annie’ Eklund
Stand In: Dillon Egyes
Production Assistant: Michael Egues
Dialogue Coach: Jessica Drake
Production Secretary: Dana Darby
Post Production Accountant: Nathaniel Carota
Script Supervisor: Erika Sanz Corbacho
Music Editor: Suzana Peric
Music Supervisor: Rupert Hollier
Music Supervisor: David Fish
Location Manager: Dennis Voskov
Assistant Location Manager: Brit Smith
Location Scout: Tom Sexton
Location Assistant: Lindsey Lambert
Location Scout: Eric Jordan Nussbaum
Location Assistant: George Marro
Location Scout: Sarah Crofts
Color Assistant: Ben White
Digital Intermediate Editor: Samantha Uber
Digital Conform Editor: Josh Perault
Finishing Producer: Michael Maida
First Assistant Editor: Gordon Holmes
Post Production Assistant: Dillon Henry
Assistant Editor: Dan Grbic
Colorist: Sam Daley
Additional Editor: Tariq Anwar
Costumer: Kaitie Galligan
Assistant Costume Designer: Caitlin Doukas
Key Costumer: Sawyer Devuyst
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jillian Daidone
Set Costumer: Mary Caprari
Costume Coordinator: Talia Brody-Barre
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The Back Bay Chorale presented “Fragile Freedoms” under the direction of guest conductor; Caron Daley at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater in Cambridge, MA. on May 10, 2024.This talented group of musicians performing the music of Franz Joseph Haydn, David Lang, and Reena Esmail in this glorious venue was amazing to see and hear.And seeing that I love to photograph any performance at the…
"SEND DRAFT DODGER TO JAIL, 6 MONTHS," Toronto Star. June 24, 1943. Page 35.
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Rousseau Received Registration Card Contrary to Criminal Code
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"C" Police Court, City Hall; Magistrate Prentice.
Albert Rousseau, appearing for sentence on four charges involving national registration certificates, was given six months by Magistrate Prentiss. He was found guilty of failing to report for military service, failing to notify the department of a change of address, having an illegal registration card, and receiving a registration card contrary to the criminal code. On each of three charges he was fined $50 or three months, and on the fourth charge was sentenced to six months. All sentences are concurrent.
ROBBED MILK BOTTLES
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"B" Police Court, City Hall, Magistrate Woodliffe.
Sixty days in jail was the penalty imposed on Joseph Roland Jodin, a recent arrival from Montreal who pleaded guilty to the theft of coins from milk bottles. Crown Counsel F. T. Malone pointed out accused had a record for minor offences.
Charged with a breach of black-out regulations, Mrs. Katharine Johns stated she had been absent from the city on a farm for some days preceding and following the blackout and consequently knew nothing of a light one of nine roomers had left in the hall of her home on Dundas St. W. Air Raid Wardens G. Hyman and R. Mosher testified a light had been left on in the hall throughout the blackout.
"Suspended sentence upon payment of costs," said court.
Onie Brown, counsel for Francis Oliver, charged with theft of an electric drill, the property of M. J. Daley, and a pipe cutter, stock and dies and other tools, the property of Purdy Mansell Co., and with receiving the above goods, elected trial by a higher court. Daley, a tinsmith. executing a contract at Massey Harris Co., told of tools being stolen there. Witness identified a drill, produced by the crown. Detective Geo. Herron testified accused, employed at the plant, had stated he had got the drill from a man at work. The drill had been recovered in a pawn shop. Herron added.
"Committed for trial," directed the court. "I will consent to a committal on the other charges," said Mr. Brown.
Labutius Selina (Straw) Mathews, 93, of Saint Cloud, FL passed away Sunday, May 7, 2023 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law who she had lived with the last 14 years. She was born June 14, 1929 in Towanda, PA to her late parents, George Muller Straw and Helen Lorraine Witherite Straw.
Labutius, was nicknamed “Boots”, after an old comic strip named “Boots and her Buddies”. Boots graduated from Clearfield High School, in Clearfield, PA. Labutius then attended Bob Jones University graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion. There she met her husband, William Philo Mathews. They married August 19, 1950 and enjoyed 50 wonderful years together until his death of cancer in 2001. She is survived by her children, Elisabeth Jane Daley (Mark) and William George Mathews (div. Carol) and one brother Perry Clark Straw of Oregon, IL. She was preceded in death by her brother Mervin LeVoy Straw and his wife Margrit, brother Philip George Straw, sister-in-law Lorraine Straw, and niece Naomi Dhuse. She leaves her beloved grandchildren: Janelle Holloway (Joseph), Stephen Daley (Mandy), Holly Groce (Michael), Timothy Daley (Laura), Pam Gregory (Michael), Susan Spafford (David), and Erika Christofolo (Ed). She also leaves her great grandchildren: Josiah, Aliyah, Chasen, Trevor, Andrick, Caleb, and Joanna Holloway; Anna and Jackson Buzzard; Benjamin and Nathaniel Daley; Forest Groce; and Zyla Daley; Natasha, Michael, Caleb, and Joshua Gregory; Annika, Jalyn, and Turner Spafford; and Natalie and Nathan Christofolo as well as nieces Barbara Jean Mathews, and Betsy Mathews and nephews John Mathews and Perry Straw.
Labutius (Boots) accepted the Lord as her Savior during her Uncle Rev. Walter Young’s presentation of the Gospel using a replica of the Jewish tabernacle. She came from generations of Christians with her father being a Baptist minister. She grew up in Pennsylvania and New York state. After marriage, they settled in Roxbury, CT where her husband was from. She loved music and wrote songs. She taught music to all 8 grades at Booth Free School in Roxbury and taught piano for many years. Then she became a 2nd or 3rd grade school teacher. Boots kept her class in order, created an enjoyable learning environment, and loved all her students. Former students have shared the impact she had on their lives. She taught in Washington and New Preston elementary schools and was a teaching-principal. Boots earned a Masters of Science Degree in Education from Western Connecticut State College. Boots and Bill moved to Wethersfield, CT where she taught in Berlin elementary schools. She was involved in Connecticut Education Association and NEA and was on the CEA Board of Directors. She played Lady Thiang in the Berlin Teacher’s Association performance of the King and I.
Labutius (Boots) and her husband Bill (Philo) were very involved in every church they attended, including Christ Church in Roxbury, CT, Danbury Baptist Church in CT, Wethersfield Evangelical Free Church in CT, and Berea Baptist Church in Palm Harbor, FL. She taught Sunday School and earned Evangelical Teacher Training Association credentials that allowed her to teach ETTA certified classes to other Sunday School teachers. She was a Sunday School Superintendent and Christian Education Director. She served as Pioneer Girls Chairman, New Education Building Bond Drive co-chairman, choir director, pianist, Women’s Missionary Society officer, youth leader, soloist, and choir member. They also were involved in Gideons.
Boots was involved in the communities they lived in. She was a Girl Scouts leader, in Garden Club, organized Junior Garden Club, and served on the Board of Education in Roxbury. When they retired to Palm Harbor, FL she was involved in Red Hats, Purple Ladies and with the Blue Jay Estates community. Boots sold Tupperware, Sarah Coventry Jewelry, Amway, and Successful Living Books. Bill and Boots hosted and entertained many people in their home, especially missionaries and housed young people from time to time. During retirement they travelled by RV to 49 states (48 states were visited 3 times) including a special trip to Alaska. They also vacationed in Hawaii making it all 50 states visited. They loved to travel and especially liked Bryce Canyon and the Grand Tetons. They also visited many islands and some European countries.
Boots was a friend to everyone. She showed unconditional love and total acceptance of others. She had the gift of encouragement and was loved by everyone who knew her. She loved to study the Bible and sing hymns. Boots looked forward to seeing Jesus face-to-face. She will be greatly missed.
The family appreciates the care by Kindred/Gentiva Hospice for Boots in her last months and by Osceola Memory Gardens for her body before sending her to CT.
The family will receive guests Monday, May 29th from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Rose Hill Funeral Home, 580 Elm St., Rocky Hill, CT. A graveside service, open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 30th at Center Cemetery, 34 North St, Roxbury, CT.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Gideons International, Jesus Project a part of Cru, or The Voice of the Martyrs.