Let Aeroplanes Circle Moaning Overhead

Let Aeroplanes Circle Moaning Overhead

<p> ∞ Author: W. H. Auden Selected By: Shirley X Lu Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, In Memory of Dr. Xu-Dong Liu Memorial Service and Burial Service Program Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, 1:00-3:00 pm, October 25, 2005 Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive, Santa Barbara</p><p>Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. I. Memorial Service (Program Director: Dr. Rugang Ye) ∞ Organ music: Ms. Carol Schaeffer A moment of memory of Dr. Xu-Dong Liu Buddhist Music Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Dr. Xu-Dong Liu’s Bio: Dr. Danping Peng Buddhist Chanting: Rev. Katsumi Ueda Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead, Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public Speeches: UCSB Administration: Vice Chancellor John Wiemann, representing Chancellor doves, Henry Yang Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. UCSB Department of Mathematics: Dr.Tom Sideris, Chair Caltech Department of Applied Mathematics: Dr. Tom Hou UCSB Colleagues: Dr. Björn Birnir, Dr. Xianzhe Dai, Dr. Rugang Ye Colleagues All Over the World: Dr. Hongkai Zhao ∞ Friends All Over the World: Dr. Sikun Lan Family Friend: Dr. Xiaojian Zhao He was my North, my South, my East and West, Buddhist Message: Rev. Katsumi Ueda My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; Family speech: Ms. Shirley X Lu, Dr. Xu-Dong Liu’s wife I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong. Final Tribute to Dr. Xu-Dong Liu: Guests and then family proceed to see Dr. Xu-Dong Liu in casket. (Organ music)</p><p>∞ II. Burial Service </p><p>Pallbearers carry the casket from the chapel to the site of the burial The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; service. Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Family and guests follow the pallbearers and the hearse. Buddhist Chanting Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. Flower Placement For nothing now can ever come to any good. Conclusion of Services</p><p>III. Reception</p><p>The family invites all guests to a reception at Stella Mare’s Restaurant (50 Los Patos Way) right after the services. The restaurant is across the street from the cemetery. </p>

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