Dolores
Edna Pye Josey
On Monday 28 August,
Dolores Edna Pye Josey passed away in peace and repose with her husband, Alden,
and daughter, Melissa, at the bedside holding her hands. Born on New Years Day
in 1930, she was approaching 88 years of age. A resident of
She attended the
University of New Mexico for two years before transferring her studies to the
University of Illinois where she met her husband-to-be and from which she
received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1952. She held the Master of Fine
Arts degree in Painting from the
In addition to these
fields of creative activity, Dolores was the author of a novel of the Old West,
"Crossing Boundaries," due for publication in September. She was much
gratified to see shortly before her death the final proof of the book with its
cover a replica of one of her watercolors of the
Dolores leaves to grieve her passing her husband of 64 years, Alden; two daughters,
Melissa, at home, and Alexandra and her husband, James Sulecki;
grandson Timothy Sulecki and wife Crystal, and
great-grandson Alden Thomas Sulecki (all of
Her gifts and
compulsion to make new and beautiful things led Dolores to an enthusiastic
engagement with her garden where each year she designed and constructed
beautiful impressionistic areas of color and living structure. Dolores had a
profound emotional link with the living world of plants and people. She was an
active supporter of causes that sought to repair social ills and inequalities
with a special interest and concern for Native American peoples in their long
and tragic interaction with our own culture. Her passing will be noted in many
places, not least at home, with a deep regret and fond remembrance of her
intensely humane spirit.
She is gone from the
world now, but her presence and her effect will remain fragrant and lasting in
the memory of those who knew and loved her. A Memorial Meeting for Worship will
be held at the Friend's Meeting House at
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