Date: 9 January 1996

From: Jess Olonoff jolonoff@inaparts.com

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In remembrance of Darcy Goldtrap, Pompano Beach, FL.

S.Fl.Council's Lighthouse District began its first Roundtable of the year on a somber note. The first announcement of the evening was of the death of Darcy Goldtrap our current Training Chairman. Like many others the title does not begin to tell the story of Darcy's involvement in Scouting over the years so over the next few weeks I will be contacting her friends and colleagues to add their own remembrances of Darcy's contributions.

I have known Darcy for only a couple of years through Training sessions and Roundtable. She was a "tough cookie" as they used to say; a stickler for the rules if they existed but she worked as hard or harder than anyone around and knew an excuse when she heard one. But, she was also pretty good about sharing a smile and when she did you knew she meant it. And when she sang the Wood-badge song "Back to Gilwell" you could see the joy in her eyes.

Darcy will be dearly missed by all of us.

Darcy had been hospitalized for a bout with pneumonia over the holidays. She was at home recuperating and all believed she was doing well.

Jess Olonoff