A Memorial Service for Lin Foote will be held Saturday, October 5, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary of UUCUC. A reception in the church’s Fellowship Hall will follow the service.

Lin was a longtime Unitarian Universalist. He joined the UU congregation–People’s Church—in Kalamazoo in Michigan, in 1965, shortly after he and his wife Alice moved there. They became very involved over the years–Lin served on the Board of Trustees and chaired the search committee for a new minister, and Alice served as the Religious Education Director and coordinated several stewardship campaigns.

After three decades at People’s Church, Lin and Alice—along with others in the community—left People’s and founded another UU church in the greater Kalamazoo area–the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Southwest Michigan. This Portage church was very important to both of them.

In 2008, Lin and Alice moved to Urbana to be closer to their daughter Karen Foote Retzer (a member of UUCUC) and their son Bob Foote who lives in Crawfordsville, Indiana. They joined UUCUC and immediately became involved—on many afternoons during the spring and summer you could see Lin and Alice at church pulling weeds. They both joined the Uniter Folder Party, and Lin joined the Men’s Coffee Group and the Bridge Group. Lin and Alice both enjoyed the fellowship at UUCUC very much.

Facing his own increasing physical pain during the past several years, Lin recognized that he wanted to find an exit from living that he could control and that would allow him to be with family and friends during the process. After much conversation and reflection, in late July he decided to stop eating and drinking. He passed away on August 8. Karen and Bob—along with their spouses– are very grateful for the generous support from several close church friends in their father’s final journey.

Memorial contributions can be made to: