obituaries
only with his accomplished skating, but also his crowd-pleasing antics. Memorable routines in- cluded a juggling jester and a mechanic skating to “Beep Beep.” His signature move was the hy- dro-blade. His last ice show was in 2011 in Royal Oak,
JINKS Terry Jinks, a well-known skater in the Detroit
metropolitan area, lost a courageous battle with cancer on March 5, 2015. He was 64. He began skating when he was 42 at the sug- gestion of his wife Sally (who died in 2007). He quickly showed an affinity for the sport in those early classes, and the teacher dubbed him “Mr. Ice Capades.” From there, Terry became an accomplished
skater on both the local and national scenes. He began competing at the U.S. Adult Skating Cham- pionships in 1997. In 1999, he was interpretive men’s champion for his age group, and in 2003 he won the title again. Also in 2003, he placed in the top 12 of the men’s championship Gold free skate division. As a member of the Berkley Royal Blades Fig-
ure Skating Club (in Berkley, Michigan), he skat- ed in 10 ice shows and enthralled audiences not
Michigan, where he portrayed Elvis and was the male lead in an adult number with four women. After that, physical ailments forced him to give up his beloved sport, so he turned to bicycling and ballroom dancing for exercise and recreation. Fellow skaters remember him fondly, not
only for his skating skill but also for his warm per- sonality and engaging sense of humor. Morgan Anderson, 21, recalls what it was like
skating on club ice with Terry when she was a young, fledgling skater. “I did not really pay attention to where I was going on the ice, and Terry would often swoop me up into his arms to avoid any collisions,” An- derson said. “As I got older, he was my buddy in the dance number and the soloists finale during our annual ice show. He taught me everything I know about hydro-blades, and I think of him ev- ery time I do one.” Terry is survived by his wife Sara, son Brian and his fiancée Lulu, stepdaughter Jessica and her husband Brandon, stepson Ian and his fian- cée Sarka, sister Holly (a former skater and now a skating judge), brother Michael and his wife Helen, and numerous friends both in and out of skating.
memorial fund donations
“IN MEMORY OF” Merribeth Anderson Rebecca Oniki Doug Austin Arrowhead Figure Skating Club Irene Bartelson Arrowhead Figure Skating Club Ginny Baxter Janet Carpenter Michael R. Burns Joan Burns Peter Burrows Suna Murray Susan Davis Joan Burns Joe & Peggy DeLio Kitty DeLio-La Forte and Jeff La Forte Peter Dunfield Phyllis and Bill Howard Eileen Erlich Lisa Abramowitz Elizabeth Armento Gladys and Ed Dunlop
grievance
Richard Thomas - On February 20, 2015, the Chair of the Ethics Committee filed a Grievance Statement against Richard Thomas, alleging violations of the General Rules of U.S. Figure Skating. On April 1, 2015, a Stipulated Resolution was entered into between Mr. Thomas and U.S. Figure Skating. The Stipulated Resolution im- posed certain conditions on Mr. Thomas and provided that if Mr. Thomas violated the terms of the Stipulated Resolution, he would be permanently banned from U.S. Figure Skating. Subsequently, the Chair of the Grievance Committee, with the concurrence of U.S. Figure Skating’s Board of Directors, found that Mr. Thomas violated the Stipulated Resolution and based upon these findings, Richard Thomas is permanently banned from Membership in U.S. Figure Skating.
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Irma Feldman Maureen Flanagan Lisa Donde and Steve Green George and Margaret Hottensen Farah Jimenez Barbara Menin Philadelphia DA’s Office – Law Division Frederick Schuepfer Maryanne Szewczak Wissahickon Skating Club Howard Gambill Margery Schleh Lydia Paley Hume Phyllis and Bill Howard Brad Lord, Greg Kelley and Laurence Owen Steven Mader Gregory and Nathalie Kelley The Sennett Family Don Laws Phyllis and Bill Howard Jo Lawless Janet Carpenter
Jess Puyot Luz Puyot and Jessica Calalang Eileen and Joe Serafine The Santee Family Eileen Serafine Janet Carpenter Carmella M. Jandacek and Camille Pinotti Linda Sheedy Cheryl Jeffries Laura Vanderlaan St. Mortiz Ice Skating Club “IN HONOR OF” Andree Baron The Biot-Gordon Family Clara T. Cote Skating Club of Southern Connecticut Bill Coyle Susan Bonn Evan Lysacek’s 30th Birthday Melinda Camp Susan Davis Margery Schleh
Gayle Glennon Claudyne Cassella Hutchinson “GENERAL” Ramsey Baker Marla Brown John S. Buckner Chicago Figure Skating Club Finer Edge Figure Skating Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society Troy Goldstein Kathryn Greenwade Sheila Hard Nancy Kaufmann Hal Marron Sue Porat Skokie Valley Skating Club Suzanne Sweezy Annual Appeal Fund Shirley Hellwege – Area of Greatest Need Matching Donations Aetna HCA Foundation
BOTTOMS John Tate Bottoms, son of former U.S. Figure
Skating official and current coach Brittney Bot- toms, passed away shortly after birth on Sunday, May 31, 2015. Although his life on earth was short, Baby
John was an incredible blessing to his family and to many others who had cherished him. The journey with Baby John was not easy, but
it was indescribably beautiful. Baby John beat all odds to be born alive and his family is so thank- ful to have had the opportunity to hug him, sing to him and hear his sweet voice. An online jour- nal chronicling John’s life and his impact can be found at
www.thebottomsfamily.com. Baby John is survived by his mother and
father, Brittney and David Bottoms of Marietta, Georgia; brother, Drew Bottoms; grandparents, Gary and Melissa Bottoms of Marietta, and Tom and Dale Wright of Hilton Head, South Carolina; great grandparents, Leland and Betty Chambers of Kennesaw, Georgia; aunts and uncles, Jona- than and Jessica Bottoms of Marietta, Bryan and Laura Higginbotham of Marietta, and Kendall and Candie Perry of Cleveland, Tennessee. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Cobb Community Foundation in care of the “John Tate Bottoms Memorial Fund” or to Cobb Pregnancy Services.
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