Remembering Grace Plater

I went to the memorial service for Grace Plater on Sunday at the Kingston United Methodist Church, the church to which she belonged for many years. Ms. Plater, as I wrote shortly after she died, was a remarkable woman and the testamony of the assembled family and friends just reinforced what I’d already known.

Gene Glazer, a longtime antiwar activist and friend of Ms. Plater (and me), reminded the crowd of her humor and her tenacity. “She knew racism, bigotry and hatred,” he said, “and she fought them head on, no halds barred.”

Another friend reminded us that she “gave so much and asked for so little.”

It is hard to imagine a better way to be remembered.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet