How I remember Otto Mower

RIP Dr. Otto Mower

How I remember Otto MowerLa Jolla, Bishop’s A-School-a. Ajax and brillo and Dr. Mower.

If you were in my class at Bishops, you may remember us singing that in a play we did. A couple weeks ago I woke up with this ‘feeling’ that Dr. Mower had passed away. I checked, he had not. Today I got two emails. He died yesterday.

Six years ago I wrote him a letter (he wrote me back! the contents I keep private, though, as it was more personal) and told him he was one of the teachers who changed my life. He was. I will always remember him.

Dr. Mower in 2011Thank you, Heather and Chris, for sharing the news that he passed away on the 7th.

Dr. Mower peacefully passed away early this morning [Feb 7th]. [His family] conveys that hospice was there for the past three weeks and did a good job of keeping him comfortable. Otto will be cremated and his cremains will most likely go to Italy to be buried in his home town (Saluzzo). Pray for [his wife] that she will receive comfort from the love of her family and friends.

If I make it to Saluzzo, I will visit his grave.

“Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent.” means “Slight griefs can be spoken of, great ones render us speechless.”