“Dear Jolene,
My family and I sincerely appreciate all the condolences and kind words expressed by you and her fans. A memorial service will be held for her on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at The Community Church of New York, 40 East 35th Street in Manhattan. Any readers of the Mrs. Pollifax Fan Blog who happen to be in the area are welcome to attend. Jonathan Butters”

If you reside in the area we hope you can attend. And we hope you will share the experience with the rest of her fans who are not able. I will really miss all the new stories that Dorothy Gilman Butters could have shared with us and I wish I could come up with an appropriate saying that would ease the pain of her children and grandchildren. I, for one, will pause in whatever I am doing at that time and offer a moment of silence in honor of this great writer, mother and artist.

Dear Jolene,
I am sorry to let you know that my mother, Dorothy Gilman, passed away this morning at the age of 88. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for the past nine years so her death is both sad and a relief. She appreciated the kind work you have done to provide information and a forum for her fans. Take care and feel free to pass this information along as you see fit. Jonathan Butters

We wish to express our sincerest regret to Jonathan and the rest of his family for this tremendous loss. All of us will cherish her writings and miss her style.

Here is a link to the New York Times writeup:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/books/dorothy-gilman-spy-novelist-dies-at-88.html

2010 Edgar® Banquet
64th Gala Banquet
April 29, 2010
Grand Hyatt Hotel
New York City
Join us for our annual black tie gala celebrating
the best and brightest in crime fiction, non-fiction and television.
Reception: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Dinner & Awards 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Tickets for the symposium and the banquet may be purchased online at the MWA store or by returning the RSVP forms. You must RSVP and/or purchase your tickets by April 16, 2010.

I looked through the different pages and she is not giving any talks as far as I can tell.  If you are going to the Banquet and are able to get some pictures then please pass them onto her fellow fans here.  You can email them to me or upload them to a flickr account and I will post the link to them.  We would also appreciate a play-by-play of your experience!

Here is the excerpt from the announcement…Or you can view the entire announcement on the MWA website at:

http://www.mysterywriters.org/files/2010_GM_Ravens.pdf

MWA GRANDMASTER