"Therefore I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called on God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her to scepters and thrones, and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her. Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, because all gold is but a little sand in her sight, and silver will be accounted as clay before her. I loved her more than health and beauty, and I chose to have her rather than light, because her radiance never ceases."
The Wisdom of Solomon, 7: 7-10.
This appeared as the benediction of Whitney's memorial service at Colorado College.
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Marina, Wesley, and Whitney Hendrickson
This is a scrapbook for Whitney deMoraes Hendrickson, born April 13, 1990, died March 17, 2009.
A Memorial
In the days since my daughter's death, I have been collecting a variety of memorials to share with friends and family. It seemed appropriate to gather them in one place.
--David Hendrickson
--David Hendrickson
Marina, Wesley, and Whitney Hendrickson
Archive
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2009
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March
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- On A Dark Day, Celebrating a Good Life
- Sombrero
- Eulogy by Bruce Coriell
- Her Father's Reminiscence
- The Wisdom of Solomon
- The Soul of Whitney
- Jewish Memorial Prayer
- A Gift
- A Funeral Ode
- Death by Mistake
- Christmas 2008: Whitney's Scrapbook for Her Father
- Whitney and Marina, Christmas 2008
- Of Whitney and Friends
- By Whitney
- Just a Kid
- The Happy Threesome
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March
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Survivors
Whitney is survived by her parents, David Calvin Hendrickson and Clelia Deane deMoraes, her brother Wesley, and her sister Marina, of Colorado Springs; and by her grandparents Carlos and Elizabeth deMoraes of Littleton, Colorado, and Frances Hendrickson and G.D. Spradlin, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was very close to, and much beloved by, her aunts, uncles, and cousins: Chuck and Kady Haisley and their children Lauren and Quinn, of Boulder, Colorado; Lisa deMoraes and Jeff Copeland, of Washington, D.C.; Carrie deMoraes, of Colorado Springs; Christy Hendrickson and her children Richard and Russell Houghten, of San Diego, California; and Rusty and Kathy Hendrickson and their children Jeffrey, Will, and Gregory, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The family suggests that donations in Whitney's memory be made to the Care & Share Food Bank, 2605 Preamble Point, Colorado Springs, CO 80915.