Posted to Ansteorra-Announce this morning by Duke Ulsted:
Ansteorra,
Another shining star, Duchess Sieglinde Syr, 4th and 8th Queen of Ansteorra, Defender of the Dream, Laurel and Pelican, has passed into the heavens to watch over us all. Listen for her angel’s song.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 12th at 10:30 am at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 18223 Point Lookout Drive, Nassau Bay, TX 77058. http://www.stpaulcatholic.org/
We are seeking pictures and stories of Sieglinde, please forward them to me:
Ulsted / John Steelquist
[Contact me for Ulsted’s contact information, or find it on Ansteorra-Announce under the message with the dear Duchess’s name.
A SCA memorial is also planned for an as-yet to be determined future event.
Internal Jukebox: Rising of the Star
Duchess Sieglinde was my Laurel’s Laurel. She had already become inactive in the SCA long before he was Laurelled, and we never had a chance to meet. To me she is a legend with a golden voice. I hope someday to meet someone who can tell me more about her, now that we will never meet. Thank you for the information.
She was a woman of grace and good humor. I remember during her first reign, at my first King’s College, she arrived slightly late for a calligraphy class. She entered the back of the room, put her Crown down on a back table with a flourish, and announced loudly, “The Queen wants to learn to sign her name!” Then she laughed, sat down, and learned with the rest of us as one of the students.