{"id":630,"date":"2006-03-10T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=630"},"modified":"2006-03-10T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-10T23:00:00","slug":"630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=630","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Rosemary Kooiman<\/strong><\/p>\n

As one of my friends said, this is about as ‘out of the broom closet’ as you can get<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When she moved to the Washington area, she and her husband founded the Nomadic Chantry of the Gramarye, primarily to give comfort and support to people involved in the Sports Car Club of America. Today, the Chantry has about 50 members. The Kooimans, car enthusiasts, were active SCCA members and spent most weekends at area tracks, where they helped out with SCCA events and held neopagan circles and celebrations.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Kooiman was a member of Mensa<\/a>, a group that celebrates high intelligence. She compiled a syllabus for a three-year course of study on neopagan beliefs in response to questions from fellow members. She also began teaching classes and holding full-moon circles and celebrations at her Mitchellville home.<\/em><\/p>\n

She was also active in her late husband’s behalf in the effort to get a Pagan headstone for veterans’ cemeteries.<\/p>\n

Tag: Rosemary Kooiman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rosemary Kooiman As one of my friends said, this is about as ‘out of the broom closet’ as you can get. When she moved to the Washington area, she and her husband founded the Nomadic Chantry of the Gramarye, primarily to give comfort and support to people involved in the Sports Car Club of America. 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