January 4, 1924 �" July 17, 2014
Friday, July 17, completes one year since my beloved spouse, King Marco, departed Earth. Over the past 12 months, I have mourned, and it was only very recently that my long-awaited "sunrise" occurred. It doesn't mean I miss Mark any less, but I have begun to appreciate and see more clearly what my partner of 15 years taught me, whether it pertained to classical music, foreign travel or, most importantly, love, the apex of human experience.
Mark lived in his beloved San Francisco from 1951 to 2003, the majority of his 90 years on Earth. For those of you who had the good fortune to know Mark during those five decades, I know he touched each and every one of you in a rare way, whether it was as an orchestra conductor or as a music teacher or as a music salesman. May we all have the good fortune to continue to befriend others like Mark, who strongly believed in honesty, fairness, human dignity, and the healing nature of music. May God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit bless you, my dearest Marco, keeping you safe. Your loving man, Gregory Sands de Jean.