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A loss in the family

The current and past boards and staff of the Santa Fe Children’s Museum are incredibly saddened by the untimely death of John Silver. John was president of the museum during the 1990s. We were a young organization, and he quickly embraced our mission and helped us develop into a vibrant community resource.

He was determined to increase our budget so we could serve the community. He wasn’t an educator but supported our commitment to hands-on experiential learning.

During those years, John was our rock — always there to support new programs, think through our ideas, raise money and help solve problems. And he did it all with grace and a smile.

John brought his family into the museum family. Abe, Marian, Gloria, Margaret, Scott and Carolyn were always present at museum events and helped with our auctions (with John often serving as our auctioneer).

John convinced his dad to give some of his electric trains to the birthday room. We watched John and Gloria’s children

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