[Colorado-Talk] Passing of a tremendous leader

[sandy schleich]

I only met Margaret last year and didn’t really get to talk to her very
much, but the little bit of time I did talk to her she seemed like she was
very nice and very energetic. I was very surprised to hear that she passed.
I didn’t even know she was ill.

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 4:08 PM ReNae Anderson via Colorado-Talk <
colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I am so sorry! Let me know what I can do to help. I remember last year at
> the leadership retreat, she and I shared a room and we stayed up until 1
> o’clock in the morning talking like school girls! We laughed and cried and
> had a wonderful time together. She will be missed!
>
> Rest in peace Margaret!
>
> ReNae
>
>
>
> Karyn ReNae Anderson
>
> On Jan 21, 2020, at 3:58 PM, Rob via Colorado-Talk <
> colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> 
> It is with great sadness that I inform everyone of the passing of Ms.
> Margaret Williams yesterday, our president, and matriarch of the Grand
> Valley Chapter. I remember first meeting Ms. Margaret at the BELL Academy
> we held in Grand Junction. Margaret was so passionate about so many things
> and her determination to live the life she wanted will always be etched in
> my memory. In her 90's she participated in the One Touch self-defense
> class, rafted the mighty Colorado River not once but twice and was always
> so eager and energetic at all of our events. She shared with me that her
> greatest desire was to keep the NFB of Colorado Grand Valley Chapter going
> because it did so very much for her. From seniors in charge to our bake
> sales to the farmers market on the main street I know I will miss her
> stories of yesteryear. On our way back from last year's leadership retreat
> she gleamed talking about riding in a ship to go overseas with her husband
> and the American muscle car, they zoomed around Europe in, often to the
> dismay of the Germans with its loud engine.
>
> Our chapter is putting a small get together to share in our memories and I
> will keep the group posted if you are interested in attending. Margaret was
> loved by so many in this community and beyond that, there will be stories
> to talk of for years to come and I am truly honored to have known her and
> served with her on the Board. Please keep her family in your thoughts and
> prayers there are plans for a memorial on March 26th which would have been
> her 95th birthday. I will always remember one thing she told me, there is
> never a good excuse to not do the next right thing. She loved the NFB, the
> NFB of Colorado and all of you. She will be greatly missed and I rejoice in
> my time to get to know her.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Rob Harris
> Treasurer
> NFBCO Grand Valley Chapter
>
> --
> Rob Harris
> 970-208-3100
> www.nfbco.org
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