[Nfbwv-talk] EVELYN MILHORN DIES

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Sun Feb 22 03:14:30 UTC 2009


Thanks for letting us know, Ed.  She and others, including yourself 
worked on me 30 years or so ago and Wheeling was my first, of many chapters.

Dave

At 05:16 PM 2/21/2009, you wrote:
>I am sorry to report the death of long-time West Virginia Federationist
>Evelyn Milhorn.  She was 83 years old and apparently died in her sleep last
>night.
>
>I got the news earlier today in a phone call from her friend and fellow
>Federationist, Dorothy Schultze.  According to Dot, Evelyn had been in
>failing health for some time, but the two of them talked by phone last
>night.  Funeral Arrangements are not yet complete.
>
>Evelyn's mother, a woman named Mrs. Travis, was blind, and the two of them
>joined the Sightless Workers' Guild, our Wheeling chapter, around 1949.
>Evelyn served for many years as financial secretary of the West Virginia
>affiliate and for even more years as treasurer of the Wheeling chapter.
>
>Evelyn was a woman of good spirit and strong commitment.  She could have
>more fun at a state convention than anyone I know, but she also worked as
>hard for the organization as anyone I know.  Back in the days when the
>affiliate published its yearbook, she served as the managing editor.  She
>managed our financial resources well and did all she could to make sure we
>were financially strong.  She was also part of the active core of Wheeling
>Federationists who got me to my first Federation meeting just over forty
>years ago.
>
>I know she is a member of our Hall of Honor, but my memory fails me as to
>the year of her induction.  Evelyn is one of a group of dedicated sighted
>members who worked faithfully with us to build and maintain the Federation
>in West Virginia during its early years.  Those of us who knew her will
>remember her fondly as a colleague and a friend.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Ed
>
>
>
>
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