[Nfbwv-talk] EVELYN MILHORN DIES

[David Andrews]

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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