[Nfbwv-talk] Madaline Honeycutt RIP

[Sheri Koch]

 My thoughts are with all of you as you go through this difficult time.
Madeline was a wonderful lady  and a true friend at the Federation.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 11:19 PM Ed McDonald via NFBWV-talk <
nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> As many of you know already, Karen's mother--Madaline Honeycutt--died
> early this afternoon at the age of 89.  For just over two weeks she had
> been in the hospital and a rehab facility for treatment of complications
> resulting from a mass on the lung, presumed to be cancer.  Karen and
> I--along with daughter Donna and partner--visited with her at the hospital
> on Monday, and Karen and I were in the process of arranging for her to move
> into our home with the help of hospice care.  We knew the end was drawing
> close, but it came a little more quickly than we had expected.
>
> A number of you got acquainted with her during several NFB national
> conventions which she and her sister Shirley attended along with us.  She
> took an interest in the Federation and understood that it was an important
> part of our lives.  She was also generous with her support.
>
> She was, in her own way, a strong and determined woman from the mountains
> of Pocahontas County.  Following a divorce in the mid-1960s--when she was
> around the age of 35--she left West Virginia in hopes of finding a job and
> a new life in Washington, DC.  She got a job, eventually found another
> husband, and settled into a home in suburban Maryland where she has lived
> for nearly fifty years.  Her husband died eighteen years ago, and since
> then she has continued to live alone, as actively and independently as the
> increasing challenges of growing older would permit.  Her annual month-long
> December visits with us became a part of our holiday tradition which will
> give us many fond memories.
>
> West Virginians have a way of eventually coming home, and her wish was to
> be buried along with family in Randolph County.  According to those wishes,
> we are planning funeral services for Saturday, October 13 (probably around
> 11:00 AM) at Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins, WV.  Since Karen is the only
> child, we are the ones responsible for making funeral arrangements, and we
> are still working on the details.
>
> Karen has received kind words from a lot of friends, and we appreciate
> that very much.
>
> Peace,
>
> Ed
>
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-- 
Sheri Koch, President
National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia
304-993-5103