[Tall-Corn] Memories of Melva

[Sharon Omvig]

Thank you April for posting Melva's obituary. She was a dedicated
Federationist and a truly wonderful woman. After Jim and I moved back to
Iowa in 2011, she invited the two of us and Mike Barber to her home for
lunch.

On Sat, Dec 7, 2024, 12:14 AM Rosamae Osterberg via Tall-Corn <
tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> julie what a story that convention was when I met Melva . I continued to
> call her and email her up til just a wk ago. Joe told me he stopped to see
> her and she was notdoing bery well. I continued to pray for her for
> strength , that she could hear me on the phone. I guess it was not meant to
> be. I know she is happy in heaven. I am almost jealous of her she went home
> before me.
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> thanks for calling the other day. Rosie Osterberg.
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> From: Julie McCullough via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
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> To: tall-corn at nfbnet.org
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> Cc: juliemccullough319 at gmail.com
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> Subject: [Tall-Corn] Memories of Melva
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> April, thank you for posting this. Melva was a remarkable woman, showing
> us what it means to truly "live the life you want" and living it to the
> fullest.
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> You had told me about Melva, and when I was up in her part of the country,
> I visited her whenever I could, and Virginia and I took her to State
> Convention with us one year.
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> If I recall correctly, your brother-in-law, Jerry was among Melva's
> customers when she had her vending business. I think he had a pop machine
> outside of his station, which she kept supplied.
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> Melva told me that she was a foster parent at times. She made her own
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> liverwurst. Once, she read or heard that agave can help arthritis. Maybe
> there is an agave supplement for that. I don't know, but she found agave
> nectar and thought that was too expensive. So she got agave tequila and
> tried that, but she decided that she couldn't handle that for very long. I
> hope she found something that really did help her arthritis.
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> Melva enjoyed hosting dinners for her family and for state or national
> dignitaries of the NFB. The NFB was truly part of Melva's family, and she
> was always appreciative of all that the NFB does to make sure that people
> who are blind have opportunities to work and to "live the lives we want."
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> After I moved away, I continued to call Melva for monthly meetings of our
> At Large Chapter, but hearing was becoming much more difficult for her, and
> then she often had another obligation on Thursday evenings.
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> She wasn't afraid to try anything, and she kept as current as possible in
> her learning. God blessed Melva with a long, abundant, adventurous, healthy
> life with a can-do spirit. Like Melva, may we all continue to seek out
> things that will give our lives abundance, joy, meaning and purpose. God
> bless you, Melva. Rest in peace, and involve yourself in the activities of
> heaven!
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> Sincerely,
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> Julie McCullough
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