[Tall-Corn] Memories of Melva

[Sharon Omvig]

This lunch turned out to be a feast. I remember roast beef and chicken,
mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, salads, several vegetables, hot
yeast dinner rolls and several desserts. It was a wonderful day for all of
us. Rest in peace dear Melva.

On Sat, Dec 7, 2024, 2:28 PM Sharon Omvig <skomvig at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> thanks for calling the other day. Rosie Osterberg.
>>
>> ---Original Message---
>>
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>>
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>> From: Julie McCullough via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
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>> Sent: 1601-01-01 08:00:46
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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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Melva told me that she was a foster parent at times. She made her own
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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."
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Julie McCullough
>>
>>
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