[Oe List ...] FW: FW: Completed Life of Marileen Elizabeth Johnson

[Lynda C]

I am so grateful for these shared memories on our OE list serve.  Like being at a wake, we learn so much about the life we are remembering and our shared experiences.
Our sense of community is deepened.

With care to Don and Ann and her family,

Lynda.

From: "aiseayew at netins.net" <aiseayew at netins.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 12:03 AM
To: OE List <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
Cc: Lynda Cock <lynda860 at outlook.com>, "Ann Johnson (via Google Docs)" <annjohnson0208 at gmail.com>, Don & Marileen Johnson <jdjohn2728 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] FW: Completed Life of Marileen Elizabeth Johnson



I met Marileen for the first time in the summer of 1971 as a team member. We were assigned to go on one day wonder immediately after the opening banquet and our job was to clean all of the toilets on the West Side.  Only three of us showed up.  The priors were busy trying to put together procedures for the next day and others had not yet arrived. I was the only one who knew my way around and I lost both of my compatriots several times during the night. We finished in time for me to go take a shower before I went to work the next morning and I cannot recall how many times I fell asleep at my desk that day.

We remained deeply connected from that time on. We also laughed heartily about our first encounter ever after. It was always a joy to spend time with them doing Town Meeting, on a development week or in another encounter at the 4750 building. In the summer of 84 they even hosted our girls for a week in Iowa. It is hard to find appropriate words for a colleague who changed your life every time you met. It is even harder to express your appreciation for all that she did and that they represented.

Celebrating love and loss, Margaret Appelgate Aiseayew
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