Birdie Monk Holsclaw, CG. 1948 - 2010. We have lost another strong, determined, caring, sharing, and intelligent woman. Did you ever get to meet her? I met her because I volunteered to work a shift at an Association of Professional Genealogist's booth at a conference about twenty years ago. We became friends and I never stopped adoring her wonderful mind. Her interests were beyond what any human being should be capable of. (She'd comment (very kindly, though) on my ending that sentence with a proposition!)
The picture above is Birdie with Karen Mauer Green in May of 2008. This afternoon Birdie's memorial service is taking place in Colorado. I had hoped to be there but the plane fares prohibited that. I kept trying to finish this post about her but found it too difficult. Today is the day to honor her since I am unable to be there with her family, friends, and colleagues who are doing that together.
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