U-Anderson, uDorothy Dorothy Anderson (Dorothy/Dott), oneminyaka engu-90 ubudala, wase-Huber Heights, ushone ngokuthula ngo-September 11, 2020. Indodakazi ka-Elizabeth (Weaver) nendodakazi kadadewabo kaJean uJack Dunwoody. Wazalelwa eKansas City, eMissouri, futhi umndeni wakhe wazinza endaweni yase-Dayton. Ufunde eBath (Fairborn) School ('48). UDottie wahlangana no-Eugene (Jean) Anderson (Fairborn '44) ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II. Washada ngoDisemba 1950 futhi unamadodana amabili, uMat noBill. U-Dot ungumsekeli wamakhosikazi asekhaya, omama nemindeni, futhi usiza u-Gene ukuphatha ibhizinisi lomndeni. Bathenga indlu eWayne Twp ngo-1959, futhi kanye nabafana baqala ukwakha kabusha nokwakha okwathatha amashumi eminyaka: ukubhidliza amagumbi, ukwengeza izakhiwo, nokuthela amayadi amaningi kakhonkolo. U-Dot akayena nje umklami nomhleli, kodwa futhi uyisisebenzi, umbazi, ifosholo lamatshe, umakhi weformwork kakhonkolo, nomama. Ngo-1972, uDot noGene babhekana nokukhetha: ukushiya ikhaya labo lamaphupho, balandele umsebenzi kaGene baye kwesinye isifunda, noma bashiye umhlaba wezinkampani. Bakhetha lokhu kwakamuva, baqala kabusha ibhizinisi labo lokulungisa izinto zikagesi zasendlini, kwathi ngo-1977 balishintsha laba isitolo sezingxenye zikagesi zaseFairborn. Njengozakwethu weqiniso kulawa mabhizinisi, u-Dot uthwala izibopho eziningi njengoGene. UDot noGene, abebekhuthele kakhulu, abazange bathathe umhlalaphansi ngempela lapho bethengisa isitolo. Kunalokho, bacwila ezinhlelweni eziningi zokwakhiwa kabusha kwendlu ka-DIY nokulungisa, aqhubeka nokuyenza ngisho nangemva kokushona kwakhe ngo-2016. Lapho uDotty esemncane, wayeyilungu leSonto Lokuqala LasePresbyterian eFairborn. Yena noGene bashadela lapho, futhi kamuva waba yilungu elikhuthele leSonto LamaMethodist laseBrimstone Grove United eliseduze, futhi kamuva wabuyela eBandleni Lokuqala LasePresbyterian. Usebenze impilo yakhe yonke. Lesi sithombe esifushane sempilo kamama wakhe sifushane, kodwa ufana kakhulu nejeneretha yeRenaissance. Njengomculi ohlakaniphile owathintwa ikakhulukazi isitho, wenza kahle ezifundweni ze-organ ngasekupheleni kwawo-1940, nakuba ayengakwazi ukuzilolonga phakathi kwamakilasi! Wathengela umndeni wethu i-ogani enkulu nopiyano, futhi wasebenza njenge-ogani emasontweni amaningi eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe. Kodwa ungaphezu kwalokho. Umama ungumculi. Uyapenda, aqophe futhi athole ubuhle ezintweni ezinganakiwe nezishiywe abanye, njengamatshe, amagobolondo, izimpaphe nokhuni lwe-driftwood. Walungisa futhi walungisa kahle ifenisha yakudala namakhabethe, wakhuhla izingqimba zopende nokungcola, wenza imikhiqizo emisha yokhuni, wahlotshiswa kabusha, wabhaxabula futhi waphakamisa izihlalo. Waqeda yonke imihlobiso emihle yokhuni endlini yethu ngesandla. UMama ungumthungi omuhle kakhulu. Ngokushesha futhi kalula wenzela yena nomndeni wethu imisebenzi eminingi emangalisayo. Njengomthwebuli wezithombe ovelele iminyaka engu-70, unemishini yasendlini emnyama futhi kamuva wangena emkhakheni wezithombe zedijithali. Umama unguchwepheshe wamakhompiyutha, futhi lapho ethenga i-hardware entsha, uzophenya kuyi-Internet. Ungumfundi ohahayo futhi ungumenzi wezinto ezintsha: ufunde ukuthambisa izikhumba zenyamazane nabakhandi bensimbi, futhi unamathuluzi adingekayo kukho kokubili. Umama ungumpheki osezingeni eliphezulu, okwazi ukushintsha izithako zibe ukudla okuhlukahlukene nama-dessert. Wayethanda imvelo nezilwane ukuphila kwakhe konke, ikakhulukazi izinja ezilahlwe abanye. Umama wayezimele kakhulu, egawula izinkuni ngisho nasebudaleni bakhe, futhi wayeshayela impengezi yakhe ayithandayo eshintshashintshayo kwaze kwaba amasonto ambalwa ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. Umama unekhono kakhulu kwezobukhenikha, futhi amathuluzi ahlale eseduze kwakhe; ngisho eseneminyaka engu-88 ubudala, washintsha isiqalisi sikagandaganda futhi walola izindwani ngojeke abasebenzisa amanzi, izikrufu zomoya kanye nezigayo. Ungumbazi we-DIY, i-electrician kanye ne-plumber! Uzohlala engumama, ezinikezele, ejabule njalo ukusihlangabeza, futhi ebonga ukuphila. Umama wandulela uGene, abazali bakhe, udadewabo kanye nomlamu wakhe uJean noDoug Hanneman. Amadodana akhe uMat (Joe) noBill (Peggy) nabazukulu uLeah, uJudy noKevin basinda. Abasindile yizingane zikaJean noDoug nabangane abaningi, ikakhulukazi umshana uSharon, uCharlene “Ten Gun Tex” LaCroix (ifilimu kamama “Isibhamu Samanzi Willy”), amalungu amaningi omndeni wakwaBurrowes kanye nomndeni wakhe wokuqala omdala weClub. Ukuhlelwa kuhlinzekwa yi-Marker and Heller Funeral Home, i-Huber Heights, ihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezizimele. Umndeni wethu ukhethe ukuhlehlisa lesi simemezelo ngenkathi ucubungula izindaba zakhe futhi wasibonga ngobumfihlo esisinikezile. Umama ucele itshe lesikhumbuzo egameni leFairborn First Presbyterian Church kanye ne-Greater Dayton Humane Society.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-15-2021