Sunday, October 17, 2021
I met Fannie as she entered her freshman year at Upper Iowa University. She was an exceptional woman. She was smart, smarter than most of us that hung together. She was very quick minded with an ability to utter a verbal declaration in the fewest possible words but with a powerful message. Many of us guys, in our late teens and early twenties were often engaged in exaggerations about what we did, or what we would do, or who we were. As Fannie listened to those inflated egos she would often utter a sentence or a sentence and half that carried a sharp point to burst the ego bubble. Typically, she would follow with a short, contained laugh, not at the person, but at the overstated description. That always led to a group laughter including the person whose bubble had been deflated. A class lady, married to a class guy. She and Bill will remain in my daily prayers for the rest of my life. Fred Tully, South Dakota
