Mon 14 Jan 2008
I’ve been absent from the blog for several days now, as you may have noticed. The explanation has nothing to do with mysteries or crime fiction or paperback covers, but I’d like to offer one anyway.
It was a week ago that Evelyn Ahlberg died. She and my wife Judy taught math together at the University of Connecticut’s Hartford branch for over 30 years, and over that time she and her husband Don had become our very close friends.
In her early 70s, Evelyn had retired but had come back to teach one course a semester.
She died very suddenly, struck down by previously undiscovered heart problem while swimming. Judy and I received the news last Monday while eating dinner out. Since then we’ve been helping Don contact her friends and people she knew, which is redundant, because everyone she knew became a friend quickly.
We’ll miss her tremendously. We already do.
January 14th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Very sorry to hear it, Steve. I found out today that a colleague of mine, one of my faculty in the English Department at Alvin Community College, died of a massive stroke he suffered a couple of days ago. It hasn’t been a great week.
January 14th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
News like this is always difficult to accept. My condolences to you in return, Bill, with thanks.
Steve
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Hi Steve,
I’m very sorry for your loss of a dear friend.
I came across your blog while doing a google search of Evelyn Ahlberg. I am a student at UConn and work for our student newspaper The Daily Campus. I’m writing an article in the memory of Evelyn, and am looking for friends and colleagues who knew her well who wouldn’t mind sharing their experiences with Evelyn. Please contact me if you could be of any help.
Thank you!
Melinda Fusco