I MET MRS OLSON BACK IN 1977 WHEN MY SISTER MARY AND I WERE LOOKING TO BUY A HOUSE TOGETHER. MRS OLSON THEN OWNED KULP REALTY WHICH SHE LATER CHANGED TO OLSON REALTY. AFTER SEEING THE HOUSE AND DECIDING TO BUY IT, MY SISTER AND I MET WITH CORRINE OLSON. IT WAS THEN THAT WE  REALIZED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT MY SISTER CAME UPON,  A COUPLE OF YEARS EARLIER, HAD INVOLVED CORRINE'S SON. MY SISTER FOUND THE YOUNG MAN   LYING IN THE ROAD, AND TRIED TO COMFORT HIM WHILE SHE CALLED EMERGENCY, AND CUSHONED HIS HEAD WITH HER SWEATER. THE YOUNG MAN DIED THAT DAY. WHEN CORRINE REALIZED  THAT MY SISTER WAS THAT GIRL WHO HAD HELPED HER SON, SHE WAS OVERWHELMED WITH GRATITUDE.

         i DIDN'T SEE HER FOR MANY YEARS, UNTIL I BEGAN TO WORK AT LINCOLN SHOPRITE IN JULY OF 2011.  WHEN  I SAW HER THERE THE FIRST TIME,  I RE-INTRODUCED MYSELF, AND WE WERE FRIENDS EVER SINCE.  SHE WOULD COME IN NEARLY EVERY OTHER DAY FOR GROCERIES. SHE WOULD ALWAYS COME   INTO MY CHECKOUT  LINE, AND I WOULD ALWAYS PACK HER THINGS IN THE SPECIAL WAY THAT SHE LIKED.  WE WOULD CHAT ABOUT ALLTHINGS....... FOR  NEARLY 3 YEARS IT WAS LIKE MY FRIEND CAME TO VISIT  ME EVERY COUPLE  OF DAYS  .I BECAME VERY FOND OF HER,  I EVEN MET SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY THERE,   AS SHE WOULD INTRODUCE ME, SHE LET THEM KNOW THAT IT WS MY SISTER WHO HAD HELPED HER SON  BEFORE HE DIED IN THE ACCIDENT.    WHEN SHE BECAME ILL,  I WOULD MAKE  IT A POINT TO  CHECK WITH HER SON AND FAMILY ABOUT HER CONDITION , WHEVER I SAW THEM IN SHOPRITE. I WAS WATING FO THE WORD THAT I COULD GO TO VISIT HER........

      I SAW HER COUSIN AND SON TODAY AT SHOPRITE, AND WAS INFORMED OF   HER DEATH, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND AM STILL NUMB....I  CAME TO LOVE HER, AND   I WILL MISS HER VERY MUCH....AFTER READING  HER    OBITUARY, I REALIZED JUST WHAT AN EXTRAORDNARY WOMAN SHE IS, AND  WHAT A WONDERFUL LEGACY SHE HAS GIVEN TO HER CHILDREN AND FAMILY. WILL NEVER FORGET HER.........IM SORRY I COULDN'T SAY GOOBYE TO HER