Cara Rennert
The May household was a refuge of joy to very many young men who sought out a game of basketball, military maneuvers with mini-tanks or clumsy verbal exchanges with Kathy and her friends. But even more than that it was designed by a skilled engineer and his dear wife who overwhelmed us with bright encouragements, probing questions (which caused us think deeply) and a connection with the past that brought us into a different world. The kitchen table was her domain where she would offer soup, peanut butter sandwiches and clever comfort to the youth who ventured in. She loved telling stories about her children to the point that she might break out in laughter before the story finished. But, most attractive, to me at least, was the complementary relationship that Jim and Marge demonstrated. He might have prints laid out on the kitchen table studying a new corn wet-milling plant that would soon be built but in 30 minutes the table could be transformed into a supper, then 30 minutes later perhaps a game of spoons might ensue. But this was only a slice of her 98 years. Many of you knew her for a much longer time and enjoyed different aspects of her personality. One thing that speaks volumes is the fruit she produced. Her children and grandchildren became special people. It was no accident. They had a good, wise and influential mom. "Many daughters have done well, but you have excelled them all. Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her the fruit of her hand and let her own works praise her at the gates." Proverbs 31:29-31. Al Rennert Lovington, IL 217 791 3131
