The Charbonneau Villager Newspaper 2020_May issue_Villager newspaper

10 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER May 2020 COURTESY PHOTO: CHARLA FLY DENT COURTESY PHOTO: JOANNA SAWYER R STORY BY CLARA HOWELL A s Mother’s Day quickly ap- proaches, the Villager staff asked Charbonneau com- munity members to share their favorite stories of mom. Below are their thoughts: “My mom, Dorthy Fly, was past pres- ident of CLA before it was CWA. She liked to involve me as Tweety Bird or the Easter Bunny. Miss her! Mom al- COURTESY PHOTO: SHIRLEY TOMAS g n i c s i emin ABOUT MOM COURTESY PHOTO: CYNTHIA SAACKS ALLEN Residents reflect on favorite memories in honor of Mother’s Day good friend’s wedding reception. It was just the two of us and we spent the best weekend together. This is the last pic- ture we took together before her pass- — Charla Fly Dent ing.” ways was there for me and Charbon- neau. She always wanted everything to be fun!” put into the glass money machine, lis- tening to the coin drop down through the machine, getting the final ‘DING.’ Then we’d ride the bus to Coos Bay and mom would visit with her lady friend — Shirley Tomas and I would play with the lady’s son un- “I was so fortunate to have been til dad came from driving his lumber raised in a family full of love and sup- truck to pick us up and take us home in port. My mom always had a great phi- “My mother was 4-foot 10-inch, the fun 1936 Plymouth coupe, where I losophy about life especially when 90-pound feisty warrior poet flashing got to sit behind the seats in my special things were tough. Her husband and light all over the place, until her last place.” son died when they were young and no breath. There is a big hole in the uni- — Rich Kingsley verse where she lived that can never be matter what life threw at her she al- ways would say, ‘We will worry about filled.” “My mom always told me to treat that another day.’ Nothing got to her. — Wayne Richards people the way I want to be treated. If I She died a few months after this photo needed help mom was there any time or was taken in 2003. She lived to be 91.” “I remember mom and I walking place.” — JoAnna Sawyer hand in hand about a mile from our — Cynthia Saacks Allen North Bend, Oregon, home to the bus “The time I flew into Pasadena, Cali- station, and when we got there she fornia from Texas so we could attend a would give two nickels, or one dime, to See MOTHERS / Page 11

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