Remembering Martha

Martha was a vital member of our technology team. She was ready to assist with anything we asked her to tackle and if she didn't quite know how...she would ask for instructions and then go at it again.

One could see her around Enderly with her camera capturing special events at the school and preserving memories for the students. She had an archive of photos she had taken throughout the years on her library computer. I remember one day in particular I got a frantic telephone call from Martha. Her computer had a virus...but she thought the hard drive had crashed and she had lost everything including all her photos. The relief in her voice I will never forget as I tried to explain to her that it was probably just a virus that we had been seeing throughout the school division and that her photos were fine. I assured her that we would be right out to Enderly to help her out. As Robin cleaned the virus off her computer, she paced the floor and when everything was back to normal she was ecstatic!

Every time Robin and I went to Enderly, Martha always welcomed us with open arms. "What's up today guys?" she would say. We would get along with our mission was at Enderly and before we left we would always check in with Martha. "So, do you have any new pictures of your grand-babies?" she would ask me. She was always so eager to see the pictures and she always said they were beautiful! She would always comment to Robin about Nathan, Robin's son, and we would always leave with a handful of posters or whatever she had saved for Nathan and my grand-babies since our last visit.

I will always remember her wacky emails and her sense of humor. My most recent correspondence with Martha was just last week when I asked her to take a picture of my sister who took supplies to Headstart from BB and T. She promptly emailed me the picture....which is on our web page right now...and when I sent a thank you reply...she wrote back and said, "anything for you!"

I know for a fact she loved books, the students at Enderly Heights Elementary School, her flower garden, her photography, her kitchen that she had just remodeled, the internet that she had just gotten at her house after all these years, technology....most of the time... ;) , Annie, of whom she was so proud, and my grand-babies whom she had never even met...only through my photos.

Martha was such a unique person and one that I am so thankful to have had in my life. I will always remember her kindness and her generosity. Don't think I ever told her...but I loved Martha Mehler.

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal."
~From a headstone in Ireland

Posted by Kathy Jennings

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