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Volume 27, Number 2 Septem her/October/

November 2000

Aleeta Ann McDovvell Herr

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September 27, 2000

"MARKING THE

PASSING OF A FRIEND"

by Emily Seate

On September 27, 2000, Aleeta Herr lost her battle with cancer, just a few days short of her 54th

birthday. The glass world has lost a precious friend.

The first time I met Aleeta and Tom in the early 1990s, the Fostoria Glass Society of North Texas was still meeting at the Love Field Antique Mall in Dallas. They were both friendly, but a little reserved and new to glass collecting. Our chapter was in a difficult period with our show chairman gravely ill. I doubt if

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Aleeta and Tom had attended more than a few meetings when the show chairman passed away. Imagine my astonishment when those two indicated they would try to fill the position. Very soon Aleeta's eagerness transformed our idea of what a show should be. Her passion for beautiful glass aroused our own, and our show and sale became nationally known as the "Age of Elegance".

Aleeta felt strongly about honoring and preserving the past. She and Tom joined the National Depression Glass Association and not really knowing how to live life any other way, worked hard for both NOGA and FGSNT and

our national parent, FGSA. Aleeta served as by-laws committee chairperson for FGSA

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and as Treasurer for NOGA for many years, including the current one. Little did we know that when she and Tom attended both conventions this summer, it would be her last time.

It was always such a pleasure to be able to be in the Herrs' home. I remember one of the times our chapter met there with very little notice. The table was filled with all kinds of goodies, homemade, whipped up by Aleeta that morning and served on her beautiful glassware, most often the Ruby Argus. We always used "the good stuff' at Aleeta's. Of course, conversation would have to include the latest antics of Chase and Shelbie, her beloved grandchildren.

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