Southeast Lake County Faith in Action Volunteers
Last updated Jan. 9, 2009
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favorites was a chartreuse polyester shirt and shorts with matching earrings. With low vision, Eve was supposed to walk with a cane, but tended to twirl it, instead.
Then there was her insightful side. Having lived in the same house in Highwood since 1927, she had seen most of her friends and neighbors pass on. She had experienced many more than the normal bumps in life, and had come away stronger for it. While not religious, Eve was deeply spiritual. Over the years, she composed many poems to fit many occasions and committed them to memory, rather than writing.
I visited Eve for the last time
My Friends in Highwood
By Eve Krumbein
The streets in Highwood are getting bare
Of friends I used to have.
There are only a few left
That I can say hello to
And that’s the truth!
We were raised in Highwood and enjoyed each day
We put the nickel in the jukebox and jitterbugged the night away.
That’s when our hearts were young and gay.
Now that our hearts are getting old and wearing out
We sit at home alone a lot
Because we can’t jitterbug the night away
We sure wish we had a rocking chair.
in spring (2007), in the hospital. She was sleeping, so I didn’t disturb her. At the nursing station, I asked how she was doing. They referred me to a recent picture on a bulletin board. There she was, wearing a party hat and dancing.
Goodbye, Eve. You will always have a place in our hearts.
