The Angler
Spring has finally come, and with it lots of news about neighbors in the Southeast community. Here goes:
Prospect Park residents were sorry to learn about the death March 19 of longtime friend and neighbor Dahlia Spivey. She was 87 and had lived on Warwick Street for more than 50 years. According to her daughter, Sharon Brorson, who now lives in Oregon, Spivey moved to the house with her late husband, Wayne, in August 1950. In addition to Sharon, the Spiveys also had a son, Dennis, who still lives in the neighborhood. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Dylan, Melissa, and Kyle, and four great-grandchildren, Riley, Tessa, Caiden, and Maggie.
Spivey was born in Des Moines, Iowa, one of eight children. Her family later moved to northern Minnesota, and Spivey then moved to Minneapolis, where she worked at the Varsity Café in Dinkytown with her younger sister. After moving to Warwick Street, Spivey was a mother and housewife who never learned to drive but by all accounts knew her way around a garden. Neighbors and daughter Sharon say Spivey took great pride in her yard and her garden and loved raising flowers and feeding the birds. She was also a dedicated member of the neighborhood garden club, taking responsibility for the Chergosky Park garden and the oval on Franklin and Bedford, as well as sharing her gardening advice (and excellent baked goods) with friends and neighbors.
Sharon Brorson said that her mother was in relatively good health until near the end of her life and was able to stay in her home with the help of the Southeast Seniors program. Funeral services for Spivey were held at the Washburn-McReavy chapel on Central Avenue and Southeast Second Street. –
I was also very sorry to hear about the death of Roland Delattre, a former Marcy-Holmes resident, a dedicated First Congregational Church member and professor emeritus of American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Delattre died of cancer on April 16, and services were held at First Congregational Church at 500 Eighth Ave. SE on April 23. –
And finally one last bit of sad news: Margaret (Peg) Lincoln, the aunt of my husband, Tom Lincoln, died on April 6 of complications from pneumonia and rheumatoid arthritis. Margaret had a long and esteemed career as a Minneapolis Public Schools principal, including three stints as principal in the Seward building. Her dedicated service to the children of Minneapolis was exemplary, and she will be greatly missed by friends and family. –
Now on to some recent accomplishments by neighborhood residents, starting with Sage Dahlen, a 2006 South High grad and Marcy Open School alum who was recently awarded the Mary Jane Sokolowski-Gustafson Memorial Scholarship and the Herbert B. Elliston Scholarship from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Minnesota. The Sokolowski-Gustafson award is given to students with an interest in community journalism. The Elliston is awarded strictly on merit. Dahlen is the daughter of Patricia Dahlen and Stephen Dahlen.
Congratulations Sage! Glad to see the best young minds going into community journalism! –
Congratulations also to Prospect Park resident Helen Q. Kivnick, professor of social work at the University of Minnesota, who was named this year’s recipient of the Josie R. Johnson award from the Office of Equity and Diversity.
The award is given each year to one University faculty member whose work creates respectful and inclusive living, learning and working environments. In addition to being a nationally recognized educator, researcher and community activist around issues affecting at-risk populations, Kivnick founded City Songs, a social justice and community choir program. City Songs targets children of color, grades 3–8, primarily from low-income neighborhoods in Minneapolis and St. Paul, providing services to the children and their families while fostering musical development and activities.
City Songs’ 15th Annual Spring Concert will be held on Sunday, May 6, at 4 p.m. at the Jeanne d’Arc Auditorium at the College of St. Catherine, 2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul. The concert is free; Professor Kivnick invites all to attend. –
Prospect Park resident Nan Kari, of Malcolm Avenue, is celebrating the publication of a book she co-edited with Nan Skelton of the University’s Humphrey Institute: Voices of Hope: The Story of the Jane Addams School for Democracy.
Voices of Hope tells the story of the Jane Addams School, a community initiative on St. Paul’s West Side that works to educate new citizens and strengthen ties among cultural groups. The book includes 22 essays on such topics as the founding of the school, the experiences of teachers there, and the stories of refugees adjusting to life in America.
A reception and discussion about the book was held on April 16 at the Humphrey Institute. To purchase Voices of Hope, go to www.publicwork.org. –
If you belong to the Marshall High class of 1966, mark Aug. 3 on your calendar. Organizers are looking for classmates to attend the 41st class reunion, to be held at the Four Points Hotel on Industrial Avenue. For more information, call Betty Petroske at 612-331-7735. –
Patrick Redmond, of Merriam Park, is pleased to report that a logo he created for Prospect Park resident and classical guitarist Michael Hauser has been chosen as a winner in the American Corporate Identity 23 competition. The logo for Hauser, who has been called the “Father of flamenco guitar in the Midwest,” will be featured in the book American Corporate Identity 2008, published by HarperCollins. –
And finally, I’m happy to report that my family and I recently had a very nice trip to Washington, D.C., where we got to spend time visiting with Marcy-Holmes residents John Bessler, Senator Amy Klobuchar and daughter *Abigail. The family has a very nice apartment in Arlington, Va., and John has been hired to teach civil procedure at George Washington University in the fall. Abigail, who attended Marcy, Pratt and Tuttle schools, is happy at her new school, a public middle school in Arlington, and she enjoys her new apartment, which is on the top floor of a 19-story building. She especially likes her new bedroom furniture from IKEA and taking out the garbage because, she says, when you put it in the chute, you get to hear it go down all 19 floors. –
If you have community news about friends and neighbors (or yourself) that you’d like to share, please
e-mail Linda Lincoln at
lmlincoln@comcast.net, or call her at 612-379-4301.
last revised: June 14, 2007