From Marlene Schmalbeck
Monticello
To the editor:
Sue Disch and I were not close friends. I'd say we were well-acquainted. I spent a few years covering the Green County board for a local newspaper. Often times when I had a question, I'd call Sue. She was always generous with her time and helped me many times when I had to check on an item I needed help clearing up.
It didn't matter where I happened to see her - at a board meeting, around the city of Monroe or in a local shop, Sue always had a cheerful greeting. Some times we'd have a brief conversation and no doubt all the people she met along her way had the same experience. She was the ideal citizen of her community. Sue represented the best of womanhood.
Recently my husband and I lost a daughter almost the same age as Sue - also a victim of cancer. It is said, "we don't know how something really feels until we have a similar experience." We know and feel so sorry for Sue's family. She was truly the best. Her passing leaves a gap that will be hard to fill by all of whose life she touched.
Monticello
To the editor:
Sue Disch and I were not close friends. I'd say we were well-acquainted. I spent a few years covering the Green County board for a local newspaper. Often times when I had a question, I'd call Sue. She was always generous with her time and helped me many times when I had to check on an item I needed help clearing up.
It didn't matter where I happened to see her - at a board meeting, around the city of Monroe or in a local shop, Sue always had a cheerful greeting. Some times we'd have a brief conversation and no doubt all the people she met along her way had the same experience. She was the ideal citizen of her community. Sue represented the best of womanhood.
Recently my husband and I lost a daughter almost the same age as Sue - also a victim of cancer. It is said, "we don't know how something really feels until we have a similar experience." We know and feel so sorry for Sue's family. She was truly the best. Her passing leaves a gap that will be hard to fill by all of whose life she touched.
