UShirley Berkowich Brown, owavela kunomathotholo nakumabonakude ukubalisa amabali abantwana, wabulawa ngumhlaza ngoDisemba 16 kwikhaya lakhe eMount Washington. Wayeneminyaka engama-97.
Uzalelwe eWestminster kwaye wakhulela eThurmont, wayeyintombi kaLouis Berkowich kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uEsther. Abazali bakhe babenevenkile eqhelekileyo kunye nomsebenzi wokuthengisa utywala. Ukhumbule utyelelo lobuntwana oluvela kuMongameli uFranklin D. Roosevelt kunye noWinston Churchill njengoko babeqhuba besiya kwindawo yokubaleka ngempelaveki kamongameli, iShangri-La, kamva eyaziwa ngokuba yiCamp David.
Wadibana nomyeni wakhe, u-Herbert Brown, i-arhente ye-Inshurensi yabahambi kunye nomthengisi, kumdaniso we-Greenspring Valley Inn endala. Batshata ngowe-1949.
“UShirley wayengumntu onenkathalo nonenkathalo, esoloko enceda nabani na ogulayo okanye olahlekelweyo. Wayekhumbula abantu abanamakhadi kwaye esoloko ethumela iintyatyambo,” utshilo unyana wakhe, uBob Brown weOwings Mills.
Emva kokusweleka kukadadewabo, uBetty Berkowich, ngomhlaza wesisu ngo-1950, yena nomyeni wakhe baseka kwaye baqhuba iBetty Berkowich Cancer Fund iminyaka engaphezu kwama-20. Baye babamba i-fundraisers iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi.
Waqala ukubalisa amabali abantwana njengebhinqa eliselula, elaziwa ngokuba yiLady Mara okanye iNkosazana iLady Mara. Wajoyina isikhululo sikanomathotholo iWCBM ngo-1948 kwaye wasasaza kwistudiyo saso kumabala akufutshane nevenkile endala yaseNorth Avenue Sears.
Emva kwexesha watshintshela kwi-WJZ-TV ngenkqubo yakhe, “Masibalise iBali,” eyaqala ngo-1958 ukuya ku-1971.
Lo mboniso wangqineka uthandwa kakhulu kangangokuba nanini na ecebisa ukuba abaphulaphuli bakhe abancinane bafunde incwadi, kwakudla ngokuqhutywa ngoko nangoko, oosomathala beencwadi banikela ingxelo.
“I-ABC yandithumela eNew York ukuze ndiyokwenza umboniso kazwelonke wokubalisa amabali, kodwa emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa, ndaphuma ndabuyela eBaltimore. Ndandikhumbula ekhaya,” watsho kwinqaku le-Sun ka-2008.
Umama wayekholelwa ekucengcelezeni ibali. Wayengathandi ukuba kusetyenziswe imifanekiso okanye naziphi na izixhobo,” watsho unyana wakhe. “Mna nomnakwethu sasidla ngokuhlala phantsi kwikhaya losapho olukwiShelleydale Drive siphulaphule. Wayeyincutshe kumazwi awahlukeneyo, etshintsha ngokulula ukusuka komnye umlinganiswa ukuya komnye.”
Njengomfazi oselula wayekwaqhuba iShirley Brown School of Drama kumbindi wedolophu yaseBaltimore kwaye wafundisa intetho kunye nesichazamazwi kwiPeabody Conservatory of Music.
Unyana wakhe uthe uza kunqandwa ngabantu esitratweni bembuza ukuba unguye na uShirley Brown umbalisi wamabali emva koko abaxelele ukuba uthetha ngantoni kubo.
Wenza neerekhodi zokubalisa amabali ezintathu zabapapashi bezemfundo bakwaMcGraw-Hill, kuquka nenye ebizwa ngokuba “yiNdala neNtsha yeeFavorites,” equka intsomi yaseRumpelstiltskin. Wabhala nencwadi yabantwana ethi, “Around the World Stories to Tell to Children.”
Amalungu osapho athi ngelixa wayesenza uphando kwelinye lamabali akhe ephepha-ndaba, wadibana no-Otto Natzler, umzobi waseOstriya-waseMelika, uNks. indawo kwi-250 W. Pratt St. kwaye inyuse imali yokunxiba iMyuziyam yeSizwe yeCeramic Art.
Omnye unyana, uJerry Brown waseLansdowne, ePennsylvania wathi: “Akuba efumene icebo entloko, akazange ayeke de afikelele usukelo lwakhe. “Kwandivula amehlo ukubona yonke into eyenziwa ngumama wam.”
Imyuziyam yahlala ivuliwe iminyaka emihlanu. Inqaku leLanga lika-2002 lichaze indlela awaqhuba ngayo iNkqubo yeMfundo yeSikole soBugcisa seCeramic engenzi nzuzo kwizikolo zaseBaltimore City naseBaltimore County.
Abafundi bakhe batyhile “iBaltimore enothando,” umzobo wethayile wethayile, eHarbourplace. Ibonise iithayile ezivuthayo, ezikhazimlayo kunye ezigqityiweyo ezenziwe kwi-mural ejoliswe ukunika zombini imfundo yobugcisa boluntu kunye nabadlulayo, uNksz Brown uthe kwinqaku.
Inqaku lowama-2002 lathi: “Abaninzi bamagcisa aselula abenze iipaneli zomfanekiso oseludongeni ezingama-36 beze okokuqala ukuza kubona yonke loo mzobo kwaye babengakwazi ukuzibamba.
“Wayezinikele ngokunzulu ebantwaneni,” watsho unyana wakhe, uBob Brown. “Ubenovuyo olungathethekiyo ebukele abantwana kule nkqubo bephumelela.”
“Akazange asilele ukunika iingcebiso ezamkelekileyo,” watsho. “Wayekhumbuza abo bamngqongileyo indlela awayebathanda ngayo. Wayethanda nokuhleka kunye nabantu bakhe abathandayo. Zange akhalaze.”
Ixesha lokuposa: Mar-12-2021