Mavis was one of the best friends I've ever had and will ever have. I met Mavis in 79 when I got a job at Richcolor. Mavis and I instantly took to each other and have been close ever since, maybe due to being one week apart in our Birthdays. We had our own sick humor that we laughed about, and we were movie buddies and always went to the fair together to eat ourselves into oblivion as we called it. She was a giving and generous friend to me for so long, always listening to my troubles and though she wasn't the type to get too emotional she would tell me something so logical that somehow I always felt things weren't as bad as I thought. I remember the last time I talked to her-- the day before my birthday and she called that morning to say she was giving me the pre-birthday phone call. She said "if I have time tomorrow I'll call and sing you happy birthday!" I told her jokingly "oh yeah I wouldn't want to miss out on that!" Then she said like she always did "ok hun I love ya" and I said "I love you too." But I never got that call cause the next day she was gone. I feel it was an honor that she went on my day. I'll just remember Mavis and all the things we did together and how we laughed at life together.
It will be an enormous chunk out of my life to be without her, that I can't begin to describe. I know I will never have the kind of friend I had in her and that's the part that really hurts. She will be in my heart and mind forever and I will remember and love her always. I know that now I have another angel up there watching over me and I just pray that I will meet up with her again someday. Mavis, I know you're up there snapping some awesome pic's and hooking up some big fish, enjoy my friend!##imported-begin##Kathie Perras##imported-end##
