U-Shirley Brown, umxoxi wezindaba ochwepheshe kanye nothisha we-ceramics, uyashona

U-Shirley Berkowich Brown, owavela emsakazweni nakuthelevishini ezoxoxa izindaba zezingane, ubulawe umdlavuza ngoDisemba 16 emzini wakhe e-Mount Washington. Wayeneminyaka engu-97.
Uzalelwe eWestminster futhi wakhulela eThurmont, wayeyindodakazi kaLouis Berkowich nomkakhe, u-Esther. Abazali bakhe babenesitolo esijwayelekile kanye nomsebenzi wokudayisa utshwala. Ukhumbule ukuvakasha kwasebuntwaneni kukaMongameli uFranklin D. Roosevelt kanye noWinston Churchill ngesikhathi beshayela beya endaweni yokubalekela umongameli ngempelasonto, i-Shangri-La, kamuva eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Camp David.
Wahlangana nomyeni wakhe, u-Herbert Brown, i-ejenti ye-Travelers Insurance kanye nomthengisi, emdansweni e-Greenspring Valley Inn endala. Bashada ngo-1949.
“UShirley wayengumuntu ocabangayo futhi okhathalela ngokujulile, njalo efinyelela kunoma ubani ogulayo noma olahlekelwe. Wayekhumbula abantu abanamakhadi futhi evame ukuthumela izimbali,” kusho indodana yakhe, uBob Brown we-Owings Mills.
Ngemva kokushona kukadadewabo, uBetty Berkowich, ngo-1950, ngenxa yomdlavuza wesisu, yena nomyeni wakhe basungula futhi baqhuba i-Betty Berkowich Cancer Fund iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20. Babambe ama-fundraiser iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi.
Waqala ukuxoxa izindaba zezingane engowesifazane osemusha, owaziwa ngelika-Lady Mara noma u-Princess Lady Mara. Ujoyine isiteshi somsakazo i-WCBM ngo-1948 futhi wasakaza esestudiyo saso emagcekeni aseduze nesitolo esidala saseNorth Avenue Sears.
Kamuva washintshela ku-WJZ-TV nohlelo lwakhe, “Ake Sixoxe Indaba,” olwaqala ngo-1958 lwaya ku-1971.
Lolu hlelo lwabonakala luthandwa kakhulu kangangokuthi noma nini lapho etusa incwadi kubalaleli bakhe abasebasha, kwakuvele kuqhutshekwe nalo ngokushesha, kubika izisebenzi zasendaweni.
“I-ABC yangithumela eNew York ukuzokwenza uhlelo lukazwelonke lokuxoxa izindaba, kodwa ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa, ngaphuma ngabuyela eBaltimore. Ngangikhumbula ekhaya,” esho esihlokweni seSolezwe sango-2008.
“Umama wayekholelwa ekubambeni ngekhanda indaba. Wayengathandi ukusetshenziswa kwezithombe noma imishini,” kusho indodana yakhe. “Mina nomfowethu sasihlala phansi endlini yomndeni kuShelleydale Drive silalele. Wayeyingcweti yamazwi ahlukene, eshintsha kalula esuka komunye umlingisi aye komunye.”
Njengowesifazane osemusha uphinde wagijima iShirley Brown School of Drama edolobheni laseBaltimore futhi wafundisa inkulumo nesichazamazwi ePeabody Conservatory of Music.
Indodana yakhe ithe izovinjwa abantu emgwaqweni bebuza ukuthi ngabe uyena yini uShirley Brown umxoxi wabe esebatshela ukuthi usho lukhulu kubo.
Wenze namarekhodi amathathu okuxoxa izindaba wabashicileli bezemfundo bakwaMcGraw-Hill, okuhlanganisa nelinye elibizwa ngokuthi “Izintandokazi Ezindala Nezintsha,” ezihlanganisa nenganekwane yakwaRumpelstiltskin. Wabhala nencwadi yezingane ethi, “Around the World Stories to Tell to Children.”
Amalungu omndeni athi ngenkathi enza ucwaningo ngesinye sezindaba zakhe zamaphephandaba, wahlangana no-Otto Natzler, isazi sezobumba sase-Austrian-American, uNksz. isikhala ku-250 W. Pratt St. futhi saqoqa izimali zokugqoka i-National Museum of Ceramic Art.
“Lapho esenombono ekhanda lakhe, akazange ame kwaze kwaba yilapho efinyelela umgomo wakhe,” kusho enye indodana, uJerry Brown waseLansdowne, ePennsylvania. “Kwangivula amehlo ukubona konke umama wami efeza.”
Imnyuziyamu yahlala ivuliwe iminyaka emihlanu. I-athikili ye-Sun yango-2002 ichaze ukuthi waphinde waqhuba kanjani uhlelo lwemfundo ye-Ceramic Art Middle School engenzi nzuzo ezikoleni ezise-Baltimore City nase-Baltimore County.
Abafundi bakhe bembule i-“Loving Baltimore,” i-ceramic tile mural, e-Harbourplace. Ibonisa amathayela acishiwe, akhanyisiwe futhi aqediwe enziwe umdwebo osesithombeni ohloselwe ukunikeza kokubili imfundo yobuciko bomphakathi nabadlula ngendlela, kusho uNksz Brown esihlokweni.
“Idlanzana labadwebi abasebasha abakha amaphaneli angu-36 alo mdwebo bafike bazibonela okokuqala ngqa umsebenzi wobuciko izolo futhi abakwazanga ukuqukatha umuzwa wokwesaba,” kusho isihloko sango-2002.
“Wayezinikele ngokujulile ezinganeni,” kusho indodana yakhe, uBob Brown. “Ube nenjabulo eyisimanga ebuka izingane kulolu hlelo ziphumelela.”
“Akakaze ehluleke ukunikeza izeluleko ezamukelekayo,” kusho yena. “Ubekhumbuza abaseduze kwakhe ukuthi ubathanda kangakanani. Wayethanda nokuhleka ndawonye nezithandwa zakhe. Akakaze akhononde.”