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Sprucewood Drive
Fran Hirsch, long-time neighbor
It was appropriate that Millie moved
to Levittown, the creation of the "builder" that the town was named
after, for Millie never did anything that wasn't "constructive."
All know the library dedicated a room to her as a founding member, and what's
more important for a community's citizens to have than a place to teach, learn
and exchange ideas and grow.
She was known on Sprucewood Drive as a self-styled welcoming wagon lady to new
arrivals and a mentor to all our children who wandered into her kitchen to
experience and learn new things, exposed to things they would not otherwise have
been introduced to.
Her knowledge was vast, her common sense grounded, her value system one to be
admired and adopted. Add to this, she honed her skills in cooking and crafts.
She could whip up a to-die-for lemon cake, or a practical zip-up-the-back baby
sweater, among many other things.
She had humor and grace, could be quite the diplomat, and occasionally an
irritant.
Most of all, I admired her brain, her willingness to share, and the place she
chose to reside in in the world community.
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