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We are sorry for the gap she is leaving in your lives
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Kay was surrounded by her family and priest in her final moments.Throughout her life
Kay found joy in various hobbies and interests
and taking the time to primp and look her best
These activities brought her immense happiness and allowed her to connect with others who shared similar passions
Kay leaves behind a legacy of love and fond memories
The two fell in love and worked and lived side by side for over 40 years
Danny stood alongside her in thick and thin and their bond was one filled with deep affection and unwavering support
Kay was mother to Wendy Porembski and Dallas Haselhorst
She spoke of her children often and was proud of their successes
She loved them endlessly and treasured every moment spent with them
She leaves this world knowing that her love was special and that she deserved to be cherished.She leaves behind six granddaughters: Lauren Benjamin
She would have loved more time with them all
she would constantly ask to look at pictures of them and want to talk for hours about the details of their lives and what they enjoyed doing
She described her trips to radiation with Lauren as the thing that made her happiest.Kay was the youngest of eight children raised on the family farm
Hamel and wife Rosie who are both deceased
Gene Hamel who died just at a year ago and his wife Avis
Tina Bobek and her husband Bill who is deceased
Ron Hamel and his wife Mary Lou who is deceased
All her siblings were very important to her
offering unwavering support and strength to one another
They were her rock and foundation in the last few years as both her and Danny's health declined
They brought so much joy and love into her life that she called out for them during her final days
The memory of Kayleen Haselhorst will forever remain in the hearts of all those who were fortunate enough to know her
her legacy will continue to shine brightly through the memories we hold dear.A Mass celebrating Kay's life will be held on December 9
The service will begin at 10:00 AM to honor her memory
let us honor the memory of Kayleen Haselhorst with peace and respect
May her memory serve as a source of comfort and inspiration and may her soul rest in eternal peace
Services in care of Keithley Funeral Chapels and Crematory – Brock’s Chapel
Memories and words of comfort may be shared with the family on Kay's tribute page at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com
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When I set out to transform the logistics industry with Web3 technology
It was the natural next step on a journey that has taken me through my own darkness and chaos into order and light
The lessons I have learned in my life so far
coupled with a deep understanding of Web3 and logistics
make me certain that tokenization will solve the perpetual supply chain problems caused by fragmented systems and bad data
Not only do these issues cost the industry billions but the drive for sustainability and transparency makes solving them a top priority for many companies
And how do they translate from life into business
my deep relationship with spirituality and my intellectual curiosity were all forged in a crucible of shattered dreams of being a sports hero
Despite the darkness and challenges of my past
imparting lessons that have helped me build everything I have ever built
I was driven by a desire to have a positive impact on my community and those around me
business and sports seemed the best routes to accomplish that goal
I started my first business when I was only 12
This allowed me to help the people who lived around me and also gave me an opportunity to bond with my father
who worked very hard to provide for our family
I started playing when I was only 6 and stuck with it even after my ninth grade coach told my mother
"He might as well quit because he doesn't have an athletic bone in his body." I must have had plenty because the next year I was starting on the varsity team and earned my first athletic scholarship as a sophomore in high school
partly because I could see how much it meant to others around me
Playing football gave me a sense of belonging I'd never had before
so I put everything I had into becoming the best player I could be
When it came time to choose where I wanted to play in college
I had offers from a host of top football schools
ranging from Stanford to Louisiana State University
People actually laughed at me when I told them I was going to play for the Kansas Jayhawks
They weren't laughing when we went on to win the 2008 Orange Bowl
a victory that was attributed in large part to the defensive line
and my dreams of playing in the NFL seemed within reach
The road to that victory also taught me one of the first and most important lessons I have learned in life: When you want a team to achieve a goal
it is important to make sure everyone is united and knows what role they must play to succeed
The University of Kansas team I joined my freshman year had more raw talent than the one that won the Orange Bowl
but they didn't work well together as a team
The team we put together in 2007-2008 may have had less talented individuals
but we knew how to work together as a team
That taught me that teamwork trumps talent every time
It was a critical lesson for success in business and one I took to heart and use to this day
My second lesson was equally important but far more painful to learn
the layers of cartilage that line the shoulder joint
I had to undergo surgery and was laid up for six months
But the emotional pain of losing what I considered the cornerstone of my identity and source of validation was even worse
The soul-searching I did during that period opened my eyes to my second truth: If I was going to have an impact on the world around me
I'd need to use my mind because my body might not hold up
The injury and its aftermath had a very destructive impact on my life as well: I became severely addicted to the painkillers the doctors prescribed to keep the pain at bay
As it did for so many people who have been affected by the opioid crisis
my OxyContin addiction became an all-consuming obsession for me
I had finally found something that could numb the pain of not fitting into this world
I stopped caring about myself or my loved ones and fell prey to my self-destructive behaviors
And just when I thought things couldn't get any darker
I found out one June day I had testicular cancer and would need surgery the next day
If it hadn't been for my father's intervention
That brush with death and the intervention of friends helped me realize it was time to get the better of my addiction
It was there I met a Buddhist monk and his circle of friends—which included healers
therapists and psychologists—who helped open up my mind to spirituality
my life's path was not without its twists and turns
The breaking point for me came eight years ago when my doctor told me he had found a tumor in my throat
I had a moment where I asked the universe why all this was happening to me
Then I decided that since Western medicine was failing me
I had to seek a more holistic and spiritual path to finding a cure
That led me to discover plant medicines used in the jungles of South America
healing through shamanism and my third lesson
That lesson is perhaps harder to express in words
but it boils down to this: to reach peace and light
you first have to pass through moments of hardship and darkness
Both the entrepreneurial journey and the spiritual journey are analogous to the hero's journey: the multistep quest a hero must go on to reach an objective
There are examples of this throughout mythology and literature
probably because it is such a powerful model for living our lives better: Homer's Odyssey
even The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
the protagonist must go through trials and tribulations before reaching their destination
enduring a dark period where they learn things they would never have learned in the ordinary world
and modalities I learned through my spiritual life
I wouldn't be able to cope with the stress of entrepreneurship
those three lessons—the importance of teamwork
the power of the mind and the need for resilience—are just as applicable to business as they are to life
coupled with the most innovative technologies out there
my team and I are working to heal the problems in the supply chain that threaten its health and sustainability
Todd Haselhorst is the founder and CEO of HEALE Labs
which has created a data network for shippers and brokers in the logistics industry
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Theresa Marie (Leiker) Haselhorst age 91 died Saturday
at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays Care Center
She was a bookkeeper at Flowers By Frances
She grew up in Victoria and was a graduate of Victoria High School
Theresa was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
and she spend many hours volunteering at the Community Assistance Center in Hays
KS; 12 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; five brothers
Mary Ellen Schmidtberger and Ethel Gatschet
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 A.M
at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Kansas with Father Nick Parker Officiation
A vigil service / VFW Auxiliary service and Daughters of Isabella rosary will be at 7:00 P.M
Wednesday at Clines-Keithley Mortuary of Hays
at Clines-Keithley Mortuary of Hays and from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M
The family suggest memorials to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church or Community Assistance Center of Hays made payable to: the organization in care of the mortuary
Condolences can be sent via e-mail to clinesmortuary@eaglecom.net or can be left at guest book at www.keithleyfuneralchapels.com
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Belinda Kay Munoz, 69 of South Sioux City, passed away on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at a local hospital. A Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in South Sioux City. Visitation will be Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon at the church. Mohr & Becker-Hunt Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be directed to www.meyerbroschapels.com
Kansas to Harold and Henrietta (Herrman) Haselhorst
1972 she married Francisco Munoz in Garden City
Belinda grew up and completed school in Kansas
and from there she and Francisco lived all across the Midwest before settling in South Sioux City in 1988
She was a Material Maintenance Manager with Tyson Foods for 33 years before retiring in October of 2020
Left to cherish her memory include her husband
Francisco Munoz of South Sioux City; children: Rebecca Eckhoff (Mark) of Shawnee
NE; and Anthony Munoz of South Sioux City; grandchildren: Michael Hardy (Brooke); Nicole and Braden Peter; Cassidy and Colby Eckhoff; Justin
and Kamden Munoz; and Emma King; great grandchildren: Chayton and Mager Hardy; mother
KS; brothers: Glenn Haselhorst (Sonya) of Hays
KS; and Kenny Haselhorst (Becky) of Overland Park
KS; sisters: Lila Montgomery (Bill) of Hays
KS; Shelia Thompson (Mike) of McKinney Diane Haselhorst of Shawnee
KS; Stacey Haselhorst of Lee’s Summit
MO; sister in law: Beth Haselhorst of Hays
Daryl Haselhorst; two brothers-in-law: John Jacques and Rick McGrath; and a niece
The Kansas State football team's linebacker depth took a hit Wednesday with two more players entering the NCAA transfer portal
217-pound sophomore walk-on Kienen Gaskin from Lee's Summit
brought to three the number of linebackers to depart the program this spring
Maryland transfer Branden Jennings left on April 11
less than a week before the end of spring practice
without ever playing a game for the Wildcats
While neither Haselhorst nor Gaskin were expected to contend for starting jobs in the fall
their departures further eroded K-State's depth at an already-thin position
a former three-star recruit and one of the top five prospects from the state of Kansas in the 2021 recruiting cycle
He announced his transfer intentions Wednesday on social media
"I would like to thank God for giving me the opportunity to continue my education and athletic career at K-State," he wrote on his Twitter account
"I would also like to thank coach (Chris) Klieman and the whole K-State staff for giving me this opportunity to play the game I love
I will be entering the transfer portal with four years of eligibility remaining."
Gaskin played in 10 games last year for the Wildcats
but also saw action at linebacker against TCU
who played in eight games as a freshman last year at Maryland
was expected to challenge for the starting weak-side linebacker job heading into the spring
but chose instead to get back on the transfer market
and we wish him nothing but the best," K-State coach Chris Klieman said of Jennings during his final spring news conference on April 13
K-State appears to be in good shape at middle linebacker
where leading tackler Daniel Green and backup Nick Allen both return for their senior season
Nebraska graduate transfer Will Honas and junior Austin Moore
who played in all 13 games with one start last year
are the top candidates to replace Cody Fletcher on the weak side
Klieman also listed several possibilities for the hybrid strong-side position
defensive end Khalid Duke and safety Shawn Robinson
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Kansas to Michael and Magdalena (Herrman) Schaffer
Haselhorst and wife Gail of Munjor and Dale F
Haselhorst and wife Shelly of Hays; four daughters
Roberta Schuckman and husband Eddie of LaCrosse
Doris Zimmerman and husband Carl of Schoenchen
Donetta Lang and husband Don of Victoria and Deborah Hatfield of Hays; a daughter-in-law
Linda Campbell and husband Bob of Salina; two sisters
Frances Urban of Great Bend and Mary Schaffer of Wichita
41 great grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren
She was preceded in death by a son Duane Haselhorst; a son-in-law
Funeral services will be 10 AM Monday at St
Burial will follow services in the church cemetery
Visitation will be Sunday 4 PM - 8 PM and Monday 9 AM - 9:30 AM at Brock's Funeral Chapel 2509 Vine Hays
A parish vigil service will be Sunday at 6:30 PM followed by a rosary service
Memorials are suggested to the Ludwina Haselhorst Memorial Fund to be designated at a later date
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SERVICES: Visitation at Kutis Affton Chapel (10151 Gravois Rd 63123) Friday June 9th from 4pm to 9pm
Saturday June 10th at 10:00am with interment immediately following at Resurrection Cemetery
Mary Haselhorst (née Delahunty) Phoenix, Arizona / Curraghmartin, Mooncoin.
Mary passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on July 31th 2024.Predeceased by her beloved husband Duane, brothers James, Willie, Hilary, Pat and John, sisters Helen (Corcoran), Anna (Grant), Sr.Cabrini and Margaret (Edgerton). She will be sadly missed by her sons Frank, Liam, Gary, daughters-in-law Teri and Linda and their families, brothers Fr.Richard, Noel, Joe and sister Frances, extended family and friends.
A Memorial Mass will be held for Mary in St. Kevin’s Church, Carrigeen (X91 VY62).at 6pm.Saturday, 31st.August.
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Josephine was the ninth child of 13 born to Alex and Josephine (Werth) Schmidt in Schoenchen Kansas
was the first in her family to graduate from high school
1948 she married Elmer Haselhorst at St Anthony Church in Schoenchen
He was her best friend and devoted husband for 65 years
In 1956 they moved to Denver where she first raised her children and then pursued her lifelong dream to become a nurse
Anthony’s Hospital in Denver and was a nurse for 20 years
first in pediatrics at that same hospital and later in private care
Josey was devoted to her Catholic faith and was a member of St
For the last six years she enjoyed living at Hover Home Community
Time with her extended family and friends was her first love and frequent bingo was her favorite hobby
She also had fond memories of their vacations to Las Vegas and later trips to the hill
For many years she and Elmer followed Herman Dinges’ Polka Band every Saturday night
They rarely sat out a dance and enjoyed life to the fullest
Josey is preceded in death by her husband Elmer; a baby daughter
Josephine; granddaughter Ahna Mack; great grandson Agustin Haselhorst; her brothers
Josey is survived by daughter Arleen (Charlie) Mack of Longmont
son Alan (Monika) Haselhorst of Loveland; grandchildren
Wesley (Patricia) Haselhorst of Johnstown CO
Germany; Justin Mack of Englewood; and Josef (Caroline) Mack of Longmont; great grandchildren Paul
Molly and Kassia; brothers Franny of Longmont and Melvin of Hays
school laptop pitched open in front of her
Isable Elementary fourth grader Kendra Manuel tried to ignore the shouting and squealing coming from kids playing on the lower level of the Children’s Museum
She needed to focus on her online school assignments during Stewpot Community Services' after-school program
There was no time to play right then.
but she can articulate the difficulties she's dealt with during a year spent in the pandemic just as well as any adult
Like all of Jackson Public School District's students and many in the nation
she was pulled from in-person learning last spring when the coronavirus made its way into Mississippi.
It was hard to stay focused. Online programs were complicated. If Kendra raised her hand, the teacher couldn’t be right at her side. While she went back to in-person school in January under Smart Restart
a local plan for the safe and optional return of in-person learning this spring, virtual homework still gives her trouble
“It’s just stressful,” she said
In a district already riddled with challenges
the pandemic only worked to add strain. Students were missing class
Weeks of assignments piled up untouched
Some missed snacks and meals they’d relied on
It’s all-day and after-school programs like Stewpot Community Services' that pulled West Jackson students — the ones the district couldn't get to — out of COVID-19's crosshairs
"They've faced so much this year," said Brooke Floyd
The perfect stormFor the already burdened Jackson Public Schools
Even before the pandemic, nearly 30% of the district's 21,000 student body was without internet, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Four out of 10 children were living under the federal poverty line
Over 46% of families received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits
Feeding the hungry: Where every kid needs lunch, Mississippi school fights to feed them all in nation's hungriest county
Stewpot set out to neighborhoods to deliver food the first week the coronavirus shuttered schools. They planned to feed 60 kids. But when other children in apartment complexes saw the white and blue-lettered school bus
children weren't around to witness daily unrest in their neighborhoods
the youth program director, said that all changed with the pandemic
The kids she cares for at Stewpot started to see everything
"Like the shootings that are going on," she said. "You got kids living there
and they're there all day and they're seeing this."
kids lost family members to the coronavirus adding another layer of emotional distress
While Kirkland said Jackson Public Schools tried their best
she's certain many west Jackson kids would've slipped through the school district's cracks if Stewpot and other programs
like the Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Stewpot has been in the business of helping Jackson families for decades
Stewpot's been in their lives since Pre-K
Stewpot workers knew they had to let the community know they were still there
Before they created a makeshift classroom on the second floor of their building along West Capitol Street
Stewpot employees would hand-deliver homework. They'd drive to schools
wait until they finished and turn it back into the school the next morning
"There were a lot of kids we kind of grabbed up," Kirkland said
"When we found them they hadn't done anything."
when Jackson Public Schools was virtual-only for the semester
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Kirkland and program assistant LaQuita White said
to keep the kids in front of computers and on task
scroll through YouTube and coyly try to get test answers
"The little ones tell on themselves," Kirkland said
But the daily fight is better than their kids getting left behind
Kirkland laughs when she talks about the teenagers who make any excuse to get back
"Remember I need to go up to school for testing."
But going back to school is a double-edged sword
A smaller classroom ratio to adult help means the Stewpot kids can get answers faster
They can break down information more easily
Students are more wiling to raise their hands
said she can catch low marks and missing assignments faster this way.
There's no definitive answer on whether Jackson Public Schools will move from hybrid options to completely in-person learning this fall
and she's the first to say Stewpot's after-school program at the Children's Museum has been invaluable.
Kendra paused for a moment when she thought what would've happened without Stewpot
She shrugged her shoulders up to ears and answered
"It's the feeling that it's just too hard."
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Momentum is building for Kansas City-based CubeMonk — and the blockchain cryptography platform behind it is poised to go further than most people can even imagine
“You’re talking about a wave of innovation the likes of which we’ve never seen before,” said Haselhorst
“If the internet was the Third Industrial Revolution
Those who understand it and are able to apply it to business models through economics and game theory will be creating the models of the future.”
CubeMonk’s technology combines blockchain with the Internet of Logistics to provide lower costs
efficiency and profits for those in its shipping marketplace
“We started working on this concept to turn freight and logistics equipment into a commodity and have a marketplace that allows for quoting optimization
book and tracking of shipments in real time,” Haselhorst said
the company’s concept quickly caught international recognition
winning first place at the DisruptiveIO Blockchain Pitch Competition Nov
Canada — one of the best scenes for FinTech in the world
I didn’t quite know how big until we talked to the FinTech community of Toronto
“It’s been a very interesting ride
With its headquarters at WeWork in Kansas City
CubeMonk boasts a team of nine full-time contributors
15-20 advisors and numerous other collaborators
The company is working out the details and strategy for a private token pre-sale launch in the first quarter of 2018
“Our goal is to work with the major industry players,” Haselhorst said
“You have brokers and shippers on one side of the ecosystem
So creating a consortium in and around using this technology to build a marketplace and an equipment exchange is
redefining the way business is done worldwide.”
Such waves of innovation are hitting at a quick pace
extremely rapidly changing thing — more so than most people are even aware,” Haselhorst said
It was a blockchain protocol and currency and payment network
And the third wave is what’s hitting right now: the combination of IoT blockchain and artificial intelligence
They’ve got some technology that’s really game-changing.”
At stake is the very future of what is considered “money,” he said
“The logical conclusion: We say data equals value
and we use that as an exchange of value instead of our current currency that we use,” Haselhorst said
Most businesses aren’t ready for what’s to come
but it’s in their best interests to adapt — or better yet
“Blockchain cryptocurrency is fascinating technology at its core
It’s something Kansas City needs to leverage,” he said
“It’s here to stay and the faster we adopt this technology
the better off Kansas City will be in the future.”
The power of blockchain lies in open source communities that have a monetary protocol that allows commerce to occur in worldwide
decentralized and community-owned projects
Such environments also help industries achieve optimization through self-policing
“A lot of the business problems that you see right now are the result of companies becoming bad actors because that activity is beneficial to them,” Haselhorst said
community-run projects that incentivize good behavior.”
Leveraging IoT blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies in an industry worth $8 trillion worldwide is a powerful concept, he said, but it requires precision. Select local IoT projects and the city’s Smart City initiative would likely be among those that would fit well into blockchain’s advancements
“I know a lot of people are in the mentality of ‘blockchain everything.’ In all reality
I don’t think that’s necessary
but Kansas City has a very firm foundation
We have a lot of the groundwork laid,” he said
“If entrepreneurs can find a way to create models within that space to allow Kansas City to become a hub for cryptocurrency and FinTech
then it would provide a lot of benefit if leveraged appropriately.”
“It comes down to: Is the interest there
governments and the world at large are not exactly prepared for this degree of change
But I would argue the same was true when the internet first came out.”
She was a 1997 graduate of Ellis High School and a 2003 graduate of Fort Hays State University with a bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology
She was a scan technician at Hays Medical Center
She was a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church
Tanner Haselhorst; her parents; her significant other
She was preceded in death by her grandparents
Dreiling and Francis Legleiter; and her aunt and uncle
Friday at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church
Antonino; inurnment will be at a later date
Memorials are suggested to her son's education fund in care of Bank of Hays or the funeral home
Ice that capped the Ohio River was thick underneath Margaret Garner’s feet
Gusts of biting wind blew through her garments
an infant wrapped to her chest and a baby in her belly.
their three other children and his parents
They blazed through the winter stillness in a stolen sleigh from Maplewood Farm in Richwood
was owned by the politically prominent Gaines family
half-mile stretch to the banks of the Ohio was the last leg to freedom.
safe inside the Cincinnati home of her cousin Elijah Kite
Day broke and the Garners' safety shattered
the man who said he owned her. From a window perch
And drove a bullet into a marshal’s finger
She’d made a decision only a mother could
She’d slit the throat of the 2 1/2-year-old toddler she’d ushered through the night
Her other children bore slices across their heads and shoulders
“It was my own,” she’d tell The Rev
“I knew it was better for them to go home to God than back to slavery.”
She’d done “the best she could,” she would repeat to Bushnell three times in an interview
But it was her own story that Margaret Garner never got to tell
One puzzled together by everyone else.
Historians and archaeologists would spend decades studying her tale
Garner’s story became the inspiration of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Beloved." It moved civil rights leaders
It’s a story relevant today for a nation having to reckon with its own racism
Garner's harrowing story is one people from Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky know well
There's a mural commemorating the Garner family on the flood wall near the Roebling Bridge
Her history memorialized at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Her life gave way for African American women
Hers is a story that resonates loudly today
When George Floyd called out for his mother while he was dying, it was Black mothers who understood most keenly the pain
but there is an invisible but real thread between Garner and Mrs
"Black women have been holding families together and maintaining courage and they've also been fighting for liberation their whole lives," John C.K
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights field supervisor
Floyd's mother had no control of what happened next
How her story and the story of her child would be told and woven into the fabric of this country.
the day after the family's arrest under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
which forced the return of slaves to their owners regardless if they'd escaped to a free state
Inconsistencies flashed in a month of case-related coverage
a paper associated then with Democratic political views
reported Margaret Garner had brandished a shovel
one she used to slit her child’s throat
Others reported a kitchen knife in her hand
They incorrectly gendered the 2 1/2-year-old child as a boy
Headlines such as "Stampede of Slaves: A TALE OF HORROR: An Arrest by the U.S
Marshal" tantalized readers anxious for the retelling. Words like "excitement" were used to describe white onlookers during what would transpire as one of the longest and most pivotal of slave trials.
The language was jarring but not uncommon
Williams College political science department chair
"Part of it is the confidence that white narrators and empowered actors had in making claims about circumstances involving Black people," he said
"There was massive asymmetry in who is empowered to describe whom."
because it's the crux of his 2010 book, Who Speaks for Margaret Garner
And in the Enquirer's position at the time
a pro-Southern editor at the paper and the federal marshal who headed the Garner's eventual return to Kentucky
"Abolitionists regard the parents of the murdered child as a hero and heroine
who would rather imbue their hands in the blood of their offspring than allow them to wear the shackles of slavery
while others look upon them as brutal and unnatural murderers."
But it was never about the death of the Black child, Mary Garner
and all those who still were Southern-leaning, wanted the Garners back in Kentucky
If Margaret Garner was prosecuted for the murder of her child in Hamilton County Court, it was believed she could've had a chance at freedom
Abolitionists wanted her tried in Ohio for that reason
It was the Garners' chief counsel John Jolliffe who navigated these murky waters
Jolliffe was the Garners' voice. Slavery
he'd assert in his argument only a few years before the Civil War began
your decision in this case is of the utmost importance – on it rests the peace of this nation," Jolliffe said to Commissioner John Pendery
"I hear the groans of the dying and the clash of steel against steel
If you decide against these defendants this Union cannot stand
the people would rise en masse and rend the Union asunder."
It would take almost two weeks until the voice of the woman whose life was at stake resonated through the courtroom.
"Peggy," everyone called her when she testified.
She had been there before under the Gaineses permission
It's true that abolitionists sought out Margaret Garner
Those who met Garner and wrote about her, didn't respect her enough to report accurately
They devoted their lives to the "right side of the struggle." But they felt superior to both Black people and Black issues, he explained
Everything was on the abolitionists' terms
Ironically, the same group of people who lauded Margaret Garner's fortitude
Margaret Garner was indicted on charges of destruction of property. Gaines' property
The Garners returned under the Gaines' torment
What was once Maplewood Farm is still tucked along a winding road in Richwood
Kentucky. Tidy rows of soybean crops line the pastoral stretch. Decades ago it was platted with tobacco crops
More than a century and a half ago the crops were tended by slaves
A breeze rustles maple trees that scatter the property – the root of the farm’s namesake
Garner's story isn’t too far away to see
They’ve been preserved on the farm that sits in stillness just 30 minutes from Downtown Cincinnati.
A sun-bleached wooden structure is what remains of the farm
The alabaster two-story home it was once connected to burned down when it switched hands from John P
Inside is barren and dilapidated with only a rusted stove in the front room
but the building’s story is not exhausted
This is the kitchen where Margaret was believed to have worked
Her family may have stayed in a slave cabin across the way
where an archaeologist identified remnants years back
A white-steepled church a quarter of a mile down the road may have been where she worshipped
But Garner’s life on the farm is historically vague.
Some say she'd worked for the family's matriarch
Gaines." The court didn't talk much about her responsibilities
the permission it granted her to travel with the Gaineses to Cincinnati
most likely forced by slaveowner Archibald Gaines.
The skin of the 2 1/2-year-old and the infant Margaret clutched to her chest in winter's bone-chill was "nearly white," reporters wrote. A bright and rosy flush on the baby's milky cheeks
Her children's complexions revealed what Margaret was never permitted to voice
It was another reason why the Southerners found it difficult to face Margaret Garner's reality
Reinhardt said. And that child was more than likely a product of rape.
but there were ways that the depth of that was hard for the white press to talk about," Reinhardt said. "How do you talk about it as it implies rape or sex with a master?"
They never wrote of Garner's agony
Margaret Garner returned to Kentucky and was later sold to a Gaines family member to work on a Mississippi plantation
she died of typhoid fever. She was only 24
in 1970, best-selling author Toni Morrison was perusing newspaper clippings from the 1800s
It was Margaret Garner's story buried in those pages that stirred her
Morrison left her job as a fiction editor at Random House
and she began to piece together the bones of "Beloved."
Her fictional character Sethe draws likeness to Garner. The two both cut the throat of their third child
"It was absolutely the right thing to do," Morrison would tell reporters
Garner had been described by journalists in 1856 as "calm" even "serene."
she was not a madwoman," Morrison recalled to The New York Times in 1987. She'd read it in the clippings
It was Garner's only decision that was her own during her two decades spent a slave
"I didn't do any more research at all about that story," Morrison told the New York Times
"I did a lot of research about everything else in the book Cincinnati, and abolitionists, and the underground railroad – but I refused to find out anything else about Margaret Garner
So Morrison doesn't usurp Garner's story.
only her circumstance as a launching point
She told her own narrative from there.
And for those who study Morrison's literature
it wasn't curious that she didn't delve into the intricacies of Garner's story
Furaha Norton first read "Beloved" in a contemporary fiction class at the University of Chicago
The intricacies of Morrison’s work can be difficult to grasp
she said. And Norton's the first to say that "there's no way around it
(Morrison) always takes rereading." She would later go on to write her dissertation on Morrison
Now an assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati English department
Norton teaches Morrison's literature to her students
She's quick to parse: Toni Morrison's novel "Beloved" and Margaret Garner as a historical figure are two separate stories
Morrison was rewriting the slave narrative
Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass used the archetypal slave narrative to emphasize the horrors of slavery
To use her imagination and infuse interiority and idiosyncrasy into Sethe
"That is her way of expanding our understanding of the American literary tradition," Norton explained
chair of the African American literature department at Howard University
she said. They recognize it immediately
Everything in the world tells Black women they're valueless
stroke them on your face 'cause they don't love that eaither [sic]
Feet that need to rest and to dance; backs that need support; shoulders that need arms
they do not love your neck unnoosed and straight
Garner's story gave way to Morrison. And Morrison rewrote the narrative Garner may have wished she could've told. Or could've lived
lining bookshelves – it's cover gilded with a Pulitzer Prize-winning adage – it's been a literary classic since its publication in 1987
"It remains startling and revelatory," Norton said
Its admonition still carries throughout the nation
But the story is not just a parable about slavery
And it is not just true for Margaret.
"You can't talk about Margaret without talking about Robert Garner," both Fisher and Westmoreland say
His courage. His role as a father that isn't talked about
And it's one that for Fisher and Westmoreland say is an example of strong Black fatherhood.
Robert Garner engineered his family's escape
where he learned the street and sought out safety
And when that glacial January day in 1856 fell into darkness
Robert Garner stole two horses from the Gaineses and a sleigh that pulled them through the night.
When the Garners were ordered back to Kentucky
and later sold to a plantation in Mississippi, he lost another child who drowned in the river
"The man who owned Margaret knew Robert was back in Cincinnati
but he didn't come near him," Westmoreland recalled
And much like Margaret's fervent motherhood
"Black women suffer when they lose their children but Black men suffer as well," Fisher said
"Because we also lose our sons and daughters."
painted in icy blue and swathed with navy
is depicted on the flood wall near the Roebling Bridge
Her story defines the complication and contradictions of Cincinnati's relationship to racism
But whatever salvation Garner thought Cincinnati would give her until her family could get to Canada wasn't enough.
The mural's one of hundreds interspersed throughout the city
a fresh mural was revealed: Black Lives Matter fashioned across the block adjacent to City Hall
not far from where Garner killed her child. A reminder that Black lives have always been in danger.
A reminder that Black lives are seldom defined by those who live them
The Emancipation Proclamation took effect in 1863
The North won the Civil War two years later
giving African American men the right to vote
They're freedoms Margaret Garner could've never imagined
A woman who didn't falter when it came to courage
A woman who used the only agency she had to deliver her child to God rather than send her back to hell
In what Reinhardt would write was Margaret Garner’s “most extended” interview with The Rev
Weeks of her thoughts and emotions were memorialized in only five sentences
“Why did you not trust in God – why not wait and hope?” The Rev
“I did wait,” Margaret Garner responded
but in hope; hope fled – God did not appear to save – I did the best I could!"