Mary Melberg, RIP (oldest Cubs' fan)

[fan_since79]

She died just 12 days shy of her 108th birthday. A loyal fan to the end. 

 

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/19114735-573/telander-mary-melberg-nearly-108-loved-her-cubs-to-the-end.html?print=true

 

 

(Not sure if this link will work, as one must be a subscriber to read the articles. Subscription is free, though.)

 

 

[Homebrewer]

Great read.

Thanks.

[Amazing Larry]

Thanks for posting that. This season is quite frustrating but could you imagine being a Cubs fan? At least we've seen our team win it once.

[Homebrewer]

I have followed the Cubbies since I was a kid in the 60's.

Spent part of every summer with an Aunt who lived in walking distance to Wrigley. Santo, Banks, Williams, Jenkins.

Rekindled my affection for them in the 80's when every game was on WGN.

Lost interest when Dumbsty Baker took the helm, knowing he would never lead them to a WS.

Wrigley, with all it's crumbling concrete and other flaws, is still the coolest baseball shrine in America, IMO.

Funny that Scioscia and Baker are so much alike in their style.

Beginning to believe that the Cubs will see another WS before the Angels do.

[fan_since79]

I read in another article that her husband Fred proposed to her at a Cubs game in 1929. 

[LBHalos17]

I have followed the Cubbies since I was a kid in the 60's.

Spent part of every summer with an Aunt who lived in walking distance to Wrigley. Santo, Banks, Williams, Jenkins.

Rekindled my affection for them in the 80's when every game was on WGN.

Lost interest when Dumbsty Baker took the helm, knowing he would never lead them to a WS.

Wrigley, with all it's crumbling concrete and other flaws, is still the coolest baseball shrine in America, IMO.

Funny that Scioscia and Baker are so much alike in their style.

Beginning to believe that the Cubs will see another WS before the Angels do.

RIP Mary...  I think they interviewed her in the Cubs dvd "We Believe"