<br><tt><font size=2>> I was expecting to see her in Joplin. I
knew she had been fighting</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> cancer for some time and didn't tell people because
she didn't want</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> them fretting over her, but the last I heard,
about 9 mo. ago, she</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> was improving. Something must have gone
wrong rather quickly. I</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> hope her Osage dictionary has gone to press.
If it has not, then</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> we should take steps to make sure it appears
as planned. It and</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> the grammar will be lasting monuments to her
scholarship.<br>
</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>I agree. The last thing she said about it on
the list is from April 27, and that she was "just finishing [it] up":</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>> Catherine, <br>
> I would be happy to participate in this roundtable. As some of you
know, I'm<br>
> just finishing up an Osage Dictionary, to be published soon.<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Carolyn<br>
</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>Also, I wonder about her notes. She was *the*
person for Osage, and she must have a great deal of unpublished primordial
material that would be invaluable to preserve.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>Rory</font></tt>
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