{"id":615,"date":"2012-03-29T08:33:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T08:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=615"},"modified":"2012-03-29T08:33:12","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T08:33:12","slug":"and-then-there-were-none","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2012\/03\/29\/and-then-there-were-none\/","title":{"rendered":"And Then There Were None"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-619\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/03\/fran-and-ginny1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-619\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/03\/fran-and-ginny1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/03\/fran-and-ginny1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/03\/fran-and-ginny1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fran Hollett and Ginny Hays<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I remember vividly walking into the Homecoming Alumni Chapel several years ago when the Wabash &#8220;Golden Girls&#8221; were quietly conversing &#8211; Fran Hollett and Ginny Hays. \u00a0Two of the greatest of Great Dames if ever there were. \u00a0Two of the most Honorary of Honorary alumnae&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Their Wabash husbands &#8211; legendary leaders &#8211; had helped make Wabash special. \u00a0If there was any unfinished business &#8211; and there always is &#8211; Ginny and Fran were here to do their share and more. \u00a0They touched the lives of generations of Wabash men&#8230;and their families.<\/p>\n<p>In the Fall of 2008 we lost Ginny. \u00a0She simply went to bed one evening and woke up in heaven. \u00a0It was a tough Fall&#8230;made even tougher with her loss.<\/p>\n<p>Last night we lost Fran. \u00a0No details yet&#8230;no details needed. \u00a0I have this vision of Barney Hollett and Ginny Hays standing next to St. Peter. \u00a0Ginny says &#8220;Just get your work done, St. Pete, we&#8217;ve got catching up to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wabash, the Sigma Chi house, football, Wabash men, their families&#8230;they meant the world to Fran. \u00a0And she meant the world to us. \u00a0We&#8217;ll miss her&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember vividly walking into the Homecoming Alumni Chapel several years ago when the Wabash &#8220;Golden Girls&#8221; were quietly conversing &#8211; Fran Hollett and Ginny Hays. \u00a0Two of the greatest of Great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/03\/fran-and-ginny.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}