Maxine Jeanette Stringer

Mrs. Stringer, you made a difference to your students at Ashland Middle School in the late 80's. I was one them. You had the patience, kindness and humor to find old-fashioned solutions to modern problems for middle school kids as a counselor and confidant. I remember your smiling eyes; you always made sure to make eye contact when listening to your students pour out their teen torments to you. And you listened to us, without interruption, something that most of our overworked parents...

Mrs. Stringer, I recall you vividly. It's a shame to recognize your name here in the obits. Your memory is as clear to me as if yesterday was merely 1988 again, and we were both back at Ashland Middle School: me as the awkward 7th grader; you as the experienced guidance counselor. I remember you as a compassionate lady with an old fashioned faithfulness in simple solutions to the pre-teen predicaments we troubled you with consistently. You cared through every calamity. Some of us were foster...