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1927
DIED
2020
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Madeleine MATHIOT Obituary
Professor Emeritus, University of Buffalo. June 11, 1927 - December 4, 2020. Loved by her son, Craig Garvin, and daughter-in-law, Patty Zerhusen (Cambridge, MA), as well as her intentional family and many friends throughout a variety of Buffalo communities. Visit www.CelebratingMadeleine.com to leave your memories and for more information on a 2021 gathering. Arrangements by the AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 716-836-6500.
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for Madeleine MATHIOT
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Robert Fishman
February 1, 2021
Dr. Mathiot was instrumental in helping me apply her linguistic approach to the study of neighborhood change and served on my PHD committee.I will always remember her fondly and with appreciation. Rest in piece lovely lady.
Susan Smith Fetta
January 28, 2021
Dr. Mathiot was my linguistics professor from 1984 - 1986. I worked for her typing notes from her sociolinguistic field interviews. One day, there was a storm that flooded my basement (where I slept and worked).
It was a weekend and I was in Rochester visiting family. When neighbors called to alert me that my house was flooded, I was shocked to find everything I owned floating in wait high water! The notes I was expected to type for my professor we´re floating too.
It was one of the most difficult things I had to do at that age: tell your boss/professor that her work was completely destroyed. I ended up in the hospital from stress and anxiety. However, Dr. Mathiot asked in her calm, matter-of-fact manner, "Did anyone get injured or die?" I said, "No, but...your hard work!" She laughed and said something like, "Work is fun and I will just do it again." It made such an impression on me and never forgot her kindness and understanding.
I also learned much more from her excellent classes and to this day, We have kept all my graduate school notes in linguistics and folklore.
I´m sure she will be missed yet not forgotten.
Cathi Stack
December 23, 2020
I have had the honor of seeing Madeline monthly for the past 10 years. A wise and wonderful soul. My heart aches as I will miss her so very much. I know she is in a much better place. My sympathy to her family and friends
Ezra Zubrow
December 14, 2020
Dear Family,
I knew Madeleine as a member of the Anthropology Department. I did not follow her work closely but I do remember her very fondly. She spent considerable time with me helping me understand the importance of linguistic taxonomy and its implications for my archaeological work. I should not make too many assumptions and analogies - a wheel is not necessarily a wheel.
We used to talk about the Papago. Taking my Ph.D. in Tucson and doing considerable field work in the Southwest I had spent considerable time on Papago lands. She was so very knowledgable not only about the language but so much more. I remember we both had complex feelings about the beautiful San Xavier del Bac and I would occasionally discuss archaeological sites (Hohokam and others) and their relationship to the Papago.
She was generous with her knowledge. I will miss her.
May she rest in peace.
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