This will be just a short post, but I wanted to document a friend we had while living on Kelley Street in Battle Creek. I’ve spent the last couple days trying to remember her name and finally did, so I wanted to put it down before I forget it again. Her name was Marvel Coleman and she lived across the street from us. She and my Mom were really good friends.
I can picture her house in my mind and I used to go over there with my Mother every once in a while. I can only remember two things about her. One, she was single and always would be. I’m sure she died an old maid. The second was that she collected copies of the song “My Blue Heaven”. That’s a famous 1940’s song written by Irving Berlin, I believe. She collected every different version of that song that she could find. It had been done by a lot of people, so she had a sizable collection.
I can’t help but wonder if that isn’t where I got the idea to collect music. Probably not, but who knows.
Dad