THE VISION ISSUE - City of Shaker Heights

CITY NEWS
97-Year-Old Publishes Book
Proving that age is just a number,
97-year-old Mary Butcher, a Shaker
resident, published her first book in
2012. It is a memoir entitled, Tho
There Be No Tears. The book is an
account of her difficult early years
growing up in orphanages, enduring
abuse and ultimately moving in with
her grandmother, Martha Randolph,
when she was 12-years-old. Randolph
shared with Butcher stories of living on
a slave plantation in Virginia and the
Underground Railroad. With the support
and encouragement of her grandmother,
Butcher attended college to
study English and Journalism.
The book, published through Morning
Glory Press, is available only at the
Woodlands of Shaker Heights at the corner
of Lee Road and Chagrin Boulevard.
Maria Campanelli has been named
executive director of the Children’s
Museum of Cleveland.
Debbie May-Johnson has been appointed
executive director of the
Cleveland Eye Bank.
Crain’s 2012 forty under 40 list includes
five Shaker residents:
Aparna Bole, MD, sustainability
manager, University Hospitals, assistant
professor, Department of Pediatrics,
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Hospital.
Michelle Comerford, managing director
of Austin Consulting, The Austin
Company.
James P. Dougherty, partner, Jones
Day.
Eric and Hallie Bram Kogelschatz,
founders, TEDxCLE.
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