It was another weekly routine of checking the post office boxes for mail, and there it was: two recent Vallejo Numismatic Society’s Bulletins had been returned, with those infamous yellow “return to sender” labels. But, in large script, it was handwritten, by someone, the cruel word, “Deceased.”
Mary K. Roja, who was an avid presence in San Francisco Bay Area local coin clubs, had died, and I learned via this simple and painful return with a handwritten “Deceased.”
Several around northern California would have known Mary. She attended most all the local coin clubs and was a supporter for the Fremont Coin Club. She always had a smile and chuckle for anyone, and she was proud about her son’s achievements. Candidly, I never learned what she collected. I gather being…
