Remembering Crystal Mae Dalton

Crystal Mae Dalton, a longtime member of the Honest Weight community, died on August 5 after a long illness.

Mae, who was known to us as Crystal for most of her time here, and only asked us to call her by her middle name “Mae” in the last year, was actually born as Susan Battalini. She was a fixture at our Quail Street location. Crystal was a volunteer for The Gentle Wind Project. She came in almost every Sunday to give people the opportunity to use her “healing instrument,” which changed several times over the years — having incarnations as a puck, and later as a wand.

Crystal joined the Coop and became a working member after our move to Central Avenue. She would come to the store with a revolving group of her kids, other kids and other adults, a group affectionately referred to as “The Dalton Gang.” A few years ago, Crystal brought her Gentle Wind healing instrument back to the Coop after a hiatus of several years. It had changed again — its most recent incarnation was a large poster and a tripod. Crystal did this week after week for no personal gain, and she and the Coop became well known for this. People came from far afield — once all the way from New York City — just to use Crystal’s instrument.

Crystal home-schooled all four of her children. And she was a terrific gardener who was very modest — but very knowledgeable about plants. We will always remember Crystal as a woman of boundless energy.

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