[Blindtlk] Fwd: [Nfb-idaho] Brett Winchester

[David Andrews]

I am sad to forward a message concerning the sudden passing of 
long-time member Brett Winchester -- from Idaho.  I worked with him 
in the Radio Reading Service field for many years and knew him to be 
committed to his family, the NFB, his reading service and listeners, 
and his church.  I know he will be missed.

David Andrews


>From: Ramona Walhof <rwnfbi at q.com>
>To: "NFB of Idaho Discussion List" <nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org>
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:08:19 -0600
>Subject: [Nfb-idaho] Brett Winchester
>
>For some reason I cannot read the message Susan sent here, but she 
>said it was brief.  I thought perhaps I should fill in a little more 
>information.
>
>Brett has known he had liver failure for several months.  I thought 
>he was working on a liver transplant, and he said he had several 
>people who could be a match for tissue.  Marie called me this 
>morning and said he started going down hill rapidly Sunday 
>afternoon, and she thought there had been internal bleeding.  He 
>died last night about 9:30 p.m.
>
>I talked to Brett Sunday afternoon.  He was on medication for a 
>liver infection for which he had been hospitalized earlier last 
>week.  He didn't sound terific, but he certainly did not sound as 
>though he was near death. He was on one of his searches for an 
>obscure piece of information for which we all remember him so well.
>
>Marie said she will let us know about services, but probably not 
>until the end of next week.  Their church is the Church of the 
>Bretheren on Cole Road, and that will be the location.  As we all 
>know Brett was a committed Mason, so we can be pretty sure that will 
>be part of the service.
>
>Perhaps I do not need to say that I was shocked at Marie's call this 
>morning.  We want to offer as much support to her and the girls as 
>possible. Mary Ellen and I will do our best to keep in touch and let 
>you all know. For those of you who do not remember, Annette and 
>Evelyn are the Winchesters' daughters.  All four of them worked very 
>hard on our cinnamon roll booth as long as we had it.  The girls 
>practically lived there during the fair.  They are wonderful young women now.
>
>Brrett isa past president of the Treasure Valley Chapter, and he 
>worked for maybe as much as twenty years for the Commission for the Blind.
>
>Ramona

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