[Diabetes-Talk] [Diabetes-talk] I am very sad to let you know about the passing away of Mike Freeman, President of Diabetes Action Network

Sandra Ryan sjryan2 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 04:04:59 UTC 2016 

Bernadette Jacobs is First Vice President. 

Sandi

> On Dec 27, 2016, at 7:52 PM, d m gina via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Who is the vice president and now president he is gone?
> He touched many lives what a blessing.
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> Original message:
>> What a shock. I still can't get the lump out of my throat. I've talked with
>> him quite recently and had no idea anything else was going on. He sure knew
>> a lot. I enjoyed batting things around with him. Heck, I even enjoyed
>> fighting with him. <grin> He made such contributions here and on other lists
>> as well. My deep sympathies to his loved ones. We are all much richer for
>> what he gave. I feel like I should reset my synthesizer voice way down low
>> to say this, we'll miss you Mike. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
>> Hugs to all of you.
>> Veronica
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of d
>> m gina via Diabetes-Talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 12:55 PM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: d m gina
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] I am very sad to let you know about the passing
>> away of Mike Freeman, President of Diabetes Action Network
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>> I was pleased to learn it was cancer not diabeeties that caused Mike to
>> pass away.
>> We work hard to keep going in the rite direction, I know we will keep
>> doing the same.
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>> Original message:
>>> Dear NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Friends,
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>>> I was very sad to get the news last night of the passing of NFB DAN
>>> President Mike Freeman. I had the pleasure to know and serve with Mike on
>>> diabetes related issues for the blind over the years. Mike had a lot of
>>> wisdom and a strong desire to help his NFB friends to live healthy lives
>>> with diabetes.  My prayers go out to his family and friends that will
>>> greatly miss him.
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>>> All Because of Christ,
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>>> Jerry Munden, "Recipient of the 2011 NFB Bolotin Award"
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Joy Stigile via Diabetes-Talk
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 1:13 AM
>>> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>;
>>> nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Joy Stigile <joystigile at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] I am very sad to let you know about the passing
>>> away of Mike Freeman, President of Diabetes Action Network
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>>> Hello,
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>>> I am sending below to all of you 2 messages.  The first one is from David
>>> Andrews our list serve moderator and the second one is from Marcie
>>> Carpenter, President of National Federation of the Blind of Washington.  I
>>> cried earlier and am now able to send out this message.  Mike Freeman was
>>> someone who helped me to realize that having Diabetes was just a fact of
>>> life and just to move on.  I will certainly miss talking to him.  I love
>> the
>>> sound of his voice, wisdom and practicality towards life.  I am very sad
>> to
>>> have to tell you of his passing away. See below for the announcement from
>>> Marci Carpenter, President of the NFB of Washington.
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>>> Sincerely, Joy Stigile, President Diabetes Action Network of California
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>>> Those of you who have used NFBNET in its various incarnations will know
>> that
>>> Mike was an integral part of our success. He was an immediate and
>>> enthusiastic user of the service, when we went live in June of 1991. In
>>> those days you had to use a dial-up modem to get to our bulletinboard and
>>> there were only a few discussion areas, and lots of files. Later on I
>> asked
>>> Mike, and Steve Jacobson, to assist with the monitoring of lists, as the
>>> traffic and number of lists had increased dramatically.  He did this, as a
>>> volunteer for many years and could always be counted on to help. As you
>>> know, he was President of the NFB of Washington for a number of years, and
>>> was President of our Diabetics Division. He also served on our R&D
>>> Committee, among many other things, for many years. Even if you hadn't met
>>> Mike, you probably knew him from his extraordinarily deep voice, as a
>> human
>>> sign, at NFB conventions. I and others participated on a Conference Call
>>> with him this past Tuesday, and he sounded good, so this came as a shock!
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>>> Mike, thank you, and we will miss you!
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>>> Dave Andrews
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>>> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 14:43:30 -0800
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>>> To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List' List' <
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>>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] sad news
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>>> From: Marci Carpenter via nfbwatlk < <mailto:nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
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>>> Cc: Marci Carpenter < <mailto:mjc59 at comcast.net> mjc59 at comcast.net>
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>>> It is with a heavy heart that I write to share the news that our friend
>> and
>>> long-time Federationist Mike Freeman passed away last Saturday. As many of
>>> you know Mike had been diagnosed with terminal cancer last summer and had
>>> been undergoing treatment. In the last few weeks his spirits had been
>> high,
>>> his treatment had been going pretty well and he was planning to attend the
>>> NFB Washington Seminar next month. In the end it was his heart that gave
>>> out. Mike dedicated his life to helping blind children and adults realize
>>> their dreams. Mike requested that there be no service so we will respect
>> his
>>> wishes. I will forward more information when I have it. Please keep Connie
>>> and Shanti in your thoughts and prayers.
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>>> Marci Carpenter, President NFB of Washington  <mailto:mjc59 at comcast.net>
>>> mjc59 at comcast.net < <mailto:mjc59 at comcast.net> mailto:mjc59 at comcast.net>
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>>> 206-604-5507
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