[Diabetes-Talk] [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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Yes and Bernadette Jacobs will move to the President position.


Joyce Kane

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From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Sandra Ryan via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2016 11:05 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Sandra Ryan <sjryan2 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] [Diabetes-talk] I am very sad to let you know
about the passing away of Mike Freeman, President of Diabetes Action Network

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:
> 
> Who is the vice president and now president he is gone?
> He touched many lives what a blessing.
> 
> 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
> 
>> 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.
> 
>> Original message:
>>> Dear NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Friends,
> 
> 
> 
>>> 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.
> 
>>> All Because of Christ,
> 
> 
> 
>>> Jerry Munden, "Recipient of the 2011 NFB Bolotin Award"
> 
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>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrymunden?trk=hp-identity-photo>
LinkedIn!
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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
> 
> 
> 
>>> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
>>> 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.
> 
> 
> 
>>> Sincerely, Joy Stigile, President Diabetes Action Network of 
>>> California
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>> 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!
> 
> 
> 
>>> Mike, thank you, and we will miss you!
> 
> 
> 
>>> 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.
> 
>>> Marci Carpenter, President NFB of Washington  
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want.
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