[Home-on-the-range] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Bob Eschbach Passes

[Cindy Ray]

It is sad that Bob Eschbach passed away. My, he wasn't diagnosed with cancer for long before his death. Did anyone here know that he got his M.S.W. at the University of Kansas? I did not know this.

Cindy Lou


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> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Bob Eschbach Passes
> Date: January 26, 2013 12:40:02 PM CST
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> 
> From: Bob Kresmer [mailto:krezguy at cox.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:10 AM
> Subject: Bob Eschbach obituary
> 
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> Eschbach, Robert M.
> Reverend Robert Myers Eschbach, 80, transitioned peacefully in his sleep at
> home in Casa Grande, Arizona on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 after a confirmed
> diagnosis of cancer on the 6th of January.  Bob was born in Baguio,
> Philippines on August 26, 1932 to missionary parents Rev. Dr. Carl B. and
> Mrs. Ruth M. Eschbach.  He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister
> and brother-in-law Margaret and John Freeman, and brother James Eschbach, as
> well as his nine faithful guide dogs.  He graduated from the Ohio State
> School for the Blind (1950), Otterbein University (BA, 1954), United
> Theological Seminary (MDiv, 1958), The Menninger Foundation (Fellow,
> Religion and Psychiatry, 1967), and the University of Kansas (MSW, 1969).
> He served as a minister in the EUB and the United Methodist Churches; as a
> community mental health professional; and as an administrator and advocate
> for the blind and visually impaired as the Assistant Director of BSVI for
> the State of Ohio, and the director of the similar agency in Pennsylvania.
> Since 1969 he had been a leader in the National Federation of the Blind - on
> the National Board of Directors for 16 years, as the President of the Ohio
> Affiliate for 11 years, and by assisting and encouraging blind people
> throughout the country whatever their need.  He is survived by his "lover
> and wife" of 53 years, Patricia L. (Horne) Eschbach; children Mary E.
> Cunnyngham (Russ Meeker) of Ohio and Frederick Carl Eschbach (Marilyn
> Deeter) of Arizona; grandchildren Jason B (Elizabeth) Cunnyngham (OH) and
> Ian Michael Cunnyngham (HI); sister-in-law Marilla Eschbach, and a host of
> family and friends who all joyously celebrate his life.  At the time of his
> passing, Bob and Pat were preparing to return to the Otterbein retirement
> community in Lebanon, Ohio for the third time - where he served as pastor in
> the early 1960s and where they first retired, before moving to Arizona ten
> years ago.  A service of celebration of his life will be held at The United
> Methodist Church of Casa Grande, 1515 N. Trekell Rd., on Tuesday, January
> 29th at 11:00 a.m.  A second celebration will be held at Otterbein-Lebanon
> Retirement Community on a date yet to be determined.  In lieu of flowers,
> please consider making a contribution in his memory to the National
> Federation of the Blind (www.nfb.org), 200 E. Wells St. at Jernigan Place,
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230; Otterbein-Lebanon Retirement Community
> (www.otterbein.org), 585 N. State Route 741, Lebanon, Ohio 45036; or a
> charity of your choosing.
> 
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