[Nfb-idaho] Brett Winchester

[Ramona Walhof]

I have a little more information.  

They are having Brett's body cremated.  The memorial service will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 2 at the Church of the Brethren on Cole Road.  Marie's email address is marie.winchester01 at gmail.com.  

Ramona 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: vickiebateman at cableone.net 
  To: NFB of Idaho Discussion List 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [Nfb-idaho] Brett Winchester


  Thanks for the information, Ramona.  I'm so sorry Brett has passed on.  What a shock.  He will definately be missed.   Our family sends our condolenses.

  Vickie Bateman



  On Wed Sep 22 1:08 , Ramona Walhof sent:



    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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