[nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfb-idaho] Brett Winchester

[Sherri]

So sorry to hear of Brett's sudden loss. I do not know him personally,but 
have seen him on many e-mail lists. My sincerest condolences to the NFB OF 
Idaho and to Brett's family.

Sherri

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:36 PM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfb-idaho] Brett Winchester


>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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