[Nfbwv-talk] Buck Saunders passed away last night at age 76

[Sheri Koch]

I am so sad
To hear
Of Buck's passing. My heart and prayers go out to Mary Ann and the family. Brad thank you for sending that message which was so very difficult to compose

Sheri

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 30, 2013, at 12:17 PM, "Brad Hodges" <hts25701 at aol.com> wrote:

> This is one of the most difficult messages I have had to send in recent memory, because it is to let you know that at around midnight yesterday Buck Saunders passed away.
> 
> Many of us were gathered together when we inducted both Buck and Mary Ann into the NFB of WV Hall of Fame. Here is a brief quotation from the remarks which Ed McDonald delivered at that presentation.
> 
> "Willis Gene Saunders was born September 13, 1937, in Huntington, WV.  As a young boy attending the West Virginia School for the Blind in Romney, his imagination was forever captivated by the drama of science fiction heroes, gangsters, villains, detectives and crime solvers that he heard on the radio.  Fascinated by the heroic adventures of Buck Rogers, he took on the moniker that has stayed with him throughout his life.  Buck is a 1958 graduate of the School for the Blind, and in 1971 he earned a degree in speech and psychology from Marshall University.  His early employment included jobs as a clerk typist with the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare and as a police and fire dispatcher in Cabell County."
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> From my perspective as a relative newcomer to the NFB of WV family Buck immediately impressed me as a man who was Always properly skeptical of the self important, yet he was never cynical about his fellow citizens or the idea that by working together we can improve the human condition.
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> Buck had a habit of posing an idea by beginning, "I've been thinking of something which you may think is really far out, but..." There was no question that the commentary which followed was likely to be complex and would challenge the listener to follow his very unique narrative, but at the end of the trail there was something of value, worth thinking seriously about.
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> Mary Ann is with her daughters, Laura and Terri,  this morning. As soon as plans are announced we will forward them to you.
> 
> At the Hall of Fame presentation Buck was quoted as saying he wanted to be part of an organization which "wasn't afraid to stand up on its hind feet and say enough is enough." That is the spirit of Buck Saunders which will always remain close to my heart
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> Brad     Hodges.
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