<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thank you, Suzanne. Pat of course, was at our 2013 convention which we dedicated to Bob after his death and she spoke to the audience about her time in the Federation and shared some of her memories Bob. Also in 2014 I believe it was when Ohio hosted the hospitality suite at the national convention along with other states we coordinated it, pat was really the boss dog in that suite. So many people may have met her during one or both of those times.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 6, 2025, at 10:12\u202fPM, Suzanne Turner via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>On behalf of the Cleveland chapter, we are sending condolences to her family. May she rest in peace. Although we never got a chance to meet her and her husband, we do have the understanding that they were pillars in the Blind community.</div><div><br></div><div>When I read this, we were in the employment seminar. I did share it with Richard when things were over.</div><div><br></div><div>Suzanne.</div><div><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 6, 2025, at 4:07\u202fPM, Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">I am sorry to report that Pat Eshbach died this morning. We have no details, but she was waiting to move into assisted living at her senior living facility. Pat was a devoted wife to Ohio Past President Bob Eschbach and a gifted First Lady of the affiliate for eleven years. She was always working to demonstrate to members of the public and blind people ourselves that we could live the lives we wanted. For a number of years she organized and managed the national presidential suite at a time when we provided substantial snacks and hospitality. She was wonderful at setting blind people to work doing things they had no idea they could do. And when she discovered someone who could actually slice bread or make sandwiches, she was eager to put them to work, praising them as she went. <div><br></div><div>Pat was a loving pastor\u2019s wife and a radiant Christian. I am sure that she is rejoicing at being with Bob again, and she is no doubt busy finding something useful to do in Heaven.</div><div><br></div><div>Rest in Peace our dear friend,<br><div>
<div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Barbara Pierce (she, her, hers)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">President Emerita<br>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<br>Barbara.pierce9366@gmail.com<br>440-774-8077<br> <br><br>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise expectations for blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</div></div>
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