From: David Andrews <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: September 22, 2010 3:36:57 PM EDT
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> Subject: [nfb-talk] Fwd: [Nfb-idaho] Brett Winchester
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> 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.
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> David Andrews
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>> From: Ramona Walhof <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "NFB of Idaho Discussion List" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:08:19 -0600
>> Subject: [Nfb-idaho] Brett Winchester
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Ramona
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