Harvey,  I know Roger and saw this post on another list last evening.  

He truly was a great asset to the visually impaired community and a really
great person.  This is a tragic thing to happen to such a good and
relatively young individual.  

Kris 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Harvey Heagy
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 7:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Fw: Sad News

I don't normally forward this kind of email to lists, but especially for
those of  you in the Madison WI area, this may be noteworthy if you know
this person.
Harvey

Hi, All! This article comes from Jeanie and me! We both received it.

This is an off topic discussion for some groups, but since many of our
friends who are blind have purchased from Roger Behm, I feel this
announcement needs to be passed along to all since permission has been
granted.

*** Forwarded Message ***

Folks, I know many of you know Roger, and will be as shocked and saddened by
this news as I am. Please pray for Roger. I just received a phone call from
Joann Jeray who asked that I share this information with everyone. Roger
Behm has been in the hospital with intestinal issues. During a colonoscopy
several years ago, there were intestinal tears that the doctors did not see
at the time. The tears healed and left scar tissue. Roger has been in pain
lately and when he was admitted to the hospital they discovered that the
scar tissue from these earlier tears had ripped the intestine and fecal
matter was going back into his system. He was moved to St. Mary's Hospital
in Madison where they thought they could do a colostomy, but it was
determined that would not work. Roger is 59 years old and has a wife,
Theresa, and 5 children, one of whom is an adopted girl who is visually
impaired. Roger will be moved to hospice care at St. Mary's Hospital in
Madison and he has asked that the plug be pulled this weekend. He is asking
for anyone who knows him to stop by the hospital. He wants to say
"good-bye". Joann relayed that sometimes Roger is coherent and sometimes not
as he is on many medications. Roger is dedicated to helping so many people
in his career and always went above and beyond. I hope many of you can make
it to St. Mary's to grant him his wish.