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Craig W. Moon, 46, Maine
LEWISTON -- Craig W. Moon, age 46, of Back Cove Drive in Turner, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with his loving family at his side.
He was born in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 1959, a son of Ann (Burton) and George W. Moon Jr.
Craig was a graduate of Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Md., class of 1977, where he was an allstate football player. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with a minor in process control. During his education, he became a member of Tau Beta Pi.
Craig moved to Maine from Maryland to work as a chemical engineer at International Paper Co. in Jay. He later went to work for Scott Paper Co. in Hinckley, and currently was employed by New Page Corp. in Rumford as the information technology manager.
Craig was an avid outdoorsman, fishing and hunting with his kids at every chance. He was especially proud of his two children, Amelia and Philip, whom he taught to hunt and fish very well. They won multiple trophies and awards doing these things.
He was a whiz at working on computers and often had the dining room table covered with two or three at a time that he would be fixing for friends and family.
He was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; the Monmouth Fish & Game Club; Ducks Unlimited; and the National Rifle Association.
He was greatly admired for his dry sense of humor, tenacity, perseverance, determination, and will to live.
He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in January of 2000. In June 2002 he underwent a "mini" bone marrow transplant and ended up being in remission less than two years later. He fought very hard to beat the numerous obstacles thrown in his path. He spent 58 days in the hospital in June and July of 2004, after being totally paralyzed by lyme disease, having the distinction of being the only known bone marrow transplant patient to contract lyme disease. He even had an article published about this in the Journal of Infectious Clinical Diseases in December of 2005.
During his hospitalization, he only missed four days of work. He came home still in a wheelchair and went to therapy every day.
He helped to coach his son's football team for a few years and that summer he did it from his wheelchair, not even missing the first practice.
He was the best role model for his kids.
His unwavering courage and zest for life were fostered by his immense support system of family and the most incredible friends, to whom we will be forever thankful.
He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Debra Ann (Bernard) Moon; a daughter, Amelia Moon, and a son, Philip Moon; his father, George W. Moon Jr. of Parksley, Va.; a sister, Karen Koenig and husband, Jeff, of Catonsville, Md.; a brother, Gary Moon and wife, Dorrie, of Crisfield, Md.; sister-in-law Judy Ellis of Rumford; brother-in-law Roger Whitehouse of Rumford; mother-in-law Alfreda Bernard of Rumford; nieces and nephews Nicholas and Ashley Moon, Jacob, Luke, and Joseph Koenig, Christine Reynolds, and Diane Ellis.
He was predeceased by his mother, Ann Moon, in 2005.
Visiting hours will be 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 17, at the S.G. Thibault Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, at St. Athanasius & St. John Catholic Church, Rumford.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Craig Moon Fund, c/o Dr. David C. Fisher, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02215.
Arrangements are by S.G. Thibault Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 250 Penobscot St., Rumford, ME; 364-4366; http://www.dignitymemorial.com
Published in the Morning Sentinel on 4/15/2006.
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David A. McHoul, 63, Massachusetts
David A. McHoul, 63 ; was Cape funeral home director By Jillian Orlando, Globe Correspondent | June 10, 2005
David A. McHoul, a Provincetown funeral home director since 1985, died Monday at the Cape End Manor Nursing Home of complications from Lyme disease. He was 63.
The son of a funeral home director, Mr. McHoul grew up in the business. "Whatever the families needed he seemed to be able to accommodate them," said Jim Keefe, office manager at McHoul Funeral Home.
It was important to Mr. McHoul to help people in the difficult times after losing a loved one, but it was not easy work. ''Sometimes it would be upsetting working in this business because we buried friends a lot," said Sandy Dobbyn, Mr. McHoul's girlfriend of 16 years, who also works at the funeral home.
Mr. McHoul was born in Boston, the eldest of three sons of Alexander and Mildred (Hennessey) McHoul. He went to Watkinson Preparatory School in Hartford and to college at the New England Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Boston.
After college, he served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.Returning from the war, he ran McHoul Services, a funeral livery service in Boston with his brother Douglas from 1962 to 1983.
In 1984, Mr. McHoul left Boston and moved to Provincetown and opened McHoul Funeral Home a year later. "He was in control of everything and never got flustered," Keefe said.
Mr. McHoul loved Provincetown and met many people whom he befriended and who enjoyed his sense of humor, his girlfriend said. ''Oh, he knew everyone," Dobbyn said. ''We loved to eat out at all the restaurants, and the staff were our friends."
Mr. McHoul got coffee with ''the boys" at Adams Pharmacy every morning and enjoyed riding his bike around town.
He began traveling frequently in the 1990s, visiting 14 Caribbean islands during that decade. Locally, he traveled to Long Point on his boats, Digger I and No Wake. Accompanying him on many boating trips was his Dalmatian, Dune who lived to be 14 years old.
Later in life, his Wheaten terrier, Wheeti, was by his side, helping to pull his wheelchair around town, Dobbyn said.
In addition to his girlfriend and parents, he leaves two daughters, Kelly Doyle of Plymouth and Kary Gatens of Los Angeles; two brothers, Douglas of New York and Puerto Rico, and Donald of North Attleborough; and three grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be said today at 11 a.m. in St. Peter the Apostle Church Hall in Provincetown. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.
� Copyright 2005 Globe Newspaper Company. Link to article in Boston Globe online
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David Lee Thomas, 18, New Jersey
On May 18, 2000, David Lee Thomas of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, died after a long battle with Chronic Lyme Disease.
David was a member of the varsity swim team, the Baptist Church of Red Bank and Monmouth High School. He was 18 years old.
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Deanice Hinton, 49, Oklahoma
Deanice Hinton died of lyme December 11 of 2004 at the young age 49. My mother was infected in 1984 for 20 years she suffered with lyme.
I thank each of you for your stories and help. Keep fighting and telling your stories or those who have passed will have died in vain.
I will not allow my mother to die in vain come the spring of 2005 I will be entering medical school, also if anyone knows how I would like help in organizing a walk for lyme in May in the state of Oklahoma in honor of my mother.
My thanks amber Hinton
My mom did respond to the antibiotics the problem was getting them, she was off of them for 3 months and had a severe yeast infection, when waiting for the rocephin to come she was being treated for the yeast. The doctor ordered her not to be exposed to anyone sick because of her depleted immune system, of course people didn't beleive that.
I contacted the CDC and the Oklahoma department on health today. The CDC apparently don't receive many lyme cases from Oklahoma because in Oklahoma the doctors are not required to let the CDC know about an infection because it is lonestarie another strain of lyme.
I ask both the department of health what they are doing to let Oklahomans know about the risks of this disease. Get this. They have pamphlets and information but they must be requested by a doctor in order to receive them. Other diseases they send out regularly.
Anything wrong with this picture. You will have to excuse me I have a world to save
``Joni suspects Lyme disease killed her husband, who lived a healthy life up until he was diagnosed with the disease last August.''
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`He touched everyone he met' By Daniel Axelrod MPG Newspapers
PLYMOUTH (Aug 13) - Former Plymouth conservation agent John Martini faced his first obstacle at six months old when his parents left him on the doorstep of St. Mary's Home in Binghamton, N.Y.
Raised by nuns until he was 18, Martini moved out and worked as a cab driver in Boston, where he paid his way through UMass-Boston and earned a bachelor's degree in political science and American history. After two marriages, two children, a career teaching high school, and running a landscaping business, Martini died July 24 at age 55.
Joni, his wife of 19 years, suspects her husband died of Lyme disease.His death was unexpected and relatively sudden, and the official cause remains unknown pending numerous tests.
Martini left behind his daughter Julie, 30, his son Jeffery, 27, a massive backyard garden of exotic plants and a legacy of being a vibrant, outgoing, sociable, kind, generous, optimistic, and loving man, according to friends and family.
Reaching out to everyone
Joni Martini still has the thank you letters from John's former Falmouth junior/senior high school students tucked away in a folder.
``Students sent letters saying they were sorry to see him go. They liked his sense of humor,'' Martini said.``He used to have some students who stayed in touch for years at a time. Even after they'd move to different states they'd call and ask him for advice.'' Wherever he worked and whatever he did, Martini made a lasting impression.
``He was a family guy, warm, caring and wonderful, and he made you feel very special,'' Michelle Turner, administrative assistant for Plymouth's Conservation Commission, said.Turner worked closely with Martini during his days as a part-time conservation agent for Plymouth. Turner said staffers knew when the bubbly Martini came in the town offices because he filled the room with a cheerful vibe and chitchat.
Turner is Italian, and Martini used to kid her in Italian, discuss Italian food and talk about Italy.
``You felt like you were a part of him when you spoke with him,'' Turner said. ``Everyone misses his personality. I still have a picture of him on my desk. I look at it all the time.''
After graduating among the top 5 percent of his class at UMass in 1972, Martini cultivated his love of cooking by working as a chef for a nursing home in Falmouth.
He married Christine Beaulac, with whom he had his two children. Martini spent the next 13 years working, mostly as a chef, and raising his children Jeffrey and Julie. He won custody of the children in 1980, after a long divorce.
Now a single parent, he was partly led to teaching by his need to make more money. He went back to school at Southeastern University to earn his teaching certificate and began teaching history for the Falmouth school district in 1985. Martini again graduated from Southeastern magna cum laude, among the top 5 percent of his class.
At SMU in the mid `80s, John focused on another lifelong passion - learning about New England's Native American clans. Joni still occupies the couple's Plymouth house, where visitors will see a bookcase, built by John, full of perhaps 400 books on Native Americans - just a sample of what he read.
Back when John was in school, he visited the Falmouth Christmas Tree Shop just to catch a glimpse of Joni, a fellow divorcee ``he had the `hots' for,'' Joni said. Coincidentally, Joni's sister, Barbara Beltran, and Martini earned their teaching degrees at the same time.
Barbara liked Martini - who had no idea she was Joni's sister - so she gave him Joni's phone number. John's random phone call to Joni one day led to a six-hour conversation, a follow-up date to the movies, a six-month courtship and marriage.
``You know how people say they have a soul mate?'' Joni said. ``There was just something that clicked there. We both were interested in the same things and it wasn't awkward to talk.''
Martini got a job at Falmouth schools, where he worked for three years before moving to Cornwall, Vt. in search of a wholesome life and good schools for his beloved children. John taught for a time in Vermont and the family became self-sufficient farmers.
No flatlanders (except John)
``Usually Vermont natives call newcomers flatlanders and it takes a while to fit in, but John fit right in,'' Joni said. Martini fit in so well that Cornwall's 1,000 or so residents voted the newcomer onto the board of selectmen.
When the family arrived, they settled in after buying 25 acres and a three-bedroom contemporary home renovated by John after he studied carpentry on his own. The family grew crops, tended chickens and heated the house with wood John split and burned in wood stoves. Joni raised the kids and, while they were in school, worked at a general store where she got to know community members.
One day, residents at the store suggested Joni tell John to run for the board of selectmen. At first he dismissed her suggestion, but soon John delved into campaigning. He loaded hand-painted signs into his big old white Oldsmobile, drove around town and shook hands and chatted with everyone he met. The newcomer with no political experience won the local election by a landslide against an incumbent town leader. Martini's time as a Cornwall selectman was the beginning of a long life of community service as a teacher and member of various boards and committees in the communities where he lived.
Martini also taught from 1987 to 1989 at Otter Valley Union High School in Brandon, Vt., where he established an alternative education program for disadvantaged and disaffected students, just as he'd done at Falmouth. Martini even helped start a reading program and aided in the development of the state's Educational Reform Act.
All along, though, a love of the earth grew deep within him. No longer content just to foster his student's academic and personal growth, he went to school to become a landscaper. After Martini learned landscaping, the family moved to Plymouth. He had lived here briefly and loved the town, and Joni wanted to be closer to her family in Falmouth.
Making his mark on Plymouth
Besides his Vermont community service, Martini served on Plymouth's master plan committee, the downtown steering committee and two different economic development committees and as a town meeting member. He was a long-time Mason, a part-time conservation agent for Plymouth and even a tutor for those who couldn't read.
Speak with those who knew or loved Martini and you'll find a recurring theme - not only did John do everything he could to get to know people, he couldn't stand pat if he saw something in the community needing fixing.
``He meant a lot to many of us for different reasons,'' friend and planning board member Larry Rosenblum said. ``John was concerned about the community and also a great cook, a great gardener and you got the sense he was a shepherd tending to his flock with everything.''
Rosenblum was shocked when Martini recruited him to run for the planning board. ``Usually the candidate picks the campaign manager, here the campaign manager picked the candidate,'' Rosenblum said. Rosenblum remembers one day when Martini drove past the synagogue on Pleasant Street downtown and noticed the lawn's beat-up appearance. Martini wasn't Jewish.
``But he said to the Rabbi, `It looks like the garden needs tending,' and he volunteered to do that,'' Rosenblum said.
Martini's landscaping business, Alden Court Gardens, is still owned by his wife and operated by 24-year-old Jeff Parsons and his assistant, who serve 40 to 50 clients.
``John was never afraid to learn something new or different, and I think that's what made him so successful,'' Joni said. ``If you spoke Polish he'd go out and try to speak Polish.''
The Martinis' house is decorated with Native American artifacts from John's travels.
Outside, John's second passion is quickly evident in the form of the sprawling garden with red pine needle-covered walkways, through which John would walk potential customers to help them plan their gardens.
``His knowledge of plants was amazing, and he knew all the Latin names. Sometimes I had to say `Speak English, John,' `` Turner said. ``And as conservation agent his rapport with people in the field was special.''
Even Martini's kids are excelling in life. Julie works for the Massachusetts Cultural Council on Arts and Jeffery is doing his graduate work at Georgetown University. After a stint working for the conservative think-tank Rand Corporation, Jeffery is studying Arabic.
The end: fast and frightening
The end for John Martini was fast and frightening. Martini contracted the deer tick-transmitted Lyme disease last August and the tell-tale big bull's-eye rash appeared on the upper inside of his right leg complete with a hard egg-like lump. Two months of antibiotics followed and the disease seemed to go into remission. Subsequent Lyme disease tests showed up negative.
But by February John felt tired all the time. His face was puffy and his eyes were often half-closed. The muscular 5-foot, 6-inch 150-pound landscaper became weak and lost muscle strength. He hired assistants to help with his business and took naps during the day between landscaping jobs.
``The doctors had no clue what was going on, and every part of his body hurt,'' Joni said. ``John seemed to feel it was still the Lyme disease, but the doctors said it wasn't and testing didn't show it.'' By June, John was hospitalized at Jordan Hospital for a week with the mysterious ailment. He seemed to feel better and he came back home, but, by early July, Martini was back in the hospital and sicker than ever.
``On July 3, I took him to the Jordan ER and he could hardly walk, his heart was racing, and we were so very scared,'' Joni said. ``We didn't know if he was having a heart attack.'' The hospital admitted him, ran more inconclusive tests and on July 9 sent him to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
He died about two weeks later after a steady stream of inconclusive tests and antibiotics, but not before he got to know all the doctors and nurses on the floor. He spent his last days sleeping, reading the novel ``The Da Vinci Code'' and dipping his hands in the soil of a plant a friend brought him. The hospital is still running tests on his body to confirm whether Lyme disease was the culprit.
Joni suspects Lyme disease killed her husband, who lived a healthy life up until he was diagnosed with the disease last August.
``He was always positive and he thought he'd get better when he got sick,'' Joni said. ``I'm still in shock. It's still hard to believe that he's gone. I just miss his voice and his laughter. He had a very good sense of humor, he joked a lot, he was silly and he used to like to tell and play practical jokes.''
Martini hopes the doctors pinpoint what killed John, and most of all she wants the public to somehow learn from John's death. (See sidebar) She thinks John ``would be honored'' if his body is used to help fight Lyme disease.
``I told the doctors if there's anything in his body that can help the next person that comes along, so they don't have to suffer like he did, I hope they find it, because I still have to live with the fact that, if they don't find anything, I just won't know what killed him.'' (end quote)
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Jon Pierre Lavallee, 46, Massachusetts
June 20, 2002
Cape Cod Times motor-route driver; enjoyed woodworking
WELLFLEET - Jon Pierre Lavallee, 46, died Wednesday at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston of Lyme disease.
A Nauset Regional High School graduate, he was an athlete and an avid fan of all sports. He was a gifted craftsman, who enjoyed woodworking, building furniture and restoring antiques, some of which were hand-painted by his partner, Beth. He was a familiar face at the Wellfleet Flea Market, where he sold many of his creations.
He worked for the Cape Cod Times as a motor-route driver for many years, delivering in the Provincetown and Truro areas.
He leaves his parents, Russell and Cynthia Lavallee of Wellfleet; two sisters, Cynthia A. DeJong of Sheboygan, Wis., and Michele A. Dumont of Wellfleet; a brother, Brian S. Lavallee of Brewster; his life partner, Beth Sherwood of Wellfleet; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Wellfleet United Methodist Church, Main Street, Wellfleet.
Donations may be made to Wild Care, P.O. Box 760, Brewster, MA 02631, attn: Karen; or to the Animal Rescue League, P.O. Box 1265, Brewster, MA 02631.
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Jonathan Bleefield, Maryland
On May 27, 2004, JONATHAN BLEEFIELD; beloved son of Kathryn Von Hagel and the late Charles Bleefield; step-son of George Von Hagel, Jr.; beloved brother of David Bleefield, Laurie Fields, Amy Entwisle and Anne Exton; step-brother of Carol Blair, George Von Hagel, III and Violet Cheatham.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Lyme Disease Foundation, 1 Financial Plaza, Hartford, CT 06103. Services private. Published in the Baltimore Sun on 6/1/2004.
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Kathy Cavert
Posted by Ann - OH
Sadly, Kathy Cavert died several years ago. She was an amazing advocate and educator. She founded a support group, lectured a lot and did a study that was presented at a National Lyme Conference. She had a newsletter and published quite often.
Her own case was very complicated by some severe car accident injuries and several surgeries that she had to have over the years.
She was a very beautiful, tiny, blonde woman who loved her dogs and had very dedicated and loving friends.
Here is one of her best articles, written in the mid 1990's.
Ann - OH [quote]
Psychosocial Issues of Lyme Disease Kathy Cavert
As with all serious and debilitating diseases, there are some factors that come into play more than the disease itself which complicates things for the patient and the family. These issues are sometimes more devastating than the disease itself.
One of the biggest problems with Lyme disease is that it can render the victim completely helpless and unable to work or take care of the family. The disease can mimic other diseases in combination such as Lou Gehrig's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, polymyalgia rheumatica, fibromyalgia syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, Alzheimer's and lupus. It is painful and causes debilitating fatigue and weakness to the point of paralysis at times. It can cause seizures and Bell's palsy, meningitis and encephalitis. It can cause bone pain and joint pain so severe that it can be frightening.
As with all severe disabling diseases, this one carries with it a whole host of problems other than the disease itself. The following are but a few:
Guilt. Feeling bad about feeling bad particularly when one is unable to work or keep up their share of the housework and child-rearing. This carries over into marital relationships as well because although the Lyme person looks well on the outside, often they feel as though they are dying on the inside. It is hard when loved ones and friends want to go someplace and have a good time and the Lyme patient wants to stay home due to fatigue or pain. They oftentimes feel guilty for being such a dull partner.
The symptoms can also lead to guilt surrounding the lack of sexual interest because the disease is a neurologic disease and can cause some sexual problems as well.
Isolation/Desertion. Often the Lyme patient has the sympathy of friends, physicians, and family at first. But as the months pass and the years pass and the patient continues to complain of varying symptoms and the blood test scans continue to come back negative, friends and family pull away. They begin to doubt the sanity of the person. The physicians begin blaming the patient and suggesting emotional overlay, hysteria, depression or psychogenic problems. The family follows suit.
This kind of abandonment only makes things worse for the Lyme person. They not only have to deal with chest pain, numbness, tingling, infections, fevers, dizziness, pain, weakness, fatigue and memory loss, etc., but they have to do it with strange looks, nasty comments and mistrust from the people who were at one time close to them.
Validation of the person. It is difficult to feel validated as a person when others are telling you that you are nuts and that your symptoms do not exist or that you are bringing them on yourself. Validation must be done now more from within and one finds themselves in the dilemma of trying to beef up their own self-esteem with positive affirmations. This is a time when we all need to feel support and so often we feel just the opposite.
Employers accuse patients of faking illness; family accuse them of not wanting to work or carry out daily chores; friends accuse them of being hypochondriacs and no longer being the kind of friend that they were in the past. Children worry if it is their parent, and spouses become concerned as well.
Parents begin to doubt the validity and the severity of the symptoms and the Lyme patient sinks into depression, at last fulfilling the prophecy of the doctors who for so long had suggested that to be the case in the first place.
Lyme is like having symptoms of all the major diseases compiled into one. It can leave one in quiet desperation. Lyme disease is an infection and an infection that affects the brain. Adding insult to injury, the brain manifestations such as subtle encephalitis and meningitis can cause patients to be emotionally labile, or perhaps moody.
Most Lyme patients are people whose lives have been filled with activity and outdoor things and for the most part, these are people who lived life to its fullest and suddenly were struck down. The adjustment is not easy.
There is fear of the future and fear of the present. With concomitant brain inflammations and central nervous system problems, it can cause a variety of emotional problems, unlike anything the patient previously knew.
We are hoping that the physicians in the midwest will stop and take a good look at what is really going on here. We do have a problem and it is a problem that at some point, must be addressed. Unfortunately I am finding more and more people who have suffered with Lyme for over 6 years and it concerns me greatly.
It is my sincere hope that soon each and every physician in Kansas City and the surrounding areas will include Lyme in their differential diagnoses when symptoms are suggestive of a combination of rheumatologic, neurologic or cardiac.
Lyme Disease is not a benign disease. It is a very serious spirochetal disease which must be treated with aggressive antibiotic therapy.[end quote]
Family who couldn't afford burial kept body in SUV By The Associated Press (3/18/05 - ROYSE CITY, TX) -- A woman who couldn't afford to bury her ex-husband last month drew criticism from neighbors and questions from police after she stored his embalmed body in the back of an SUV in the family's driveway for two days.
"The phone rang off the wall with calls such as, 'How ... can you all be so cold-hearted and keep Larry in that vehicle in front of your home?' " said Brenda Pitts Bennett, who had let 50-year-old Larry Bennett live with her after their 1995 divorce. Larry Bennett, a former building inspector whose poor health had cost him his job and drained his finances, died Feb. 26. His cause of death is pending, but his ex-wife said he died of complications of Lyme disease, a bacterial disease spread by ticks.
Larry Bennett was buried in his ex-wife's hometown of Farmersville, but not before the Bennetts became the talk of the neighborhood.
Brenda Bennett said she went to Rockwall County shortly after the death to collect money for a burial. A judge told her the county allows up to $1,000 for cremation of paupers. The ex-wife said she took the $1,000 to a funeral home because she thought it would pay for a burial instead of cremation, but she later was told that it wouldn't be enough.
So, she said, the family had little choice but to load Larry Bennett's body in their SUV and take him home while they figured out what to do.
She said the family soon started getting angry calls -- so many, that they had to take the phone off the hook -- and people started driving by just to look at the body, which was in a bag.
Royse City police received numerous calls about the body, Sgt. Jim Baker said. But the body wasn't removed because no law was violated, and since the body was embalmed, it posed no health issue, Baker said.
"It was believed to be safe, and the family had a right to claim it," he said.
After two days, a mortuary agreed to store the body. Larry Bennett was buried March 10 with the help of donations.
Brenda Bennett said the treatment from the community was disheartening.
"Everyone acted like I was insane. ... I know they could not have come up with the money at all to afford a funeral for their loved one, yet they wanted to condemn us," she wrote.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved
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Norwalk Citizen~News Obituaries Article Launched:10/26/2006 11:47:48 AM EDT
Lauren Faxon Brooks of Old Greenwich lost her valiant and courageous struggle with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 57 on Oct. 12.
She had a wonderfully humanitarian, kind and gentle spirit and will always be remembered for her unwavering commitment to helping family, friends and those in need. She was an extraordinarily gracious woman blessed with many gifts, including a boundless sense of humor and compassionate nature that will live on in the hearts of and continue to inspire all who knew and loved her.
Originally from Palo Alto, Calif., she graduated from Cubberley High School and Cal Poly in San Luis, Obispo, Calif., where she was a member of Delta Chi Omega. She met her husband, Torrey, while she was the registrar at the Stanford Business School. They married in the Napa Valley and settled in Greenwich in March 1985. She was a member of the Greenwich Board of Realtors for 17 years, was the founder and president of Brody Realty, and was a member of the Greenwich Country Club.
For the past eight years, she was an active board member and the vice president-education of Time for Lyme, Inc., of Greenwich, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and research regarding Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. She was instrumental in creating and disseminating educational materials regarding tick-borne diseases, both for local and national use. She was especially proud of her work with the local chapter of the American Red Cross to create a tick removal kit, which is now distributed nationally, and her personal guidance of many individuals afflicted with Lyme.
The Brooks family owned the Brooks Community Newspapers until 1998. She was the daughter-in-law of B.V. Brooks, who was the president and publisher of the newspaper company.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her two sons, Brody and Brandon of Old Greenwich; her mother, Ernestine Faxon of Palo Alto; her sisters and brothers-in-law, Robin and James Yurash and Teri and Matt Peters of California; many nieces, nephews and cousins; and, of course, her beloved Dachshund, Bailey. She was predeceased by her father, Bill Faxon.
Memorial contributions may be made to Time for Lyme, Inc., designated for the Lauren F. Brooks Memorial Fund at P.O. Box 31269, Greenwich 06831. For additional information about her, visit www.laurenbrooks.org.Posts: 7052 | From Colorado | Registered: Mar 2003
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Leo Bogart, 84, New York
Posted by Ann - OH
I put all the information about babesiosis first because some was at the beginning and some at the end of the obituary and I wanted to be sure you read it all.
The entire obituary is posted below. Ann - OH
[quote] Sociologist Leo Bogart Dies of Babesiosis from Long Island (NY Times 10-19)
October 19, 2005
Leo Bogart, 84, Sociologist Who Studied Role of Media in Culture, Is Dead By JULIE BOSMAN
Leo Bogart, a sociologist, author and marketing specialist who was known for studying the role of the mass media in culture, died Saturday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. He was 84.
The cause of death was babesiosis, a parasitic disease that is transmitted by ticks, said his wife of 57 years, the former Agnes Cohen. .................
After checking into Mount Sinai on Aug. 7, Dr. Bogart learned that he had babesiosis, a malarialike infectious disease that destroys red blood cells. It is typically found in coastal islands of the Northeast, and Mrs. Bogart said her husband might have contracted it on a trip to the couple's home on Long Island." [end quote]
[Here is the full obituary] Sociologist Leo Bogart Dies of Babesiosis from Long Island (NY Times 10-19)
October 19, 2005
Leo Bogart, 84, Sociologist Who Studied Role of Media in Culture, Is Dead By JULIE BOSMAN
Leo Bogart, a sociologist, author and marketing specialist who was known for studying the role of the mass media in culture, died Saturday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. He was 84.
The cause of death was babesiosis, a parasitic disease that is transmitted by ticks, said his wife of 57 years, the former Agnes Cohen.
Dr. Bogart, who also studied advertising and public opinion and wrote nearly a dozen books, argued that market forces should not be the sole determinant of media content. He decried the increasing presence of violence and sex in film and television, asserting in his most recent book, "Over the Edge," that advertisers degrade content through their desire to capture the youth market.
He was an influential figure in the marketing and advertising industries. He served for many years as the executive vice president and general manager of the Newspaper Advertising Bureau, the sales and marketing organization of the newspaper industry.
He taught marketing at New York University, Columbia University and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was a senior fellow at the Center for Media Studies at Columbia and a Fulbright research fellow in France.
At his death, Dr. Bogart was a director and senior consultant for Innovation, an international media consulting firm, and wrote a column for Presstime, the magazine of the Newspaper Association of America.
Dr. Bogart was born in Lwow, now Lvov, Poland, and moved to the United States with his family at age 2, eventually becoming fluent in seven languages.
After graduating from Brooklyn College in 1941, he joined the Army Signal Intelligence Corps. Fluent in German, he intercepted communications in Germany during World War II. He chronicled that experience in his memoir, "How I Earned the Ruptured Duck: From Brooklyn to Berchtesgaden in World War II." He earned a doctorate in sociology at the University of Chicago.
After checking into Mount Sinai on Aug. 7, Dr. Bogart learned that he had babesiosis, a malarialike infectious disease that destroys red blood cells. It is typically found in coastal islands of the Northeast, and Mrs. Bogart said her husband might have contracted it on a trip to the couple's home on Long Island.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Michele H. Bogart and Gregory Charles Bogart; and one grandchild.
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Martha Bradley, 68, Maryland
Martha J. "Marty" Bradley, 68, a resident of Annapolis for 22 years, died of complications of Lyme disease March 11 at Anne Arundel Medical Center after an 11-year illness.
Mrs. Bradley was born Jan. 16, 1937, in Salem, Va., where she graduated from Andrew Lewis High School as valedictorian of her class and from Roanoke College with a degree in chemistry.
She retired in 1994 from the Environmental Protection Agency where she was a chemist for 15 years.
Mrs. Bradley was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Annapolis.
Surviving are her husband, Robert D. Bradley, whom she married June 4, 1995; and one brother, Charles Hall of Huddleston, Va.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road in Edgewater, where memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial is private.
Copyright � 2005 The Capital, Annapolis, Md.
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Mary T. Patten, 59, New Jersey
Mary T. Patten was born in Paterson, New Jersey. She lived in Totowa, New Jersey, and was a beloved member of LymeNet (MaryPat).
Mary passed away January 22, 2006 at the age of 59. She will be missed by many.
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The following letter appeared in the January 1993 issue of "LymeLine," the newsletter of the Lyme Disease Network of NJ.
Dear Friends,
Let me introduce myself. I am a mother of a family in which all four members have Lyme Disease. I call you friends because I believe all Lyme patients and their supporters are bound by a special community of care and concern. What happens to one of us has a direct impact on all of us as we struggle to be well, preserve our rights, and live happy, productive lives.
I would like to tell you about my daughter Meg. Meg was a vivacious, active child who excelled in school, played travel soccer, volunteered in a shelter for disadvantaged children, and was active in student government and social activities.
She was a freshman at the University of Delaware where she hoped to discover how she could make the world a better place. She has a social life that would rival that of a celebrity. Meg had an incredible zest for life and laughter that few of us will ever approach. Her own proclaimed motto was "Don't sleep too long, walk too fast, or forget to smile in the sun."
During her many lengthy hospital stays she sought out those sicker or less ambulatory and would go to any length of silliness or sympathy to cheer them up. When she was bed ridden and unable to get up she would amuse her roommates and visitors with wry observations and witty impersonations of people they knew.
She could never stand to see someone sad or hurt and not try to help. She never knew a stranger, only potential friends... of which she had an amazing number. She always made time to be there for her friends when they needed her. Meg had an incredible inner strength surpassed only by her true, sincere belief in the goodness of her life. She was a person you would like to know.
Meg died three weeks before her nineteenth birthday of cardiac arrhythmia brought on by Lyme Disease.
You cannot give Meg back to her mom, dad, and sister. You cannot erase the pain, fill the gap in our lives, or ease the longing in our hearts to have her with us. But you _can_ help us prevent this from happening to another person with Lyme Disease. _Please_ take the time to write to your Senators and Congressmen urging them to support and promote legislation for Lyme Disease research and funding.
_Please_ write to the CDC and the NIH and make your plight and your concerns known. Don't allow another Lyme death to occur. It is up to us to keep this issue in front of them and insist that they address it.
It is up to us to make them admit and acknowledge the seriousness of this illness. Please write today.
With heartfelt gratitude,
Diane D. Betz Meg's Mom
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Mike Thomas, 48, Florida
Man loses battle with Lyme disease Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA Sun, Oct. 09, 2005 By Jennifer Jefferson DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER
On the Internet, he was known as Dr. Mike even though he wasn't a physician.
Mike Thomas, 48, was a supervisor of water utilities for the city of Tallahassee.
After being diagnosed with amytrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, he became an avid researcher of the disease.
His research led him to China to undergo experimental treatment in December, but he died Wednesday at home of Lyme disease.
In Beijing, Thomas met other patients from around the world who turned to him for information. The BBC even featured him on a show about the experimental treatment he received in China.
On Sunday, he was at his computer reading e-mails from overseas, said Juhan Mixon, Thomas' best friend.
"No one expected it to happen quite as quickly as it did," said Candace McKibben, the pastor who is presiding over the funeral 2 p.m. today at the chapel of Bevis Funeral Home of Tallahassee.
In August 2003, Thomas was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, a fatal condition that causes motor neurons to deteriorate and muscle movement to diminish. Doctors say Thomas and the 30,000 others in the United States who have it usually have three to five years to live.
In the fall of 2004, Thomas couldn't wiggle his toes or raise his right foot. So Mixon helped Thomas raise $30,000 needed to travel to China to get millions of olfactory ensheathing glia cells from second-trimester aborted fetuses inserted into his brain and spinal cord in hopes of stimulating the other cells to work. The procedure is still in the experimental stages.
Thomas and his wife, Kim, went to Beijing Oct. 31, 2004, and returned Dec. 2.
When Thomas came back, he could walk and stand without a brace, Mixon said. He was even able to go back to work. In January, his condition deteriorated, and he was soon diagnosed with Lyme disease.
Ticks transport the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The symptoms include a skin rash, fever, headache and fatigue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart and the nervous system.
Thomas was undergoing treatment for the disease, but it was in the late stages when it was diagnosed, Mixon said. Thomas could still walk but had to use a walker.
After extensive research online, Mixon said, Thomas questioned whether he had Lyme disease from the start or whether the diseases were interrelated.
Thomas never found out.
After the China trip, "We were all hopeful that he would get better," Mixon said. "We were hopeful that (if) we could treat the Lyme disease, he would be better."
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Peter Anthony Banducci, 45, California
PETER ANTHONY BANDUCCI Beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend, went to be with the LORD on September 28, 2006 after a long battle with ALS and Lyme disease. The diseases may have destroyed his body, but did not destroy his mind and spirit, his love for the LORD and others.
The LORD blessed Marian and the late John Banducci with Peter on February 27, 1961, he was 1 of 6 produced by this blessed union. Pete attended school in the Mission area of Fremont, graduated in 1979. He studied automotive repair at a young age and was blessed with a true gift from GOD. He went to Ohlone College where he majored in business and met his future wife, Pamela. He went on to study many automotive courses and was an ASC certified Master Tech. On September 2, 1986, he independently opened Pete's Foreign Auto Repair. It is in its 21st year of business and continues to operate under Roger daRocha and Pamela. Pete had the business certified as a Green Business and a AAA approved facility.
Peter went on to marry Pamela on December 31, 1987. This union was blessed with 2 children, Alyssa and Samuel. His family meant everything to him. Some of his most enjoyable times were spent out on the boat with his family; celebrating family birthdays and holidays; baseball at Niles-Centerville Little League and was a big Giant's and A's fan; he enjoyed music, especially Michael McDonald and Chris Isaak; and last but not least he enjoyed his calls to his mom and Batman.
Pete valued honesty, family, friends and the LORD. He developed 2 new friendships with Jocelyn and Marcus who helped his family with his care. He was cared for by his loved ones at home.
Peter is survived by his wife, Pamela; children, Alyssa and Samuel; his mother, Marian; his siblings/spouses, Monica and Mitch Radosky, Angela and Randy Ochs, John and Michelle Banducci, Chris and Kelly Banducci and Paul and Sally Banducci; in-laws, Carmen Harpel, Judy Harpel, Cheryl and Dan Martin, Randy and Debbie Harpel and Mitch and Gina Harpel; many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, John Banducci and father-in-law, Louis Harpel.
He was ready for his marathon to celebrate his eternal rebirth and he will be deeply missed by all. We ask you to celebrate the life and rebirth of Peter on Saturday, October 28, 2006, 1 p.m. at Corpus Christi, 37891 - 2nd Street, in the Niles area of Fremont. Donations preferred to ALS/MDA Forbes Norris Center, S.F., CA.
Published in the ANG Newspapers from 10/21/2006 - 10/26/2006. (Inside Bay Area)
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Peter Edgar Hare, 73, Florida
Peter Edgar Hare's memorial service will be at the New Smyrna Beach Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1910 Pioneer Trail, on Saturday, May 13, at 4 p.m. Dr. Hare was born in Maymyo, Burma, on April 14, 1933, to missionary parents, Eric and Agnes Hare.
He graduated from Pacific Union College in 1954 and married Patti Martin a week later. In 1955, he completed a master's degree from UC Berkeley and returned to PUC to teach chemistry for three years before beginning a doctoral program at Caltech, graduating with a Ph.D. in organic geochemistry in 1962.
The next year he began a rewarding 35 years with the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory as a research scientist. He developed an amino acid age-dating technique and collaborated with scientists around the world. In 1998, he retired, and moved to Volusia County in 1999.
Early Friday morning, May 5, at the age of 73, he peacefully fell asleep in Jesus at the Port Orange Christian Adult Care Home after a long battle with Lyme disease. We await the last trumpet, for the trumpet will sound. Our beloved husband, father, and PopPop will be raised incorruptible.
He is survived by his wife, Patti, and two children, Carol Pack, Laurel, Md., and Calvin Hare, Orlando; three grandchildren, Stacey Pack, Brian Pack, and Travis Hare; and a brother, Leonard Hare, Berrien Springs, Mich.
Memorial gifts may be sent to Pacific Union College Advancement Office, One Angwin Ave, Angwin, CA 94508, for the P E Hare Scholarship Fund.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 5/10/2006.
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Richard Olney, 71, France
Richard Olney New York Times Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Richard Olney, one of the first food writers to introduce the simple joys of French country cooking to American readers as well as chefs like Berkeley's Alice Waters, was found dead yesterday at his home here in Provence. He was 71.
Kermit Lynch, a California wine merchant who has a house near Mr. Olney's, said that the writer's gardener found him in bed. Lynch said Mr. Olney had a bout of Lyme disease two years ago but had appeared ``in wonderful shape'' when the two of them last met about a week ago.
Mr. Olney lived alone in a simple hillside house near the French port city of Toulon on the Mediterranean. Surrounded by olive trees, the house centered on a kitchen with a large fireplace, a stone sink and collections of books and terrines. He dined in fair weather on a table set under a grape arbor outdoors.
His reputation was based on a pair of early books -- the ``French Menu Cookbook'' and ``Simple French Food,'' which appeared in the early 1970s -- and on the Time- Life cookbook series, which he helped to edit. He wrote more than 35 books on food and wine in all, including an autobiography called ``Reflexions,'' which was in the final editing process when he died. John T. Colby Jr., the publisher of Brick House Press, which is producing the memoir, said it would be published in October.
Mr. Olney's influence in the culinary profession was profound, although he was not as well-known to the public as Julia Child or Elizabeth David, the English cookery writer with whom he is often compared. Yet his recipes, set out with clinical precision, were within the capacity of any careful cook; they were simple and direct, the polar opposites of the complex formulas typical of French nouvelle cuisine.
Mr. Olney's most important disciple was Waters, who keeps a jacket- less, food-stained copy of ``Simple French Food'' in the kitchen of Chez Panisse.
It was Mr. Olney who introduced Waters to David, over a three-hour lunch of white truffles, an extravaganza that neither soon forgot.
"He lived his life so consciously and purposefully," Waters said yesterday. ``When some people build a stone wall, they think about it for weeks beforehand. Richard spoke that way, wrote that way and cooked that way -- strict, demanding but unpretentious. There are hundreds of great cooks, but not many with his talent and aesthetic sense.''
Born in Marathon, Iowa, Mr. Olney attended the University of Iowa for a time, then spent a while in Paris, financed by his father, before heading for New York. While studying painting at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, he waited on tables at 17 Barrow St., a small restaurant in Greenwich Village. In 1951, at the age of 24, he left the United States for France, and he never moved back.
Many saw Mr. Olney as a hermit, but Colby, his publisher, said he kept in constant touch with friends and family in the United States by fax.
Among his survivors is a nephew, John, who, to Mr. Olney's great delight, went into the wine business in California, working at Ridge Vineyards in Cupertino.
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Rick Fincham, 44, Maryland
So very sad to lose another lyme victim. This man was a landscaper. Had picked ticks off of him but never saw a bite. He got ill about a year and a half ago and was finally confined to a wheel chair. He died on May 17. 2005 at age 44 after first going to the wrong hospital in Maryland and them stating it was not lyme. We went to the funeral home on Sunday and it was so very, very sad.
He leaves a 12 year old girl and a college age boy plus his wife. His parents cared for him to give the wife some rest. What do you say when this happens. He was under treatment from an LLMD.
Many prayers for the victim's family.
He had bartonella and lyme. Was tested by Igenex and Bowen which confirmed lyme but no babesia of HME, HGE.
This is an article about his little girl. This was before he passed away.
Gambrills gymnast to compete in nationals By SHARON LEE TEGLER, For The Capital
Docksiders Gymnastics in Millersville has trained aspiring gymnasts in Anne Arundel County since 1975 and current owners Bob and Kim Ouellette continue to turn out top notch athletes.
One of them, 13-year-old Rachel Fincham, is the pride of her Gambrills neighborhood. The teenager recently placed in the top seven in a regional gymnastics competition in Allentown, Pa. As a result, she will compete Thursday through May 15 in the United States Association of Gymnastics Junior Olympic Nationals in Ontario, Calif. Her goal is to place among the top four competitors in her age group.
Those four are awarded a trip to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs to train with the national team coaches. Rachel qualified for the nationals by competing in four disciplines: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
Rachel's family is elated about her success and her mother, Linda, plans to accompany her to the competition.
"Rachel worked really hard to achieve her goal of going to nationals," Mrs. Fincham said. "She is an amazing gymnast and I am so proud of her determination, her hard work and her wonderful spirit."
However, Rachel's achievements are tempered by challenges for the Finchams at home.
Rick Fincham is his daughter's most ardent supporter in spite of having been stricken with a serious illness a year ago which resulted in a loss of mobility.
Bob Oullette explained that Rick was incredibly involved with the gymnastics program at Docksiders until his health worsened and he was unable to work in landscaping.
If Rachel's excited by the chance to compete in the nationals, she doesn't necessarily show it. Instead, her thoughts turn immediately to her father.
"It's been a tough year knowing my dad has been too ill to come to our meets. However, every time I compete, I know he's there in spirit and is still so proud of me for everything I do."
Rachel's Docksiders teammates and trainers express the same kind of concern.
"They were always a supportive and helpful family. They are wonderful people who would do anything for anybody. We feel like now it's our turn to help. We'd like to give back," said Mr. Oullette.
A group of staff members and families from the school, spearheaded by Kim Oullette, have done just that.
Their contributions have ranged from fund-raising to surprising the family a couple weeks ago with landscaping, carpentry and other home improvement efforts that may have slipped by as the Finchams have struggled with Mr. Fincham's health problems.
Neighbors in the Finchams' Four Seasons community had the same idea.
To help her achieve her goals they have set up an account for her at Sun Trust Bank in Gambrills. Their initial aim was to offset expenses incurred by Rachel and Linda for the trip to California. Looking ahead, however, the fund could possibly contribute to some Olympic or other opportunity in her future. They are hoping for more donations to this benefit fund.
Helping Rachel will mean the difference between sending a quartet or a quintet to the national competition.
Four other Maryland girls - who also train at Docksider Gymnastics qualified in the top seven as well. Two, Alexis Green and Toi Garcia, are Anne Arundel County residents. The others, Stephanie Ouellette and Krystal Welsh, are from Howard and Prince George's counties, respectively.All are level-10 national qualifiers, technically the highest level aside from elite gymnasts who compete internationally.
Training and competing at such a high level can be taxing, both physically and finacially. The team's trip to California is one example. A USAG organization raises money to defray the costs for their travel expenses.
However, parents are still responsible for a portion of the total cost, about 25 percent including gymnast and coaching fees. The girls are housed as a team in a hotel with the other competitors and coaches, but parents who attend pay their own way.
If you would like to make a donation to the benefit fund for Rachel, contact Sun Trust Bank, 2644 Chapel Lake Drive, Gambrills, MD. 21054 or any other Sun Trust Bank. The account is under the name of Rachel Fincham.
Sharon Lee Tegler is a freelance writer in Severna Park.
Published May 07, 2005, The Capital, Annapolis, Md. Copyright � 2005 The Capital, Annapolis, Md.
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Dillon Jamison King, 37, California
Services will be Friday for Dillon Jamison King, who died of Lyme disease Jan. 5, 2005 in his home. He was 37.
A Santa Cruz native, Mr. King graduated with honors from UC Irvine and a Christian School of Ministry. He returned to Santa Cruz to pursue health care, jewelry design, manufacture and art. He performed marriages for many of his friends.
Mr. King is survived by parents Gordon and Wendy Augason of Kentucky; sister Stephanie A. Ranquist of Kentucky; brother Mark Augason of Scotts Valley; longtime devoted friend Elizabeth Strong of Soquel; four nephews; and two nieces.
A candlelight service will be 7 p.m. Friday at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz, 6401 Freedom Blvd., Aptos.
Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Oakwood Memorial Chapel.
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Doris Grade, Iowa
Please add Doris Grade, Iowa, to this list. She passed away early this year. She was a wonderful lady, very kind. I spoke to her on the phone a few times. We talked about our former nursing careers and how much we missed it, since I also worked as a nurse consultant before Lyme. Lyme forced Doris to retire early.
In May the LDA of IA made plans to have trees planted in honor of Doris and 6 other Iowans who have died from Lyme disease. The plantings will take place this month.
Here is an excerpt from the May 2006 LDA of Iowa newsletter:
The Lyme Disease Association of Iowa regrets to report that one of our family of Lyme Disease members has died from the complications of Lyme Disease. Doris Marie Grade died after a three week hospital stay in Carroll, Iowa. Doris and her husband, Louis, were original members of our group.
To describe Doris, we quote a bit of her obituary from the Carroll newspaper,
`` Mrs Grade joined the Iowa State Department of Health as a nursing consultant in the spring of 1978. Her job was to inspect health care facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, psychiatric units, rehab agencies and home health agencies for compliance with state and federal rules. She trained for this job at the University of Maryland at Baltimore.
She was a member and had served on the altar guild at St Paul Lutheran Church in Carroll. She was also a member of the Carroll Genealogical Society, the Lincoln Highway association and the St Anthony Nurses Alumni Association. She enjoyed reading and traveling. ``
May God bless Doris and her grieving family.
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Edward Stanley Arnold, 54, Tennessee
ARNOLD, EDWARD STANLEY - 1951-2006. Edward was born in Clinton, Tennessee November 26, 1951 and died in Nashville, Tennessee on February 25, 2006.
His parents were Polie E. Arnold and Mildred Presson Arnold. Mildred taught in Oak Ridge. Polie worked at K-25.
Edward attended Mrs. Hanna's Kindergarten Class at age four, and then attended Clinton Elementary School. He went to North Clinton School for one year while the present elementary school was being built. He was a Boy Scout until he became an outfielder for Doc Thomas' Baseball Team. He was a Drum Major for Mr. Anderson and Student Council President in High School. He attended Vanderbilt University, becoming a Psychiatrist after 8 years of studies.
In June, 2000, he contracted Lyme Disease. He hasn't practiced medicine since 2000. His last treatment was at Vanderbilt University.
Eddie especially enjoyed baseball, fishing, and reading about the Civil War. He is survived by: his mother; sister; his niece; nephew; and two great nephews.
The family will receive guests at the Stockdale Malin Funeral Home in Camden, TN on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The funeral will be held immediately afterward in the same place at 6:00 pm. There will be a service in celebration of Eddie's life on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Memorial United Methodist Church in Clinton, TN at 4:00 pm.
Published in the Knoxville News Sentinel on 2/28/2006.
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Robert Michael Hanson, 49, Washington
Nov. 23, 1955 - July 8, 2005
ENUMCLAW, Wash. - Robert "Rob" Hanson was called home on July 8, 2005. He had been fighting Lyme Disease for about one year.
Robert was born in Deer Lodge, Mont., to Bob and Ruby Hanson. He graduated high school from Laurel, Mont., in 1974, and entered the United States Air Force in 1975. He set his sights on being an air traffic controller, and after leaving the military, he was hired by the FAA in 1980. He was promoted to Air Traffic Control Supervisor in 1990. Robert loved his work.
He met the love of his life, Jan Anderson, and they married in 1966, and resided in Enumclaw. Robert loved his family, hunting and fishing. He also loved having his friends over for Dodge RAM parties, where he would help them improve their Cummings diesel pickups.
Robert is survived by his wife, Jan; daughters Bridget, Becky and Chrissy; son Robert Jr.; grandchildren, Emma and Robert Tyler, Kaycee; and his mother and father, Bob and Ruby Hanson of Laurel; sisters Vicki Brester of Laurel, Cindy Davis of Sheridan, Wyo.; and brother Ric Hanson of Columbus. Robert also has many living nieces and nephews.
Robert will be missed by all who knew him by his hard work, practical jokes and love for family and friends.
Published in the Billings Gazette on 7/18/2005.
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Ellen Agnes Loughlin, 56, Arizona
Very sad news.
After a decades-long battle vs Lyme disease, my dear friend Ellen Loughlin died May 19, 2006. Apparently the Lyme disease bacteria was too much for her heart.
Ellen and I both saw the same local infectious disease specialists, who ruled out Lyme disease.
Years ago Ellen responded well to IV antibiotics but she relapsed when treatments stopped.
Ellen Agnes Loughlin Of Tucson, AZ, died after a long, brave battle against chronic, disseminated Lyme Disease on May 19, 2006. She was 56 years old.
Born on March 23, 1950 in Tachikowa, Japan to the late Lt. Colonel Charles Thomas Loughlin (USAF, retired) and Beatrice Gunning of Remsenburg, Long Island, NY, she was a graduate of Westhampton Beach High School in Westhampton Beach, Long Island, NY, and completed her undergraduate work at Stony Brook University, NY. Her postgraduate degree in Education was completed at the University of California in Los Angeles, CA.
She is survived by three sisters, Patricia Loughlin Stanley of Tucson, Janet Loughlin Rubin of Remsenburg, Long Island, NY, and Elizabeth Marie Loughlin of Islip Terrace, Long Island, NY; a maternal aunt, Mari Gunning Hart of Lido Beach, Long Island, NY; five cousins; five nephews; and one niece.
A accomplished musician and artist, Ellen had many interests including, skiing, ice-skating, swimming, and horseback riding, to name a few. However, she will perhaps best be remembered by her strong Catholic faith, as well as her life-long love of children, and how selflessly-devoted she was to all children, particularly her third grade students, her niece, her nephews, and all their friends. People in Tucson grew to know and love the kind, generous person simply known as "Aunt Ellen" to so many.
A funeral mass will be celebrated in honor of Ellen's life on Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church on Campbell Ave. Rosary will be prayed Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. also at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. In addition a mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated on June 22, 2006 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Quiogue, Long Island, NY with interment to follow in Remsenburg, Long Island, NY.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations please be made to Lyme Disease Foundation, 1 Financial Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06013.
Published in the Tucson on 6/4/2006.
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Obituary: Ruth Ann Tobin / A founder of Lyme disease support group
Friday, October 29, 2004 By Bob Batz Jr., Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ruth Ann Tobin, who turned her own battle with Lyme disease into a support group that has helped many others, died Monday of cancer at her home in Lawrenceville. She was 71.
It was after a 1989 church trip to the Catskills that Mrs. Tobin was diagnosed with Lyme, a confounding and controversial disease that was first linked to tick bites in Lyme, Conn., in the mid-1970s. Six months after her treatment, she relapsed, and then took antibiotics for four years to recover.
Around 1990, she helped found the Pittsburgh Lyme Disease Support Group, and continued to meet with it monthly, every second Monday, at Calvert Memorial Presbyterian Church in Etna.
She was outspoken about Lyme, which she believed was underdiagnosed and undertreated. As she told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1995:
"What worries me is that the doctors in this area seem to be so uninformed about this disease. There's no excuse for that ignorance in this big of a city."
Tammy Burleson, of Elizabeth Township, says Mrs. Tobin was so tell-it-like-it-is she was "a little scared" of her when she joined the support group in the early 1990s. But with characteristic kindness and dedication, Mrs. Tobin helped her get information and find doctors, and later helped her start the South Hills support group that Burleson still leads.
She describes her mentor as "very accepting and very knowledgeable," adding, "She's going to be greatly missed, not only by her friends and family, but by the Lyme community as a whole."
Mrs. Tobin had worked as a payroll clerk for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, and then was an active traveler with the Arsenal chapter of AARP. After she was diagnosed with cancer, she was a regular in the dance and movement group at the Cancer Caring Center in Bloomfield.
"She had tons of energy," said her daughter, Janet Hodnik of McCandless, who said that until recently she had continued to help people with Lyme disease.
"She spent a great deal of time on the telephone, even when she was ill with cancer," Hodnik said.
Mrs. Tobin also is survived by her husband, Robert; two sons, Robert, of Shaler, and Daniel, of Lawrenceville; and eight grandchildren.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Daniel T. D'Alessandro Funeral Home, Butler and 46th streets, Lawrenceville. A Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. tomorrow in St. Mary Church in Lawrenceville.
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James Sanders, 55, Pennsylvania
From TOFU, INC. the Gettysburg Support Group
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:51:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Lovette Mott Subject: URGENT: Death of James Sanders To: [email protected]
Once again I am forced to wipe away the tears of pain and anger due to the untimely death of our dear friend, James Sanders, who at age 55 succumbed to Lyme Disease. How many more of us must die before the doctors and this community and our politicians wake up to the seriousness of this illness? Maybe 1 death per year isn't enough. Wasn't Ted Kotula enough? Now James Sanders? How many memorials must we attend and have in honor of people with this disease before the medical profession wakes up and helps us.
No, it's not fibromyalgia, no it's not MS, no it's not the flu, no it's not ALS, no it's not anemia, no it's not chronic fatigue, no it's not early arthritis, no it's not ADHD - IT IS LYME DISEASE and all of the coinfections that go along with it. And it is an EPIDEMIC.
I call on every school official to get the facts to help the children of this town, I call on every minister in this town to help the afflicted, most of whom don't know where to turn, I call on every parent to check their kids every day for ticks. I call on the doctors once again to step up to the plate and learn about this complex disease which is now killing people.
If you aren't sure if you have it, then come to our meeting this Sunday, September 5th at the Community Room of Gettysburg Hospital from 1-4 pm. We'll have a doctor speak to us and we'll be happy to help you even if no one else will.
Lovette Mott Biglerville, PA 334-6339
We just came back from Gettysburg after attending his memorial service. The pastor was very good and kept saying how sick he was from the lyme disease which eventually caused his series of strokes. He tried to work and did his best. He also tried many alternatives meds too. We always enjoyed to hear what was new that he was trying.
We cannot let this continue. There must be a better way to get our message out before other people die from this disease.
I met Jim several times at the support group and I forget how many years he had lyme. Yes, he did work w/ a lyme specialist in md. that is well known. I just can't remember all the particulars of what he'd been on. Jim was distressed in beg. of August his job was requiring folks to work lots of overtime. He was thinking about quitting....What a sweet soul he was, he'll be missed!!!
James Sanders was 55 and was on all kinds of meds and went to 2 LLMDs. He tried it all.
Thank you all. I will again print off the messages and send to his two children. He had two baby grandchildren also.
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Jenny Umphress, 21
July 16, 1973 - August 26, 1994
Jenny Umphress contracted Lyme Disease when she was 15 years old. For the next six years she fought Lyme disease with all her strength. Shortly before she died, she asked her Mother for a final promise. Susan Umphress said "No." at the time, because she did not know how close Jenny was to death. After Jenny died, Susan Umphress was haunted by her wish- and so she fulfilled it. Jenny's wish was for her mother to write her story, so that no teenager would have to go through what she went through.
As a Lyme disease patient, Jenny was subjected often to Doctors who did not know anything about Lyme disease and treated her badly. As with so many others, Doctor after Doctor did not help but only made her situation worse by telling her family she was not sick.
Until she was completely debilitated, the family could not find anyone to help them. Jenny's health disintegrated.
One Doctor, insisting she was not physically ill but psychosomatic, slapped her face, telling her to "Grow up!"
At various times, Jenny was completely bedridden, confined to a wheelchair and in terrible, terrible pain. At one point, she suffered complete amnesia from which she never recovered. She suffered great physical pain from Lyme disease, but also intense emotional pain at the insensitivity and ignorance of some of the medical personnel she depended on to help her.
While she was awake and having portacath surgery, a Doctor mocked her by saying, "Yeah, Lyme Disease is fatal. Ha ha ha!"
Well, for Jenny Lyme disease *was* fatal.
She died at 21.
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Sarah Minor, 44
Sarah, a lyme patient, took her own life by carbon monoxide poisoning and narcotic overdose.
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Scott Brazil, 50, California
'Shield' Director/Producer Dies Scott Brazil, 50, suffered from ALS
April 19, 2006 LOS ANGELES -- Scott Brazil, an executive producer and director of FX's series "The Shield," has died.
Brazil, a two-time winner at both the Emmys and the Golden Globes, died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles of complications from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and Lyme disease, news reports say. He was 50.
A veteran of such shows as "Hill Street Blues" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Brazil has been with "The Shield" since it premiered in 2002. He directed 11 episodes of the series, including the premiere and finale for seasons two, three and four. As a producer, he shared in the show's 2003 Golden Globe win for best drama series.
"Scott was a tremendous man, a loyal friend, a creative producer and the best director we had. However, he rarely got the credit he deserved for all those things, because he never actively sought it out," says Shawn Ryan, creator of "The Shield." "The full range of his humanity and talents was fully known only to those of us who had the privilege of working side by side with him every day. His loss is devastating to us personally and to the television industry, professionally."
Peter Ligouri, the former president of FX who's now head of FOX, says it was an honor to have worked with Brazil.
"I cannot think of anyone who engendered more affection, admiration and respect than Scott," Ligouri says. "He fiercely guarded the creative vision of 'The Shield' and zealously supported and loved all of his associates. He never drew attention to himself, and he deserves the ovation that we have for him in our hearts."
In addition to the Golden Globe for "The Shield," Brazil shared in two outstanding drama series Emmys and one Golden Globe for "Hill Street Blues" in 1983 and '84.
Brazil also directed episodes of "Grey's Anatomy," "JAG," "Nip/Tuck" and "CSI: Miami," among others. He was a co-executive producer of "Gideon's Crossing" and "L.A. Doctors" as well.
He continued to work on "The Shield" while fighting ALS, using a motorized wheelchair to get around.
Brazil is survived by his wife, Marie, two children, a brother and his parents.
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Dr. Sterling Edgar Walton, 57, Texas
Sterling Edgar Walton: Old-fashioned doctor who spent time with patients 02:42 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News
Dr. Sterling Edgar Walton was known for the time he spent with his patients. After he took a leave of absence from his North Dallas general practice in December to battle Lyme disease, many of them wrote wanting to know when he would return.
Dr. Walton, 57, died Friday of complications of Lyme disease at his Dallas home.
A memorial will be at 1 p.m. today at Park Cities Presbyterian Church, 4124 Oak Lawn Ave. He was buried in Capital Memorial Gardens in Austin.
"He was your old-fashioned doctor who spent time with patients," said his wife, Becky Walton of Dallas. "He was your family doctor." Dr. Walton had a passion for medicine and never intended to retire, his wife said. "People view him as a very humble, understated person, but he was a perfectionist," Mrs. Walton said.
Born in San Antonio, Dr. Walton was named for his uncle, Dr. Edgar Dunstan, an internist who was named superintendent of Parkland Hospital in 1937. Dr. Dunstan was a mentor and role model for his nephew. Dr. Walton grew up in an Army family, traveling the globe when his father was transferred. He graduated from Radford High School in Honolulu, where he was valedictorian.
He received his bachelor's degree from Rice University, where he was in the marching band. He received his medical degree from what is now the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in May 1973. He was an intern at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Walton's career included all aspects of family practice. He even delivered babies early in his career, his wife said.
He began his professional career practicing at Baylor University Medical Center before moving to Medical City Dallas about 15 years ago, his wife said. Dr. Walton was past president of the Dallas Academy of Family Practice.
"He also had a lifelong love of music," his wife said. "He was an accomplished pianist and had sung with choirs all over Dallas." Dr. Walton was an active member of Park Cities Presbyterian Church, where he sang in the choir. He was devoted to his church, gave generously and welcomed missionaries into his home, his wife said.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Walton is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Campbell of Nashville, Tenn.; a sister, Linda Walton of Dallas; a brother, Norman Walton of Dallas; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Park Cities Presbyterian Church Choir.
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Susan H. Parrish, 47, Florida
PARRISH, Susan H., 47, of Wesley Chapel, passed into the father's loving arms March 30, 2006. She is survived by her beloved husband of 26 years, Wayne; sons, Blake and Chase; daughter, Skye; parents, Tom and Marilyn Hoadley; sisters, Kathy and Amy Hoadley, and Betsy Santucci; beloved parents-in-law, David and Mary Parrish; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Scott and Susana Parrish, John and Cheryl Parrish, and Doug and Diane DeForest; and granddaughter, Chloee.
Susan attended the University of Florida, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She was a pioneer of the home schooling movement, published numerous articles and spoke publicly on the subject for 18 years.
After discovering that her family was infected with Lyme disease, she created national awareness for the disease and helped many obtain diagnosis and treatment. Susan was also a Christian music manager for many years, which brought her great joy.
She fought a very long and hard battle with cancer, but loved to speak to groups and encourage them in their faith. People who knew her well called her "The Great Encourager." She was thankful for every day of her life.
A memorial service will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, April 3, at Idlewild Baptist Church, 18371 N. Dale Mabry Highway, Lutz, followed by a private burial. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Susan Parrish Memorial Fund, c/o Idlewild Baptist Church, Life Discovery Ministry, 18371 N. Dale Mabry Highway, Lutz, FL 33548.
Published in the TBO.com on 4/1/2006. (Tampa Tribune)
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Susan Hawkes-Koons, 57, Maine
HAWKES-KOONS, Susan Sunday, September 28, 2003
HAWKES-KOONS, Susan - Passed away September 18 in Sidney, ME after a long battle with Lyme and Lou Gehrig's Disease.
She was born on September 24, 1946 in Washington DC, one of four children of Frances Hawkes Gordon and the late Herbert Hawkes.
Susan attended Berkeley High School and UC Berkeley and graduated from Mills College with a major in music. In 1980 she graduated with her degree in Law from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. A member of the Maine and California Bar Associations she had the added thrill of being sworn in at the Supreme Court in Washington DC.
She spent the next year in the Reagan White House as a special liaison in the Intergovernmental Affairs Office. She moved to Maine in 1982, as an assistant in the Attorney General's Office and in 1983 was the Assistant DA in Farmington. In 1985, she opened private law practice in Augusta, involved in general law and specializing in governmental relations.
Susan was Chair of the Maine Arts Commission for several years, a highlight being a trip to Archangel, Russia with a group of Maine artists and musicians.
Susan is survived by her husband, Dr. John D. Koons; mother, Mrs. Frances Hawkes Gordon of Pasadena, CA; sisters, Alice Roberts of Newport, NH, and Mary Ballard of Santa Barbara, CA; brother, Sam Hawkes of Keene, NH.
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On August 19, 2004, Ted Paul Richard Hoggard unexpectedly passed away during the night. Born on November 5, 1982; he was 21.
Ted was the beloved son of Mitchell and Merry Hoggard and the much loved brother of Chelsee and Brandee. Ted will also be sorely missed by his grandmother, Marguerite Hoggard and grandad, John Barksdale; uncles, Major Hoggard and A.J. Hyatt, Jr.; aunt, Paulla McIntire; godmother Joquetta Redamonti; and many cousins.
He will be especially missed by his long time best friend, and love, Jessica Erickson and her family, Art, Monica and Brittany Erickson. Ted was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Ted Ray Hoggard and Clifford Paul Roberds, his grandmother, Rubye Barksdale, great grandmother, V.V. Hardage and uncle, David Roberds.
Ted had an exceptionally close relationship with his grandparents and godmother and often visited and traveled with them.
Though his life was short, it was filled with many experiences and challenges. He had traveled to Europe and throughout the United States. He especially enjoyed flying from Sacramento to Paris on the Concorde SST on its only flight made from Northern California. Another highlight was a family cruise to Alaska.
He was an active competitor in CHSRA (California High School Rodeo Association) in team roping. His efforts resulted in many awards. He went to the state CHSRA finals in 2001. He loved horseback riding, hunting and fishing and availed himself of every opportunity to be in the great outdoors.
He attended Shasta, Emma Wilson, Pleasant Valley High and graduated from Champion Christian School in Chico. He attended Butte College and completed the Emergency Medical Technician course. His varied interests included sports, especially soccer, and martial arts.
He often expressed his feelings on paper and enjoyed writing stories. He wrote a poem that was published in the newspaper.
For many years, Ted courageously battled Lyme disease. He participated in pioneering research in treatment utilizing hyperbaric oxygen therapy. This led to his employment at Chico Hyperbaric Center. He was looking forward to managing the facility upon the completion of his education.
Some of Ted's happiest times were at the family cabin in Mill Creek surrounded by family and friends. He enjoyed dirt biking and riding ATV's with his friends there. His many friends and family will miss his twinkling eyes and infectious smile. He played hard and loved life.
He was a gregarious young man who was always happiest when surrounded by family and friends. Even though his time here passed much too soon, he filled his life with adventures.
Donations to CALDA (California Lyme Disease Association); P.O. Box 707, Weaverville, CA 96093, or Champion Christian School (1184 East Avenue, Chico, CA 95926) may be made in Ted's memory.
Visitation will be held in Chico at Brusie Funeral Home at 626 Broadway, on Tuesday, August 24th, from 5 to 8 p.m. His friends are invited to a celebration of Ted's life, Wednesday morning, August 25, at 11 a.m. at Calvary Chapel at 1888 Springfield Drive in Chico. Friends will be invited to share special memories of Ted.
Published in the Chico Enterprise-Record on 8/24/2004.
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Terri Dahl Fishel-Hokit, 61, California
TERRI DAHL (FISHEL-HOKIT)
A celebration of life is being planned for Terri Dahl Fishel-Hokit who died Tuesday January 24, 2006 surround by her loved ones at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, CA, after suffering from Lyme Disease and Breast Cancer .
She is survived by daughter Dana, her husband, David Juenemann and their three girls Hillary, Lauren and Emilie all of Capitola; brother John, his wife Lindy and their two sons Nicholas and Michael Langston of Fort Mill, South Carolina and sister Toni Garcia of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Terri was born October 15, 1945 in Escondido, CA where she also graduated from high school. She moved to Capitola with her daughter in 1968 and lived in Soquel at the time of her death.
She worked at Cabrillo College in the early 1970's and spent many years in the Title business in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties.
She had a kind heart and will be remembered with a smile.
Contributions are preferred to a favorite charity or Women Care Santa Cruz. Please contact Dana at 345-7251 or Gail Goudreau at 338-2303 for details.
Published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on 1/27/2006
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Travis Allen Wilson, 23, Washington
Travis Allen Wilson , born Dec. 29, 1982, passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2006 , at the age of 23 from complications of Lyme disease and Morgellons disease.
Travis was born in Olympia, Wash., and lived most of his life in Shelton, Wash. He lived for a time in Tenino, Wash., and for the past three years resided in Leander.
He attended Pioneer School, Tenino Middle School, Tenino High School and Shelton High School. Travis was a very gifted student, winning a school spelling bee, spending his entire eighth-grade year in an advanced placement program for highly capable students, and participating in the Running Start program at South Puget Sound Community College his junior and senior years of high school.
Travis played basketball and softball in grade school, golfed, and bowled for many years on leagues. He loved playing video games both on the computer and on video game systems. He worked at a video game store when he was 14 years old and was proud to be a beta tester for Nintendo at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., for several years.
Travis attended Austin Community College and was a website designer for a time. He and a friend had just generated financial backing to start a new business, going into customers' homes and fixing their computers. Travis had developed the business plan for this endeavor. He had a special talent for fixing computers. He had been building and repairing them for over a decade. They were his passion.
Travis became a certified pharmacy technician in 2003. He used this knowledge to help himself and to advise others on both Lyme disease and Morgellons disease. He was very active in monitoring Lyme and Morgellons computer bulletin boards and eager to share information that he had learned and gained from his own experience.
He was an avid reader and writer. He wrote many poems and had four chapters written in a novella to which he was very dedicated. Unfortunately, he passed away before it could be completed.
He loved to sing and play the guitar and had hoped to play in a band one day. Nirvana and the Beatles were his favorite bands. He also liked to paint abstract pictures.
Travis was very sick for much of his life, but fought to live on, trying both traditional and alternative therapies. He valued his family and friendships immensely. They meant the world to him. He told his mother many times that he would much rather have cancer, than this horrifying, nightmarish Morgellons disease. He fought for as long as he could. He was a brave soul. He will be greatly missed.
He is survived by this mother, Lisa Wilson of the family home in Leander; father, Mark Wilson of Shelton, Wash.; sister, Trisha Wilson, of Herndon, Va.; great-grandparents, John and Mary Thompson of Rainier, Ore.; and St. Petersburg, Fla.; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Memorial donations may be made to the nonprofit Morgellons Research Foundation at P.O. Box 16576, Surfside Beach, SC 29587. Find more information on Mor-gellons at www.morgellons.com.
Funeral service was held April 29, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Burial followed at Miller Cemetery in Agate, outside Shelton.
"Transplacental infection by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the agent of Lyme Borreliosis (LB), has recently been documented (L.E. Markowitz, et al; P.A. Schlesinger, et al). Fetal infection confirmed by culture has been reported by A.B. MacDonald (in press) from a highly endemic region (Long Island, NY).
We report a culture positive neonatal death occurring in California, a low endemic region. The boy was born by C-section because of fetal distress. He initially appeared normal. He was readmitted at age 8 days with profound lethargy leading to unresponsiveness. Marked peripheral cyanosis, systemic hypertension, metabolic acidosis, myocardial dysfunction, & abdominal aortic thrombosis were found. Death ensued. Bb was grown from a frontal cerebral cortex inoculation. The spirochete appeared similar to the original Long Island tick isolate. Silver stain of brain & heart was confirmatory of tissue infection.
The infant was the second born to a California native. The 20 m/o sibling was well. The mother had been having migratory arthralgias and malaise since experiencing horse fly & mosquito bites while camping on the Maine coast in 1971. The family was seronegative for LB by ELISA at Yale. Cardiolipin antibodies were also not found."
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John William McGrath, 75, Florida
John W. McGrath, Fort Myers, FL passed away Jan. 22, 2000, born in Boston, March 18, 1924, raised in Sharon, MA.
John is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Barbara F McGrath; son, John W. Jr. of Chatham, MA., daughters, Stephanie of CO., Paula Newell of VT., Tracy Lenz (Albert) of FL, and Nadine Terrio (Neal) of Chatham. He is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Danny, Michael & Andrew Lenz, Thaddeus & Garrett McGrath, Paige & Ariel Newell, & Devin, Kelsey & Sydney Terrio.
John served as a Corporal in the Marine Corps. in WWII. After graduating 4th in his class at Business College, he moved to Chathamn, and owned his own successful Tax Accounting practice for 30+ years as well as serving the town as an assistant to the selectmen and the Veterans Agent.
Retiring to the Landings, he served as past President of Windjammer Village Assoc. and handicap chairman of LMGA. As a member of Fiddlesticks CC., he was in charge of the Marshalls for the Calvin Peete and FILA Tournaments.
An avid sportsman, he played ice hockey, and won trophy's in powerboat racing and golf. His golf awards include: Eastward Ho CC, Landings Mens Golf Assoc., Fiddlesticks CC., Hawaiian Airlines Open, and one of his proudest awards, the 1980 Tony Lema Memorial Tournament. Also other golf awards too numerous to list.
A memorial service will be conducted at 5:00 PM, Jan. 27th, at Picnic Point, The Landings, Fort Myers.
Donations to Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America, 386 Park Ave. South, 17th. Floor, New York, NY 10016-8804 or Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc. One Financial Plaza, 18th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103.
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481-4341 Published in The News-Press on 1/26/2000.
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Theodore F. Kotula, 65, Pennsylvania
Theodore F. Kotula, 65, of Gettysburg, died Monday, March 1, 2004, at the Gettysburg Hospital. He was the husband of Phyl lis Strini Kotula for 42 years.
Born Sept. 12, 1938 in Adrian, he was the son of Barbara Collins Kotula of Lucernemines and the late Theodore F. Kotula. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Gettysburg. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and was a Pennsylvania State Trooper from 1964 until 1992, stationed in Gettysburg, and had also served on the protective detail for Gov. Richard Thornburgh during that period.
Following his retirement, he worked at Cedar Ridge Golf Course in Littlestown for 11 years. He was a former member of the Gettysburg Elks, the Bonneauville Catholic War Veterans and the Gettysburg Moose. He was a member of the Retired State Police Association in Pennsylvania, and a member and former president of the Delone Catholic High School Athletic Association, where he was recently recognized for 25 years of service.
He was a coach for Gettysburg Midget Football, Gettysburg Little League, Gettysburg Teener League, American Legion Baseball and St. Francis Xavier CYO Basketball.
Surviving also are two sons, Timothy F. Kotula of Hanover and Raymond A. Kotula of Westminster, Md.; a daughter, Kathleen M. Kotula of Abbottstown; three grandchildren; two brothers, R. Robert Kotula of Indiana, Pa., and Richard Kotula of Lucernemines; and two sisters, Carol Ann Parker of Fairfax, Va., and Barbara E. Gravel of North Reading, Mass. He was preceded in death by a brother, James Kotula.
Funeral services will be held Friday, March 5, with a Mass of Christian burial at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 22 W. High St., Gettysburg, with Father Bernardo Pistone celebrant. Interment will be in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Gettysburg. The family will receive friends at the Monahan Funeral Home, 125 Carlisle St., Gettysburg, on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Delone Catholic High School Athletic Association, 140 S. Oxford Ave., McSherrystown, Pa. 17344; or to the St. Francis Xavier Catholic School, 22 W. High St., Gettysburg, Pa. 17325.
Published in the Evening Sun from 3/3/2004 - 3/4/2004.
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Trevor Allen Wayne Ligon, 2, Kentucky
Died August 2003.
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Roberta J. Sorbello-Luongo, 62, Massachusetts
Roberta J. Luongo 62, of Hamilton & formerly of Revere, March 2, 2003.
Loving daughter of Lena (Valeriani) Sorbello of N. Quincy & the late Joseph Sorbello. Also survived by husband Richard G. Luongo of Revere; son Richard A. Luongo of Rockport; two daughters, Nicole Luongo Cloutier of Dover, NH, Erica Luongo of Lawrence; two brothers, Paul Sorbello of Dover, NH, Joseph Sorbello of Laconia, NH; a sister, Donna Foley of Scituate and many nephews & nieces.
Her funeral service will be held Friday 10:00 AM in the Whittier-Porter Funeral Home, 6 High St., Ipswich, followed by a committal service & entombment at the Holy Cross Mausoleum, Malden. Family & friends are respectfully welcomed. Visiting hours are tomorrow (Thursday) 5:00 to 8:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name may be made to the "Angel Fund", 649 Main St., Wakefield, MA 01880. Published in the Boston Globe from 3/4/2003 - 3/5/2003.
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Luther Conant, 51, New Jersey
Luther Conant was a Quaker, writer and filmmaker, a man who loved irreverent humor- Mark Twain was a personal hero-, and a devoted husband and a father.
''One thing I've had to give up - the illusion that I can control what's going to happen to me. I've been forced to live in the present. And if I'm going to find any joy in the life that I have now, it can only be the joys of the moment. I can't plan for anything. I've got to enjoy what's happening now.'' - Luther Conant, written in his online blog, June 2001.
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Erin Zinna, 19, Missouri
Kansas City Star Tuesday, May 28, 2002
Friends, family astonished how tick bite could kill young athlete By BILL GRAHAM The Kansas City Star
Erin Zinna
They buried Erin Zinna in her boxing trunks, a symbol of the physical strength and the free spirit befitting a national Golden Gloves champion. Yet it was Zinna's humor and smile that drew more than 600 people to the Polo High School gym on May 16 for her funeral. Amid their grief was profound disbelief. Health officials say Zinna, 19, died of ehrlichiosis, an uncommon disease carried by ticks. "It's just very hard for us to believe that here's a tick that can cause this kind of damage to a big, beautiful, spirited girl," Polo principal Robert Newhart said.
Zinna lived most of her life on a livestock farm west of Polo where ticks were part of everyday life. "I've picked ticks off my kids since they were old enough to crawl in the grass," said her mother, Lynette Zinna. Erin Zinna kept up with two older brothers on farm chores such as hauling hay and often joined them on fishing trips. In the spring she searched the woods for mushrooms with her father, Ed. "She had a sweet, feminine side," her mother said. "But she was not a sissy."
In high school Zinna excelled at all sports, including softball, basketball and track. As a junior she received the Wendy's High School Heisman Award for Missouri female athletes. By her senior year she was 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed slightly more than 200 pounds.
"She was the epitome of health," her mother said. "She ran. She ate well. She drank gallons of water. She took no medicines. I don't know of anybody who was stronger or healthier." A year ago Zinna helped lead graduates into the Polo High gymnasium as senior class president. She was an honors student and involved in many activities.
"Erin was the kind of girl who crossed all classes of people," Newhart said. "She was caring, and Erin had that smile that attracted people. And she was not afraid of anything." The straight-A student also was a champion arm-wrestler.
"She was the kind of girl who could either go into a barroom or the White House," Newhart said. Zinna was not through with athletics after high school. In August she punched her way to the National Golden Gloves super-heavyweight championship for women in Augusta, Ga. "She was a spectacular natural athlete," said Jimmy Joe Zeikle, her trainer at the Cameron Boxing Club. "She was somebody that other people thought could do anything, and she was always happy."
Zinna tried to get into the Olympic boxing program but couldn't, so she turned pro. Her first match was to have been last Wednesday at a Kansas City casino. "She had a great shot, great potential," Zeikle said. Zinna was drawn to Johnson County Community College by a program in the child-care field and in late winter participated in the shot put for the school's track team at a national meet.
Zinna quit track this spring to take a job at St. Agnes Child Care Center in Roeland Park, her mother said. Zinna wanted a career in child development.
"When her job was done, she would sit in the classroom doing her homework, just to be with the kids," said Neona Russ, the center's director and a college classmate of Zinna's. "If there was a challenged kid, she was just a magnet for them. She went out on the playground, and the kids would come running." Zinna had made plans for the summer, already setting up a puppet show in her classroom to spice up stories.
She could have picked up the tick anywhere. Zinna lived in Shawnee this spring with a relative and stayed with friends at times in Kansas City. On weekends she often returned home to the farm near Polo. She fished, hunted for mushrooms and played with her dog. On a Friday night, May 3, Zinna complained of headaches and malaise, her mother said. On May 4 she went to her weekend dishwashing job at the National Golf Club of Kansas City in Parkville. But she went home feeling ill.
"Mom, I feel like I'm dying," she told Lynette Zinna that day in a telephone call. She had a severe headache and a fever, and her neck and back hurt. That night Zinna checked in to North Kansas City Hospital. After tests, she was diagnosed with spinal meningitis, her mother said. Her condition went up and down all week. The morning of May 9 she showered and seemed better. That afternoon she got worse and later was placed in intensive care. At some point in the week her mother mentioned to the staff that Zinna had complained about an annoying tick bite behind her knee, Lynette Zinna said.
On May 10, doctors told the family they suspected that Zinna had Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne disease, her mother said. Antibiotic treatments began, but her organs began to fail. On May 11 doctors said there was no hope. The life-support system was removed at her parents' direction, and Zinna died. Early the next week, blood tests showed that she had a form of ehrlichiosis, said Linda McElwee, administrator for the Caldwell County Health Center. McElwee said she was received the diagnosis from officials at North Kansas City Hospital. A hospital spokeswoman said doctors and officials there would not comment on the case.
"Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought a tick could do this," Lynette Zinna said. "I still don't know what to think."
Erin Zinna was buried in her blue boxing uniform. Her favorite rock music and the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from her favorite movie, "The Wizard of Oz," were played at a memorial service. "Everything she did, she did so well," Lynette Zinna said. "I had to make this as right as possible." Grief extended from day-care children to college students to staffers at the National Golf Club and throughout Polo. "She had such a future," Russ said. "She would have been at the forefront of our (child-care) frontier." Zinna died on one of medicine's frontiers.
Zinna probably had never heard about Human Granularcytic Ehrlichiosis. Her mother had not, until now.
"She never did anything ordinary," Lynette Zinna said. "It would have to be something very unusual to take her."
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Prize winner gardener; owned raspberry farm. Died February 2001 of Babesiosis.
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Of Denton. Martin Frank Dumke passed away in his sleep at his home in Denton, MD on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 from neurological complications of Lyme disease.
Martin was a strong, kind, and loving man, and is survived by his friend and life-time partner, Marc Wright. He is also survived by his mother, Ruth Dumke of Milwaukee, WI; two sisters, Mary Lynn and Kathryn; four brothers, Jim, Bob, John and Tom; seven nephews, Jason, Aaron, Ben, Matt, Alex, Darin, and Danny; and three nieces, Amanda, Amber, and Mary Catherine.
He was predeceased by his father, Kenneth Dumke. Martin was an avid bicyclist and he and Marc enjoyed many memorable days canoeing, hiking, and birding. Together they enjoyed the company of their many friends and neighbors and their many visits with family.
He was an employee of Verizon in Baltimore. "Martin, I will love you always." Services were held on Sun., Nov. 19, 2006 at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD. Interment was private. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
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My most sincere gratitude to each of you who have contributed to this post.
I added Martin last night as the 208th name.
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Up for those who have been meaning to add information.
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Carole M. C. Alton PEPPERELL -- Dr. Carole M. C. (Paul) Alton, a resident of Pepperell, died Sunday, Nov. 19, after a long battle with Lyme disease. She was the beloved wife of William J. Alton.
She graduated with a bachelor's degree in dental surgery from the University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1965, and a doctorate of medical dentistry from Tufts University in 1976.
Mrs. Alton was a professor at Tufts Dental School through 2005. From 1978 to 1991, she had a dental practice on Main Street in Groton.
She was a dedicated sports fan and particularly loved skating and New England Revolution Soccer.
According to family members, Mrs. Alton was involved in Dog Agility Competitions with her collie, Lola. She loved a wide range of music from Billy Idol to Rachmaninov.
She had a wicked sense of humor, family members said.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, Paul M. C. Alton and Guy W. B. Alton, both of Mason, N.H.; a daughter, Pamela C. D. Alton of Nashua; four grandchildren, Ian, Winter, Renee, Camilla; and three step-grandchildren, Nicky, Rusty, and C.J. Published in the Lowell Sun on 11/24/2006.
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Marie C. Johnson has an Obituary in the Asbury Park Press and I believe she died of Lyme but I can't get the obit- for some reason m y computer goes down whenever I click on her name (no kidding, wish I was!). Can someone get it>? Thank you, Sincerely, Sarah aka CaliforniaLyme
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MARIE C. JOHNSON, 85, of West Chester, Pa., formerly of COLTS NECK
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/30/06
MARIE C. JOHNSON, 85, of West Chester, Pa., formerly of COLTS NECK, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Johnson was a graduate of Summit High School. She was an executive secretary with Bell Labs, New York City, in the 1940s and 1950s. She retired to raise her family.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister who enjoyed her family, friends, and family get togethers. She was a member of St. Patrick's Church, Kennett Square, Pa. Born and raised in Summit, she also resided in Fanwood and Colts Neck before moving to West Chester, Pa., in 1983.
She was the wife of the late Martin "Ernie" Johnson and the daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine Callari of Summit. She is survived by her son, Alan C. Johnson and his wife Paula of West Chester, Pa.; a daughter, Kathy J. Pier of Wanamassa, Ocean Township; and three grandchildren, Allyson, Brian, and Eric Pier. She is also survived by two brothers, Vito and Anthony Callari of Summit.
Family and friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Bradley-Brough Funeral Home, 535 Springfield Ave., Summit.
A funeral service will be at 9:45 a.m. Monday from the funeral home, followed by a 10:45 a.m. Funeral Mass at St. Teresa of Avila Church, Summit.
Friends and family are invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to Lyme Disease Association Inc., P.O. Box 1438, Jackson, NJ 08527, or online at www.lymediseaseassociation.org.
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