Thank you Frank, and thank you Brian.
Certainly the news is not that which we wanted to hear, but many of us
waited for any news regarding Bob's progress. While we struggle with
COVID-19, we need to remember that we are living in the age of the
Mother of all pandemics, Cancer. It is Cancer that has robbed us all
of the many years of Bob's future contributions. We are all the worse
for it.
Bob, I only knew you as an Email Friend, but I considered you to be a
real comrade in the struggle toward equality for the Blind.
Your friend,
Carl Jarvis
On 9/15/20, Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: BSCB-Announce <bscb-announce-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
briancharlson@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 11:28 PM
To: bscb-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BSCB Announce] Announcing the passing of Bob Hachey
As the President of the Bay State Council of the Blind, and as a long-time
friend of Bob and his wife, Donna, it is with much unhappiness that I must
let you know that our friend Robert "Bob" Hachey passed away today,
September 14, 2020, after a long illness.
Bob served the blind community for many years in many different capacities
including as BSCB President. He served on the Board of the Disability Policy
Consortium, the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Rehabilitation
Council, and as the Moderator of both BSCB and ACB email lists.
BSCB will be holding an online memorial service for Bob in the near future.
We hope many of you will be able to attend the service to be held later this
month. We will also be paying tribute to Charlie Crawford, founding member
of BSCB and former Executive Director of ACB as well as other BSCB members
who have passed away sense we last met as an organization.
The BSCB board has established a scholarship in Bob's honor and will be
holding an online auction in October to begin to fund this new effort.
In lieu of flowers, an account will be set up to assist Bob's family with
related expenses associated with his care. Details on how to contribute to
this initiative will be sent out as the arrangements are finalized.
I know that you all join me in extending our heart-felt condolences to Donna
and the other members of Bob's family.
Please continue to watch this email list for more information on how you
will be able to attend the memorial service or participate in the other
efforts being undertaken in Bob's memory. Bob was so passionate about
everything he touched. With him gone, we will need to fill the many
positions he held in our organization including as editor of Baylines and
Moderator of the BSCB email lists.
If you are interested in honoring Bob by following in his footsteps in any
of these roles, please reach out to me via email at
briancharlson@xxxxxxxxxxx. I know that Bob would wish for nothing more than
for the work of BSCB and ACB to march forward.
My friend, rest in peace!
Brian Charlson, President
Bay State Council of the Blind
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