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From: Jeff Moyer [mailto:moyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 29 November 2015 11:20
To: Mike Cole; Jerry Kuns; Oral Miller; Marsha Mazz U.S. Access Board; Dona
Sauerburger; John Brabyn; Josh Miele; Bill Crandall; Linda Myers; Theressa
Postello; Kareem Dale The White House; Tom Miller; Walter Kulyk US
department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration; Mary Jane Owen
Disability Concepts In Action; Lois Thibault; Richard Skaff Designing
Accessible CommunitiesOffice on Disability; Jim Bickett; Jim Fruchterman;
Jim Marston Atlanta VA; Beezy (Billie Louise) Bentzen; Dale Brock; Charlie
Crawford; Julie Carroll; Kim Christiansen; Pat Cannon
Cc: Julie Stinson; Terry Elmore; Cristina Moyer
Subject: Ward Bond 1940 - 2015
Dear Friends,
C. Ward Bond passed away shortly after midnight this morning,
November 29, 2015. Ward died of congestive heart failure, at an
acute care facility, where he had been taken recently. He was
moved from his apartment when fluids needed to be drawn from his
lungs to allow for easier breathing.
Ward appreciated phone calls from many of you over the last
months of his life.
Plans for Ward's memorial service have not yet been finalised.
Ward's daughter, Julie Stinson, (details below) will be making
those arrangements.
Ward often said that his years as President of Talking Signs were
the most satisfying of his life and that the circle of friends
whom he met during that time were among the finest people he had
ever met.
Ward never dreamed small dreams. Had it not been for
Congressional gridlock and the 5 year delay of the Highway Bill,
Talking Signs would have been installed throughout Washington
D.C. - making it the first accessible city for people with visual
disabilities and other print reading disabilities in the world.
If you would please pass this to anyone who knew this remarkable
man, it would be appreciated.
Julie Stinson
stinson.julie@xxxxxxxxx
989 773-1802
1525 South Lynwood Drive
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, 48858
