I am sorry to hear of Steve’s passing as well.
He was a classmate of mine but we hardly ever spoke to one another.
Peggy Yats.
Home is where the heart is.
On Jan 26, 2021, at 10:39 AM, Vickie <happytraveler1972@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Oh. I’m just seeing this. I expected it to be Melody, not Steve! I have
known Steve since I was in Kindergarten. He might have been born in
Tennessee, but he was raised in Pontiac. We went to school together at a
school, where the county paid for a braille room, they called it. A class for
mostly braille readers. Steve could of course read both, since he was
partially sighted. He was a happy person. What a character! Learned a lot
from him, and I sure hope he is in God’s hands now!
Sorry Fred, for your loss, and this is a great loss to the class of 1970.
R.I.P. my old friend, Steve.
Vickie Rolison
From: Marcie Brink-Chaney
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 10:14 PM
To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: nfbmi-talk@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Sad News
I didn’t know Steve well but always heard he was a nice person. Prayers for
Melody and his family. Sympathy for the loss of your friend, Fred.
Marcie Brink-Chaney class of ‘72
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 25, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Fred Wurtzel <f.wurtzel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Fellow Alum,
I regret to inform you all; I just received a call from Larry Posont. He
called to tell me that Steve Council died last night. Steve has been
hospitalized for several weeks with ki9dney and other complications. I spoke
with him last week. He told me how much the School for the blind meant to
him and how much all his friends from MSB were so important to him.
Larry and I shared a few houses with Steve. He was a generous and happy
person. He was a crusader along with many of us to make the world better for
blind persons, especially the Business Enterprise Program.
This is a difficult day, another friend, Fran Mohnke, also died yesterday.
She died from Covid-19. Please, everyone, wear your mask and socially
distance.
Warmest Regards,
Fred
