[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [HCAC-Act] FW: David Wald announcement - please forward to friends]

[Fred Duperrault]

Sad news.  David Wald, the Peninsula's indomitable humanitarian passed 
away today.  It was a privilege and honor to have  known him.  (See below.)

Fred D.



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[HCAC-Act] FW: David Wald announcement - please forward to 
friends
Date: 	Mon, 19 May 2008 15:34:43 -0700
From: 	Lynn Huidekoper <lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: 	lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com
To: 	HCAC Activists <hcac-act at svpal.org>, One Care Now 
<onecarenow at svpal.org>
References: 	<a06240817c4577b75eda1@[192.168.11.2]>



For those of you who didn't know Dave he was a very special person. An engineer, a Congressional candidate, a peace activist; he touched many people's lives. He spent years sending computers to Cuba to the doctors so they could have an integrated system including travelling to Mexico to oversee their delivery. He had to fight the US Govt. continually to get them there. He met Castro. His second medical opinion was by the Cuban doctors who loved him as his scans were sent to them electronically.
 
I loved debating politics with him. He was so knowledgeable. He continued to attend HCA meetings until recently and donated to the chapter so we could spread the word about Single Payer.
I love the story here where he insisted that he shave himself!  He was one of a kind.
Lynn. H.
 
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:51:06 -0700> To: ymple at msn.com; lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com> From: jam at batnet.com> Subject: David Wald announcement - please forward to friends> > David Wald died at 6 a.m. Sunday, May 18.> > His wife Joan Bazar had written that Saturday was an especially good > day for David -- her daughter dropped off strawberries from the > Farmers Market in Santa Clara, his two sons took him out to the park > nearby in his wheelchair, and an InfoMed stalwart stopped by to move > his computer to the bedroom.> > David had had a CT scan a week ago that showed that the cancer he had > been fighting for two years had made substantially inroads into his > liver. He had been marking milestones for several months -- for > example, not being sure he'd make it to his 80th birthday but doing > so. Last December he and Joan managed to make the trip to Cuba for > him to receive a special award for years of work helping provide > computers for the InfoMed project, assisting with medical > information. He attended a local Health Care for All meeting in > March, including a discussion of the status of the radio > advertisement project he had begun, to help educate the public and > support single payer healthcare. Others will carry that media project > to fruition.> > On May 9, the night of the fundraiser for the SJ Peace and Justice > Center with the Pete Seeger film, David was in the hospital. When the > audience sang the song Guantanamera, Annie and the Vets shared that > it's David's favorite song.> > Last week there had been first visits from a hospice nurse, a social > worker, and a home care person who was frustrated because David > wanted to shave himself instead of letting her do it for him. Nurse > friends had been very helpful with care. David was doing well in the > mornings but fading by late afternoon -- something typical of the > disease. The difference was drastic.> > Planning for a celebration of David's life has begun but no date has > been set. Call Roz Dean to offer to help (408-923-7001).

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss_lists.cagreens.org/attachments/20080519/87302fee/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed...
Name: file:///tmp/nsmail-1.asc
URL: <http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss_lists.cagreens.org/attachments/20080519/87302fee/attachment.asc>