Hello, This is Johnn Boyer. I worked with Dean for several years at Meedcolmp. We had many conversaations. I'm sorry to hear of his passing, but he certainly lived a good life. John On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 01:12:04PM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > My father passed away this month. As he was an early member of the > technology community and a member of the Linux community, I thought I > should share it on this mailing list. It's likely that some of you knew him. > > >From his obituary: > ---- > Richard Dean Wilbur, beloved father and devoted business man, passed away, > at > the age of 80, on Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dean was > born > March 29, 1942 in Ogden, Utah to the late Lindsay and Margie (nee Richards) > Wilbur. > > Dean was a pioneer in the fight for equality and assistant services for > members > of the visually impared community on both the local and national level. He > was a > founding member of the American Council of the Blind Greater Cincinnati > Chapter > and the Blind Information Technology Specialists. > > In 1966, Dean moved to Cincinnati to attend the University of Cincinnati > specifically for the department of Medical Computing Services' program for > teaching visually impaired and blind persons computer programming; the > first of > its kind in the US. Through this training, he was on the cutting edge of > medical > technology and part of a program that revolutionized Medical Computation > and > Statistical Analysis, in addition to teaching valuable career skills to > individuals with physical disabilities who would have otherwise been > overlooked > and shut out. Dean loved his work so much that he eventually took over > MedComp > Research, the company created by the founders of this program to carry out > this > groundbreaking work, and continued to educate young visually impared > individuals > in methods of computer programming and providing valuable medical > computations > to the Cincinnati Hospital Council and Hamilton County for nearly 40 > years. > > In addition to his parents, Dean is preceded in death by his sister > Carrolyn > Remey and his brother Lawerence E. Pilcher; Dean is survived by siblings: > Lynda > Perry and Lynette Pilcher; Dean's loving children: JD Kunz, Heather D. > Wilbur, > David L. (Monica) Wilbur, Karl J. (Justine) Wilbur, Sharon S. (Michael) > Jancha, > and Sarah K. (John) Pierce. Dean also leaves 18 grandchildren, several > great > grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews, as well as dear friends. > Gilligan > Funeral Home is honored to serve the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial > contributions in Dean's honor may be made to The Cincinnati Arts > Association. > > Memorial Service will be held at 7:00 pm on Friday April 29, 2022 at > Philippi > Baptist Church located at 5996 Werk Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45248. > > -- > Karl Wilbur > 513-322-2481 > karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- John J. Boyer Email: john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list