Forwarding this, as I haven't seen it posted here yet. I'm sure many of you knew Walt.
Doug Peck <<<<ORIGINAL MESSAGE>>>> Dear Friends, Some, perhaps many, of you are aware that my brother Walt Danylak passed away this past Saturday. For others of you this may be the first time you learn of this sad news. Walt started showing symptoms in May and June of some kind of medical problem. When he first went to doctors and a hospital here in Syracuse, they were thinking it was a heart problem. Eventually a long-delayed bone marrow test was done, and it immediately showed that he had an advanced case of leukemia. Chemotherapy started the very next day, and the first round seemed to be quite effective in destroying the diseased cells. However it wasn't quite up to the level needed for the blood stem cell transplant they wanted to perform, so they embarked on a 2nd round of chemotherapy. Due to excessive fluids related to the chemotherapy, Walt suffered from congestive heart failure and was transferred to ICU. He recovered from this, but the problem with excessive fluids continued. In short Walt was diagnosed with a very advanced case of leukemia, and he was unable to tolerate the necessary but agressive treatments that he received. The viewings were yesterday, and the funeral was this morning. Several of you dropped by yesterday to pay your respects, and some attended the funeral service this morning. We are so grateful for your kindness and prayers. Any of you interested in sharing a memorial gift can give either to the Leukemia and Lymphonma Society, CNY Chapter, 401 N. Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13203-1770 or (esp. for anyone more interested in trains and particularly the FJ&GRR) to a special fund which will help catalogue and preserve a special collection of photos and documents related to the FJ&GRR. For info on this project please contact Mr. Bill Easterly at 518-762-4651 Ext. 3700 or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks once again for your friendship with Walt and your kindness to our family at this time. On behalf of all the Danylaks, Dennis Danylak To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
