Hodder championed adaptive sports Susan Catherine Hodder shared her love of helping others and volunteering by teaching adaptive sports. Hodder died this spring after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.…
Category: In Memoriam
In Memoriam -- April 2021
Failes was dedicated to deafblind George Failes A hereditary disease turned George Failes into a dedicated advocate for people with vision and hearing loss. Failes died in March. The longtime…
In Memoriam -- March 2021
Blackstone was skilled mediator Barbara Blackstone was known as a mediator, especially when it came to matters involving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Blackstone was director of the Minnesota…
Scanlan's life experiences shaped her commitment to advocacy
Joyce Eileen Scanlan drew on her own experiences with blindness and disability-based discrimination to champion the rights of others. Described as “able, tough and determined,” she led in state and…
Petrie a founder of MRCI
Art Petrie was not only a developer and shaper of the city of Mankato. He also had compassion for people with disabilities. Petrie, 86, died in December 2020. He had…
Dillon was mental health advocate
Nancy Dillon is remembered as a committed advocate for Minnesotans experiencing mental illness, and as someone who elevated the status of psychiatric nursing in Minnesota. Dillon died in December after…