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Keep Witgren's (Steven Witmer's) Legacy Alive: Books for Students. A message from Steven's spouse. [1]
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Date: 2025-01-26
Hello Friends,
My name is Linda Green-Witmer, and I am the spouse of Steven Witmer a.k.a Witgren. As many of you may know, Steven used to write many articles here on Daily Kos. In addition, Steven was a Teacher Librarian with the Saydel Community School District in Iowa, until he succumbed to the Stage IV Colon Cancer on July 25, 2024. Steven had a passion for reading, exciting children about reading, teaching the students about the library, and having the students further develop their reading skills through selecting books that they wanted to read. Steven wanted the students, as well as adults, to “Stay Curious” and keep on learning.
When he was starting to go on disability in 2024 due to the cancer’s advanced progress, Steven started a GoFundMe campaign called “Books for Students” to raise money so that he could purchase a book for every student in the district’s elementary school. In Steven’s GoFundMe campaign, he stated “This may be my last opportunity to serve my students in this way. . . “. This Memorial campaign is to raise money for an endowment to continue Steven’s vision, love of reading, and his legacy of creating lifetime readers alive for many years to come.
When deciding on what should be done to honor Steve's legacy, I concluded that Steve would have preferred that the money for his Memorial be used to better the lives of others. Steve was always a giving person, and I knew his Memorial needed to reflect how Steve was as a person.
I have attached the link to the GoFundMe for Steven’s Memorial. I will be sharing updates as time goes on, the next one will be ways to contribute. I just set-up and started using Venmo, and that information will be in an update next week, 01/26 — 02/01/2025. I have linked the QR code below. The GoFundMe Link is: gofund.me/…
Thank you for your kindness, consideration, and generosity.
Linda Green-Witmer,
Spouse of Steven Witmer
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