LINGUIST List 22.677 Wed Feb 09 2011 All: Obituary: Eugene Homer Casad Editor for this issue: Elyssa Winzeler <elyssalinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Eric Hoenes del Pinal , Obituary: Eugene Homer Casad Message 1: Obituary: Eugene Homer Casad Date: 07-Feb-2011 From: Eric Hoenes del Pinal <ehoenesuncc.edu> Subject: Obituary: Eugene Homer Casad E-mail this message to a friend Eugene Homer Casad was born in Escondido, California on November 17, 1941, and passed from this life in Sherman, Texas on February 1, 2011, having struggled with chronic lymphocytic leukemia for many years. Gene graduated from Escondido High School in 1959, received a Bachelor’s degree from Biola University in 1964, and earned a PhD in linguistics from the University of California at San Diego in 1981. He spent his adult life analyzing and describing a minority language spoken by Cora people in western Mexico. He wrote and edited numerous books and articles on the Cora language and aspects of Cognitive Linguistic theory. His works have been published in several countries. Until his recent decline in health he had been teaching linguistics in Gdansk, Poland. With the help of native speakers of Cora, he translated the New Testament into two variants of the Cora language. He taught Cora speakers how to read and write their native tongue and has gathered a large amount of data to be made into a dictionary of the language. He also gathered folklore data, putting into writing the oral literature of the people. He traveled to many countries, giving lectures, teaching classes, and leading workshops. He was a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL, a faith-based linguistic organization. He was a member of Emmanuel Faith Community Church in Escondido, California. The last few years of his life he lived in Whitesboro, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph E. and Alice (Christenson) Casad of Escondido, and his brother Golmer Casad. He is survived by his wife, Betty M. (Davis) Casad of Whitesboro, Texas, a son Rolf Casad of Conway, Arkansas, a daughter Sandra Joy Casad-Villalba of Richmond, Virginia, nine grandchildren, two sisters, Martha Barker of Salem, Oregon and MaryAnn Campos of Raleigh, North Carolina, and a brother, Lee Casad of Escondido, California. The funeral service will be held Sunday, February 6th at 2:00 pm CST at Meador Funeral Home in Whitesboro, Texas, and interment will be in the Whitesboro cemetery. Gene’s life was rich with wonderful experiences, but the eternal life he is now experiencing is infinitely richer. Linguistic Field(s): Not Applicable Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 09-Feb-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.