Our TED, whom I posted about a while ago having colon cancer, passed away on
Saturday :~(

I am cut-n-pasting an article from local paper as it is pay-to-view (Lynn,
his wife, was receptionist & vet-tech at the clinic)
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First the Obit:

Dr. Michael Ira List, D.V.M., 57
Sept. 29, 1948-Oct. 22, 2005
Dr. Michael Ira List, D.V.M., 57, of Bloomington, died Saturday at
Bloomington Hospital. He was owner/veterinarian of Blue Sky Veterinary
Clinic.
Survivors include his wife, Lynne Bergh; his father, George Harold List of
Bloomington; one son, Ace List of Los Angeles, Calif.; and one daughter,
Amanda List of Oakland, Calif.
A celebration of life service will be held at a later date.
Allen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Foundation of
Bloomington and Monroe County, Michael List Fund, 101 W. Kirkwood Ave.,
Suite 321, Bloomington, IN 47404.
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And another write-up (with pic, omitted due to this not being a binary
group):
Longtime veterinarian Michael List dead at 57

Former health board president remembered for ethics, activism

by Donita Hadley and Anne Kibbler
H-T Staff Writers
October 25, 2005

Michael Ira List, 57, a longtime Bloomington veterinarian and former
president of the Monroe County Board of Health, died Saturday of colon
cancer at Bloomington Hospital.

Lynne Bergh, List's wife of 22 years, said her husband started his practice
in 1978 in a camper in a parking lot in New Unionville. "There was no
plumbing, not even a phone there," she said.

List moved his practice, Blue Sky Veterinary Clinic, to South Walnut Street
in 1980.
Charles Greer, a client for many years at Blue Sky, had List provide health
care for everything from horses to cats. "He was extremely conscientious,
moral and ethical," Greer said. "Those are really the hallmarks of his
practice."

List served for more than 10 years on the Monroe County Board of Health and
was president of the board in 1989, his last year of service. Under his
leadership, the board imposed strict regulations on the installation of
septic systems in the watersheds of lakes Monroe, Lemon and Griffy to
protect the lakes from pollution.

List also worked for many years to further the cleanup of PCBs in Monroe
County, both in his role as a health board member and as facilitator of the
Environmental Protection Agency Citizen's Information Committee. He led
early discussions on a ban on smoking in public places in Monroe County. The
proposal eventually became a county ordinance.
Dr. Richard Owens served on the health board with List and now has a medical
practice in Madison, Wis.

Owens described List as "fearless and indomitable" in working for the public
good.
"He was a wonderful man, as far as developing a sense of what needed to be
done and proceeding come hell or high water to overcome any obstacles in his
path for the community's benefit," Owens said.

Rupert Wentworth, who also served on the board of health with him, remembers
List's efforts to prohibit smoking in public places. "Michael was very
active in bringing that to the county's attention and getting it through the
county commissioners, so the county had a smoking ordinance a long time
before the city did," he said.

Born Sept. 29, 1948, List was a native of Hamilton, Ohio. He studied at
Indiana University and was a graduate of Purdue University's School of
Veterinary Medicine. His survivors include a son, Ace List of Los Angeles,
Calif.; a daughter, Amanda List of Oakland, Calif.; his father, George
Harold List of Bloomington; and a grandson, Amani Grant of Oakland.

A celebration of life service will be conducted at a later date. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Michael List fund at the Community
Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County
(http://www.communityfoundation.ws/), 101 W. Kirkwood Ave., Suite 321,
Bloomington, IN 47404.

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