Regina Pustet

[Marianne Mithun]

What a terrible, terrible shame. Thank you for telling us, David.

Marianne

--On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 12:50 PM -0600 ROOD DAVID S 
<david.rood at COLORADO.EDU> wrote:

> It is with deep sadness that I report that Regina Pustet passed away last
> February.  Many of you knew her from our conferences or from the large
> number of papers that she wrote about Lakota grammar.  I only learned of
> this about 10 days ago.  I didn't report it until I could confirm what to
> me was second or third hand news.
>  	According to the best current information I have, she got some kind of
> food poisoning in a restaurant and was unable to recover.  For about a
> year, I'm told, she simply got weaker and weaker.
>  	A friend of mine from the Univ. of Cologne is in contact with Regina's
> mother.  She (my friend) and I hope to be able to prepare a proper
> memorial essay before long, acknowledging and honoring Regina's
> considerable contributions to several areas of linguistics, including
> Lakota studies.
>  	Best wishes to all of you.
>  	David
>
>
> David S. Rood
> Dept. of Linguistics
> Univ. of Colorado
> 295 UCB
> Boulder, CO 80309-0295
> USA
> rood at colorado.edu