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I received the following sad letter from the CCA today.
Brenda Tersine (Goichberg)
1948-2022
My heart is heavy with grief. The light of my life is gone. My wonderful wife Brenda passed away yesterday after an illness that had mostly confined her to bed for the past year. She had appeared to be recovering lately, making her passing even more of a shock.
For almost 40 years, Brenda worked the registration table at many CCA events, receiving late entries, byes and withdrawals. We traveled together to almost every part of the USA. While I was usually preoccupied with
various tasks and issues that arise at a big tournament, she never failed to visit a nearby food outlet and
appear with my lunch or dinner and remind me that
I had to eat. She had a great sense of humor.
Brenda was born in Punxsutawney, PA, home of
the legendary groundhog. Before becoming a
chess director, she was a certified funeral director,
at a time when that was almost an all male field.
She was a professor of funeral directing at
Hudson Valley Community College, and trained
many of the current funeral directors in New York
state. She also did K-12 substitute teaching.
Services are expected to be Thursday, Feb 17, 2
pm at Flynn Funeral Home in Monroe, NY. Please
send any donations to the US Chess Federation.
Rest in peace sweetie, there are no
words to express how much I miss you.
Bill Goichberg
President, Continental Chess Association
Brenda Tersine (Goichberg)
1948-2022
My heart is heavy with grief. The light of my life is gone. My wonderful wife Brenda passed away yesterday after an illness that had mostly confined her to bed for the past year. She had appeared to be recovering lately, making her passing even more of a shock.
For almost 40 years, Brenda worked the registration table at many CCA events, receiving late entries, byes and withdrawals. We traveled together to almost every part of the USA. While I was usually preoccupied with
various tasks and issues that arise at a big tournament, she never failed to visit a nearby food outlet and
appear with my lunch or dinner and remind me that
I had to eat. She had a great sense of humor.
Brenda was born in Punxsutawney, PA, home of
the legendary groundhog. Before becoming a
chess director, she was a certified funeral director,
at a time when that was almost an all male field.
She was a professor of funeral directing at
Hudson Valley Community College, and trained
many of the current funeral directors in New York
state. She also did K-12 substitute teaching.
Services are expected to be Thursday, Feb 17, 2
pm at Flynn Funeral Home in Monroe, NY. Please
send any donations to the US Chess Federation.
Rest in peace sweetie, there are no
words to express how much I miss you.
Bill Goichberg
President, Continental Chess Association