Oklahoma E. coli victim dies of complications – 8 years later

Posted: November 12th, 2010 - 4:38pm by Doug Powell

A 24-year-old Owasso, Oklahoma man has died of complications from an E. coli infection he contracted in 2002. Richard Chatfield (right, photo from News On 6, in 2008) died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a family friend, who said it was related to a kidney transplant he underwent in 2009.

Chatfield spoke with the News On 6 in 2008 for a story about the lingering effects of E.coli. Six years after his diagnosis, he was on dialysis and had been told that without a kidney transplant he would die.

Chatfield became ill after a summer camp, but never knew the source of the infection. Chatfield was a graduate of Tulsa Community College and an Eagle Scout. He worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

Services will be held November 13, 2010 at Faith Lutheran Church in Owasso.
 

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Categories: E. coli
Tags: e. coli, food safety, Kidney, Oklahoma, Richard Chatfield

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julie price says:

Now this story is scary. My son, now 14, contracted ecoli 0157 in September 2005 during an outbreak in South Wales which unfortunately claimed the life of 5 year old Mason Jones. Garyn was on dialasis and although seems to be doing well nobody really has any definate answers for us. We simply dont know if he will encounter problems in the future. My heart goes out to Richard's family and friends.

Posted on November 29th, 2010 - 11:29am

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