Mary Katharine Ham Posts Heartfelt Message Announcing Death of Her Husband
UPDATE: A GoFundMe has been started to help raise funds for Ham to pay for the education of her two children. Consider donating here.
Frequent Fox News guest and conservative commentator Mary Katharine Ham announced the death of her husband, Jake Brewer, on Sunday morning in a heartfelt Instagram post.
“We lost our Jake yesterday, and I lost part of my heart and the father of my sweet babies,” Ham wrote. “I don’t have to tell most of you how wonderful he was. It was self-evident. His life was his testimony, and it was powerful and tender and fierce, with an ever-present twinkle in the eye. I will miss him forever, even more than I can know right now.”
Brewer, according to a report in The Washington Post, died in a bicycle accident during which he lost control and collided with an oncoming car. He was 34. Brewer, a White House staffer who worked in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, was participating in an event to raise money for cancer research.
President Barack Obama released the following statement:
“I am heartbroken at the tragic loss of one of my advisors, Jake Brewer. We set out to recruit the best of the best to join their government and help us harness the power of technology and data to innovate new solutions for the 21st century. Simply put, Jake was one of the best. Armed with a brilliant mind, a big heart, and an insatiable desire to give back, Jake devoted his life to empowering people and making government work better for them. He worked to give citizens a louder voice in our society. He engaged our striving immigrants. He pushed for more transparency in our democracy. And he sought to expand opportunity for all. I’ve often said that today’s younger generation is smarter, more determined, and more capable of making a difference than I was as a young man. Jake was proof of that. Michelle and I are praying for all of Jake’s family and his many friends, most of all his wife, Mary Katharine Ham, their daughter, Georgia, and their growing family. They’ll always have a family here at the White House.”
The photo accompanying the Instagram post, Ham wrote, was taken just a couple of weeks ago. The couple has a daughter, and Ham is currently pregnant with a second child. All of us here at Mediaite send our condolences to Ham and her family.
View the full Instagram post below, as well as other photos that Ham posted of Jake throughout the day:
[Image via screengrab / Instagram]
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