[CT-NFB] Steve Famiglietti

Thu Dec 1 15:41:40 UTC 2022

On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 4:37 AM Esther Levegnale via CT-NFB <
ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> hi, Jim, that would be absolutely wonderful. Esther
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> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!
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> On Nov 30, 2022, at 11:47 AM, James Cronin via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
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> Hi All,
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> Why don't we keep Steve's spirit alive by planting a tree in his honor
> - possibly at Oak Hill.  Jim Crronin
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> On 11/30/22, james Scrimgeour via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Steve was definitely an awesome guy! When I was looking for speakers for
> the
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> At Large chapter, he was always willing to help. His presentations were
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> excellent. He answered all our questions thoughtfully and in great detail.
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> I also attended many of his workshops at the NEAT center and state
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> convention. I especially remember that after one of his workshops, he took
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> the time to give me some practical advice about dealing with vision loss.
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> He will be deeply missed by all of us who were fortunate enough to know
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> him.
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>            Sincerely, Chrissy Scrimgeour
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> On Nov 30, 2022, at 9:55 AM, james Scrimgeour <scrimgeo at sbcglobal.net>
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> On Nov 29, 2022, at 10:39 PM, kristen dockendorff via CT-NFB
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> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 2:39 PM Jen via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
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> I interned with Steve at Vision Dynamics years ago. He was such a nice
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> guy. He also brought food for us to share...
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> On Monday, November 28, 2022 at 09:07:36 PM EST, CHERI DUQUETTE via
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> CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org <mailto:ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
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> He was a wonderful person, I too just cannot wrap my head around what
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> happened to him.  I didn't know him well, but each time he spoke, be it
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> at the convention or as recently as one of our chapter meetings, he was
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> such a pleasure.  I know life isn't fair, we have all had our share of
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> hardships, but this just shouldn't have happened and I cannot settle it
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> within my heart. Esther and others who knew him much longer than I, my
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> heartbreaks with you all. We need to keep his light shining!!
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> Cheri
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> On 11/28/2022 9:48 AM Esther Levegnale via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
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> hi, Hamit,  yes, he was definitely a family friend. I sorely miss him. I
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> just can't get over what happened to him. Take care. Esther
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> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!
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> On Nov 28, 2022, at 8:50 AM, hamitcampos--- via CT-NFB
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> <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org <mailto:ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
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> Oh wow he was practically a family friend then. Yes I can still hear
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> him in my mind. As I said I met him at Vision Dinamics. Ah then I
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> really got to hang out with him at Leap.
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> <mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org>> On Behalf Of Esther Levegnale via
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> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2022 2:35 AM
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> Cc: Esther Levegnale <elevegnale at sbcglobal.net
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> Subject: Re: [CT-NFB] Steve Famiglietti
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> hi, Jim and everyone, I knew Steve for a long time. In fact, when I
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> lived in my grandmothers house where I grew up, his aunt Sandy and I
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> used to get together and play together and go to movies together at
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> Cetera. Steve was absolutely wonderful and he will be sorely missed.
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> Esther
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> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 13 Pro Max!
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> On Nov 27, 2022, at 7:43 PM, Jim McCollum via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
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> Steve was a wonderful person, and he’ll be missed by many.
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> He collected cuckoo clocks. A few years ago I was on a conference call
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> with him, and all those clocks started going off at once. We had to
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> pause until they were done.
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> My prayers are with the families of Steve and his partner.
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> Jim Y. McCollum
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> Board Member and Legislative Coordinator
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> National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut
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> 860-581-0430
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> On Nov 27, 2022, at 7:06 PM, Veronica Alston via CT-NFB
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> My prayers and deepest sympathies to the Famiglietti Family.
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> I did not know him personally, but I’ve heard nothing but good things
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> about him and how amazing of a computer instructor he was.
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> On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 6:54 PM Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB
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> Dear Federation Family, friends, and partners,
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> Many of you have already heard and perhaps many of you have not. On
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> Wednesday, November 23rd in the early morning, Steven Famiglietti and
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> his partner Cory Richmond were stuck and killed by a speeding driver on
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> Blue Hills Avenue. The driver has been charged with two counts of
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> second-degree manslaughter and reckless driving. For those of us who
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> knew Steve this is of little solace. I first met Steve at Vision
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> Dynamics at the beginning of my vision loss journey. I last saw him at
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> the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut state convention on
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> November 4, 2022. If you knew Steve, he was as kind and caring the
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> first time I met him as on the last. I personally got to know Steve
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> well when I worked for Silver Lining Technologies. Our office was in
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> the NEAT (New England Assistive Technology) building on the Oak Hill
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> campus. Steve’s office was around the corner from mine. When I would
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> eat lunch, I’d join the employees of NEAT. We had a grand time. Steve
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> and I were the only people with guide dogs, so we had a lot to talk
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> about.  Steve was a kind and patient teacher of many assistive
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> technology apparatuses for the blind and visually impaired. There are
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> no words that describe how much he will be missed by me and all that
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> new him. Below please find information on his wake and service. God
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> bless you Steve, may he hold you in the palm of His hand.
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> https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/steven-famiglietti-obituary?id=38228872
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> Best Regards,
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> Maryanne Melley
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> President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut
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> 860-212-5549
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> maryanne.melley at gmail.com <mailto:maryanne.melley at gmail.com>
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> Together with love, hope, and determination, we transform dreams into
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> reality
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> I first met Steve at vision dynamics also. Probably in about 2005 or six
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> something like that. More recently in the last 10 years I have been
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> attending the guide dog Reup that he and Andrea run. It’s been absolutely
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> wonderful. I also can’t quite wrap my head around it and hear his voice
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> constantly..    I’ve also been on some different committees and attended
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> some support groups with Steve as well. I love hearing about his storm
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> chasing adventures. During our zoom meetings of the guide dog group you
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> could always tell what time it was because the collection of cuckoo
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> clocks would go off. So many memories I just can’t believe it hold tight
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Definitely a good idea. Maybe somewhere on the oak hill campus?
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