<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Oh wow. Condolences to her family and friends and even neighbors.<div>I vegly remember her but yes RIP Joice.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jul 24, 2026, at 3:24\u202fPM, Deb Reed via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div>Hi all,</div><div>This is indeed sad news, Joyce offered our affiliate a lot in the earlier years when her health was better. I had the privilege of being her roommate for a short time the first time we went to Houston, Texas. She had not tried a national convention in a while and unfortunately unfortunately, her health was not good and her brother who lives in Texas had to come and get her. But the short time we were together, I enjoyed her company very much. She is a kind and fair person and I will miss her.</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div>Deb Reed<div><br></div><div>Central CT Chapter President of the National Federation of the Blind</div><div>Deb.reed57@gmail.com</div><div>Cell-860-378-5370</div><div><br></div><div>\u201cBloom where you are. \u201cFrom mother, Theresa of Calcutta.</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 24, 2026, at 10:00\u202fAM, Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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It is with sadness that I inform you that Joyce Kane passed away recently. She was a lifelong member of the NFB of CT. Founder of the Southern Connecticut Chapter in Milford and the Krafters Division. There are no arrangements yet. Nathanael Wales will keep
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I am leaving for two weeks as of July 25th. Nathanael will be in charge. Please reach out to him with any concerns. Email; ntwales@omsoft.com. </div>
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