[Home-on-the-Range] Tom Anderson passes – adendum

[Rob Tabor]

Good morning Mr. President, I was reminded of a noteworthy item. I left out by omission yesterday. For the past 2 1/2 years, Tom served as president of the Johnson Wyandotte chapter of the Kansas affiliate. He came into office with previous experience as chapter president of the erstwhile chapter in great Bend, Kansas, and, in the early 1980s, as president of the Douglas County chapter as the Jayhawk chapter was then called.

Sincerely,
Rob Tabor | first vice president National Federation of the Blind of Kansas
Ph: (785) 865-9959
rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net



> On Aug 31, 2023, at 2:43 PM, Rob Tabor <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear Mr. President,
> 
> We of the Kansas affiliate regret to announce the loss of a good man and a long time Federation leader. Tom Anderson passed on Tuesday of this week in the late afternoon hours at Advent Health in Overland Park Kansas where He was hospitalized to treat very severe Covid symptoms.
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> Many Federationists will fondly remember Tom's eloquently delivered invocations at delivered at NFB national conventions over many years. Those involved with the Communities of Faith division will miss his leadership in the devotional services which take place every morning at convention.
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> As a braille and communications instructor at Colorado Center for the Blind, Tom touched untold hundreds of lives over many years before retiring and returning to Kansas.
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> Back in Kansas, Tom went immediately to work, serving on several state advisory committees pertaining to blind Kansas, while serving as a member of the Kansas affiliate board of directors.
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> Above all, Tom was a wonderful husband to his wife Linda, also a long time Federationist. Tom will definitely be missed by all and forgotten by none.
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> Sincerely, Rob Tabor | First vice president National Federation of the Blind of Kansas
> Ph: (785) 865-9959 rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net