[il-talk] Herald News Article Carmen

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Thanks George.

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From: "George Villa" <gvilla at wideopenwest.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 4:34 PM
Subject: [il-talk] Herald News Article Carmen


> Printed in  the Herald News
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> February 8, 2010
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> Loving memories of Carmen
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> To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die. A time 
> to weep and a time to refrain from weeping. The Sepeda family of Joliet 
> has been experiencing all of these emotions. The Sepedas recently lost 
> their cherished relative, Carmen Sepeda Dennis, who was born in Joliet. My 
> husband had known this remarkable woman since childhood. They attended the 
> Illinois School for the Visually Impaired in Jacksonville. Andrea Robison, 
> an employee at the United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois Prairieland, who was 
> Dennis' niece, was always being teased by my husband that if she didn't 
> behave he would call her aunt to give her a full report.
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> Dennis was an advocate extraordinaire for the blind. She was a lifelong 
> member of the National Federation of the Blind. Most importantly, this 
> woman positively impacted the lives of so many people during her brief 
> walk on earth.
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> "There was never a person that I knew on this planet that didn't love 
> Carmen," said my husband Rick. The Illinois School for the Blind has an 
> alumni list, and I learned details of Carmen's life that will forever 
> touch my soul.
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> Debra Hernstrum wrote, "Carmen means song in Spanish and the song of 
> service is now being sung for eternity. She's sorely missed."
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> Dan Thompson, a Joliet native wrote, "I know Carmen is now watching down 
> on us. I felt that Carmen truly understood the struggle against the odds 
> we both shared in our personal lives coming from very challenging 
> childhoods. She showed people how to feel triumphant no matter how small 
> the achievement. When she said she loved you, one could feel the genuine 
> truth in the words. She encouraged those around her to reach for their 
> dreams and never say never. I think of her as an older sister I looked up 
> to. Numerous times she helped me learn how to print my name when she was 
> in high school and probably had much better things to do than hang around 
> with some young kid. She made everyone feel loved and important."
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> Dennis' blind friends traveled from all areas of the state to say their 
> final goodbyes. The Sepeda family kept busy picking people up at various 
> times from the train station. Dennis was buried with her National 
> Federation of Blind cane. Undoubtedly when she gazed at God, He said, life 
> well done.
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