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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This news is very sad. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Praying for the family and friends. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sherry<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> ND-Talk <nd-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Milton Ota via ND-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 18, 2019 7:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> nd-talk@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> mota1252@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [ND-Talk] NFB of ND Member and Past President Passes Away Peacefully<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To All:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I write this with a very heavy heart as I received the following news via Facebook and a friend sending text messages.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Prayers for the Iverson family:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Duane collapsed on Monday evening from a major cardiac arrest and when they got him to the hospital there we as no neurologic activity. So they flew him to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN. They put him in a medical coma because he kept having frontal lobe seizures and they feared there would be brain damage. They started to bring him out last night but they waited to completely bring him out till after Jonathan (his son) got there last night. After bringing him out of the coma the neurologist told them this morning that there wasn't any brain activity and is still seizing from the frontal lobe (which is what controls your personality and cognitive functions). They decided to take him off life support to pass naturally. After they took him off the support he was breathing on his own and his heart was beating in its own. They told them it can take a couple hours or a few days. They then had the intubation tube removed and let him pass peacefully and without pain. He passed away at 2:20 this afternoon. (July 17, 2019)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Sad but know that he is the kingdom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Funeral arrangements have not been announced and when I hear more I will post them here.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Milton Ota, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web: <a href="https://nfbnd.org/">https://nfbnd.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4273 Coventry Dr., S., Unit E<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fargo, ND 58104-4498<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(701) 731-0511 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Mota1252@gmail.com">Mota1252@gmail.com</a> (e-mail)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>