[Nebraska-Students] FW: The news we have been anticipating

[Rachna Keshwani]

That's really sad… I also met him then, and he took so much time out to talk with many of us personally. He mentioned he adopted some children, and I would agree that he was truly compassionate. 
Rachna

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From: Nebraska-Students <nebraska-students-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jamie K. Richey via Nebraska-Students
Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 9:26 AM
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Subject: [Nebraska-Students] FW: The news we have been anticipating

Good Morning All,

 

  Below is sad news of Joe Ruffalo’s passing.  Joe attended our 2015 NFB of Nebraska state convention and was a great leader in our movement.  To listen to his banquet speech from that convention click

Here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFjx9sw4EHI> 

  Please keep Joe’s family in your thoughts and prayers.

 

 

>From Linda Melendez

Joe Ruffalo, who served us as president for 27 years, died quietly early this morning following a multi-year battle with Metastatic Bladder cancer related to Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War. Joe had been in hospice care and passed away in the  Bloomfield house where he grew up. Family members and friends were there to comfort him.

Joe had shared his journey with us and we send  our condolences to Joe's wife, Judy, and their sons Jim and Joey and their wives as well as sister Jane Degenshein, also a  leader in our National Federation of the Blind community and her husband Larry as well as other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements are  being finalized and I  will share them when complete. In the meantime, those who wish to honor Joe's memory may donate to the NFBNJ, the organization he said changed his life and which he shared fso generously with us for so many years.

 

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