[NFB-Idaho] [Chapter-Presidents] The news we have been anticipating

[Kevin Pirnie]

Joe will truly be missed. Here is the Youtube link to his banquet address
that he delivered at the NFB Idaho convention held in Twin Falls.

https://youtu.be/2RSQ3O_mqBk

Best,
Kevin

On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 8:08 AM Sean Malone <shaldarr01 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On May 3, 2022, at 7:29 AM, sandy streeter <streeter.sandy at gmail.com>
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> I believe it was 2018 in Twin Falls when Joe was our national rep. He will
> be missed.
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> *From:* Chapter-Presidents <chapter-presidents-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Linda Melendez via Chapter-Presidents
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> *Subject:* [Chapter-Presidents] The news we have been anticipating
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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