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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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m sorry to share that Ruth Anne Hynson, a long-time member of the Maryland School for the Blind community, passed away on August 14 after battling cancer. There will be a memorial service at MSB in the coming months. In the meantime, there is an in-person service today. Information is below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'><a href="https://www.cremationsocietyofmd.com/obituaries/Ruth-Ann-Hynson?obId=22039080">Ruth Ann Hynson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (cremationsocietyofmd.com)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:#FAFAFA'>An open house reception will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2021 from 12-2pm at MacNabb Funeral Home where her friends and loved ones will gather to share photos, memories, and stories of her life. We are also working with her family to schedule a memorial at a later date at MSB. </span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white'>MacNabb Funeral Home<span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br>301 Frederick Road<br>Catonsville, MD 21228</span></span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please keep Ruth Anne and her family in your thoughts and prayers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ronza<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>443-426-4110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>