[Nfb-or] Obituary for Ray McGeorge

[Renee Squier]

> MCGEORGE Raymond  Wesley  Ray McGeorge, 80, of Denver died June 18, 2010.
> He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Diane; his brother, Ivan; a
> grandson, Michael McGeorge of Denver, and two great grandchildren.  Two
> sons, Skip and Bryan,  granddaughter, Amy,  brothers, Homer and Earl and
> sister, Ruby, predeceased him.    Ray was born and raised in Loveland,
> Colorado.  Blinded in an accident as a boy, Ray finished school at the
> Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind in Colorado Springs.  He continued
> on
> in technical school and worked as a turret lathe operator for Morse
> Industrials  for 40 years.  Ray played a major role in the early civil
> rights movement for the blind, founding the National Federation of the
> Blind
> of Colorado in 1955.  He broke many employment barriers and shattered
> stereotypes by demonstrating that a blind man could work successfully as a
> machinist in an age when blind people were often relegated to jobs in
> sheltered workshops.   Ray was a beloved husband, father and grandfather,
> but his influence stretched far beyond his family.  He touched the lives
> of
> countless thousands of people in his work with the National Federation of
> the Blind.  For the past 60 years Ray has been a steadfast leader in
> promoting justice and equal treatment for blind individuals in the state
> of
> Colorado and throughout the nation.  His passing is mourned by friends and
> colleagues across the country.  In particular, Ray will be missed as the
> leader of the Colorado Center for the Blind Senior Program.  Seniors who
> thought their lives had ended when they lost their sight were given hope
> for
> the future through Ray's classes in blindness skills and confidence
> building.  We cannot even begin to count the contributions Ray McGeorge
> has
> made in working to bring equal treatment for blind people in all walks of
> life.   And, we cannot begin to count the little things we will miss at
> his
> passing.his gentle heart, his generosity, his strength of character, his
> sense of humor, and his love of life even
>
> in the face of adversity.  Ray, we will miss you.
>
> A service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Mile Hi
> Church of Religious Science, 9079 W. Alameda Avenue, Lakewood, CO.In lieu
> of
> flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the Colorado Center
> for
> the Blind, 2233 W. Shepperd, Littleton, CO  80120 or the National
> Federation
> of the Blind, 1800 Johnson St., Baltimore, MD 21230.
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> At your service,
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> Kevan Worley
>
> Colorado Springs, CO (The sports & wellness capitol of the world)