[Nfbf-l] Janet Caron

[REPCODDS at aol.com]

"Life  is  not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely 
in  a  pretty and well preserved body,
but rather to skid in  broadside,  thoroughly used up,totally worn out, and 
loudly  proclaiming  --
WOW-- What a Ride!" 
That was Janet!  

>From Joe  Naulty 
 
 
From: Joe Naulty  [mailto:jnaulty at cfl.rr.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 11:07  PM
To: Dwight Sayer
Cc:  amnaulty at aol.com
Subject: Janet  Caron

 
Dwight, please pass  this on to the NFB of Florida List Serve.   Thank  
you.    Joe
 

 
It is with great  sadness I learned today of the passing of a true friend 
and supporter of the  National
 
Federation of the  Blind, Janet Caron. 
 

 
We were friends for  21 years and spoke on the telephone almost every day.  
Janet was a great  support
 
to me.  She  was my mentor and was the person who encouraged me to join the 
National  Federation of the
 
Blind in  1989.  Both Janet and I served on the Advisory Board of Persons 
With  Disabilities to the Broward
 
County  Commissioners for nearly 20 years.  Janet and I did many fun things 
 together including taking the
 
water taxi in Ft.  Lauderdale out to the bay, having dinner and returning 
in a cab to our  homes.  We each had
 
a little vision in  those early years.  It was a lot of fun.   For a period 
of  time, Janet and I took dancing 
 
lessons in Ft.  Lauderdale; I can still remember calling my wife, Arlene, 
and asking for  permission to go to
 
the lessons; Arlene  would just laugh and tell me to go.  
 

 
Later on, the three  of us would travel to the National Conventions 
together, share meals to  control expenses, 
 
go to seminars and  just enjoy each other's company.  When the Palm Beach 
Chapter of the  National
 
Federation of the  Blind needed a little boost, Janet and I became 
president and  vice-president.  Before long,
 
David Evans  got involved and he became President.  Janet always supported 
the  Deaf-Blind Division and the
 
C.A.R.S.  Division.  We, in turn, supported her table at convention where 
she  sold her beautiful handmade 
 
jewelry  creations.
 

 
Janet's untimely  death is not only sudden and unexpected, it is deeply sad 
for us  who loved her.
 
Dear Janet....we will miss you so much, but we know in our  hearts you are 
in a beautiful place with 
 
all the beautiful things you loved in life.  May you  rest in God's peace.  
    Joe  Naulty