<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Please send our love and condolences. This type of loss is a mother’s nightmare.<div>Merry and Marion<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 31, 2020, at 5:21 PM, Kathy Davis via NFBF-L <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Holly! I am going to forward emails from members of the NFBF on to Ronee. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Blessings always,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kathy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NFBF-L <nfbf-l-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Holly Idler Ryan via NFBF-L<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 30, 2020 10:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Holly Idler Ryan <hbeanie@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBF-L] Fwd: Tragic News<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">This is such tragic news. My thoughts and prayers are with Ronee and Jayson’s family.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Dec 30, 2020, at 9:51 PM, DENISE VALKEMA via NFBF-L <<a href="mailto:nfbf-l@nfbnet.org">nfbf-l@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Please keep Ronee, family, and our Daytona chapter in your thoughts. See Kathy’s email below. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Denise Valkema, President <span style="font-size:13.0pt">National Federation of the Blind of Florida </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">(305)972-8529<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="mailto:president@nfbflorida.org">president@nfbflorida.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="http://www.nfbflorida.org">www.nfbflorida.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Follow us @nfbflorida</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">You can live the life you want.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Kathy Davis <<a href="mailto:kdavisnfbf@cfl.rr.com">kdavisnfbf@cfl.rr.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> December 30, 2020 at 9:37:43 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> Denise Valkema <<a href="mailto:valkemadenise@aol.com">valkemadenise@aol.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>tragic news </b><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Many of you know and love Ronee Silverman David who heads up the Center for the Visually Impaired here in Daytona Beach. Ronee is one of my dearest friends and I have known her since the late eighties. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Tragically, Ronee lost her beloved son Jayson in a fiery helicopter crash yesterday. Jayson was only in his early 40s and leaves behind a darling wife ant two young sons ages 4 and 6. Jayson and family live just up the street from Ronee. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As you can well imagine, Ronee is simply devastated with grief! None of us can imagine losing a child and Ronee was so very close to both her son Jayson and her daughter Becky who resides in Jacksonville. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I will attend the funeral tomorrow at noon. I know I can count on you for healing prayers for Ronee as she struggles to carry on. Jayson has been a helicopter pilot for many years and Ronee always worried about some sort of accident occurring. We mothers are just like that when it comes to our children. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">With love and a heavy heart,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Kathy Davis<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>NFBF-L mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFBF-L@nfbnet.org">NFBF-L@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBF-L:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/hbeanie%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/hbeanie%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBF-L mailing list</span><br><span>NFBF-L@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBF-L:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/merrys%40verizon.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>