<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thought you all might like to know about the celebration of life for Roy Avers at APH. Read below.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Roberta Williams <<a href="mailto:rwilliams@aph.org">rwilliams@aph.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> November 17, 2015 at 1:37:00 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:Cathyj1949@gmail.com">Cathyj1949@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:Cathyj1949@gmail.com">Cathyj1949@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Celebration of Life for Roy Avers November 21, 2 pm to 7 pm</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Celebration of Life for Roy Avers to be held at American Printing House for the Blind, Saturday, November 21, from 2:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#548DD4">About Roy Avers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#11334B">Roy Avers was previously a computer consultant and businessman who studied theater arts in college and sang with the Louisville Opera. He started doing volunteer work as a textbook narrator, but was
directed to APH because his voice was too emotive. Roy read his first book for APH in 1971. He became APH’s first Alexander Scourby Award winner in 1990 and has read over 1,750 titles for the National Library Service (NLS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Avers, 82, died at his home in Sellersburg, IN on November 13, 2015. <span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Roy’s family says that his proudest moments and his most fulfilled time were spent in his years as a Talking Book narrator for the American Printing House for the Blind. He loved going
to work; he believed in the mission he supported.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#11334B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:1.5pt;background:white"><span style="color:black">Join Roy’s family and friends for a Celebration of Life in the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Avenue, on November 21, 2015
from 2:00-7:00. Memorial gifts may be sent to the American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:1.5pt"><span style="color:black;background:white">See more at:
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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/louisville/obituary.aspx?n=roy-avers&pid=176481570&fhid=29361#sthash.NPsmF2a4.dpuf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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