[NFBNJ] [Chapter-Presidents] The news we have been anticipating

[President@nfbmd.org]

I and the Maryland family are so sorry for all of our loss. Joe was a true legend in the Federation and was one of the kindest, most generous, most genuine people I’ve ever met. We are each forever changed for the better for having him as a friend and brother in the Federation. 

Ronza Othman, President
National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
443-426-4110
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> On May 3, 2022, at 8:17 AM, Linda Melendez via Chapter-Presidents <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Joe Ruffalo, who served us as president for 27 years, died quietly
> early this morning following a multi-year battle with Metastatic
> Bladder cancer related to Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam
> War. Joe had been in hospice care and passed away in the  Bloomfield
> house where he grew up. Family members and friends were there to
> comfort him.
> 
> Joe had shared his journey with us and we send  our condolences to
> Joe's wife, Judy, and their sons Jim and Joey and their wives as well
> as sister Jane Degenshein, also a  leader in our National Federation
> of the Blind community and her husband Larry as well as other
> relatives and friends.
> 
> Funeral arrangements are  being finalized and I  will share them when
> complete. In the meantime, those who wish to honor Joe's memory may donate to the NFBNJ, the organization he said changed his life and
> which he shared fso generously with us for so many years.
> 
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