[NFBNJ] The news we have been anticipating

[Don Wardlow]

He was a very good man.  R I P Joe.  god bless his family.

On 5/3/22, Linda Melendez via NFBNJ <nfbnj 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.
>