[NFBP-Talk] Fwd: [NFB-Maryland] Sad News

[Preston Gaylor]

I am thinking and praying for all during this difficult time.
What an iconic woman to be blessed with in the family.
Prayers and condolsences,
Preston


On 7/19/22, Stacie Leap via NFBP-Talk <nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> FYI
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> Stacie
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> *Stacie Leap*
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> From: Maryland President via NFB-Maryland <nfb-maryland at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 8:30 PM
> Subject: [NFB-Maryland] Sad News
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> Dear Federation Family,
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> I am very sorry to share that Ruth Stuart passed away on Friday, July 8,
> 2022 while attending the NFB National Convention in New Orleans.  Ruth had
> a heart attack while getting ready for the NFB Board Meeting on July 7.  I
> visited her in the ICU at the hospital later that day, and she appeared to
> be resting peacefully.  Ruth was 81 years old.
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> Ruth loved the NFB so much.  I recently spoke with her, where she shared
> that she intended to attend the convention no matter what because it gave
> her joy.  She passed on while among her Federation family, at the event she
> loved most.
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> Many of you know Ruth from her active participation in the Greater
> Baltimore Chapter.  Others may remember her from state or national
> convention, where she consistently provided vocal advocacy for improving
> vocational rehabilitation services among many other topics of importance to
> the blind.  Ruth was a graduate of the Colorado Center for the Blind.
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> Personally, my favorite memory of Ruth was at the 2021 NFB of Maryland
> Cruise.  Every time she’d hear I was in proximity – even if I was quite a
> distance away, she’d greet me loudly with enthusiasm, “Hello, there’s the
> President.”  She was so enthusiastic about it that she got many of the ship
> staff to greet me that same way throughout the week.  This tickled her so
> much.  In fact, one of the waiters thought my actual name was “the
> president.”
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> I will share information about arrangements as they are finalized.  Please
> keep Ruth’s partner Ronald Washington, her brother-in-law and sister, Ray
> and Mary Lowder, and all who loved her in your thoughts and prayers.
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> Yours,
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> *Ronza Othman, *President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
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> The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is
> not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise
> the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back
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> *Ronza Othman, *President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
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> Pronouns: she, her, hers
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> The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is
> not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise
> the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back
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