[NFBP-Talk] The news we have been anticipating

Preston Gaylor prestongaylor21 at gmail.com
Tue May 3 20:20:41 UTC 2022


I am praying for all he was a great leader for the community for sure. RIP, Joe.
Regards,
Preston


On 5/3/22, Marsha Drenth via NFBP-Talk <nfbp-talk 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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