[NFBP-Talk] Sad News

Tue Feb 14 00:44:16 UTC 2023

A great friend and great leader in the movement indeed.
I’m pretty sure I met him during my time of membership but I do not
remember. Thank you for everything Korrell we will miss you.
Regards,
Preston.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 4:36 PM David Goldstein via NFBP-Talk <
nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Resending to make it a little easier to read:
>
> Friends,
> I’m sorry to share, for those of you who don’t already know, that Carl
> Jacobson passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2023.  Carl served as the
> President of the New York affiliate for over 20 years beginning in 1997.
> He was also a member of the NFB National Board of Directors for many
> years.  He leaves behind his beloved spouse, Mindy, his children, several
> grandchildren, and many others inside and outside of New York who loved him.
>
>
> Below please find a part of a Braille Monitor article on Federation
> Leaders that described a little about Carl.  While the article does a great
> job of summarizing his life (to the point in time that the article was
> published), only by knowing and interacting with Carl could you get a true
> sense of his kindness, his sense of humor, and his tenacity.  Carl’s
> obituary, which contains information about services, is at the bottom of
> this message.
>
>
> *Carl Jacobsen(Businessman, Community Activist, and Teacher)*
> [image: Carl Jacobsen]Carl Jacobsen was born on December 22, 1946, and
> raised in Brooklyn, New York, where his father had immigrated from Norway
> and his mother from Scotland. When he was fifteen, he lost his sight over a
> four-month period due to Lieber’s syndrome. Although it would be some time
> before he found the NFB, Carl says he employed Federation philosophy in his
> approach to his blindness from the day he learned his diagnosis.
> He transferred from Brooklyn Tech to Erasmus Hall High School because
> that's where the resource room was located. At Erasmus he met two adults
> who would have a positive influence on his life: his resource teacher, Sam
> Ellis, and his orientation and mobility instructor, Ed Townes. Carl tells
> the story of how this instructor, now a member of Congress, gave him a dry
> cleaning claim ticket and some cash and told him to pick up his suit. When
> Carl asked where the dry cleaner was located, Townes responded that, since
> he was such a wise guy, he could figure it out for himself. While at
> Erasmus, Carl also met Sally Rupp, one of the volunteer readers in the
> resource room, whom he would later marry. After graduation from high school
> Carl attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, for two years while
> Sally attended nursing school in Brooklyn. They decided the separation was
> too stressful, however, so Carl left school to marry Sally.
> Soon he and Sally began their family with son Bradley and daughter
> Christine, born during their first five years of marriage. Later, in 1991,
> they adopted their son Andrew from Korea. While the older children were
> growing up, Carl returned to school and finished his bachelor's degree at
> Hunter College in New York City, majoring in history, political science,
> and comparative religion. He also pursued graduate studies at Union
> Theological Seminary for three years but decided not to seek ordination.
> Carl attended his first NFB national convention in 1989 and has missed
> only one since, the year his wife Sally was critically ill. In the fall of
> 1989 he was elected second vice president of the New York affiliate. In
> 1991 he was elected president of the New York City Chapter, an office he
> held until 2005. Later that year he was elected first vice president of the
> state affiliate and subsequently elected affiliate president in 1997, a
> position he continues to hold. Carl also served on the board of directors
> of the National Association of Blind Merchants until July of 2006.
> Throughout his life Carl has pursued various careers, including factory
> management and business enterprise management. He says his favorite work is
> teaching. Though he has never taught school, in addition to training
> entrants into the Randolph-Sheppard Program, he works with blind children
> and teens on cane travel and other blindness skills as well as on attitudes
> about blindness. He also gives presentations to parents and educators of
> blind children on the truth about blindness the Federation way. Throughout
> the 1970s and 80s Carl was instrumental in establishing several programs
> for preschool children through local churches.
> Carl was elected to the NFB board of directors in 2004. His daughter
> Christine presented him with twin grandchildren, Jason and Caitlin. His
> wife Sally died in February 2002. Consistent with his and Sally's passion
> for education, in her memory Carl endowed an NFB scholarship, awarded
> between 2002 and 2007. On May 20, 2006, Carl married Dr. Mindy Fliegelman,
> a former cantor. Together they continue to work for the independence of
> blind people in New York and across the country.
>
> CARL JACOBSEN OBITUARY
>
>
> https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/carl-jacobsen-obituary?pid=203849586
>
> Carl Johan Jacobsen passed away on February 8, 2023 at the age of 76.
> Beloved husband of Mindy (nee Fliegelman).  Loving father of Brad Jacobsen
> (Magvis), Christine McCluskey (James), and Andrew Jacobsen.  Proud
> grandfather of Jason, Caitlin, and Gunnar.
>
>
> In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Carl's memory to:
>
> National Federation Of The Blind <https://nfb.org/>
>    -   or   -
> Bethlehem Lutheran Church <http://www.bethlehembayridge.org/>
>
>    -   -   -   -   -
>
> Visitation
> Monday (2/13)  3 - 7 PM
> Complimentary Valet Parking Available
>
>
>
> Prayer Service
> Monday (2/13)  6 PM
>
>
>
> Funeral Service
> Tuesday (2/14)  10 AM @ Bethlehem Lutheran Church
> <http://www.bethlehembayridge.org/>
>
>
>
> Cemetery
> All Faiths Cemetery <https://allfaithscemetery.org/> (Middle Village, NY)
>
> FUNERAL HOME
> Clavin Funeral Home - Brooklyn
> <https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/ny/brooklyn/clavin-funeral-home---brooklyn/fh-22009>
> 7722 4th Avenue
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/7722+4th+Avenue+Brooklyn,+NY?entry=gmail&source=g>
> Brooklyn, NY
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/7722+4th+Avenue+Brooklyn,+NY?entry=gmail&source=g>
> UPCOMING SERVICE
> Funeral Service
> Feb. 14, 2023
> 10:00 a.m.
> Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery All Faiths Cemetery
>
> *Ronza Othman, *President
> National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
> 443-426-4110
> Pronouns: she, her, hers
>
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> 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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