[Ohio-Talk] The news we have been anticipating about Joe.

[Christopher Sabine]

Richard.

Thank you so much for his family. Joe and his family are in our prayers. Also--some prayers for us would be appreciated as well.

My father was just diagnosed officially two weeks ago with bladder cancer (Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma). He has a surgery to try to remove the tumor this Friday at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. Like Joe, we believe strongly that this is related to Agent Orange Exposure in Vietnam.

Very Best,

Chris

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Subject: [Ohio-Talk] The news we have been anticipating about Joe.

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.



Richard Payne,  President
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
937/829/3368
Rchpay7 at gmail.com <mailto:Rchpay7 at gmail.com> The National Federation of the Blind 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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