[Tall-Corn] Sad news from the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa

[Sharon Omvig]

This is sad news indeed...the loss of Joe Van Lent. He was a very dear
friend to Jim and me for many years. Because of his fierce commitment to
the blind community, his love of the NFB and the pure joy of having work to
do to accomplish all our victories, he will be missed by all of us.  Rest
in peace, Joe.

Sharon Omvig

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 7:53 PM Scott Van Gorp via Tall-Corn <
tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Good Evening Federation Family:
>
> It is with great sorrow that I write to you this evening to announce that
> Joe Van Lent, a long-time Federationist, BEP/Randolph Shepherd vendor, and
> former Iowa Commission for the Blind board member, passed away on Wednesday
> evening, January 25th. Services will be held in Des Moines on April 15,
> 2023, and we will share full details for those later. For now, let’s keep
> his wife Laura, and the rest of his family in our thoughts and prayers.
> Blind people are undoubtedly in a much better place in Iowa because of
> Joe’s work and we are forever grateful.
>
>
>
> Scott Van Gorp, President
> National Federation of the Blind of Iowa
> Phone: 515-720-5282
> Email <svangorp at nfbi.org>
>
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