[Tall-Corn] Passing of Dolores Reisinger

[Julie McCullough]

I am saddened to learn of the passing of Dolores Reisinger. I met Dolores when I was doing an internship at Lovely Lane United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids. After that, it was many years before I saw her again.

Dolores was a mover and shaker for blind people, especially for the blind people of Iowa. She was a champion for "Meet the Blind Month," and when people met Dolores, she wanted to make sure they met blindness at its best. She celebrated her blindness every day and urged us to celebrate ours by being our best every day. Dolores celebrated her blindness, teaching with the Department for the blind, serving in her church and her community. As she grew older, she was concerned that we might be straying from the NFB's philosophy, best principles and practices and wanted to make sure that we keep them alive.

Thanks, Dolores for letting your light shine by living the life you wanted and for helping and inspiring many to live the lives we want. You will be greatly missed.

Julie McCullough   

----- Original Message -----
From: Helen Mejia via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 10:48 PM
To: NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List <tall-corn at nfbnet.org>
CC: Helen Mejia <hmejia at nfbi.org>
Subject: [Tall-Corn] Passing of Dolores Reisinger

Federation Family,
I am sad to inform you that we learned that Dolores passed away Monday around 11:30 AM. Intesar was able to talk today with someone from the care facility and it sounds like Dolores had the flu, but had also fallen and sustained a serious injury. We will share more information once we have it.
Helen
Helen Mejia, President
National Federation of the Blind of Iowa
hmejia at nfbi.org
(570) 983-7867