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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Greetings, I have known Ted for about seventy years. In all of those years I never knew him to do a half measure of anything. When he took his machinist training at Tech High in Des Moines and was later hired at John Deere in Waterloo he did it with flare and vigor. He and his wife Jan then raised their family and he was active in his community and church. When he retired from Deere his focus then turned toward the Federation, his family and friends. He lost his sight as a child as a result of being kicked in the head by a horse. You never had to wonder what he was thinking because he told you. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ted has had a profound impact on the lives of blind persons everywhere and he will certainly be missed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob Ray<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Scott Van Gorp via Tall-Corn<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 28, 2022 10:04 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NFBI Listserv <tall-corn@nfbnet.org><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Scott Van Gorp <svangorp@nfbi.org>; officeofthepresident@nfb.org; bbraun@nfb.org<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Tall-Corn] Sad news from the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Good Evening Federation Family:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>There are many joyous parts to my work in the movement as affiliate president in Iowa, but there are also sad parts to this work as well. This evening is one of those occasions. It is with profound sadness that I announce the death of a long-time Federationist and friend to many in Iowa, Ted Hart. I received word from one of his dearest friends in the Iowa affiliate that Ted passed away this morning in North Carolina due to complications resulting from contracting Covid recently.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>For most of Ted’s 81 years of life, he was blind, but he did not let that define him. From hunting trips to his 30+ years of work at John Deere, to his work in many areas of the Federation, Ted truly lived the life he wanted. Ted had many stories to tell, from his time as one of Dr. Jernigan’s first students in Iowa, to his family and church, and even to the many stories he would tell as he worked the affiliate’s booth at the Iowa State Fair, he always had something to say for anyone who would listen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Services are pending, and as I get more information, I will pass it along. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ted’s life of service to the blind of Iowa and the nation will never be forgotten. May we all go build the National Federation of the Blind as he did, with love, hope and determination, to turn our dreams into reality. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ted, we will miss you, our friend, mentor, and brother in the movement, now and always! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Scott Van Gorp, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<br>Phone: 515-720-5282<br></span></font><a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org">Email</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'>Website</span></font></i></a></span></font><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'> <br></span></font></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-Of-the-Blind-Of-Iowa-372681823082570/posts"><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'>Facebook</span></font></i></a><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'> <br></span></font></i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfb_iowa"><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'>Twitter</span></font></i></a><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'> <br>Live the life you want.<br></span></font></i><br>The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>