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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It
is with sadness that I report that Jim Moore, a retired staff member of the Michigan
Commission for the Blind, and in retirement served as a member of the
Commission for the Blind Consumer Involvement Council, passed away on Tuesday
after a long illness. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>During
my years as a licensed Business Enterprise Program cafeteria operator, and an employer
of numerous blind persons who were vocational rehabilitation clients of the Michigan
Commission for the Blind, I had the honor and privilege of a working partnership
with Jim to put blind persons into employment training and meaningful work, and
as was the case in those days, put a paycheck in the hip pocket of a blind person.
While that was a motto coined by the late Bill Simon, a MCB supervisor, Jim Moore
was truly dedicated to achieving that outcome for clients of the vocational rehabilitation
program, in his position as an employment placement specialist. As sadly as the
passing of Jim Moore, I have serious reservations as to whether blind consumers
of vocational rehabilitation services in Michigan will ever encounter the attitude
and experience that persons like Jim Moore brought to and lived out that commitment
to real employment and independence of Michigan blind citizens of that truly starkly
different era in services to blind persons. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>My
thoughts and prayers are with Arlene and the family.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
text of his obituary is below. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>James
L. “Jim” Moore, Age 78, of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lansing</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">MI</st1:State></st1:place>, passed away March 18, 2014.
He was born April 27, 1935, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Detroit</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">MI</st1:State></st1:place>, son of Lee and Doris Moore.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Jim
was a 1955 graduate of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Michigan</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for the Blind. He
wrestled for his school team and was very proud of playing the clarinet. While
at school he met Arlene, his wife of 34 years. He later became a placement man
for Michigan Commission for the Blind.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Along
with his wife Arlene, Jim is survived by his children, Cindy Martin, Cheryl (<st1:place
w:st="on">Douglas</st1:place>) Glaser, James (Jan) Degeneffe and Michael
(Kendra) Degeneffe; his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sister,
Geraldine (Donald) Hochstetler; and brothers, Richard Moore and Larry (Patty)
Moore. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Sherman Lewis and
Robert Moore, and sister Pat Robertson.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 24, 2014, at the
Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. Interment will take place in <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Lakeview</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Cemetery</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Harbor Springs</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MI</st1:State></st1:place>. The family will receive friends from 6-8
p.m. on Sunday and 1 hour prior to the service time on Monday at the funeral
home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Pulmonary
Fibrosis Foundation, American Heart Association or the American Lung
Association.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Estes-Leadley
Funeral Home, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">325 W Washtenaw St.</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Lansing</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MI</st1:State></st1:address>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> If
you would like to send cards to his wife, Arlene, they should be sent to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Arlene
Moore<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>3215
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">W. Mt. Hope AVE</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Unit C<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lansing</span></font></st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">MI</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">48911</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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