[Iabs-talk] Fwd: [il-talk] Mom's Obituary

[John Kimbrough]

Dear IABS,
    My name is John Kimbrough, and I am a recent addition to the IABS 
family. I am honored to be a part of the family, and I look forward to many 
years of service and fellowship. I will be present at the meeting on Sunday, 
but I will not be able to attend convention this year.
    Debby, I just finished reading the you Mom's obituary, and it is clear 
that your mother was special woman. Her love for community, her family,(and 
even sports) make her a unique individual. My sincerest condolences to your 
and her family. She is a woman worth celebrating. So stay strong.
Cordially,
John
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>
> Please find a message from NFBI First Vice President and Chicago Chapter
> President Debbie Stein concerning the passing of her mother below.  On 
> behalf of
> the IABS Family, I'd like to convey our sadness over Debbie's loss and
> extend our condolences.  Her family will be in our thoughts and  prayers.
>
> Yours,
> Ronza
>
>
> In a message dated 6/19/2007 8:45:56 PM Central Daylight Time,
> dkent5817 at worldnet.att.net writes:
>
>
> Dear  Friends,
>
> I want to thank all of you in my NFB of Illinois family who  have sent 
> their
> thoughts and prayers through this difficult time.  It  is truly a blessing 
> to
> feel such support from all of you!  Below I'm  pasting Mom's obituary, 
> which
> conveys something of her life and presence  in the world.
>
> Debbie
>
>
>
> Doris Marie  Kent
>
>
>
> Doris Marie Kent (nee Vander May) died on Tuesday, June  12, 2007 at the
> Renaissance Gardens nursing facility at Cedar Crest  Village, Pompton 
> Plains.
> She
> had been suffering for many months from  Lymphoma. She was 82. She passed
> away just two days before the sixtieth  anniversary of her marriage.
>
> Born on April 23, 1925, Doris was a  lifelong resident of Little Falls, 
> until
> she moved to Cedar Crest with her  husband two years ago. As a child, she
> attended
> Little Falls Public  School No. 1 and Montclair High School. She received 
> her
> secondary school  diploma with the first graduating class of Passaic 
> Valley
> High School in  June 1942. Thereafter, she attended Douglass College in 
> New
> Brunswick. At  Douglass, she made many dear friends. Romance blossomed 
> when
> she
> met  Rutgers student Gordon Lewis Kent at a fraternity dance. Doris 
> graduated
>
> in the Class of 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1947, she 
> married
> Gordon, who was then a Rutgers Law School student. For a time, she  worked 
> as
> a legal secretary in the Newark law office of State Senator  Alfred Clapp.
>
> As a homemaker in Little Falls, Doris was very active in  community 
> affairs.
> She was long a member of the Little Falls Woman's club,  holding various
> offices
> and taking part in the club chorus. For five  years, she was a member of 
> the
> Little Falls Library Board. She was  instrumental in organizing annual
> foreign
> student exchanges at Passaic  Valley High School in conjunction with the
> American Field Service. The  Kent family home often hosted visits by 
> foreign
> students
> and guest  speakers. As the mother of two blind children, Doris was very
> interested  in matters concerned with the education of the blind. She 
> became
> certified
> by the Library of Congress as a Braille transcriber. As a  Montclair Red
> Cross volunteer, she brailed many books and articles for the  use of the
> blind.
> She was also a frequent blood donor with the  Community Blood Services.
>
> Although she was modest about her skills in  the fields of arts and 
> crafts,
> she created beautiful watercolor still life  and landscape paintings. She
> knitted,
> crocheted, sewed, and  embroidered. Quilts made by her are prized by 
> family
> members. She was also  an avid collector of antique furniture. During 
> their
> marriage,
> Doris  and her husband did a great deal of traveling, which they very much
> enjoyed. Their travels included a 1959 trip to the Soviet Union and a 1986
> visit
> to China and Outer Mongolia. Both Kents loved seeing new places  and 
> meeting
> new people. As loyal Rutgers alumni, Doris was long a booster  of the
> university
> and attended many Rutgers football games. Win or  lose, she was always a
> devoted fan. Family summers at Green Pond, New  Jersey were special to 
> her.
>
> Doris has left her family with many fond  memories of a loving wife, 
> mother,
> grandmother, and aunt. She was gifted  with an unending supply of 
> kindness,
> grace,
> goodness, and good humor.  She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
> Surviving her are her  husband Gordon, her three children Deborah Kent 
> Stein
> of
> Chicago,  Zachary Kent of Passaic, and Gordon S. Kent of Washington, D.C., 
> as
> well  as her loving granddaughter Janna M. Stein currently of San Miguel 
> de
> Allende, Mexico; three sisters Ruth VanTatenhove of Michigan, Joann  Linck 
> of
> Green Pond and Shirley Green of Towaco and Green  Pond.
>
> Those planning an expression of sympathy in Doris's memory are  asked to
> consider a donation to the National Braille Press, 88 St. Stephen  Street,
> Boston,
> Massachusetts 02115 or the New Jersey Audubon Society,  9 Hardscrabble 
> Road,
> Bernardsville, New Jersey  07924.
>
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