Many of us who attended the lighthouse in the 50's and 60's knew Joel and his wife was Florence Woods who graduated from the Institute in I think 1963. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Casey" <frcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "acbny acbny" <acbny-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:11 PM Subject: [acbny-l] Fw: Sad News - Passing of Joel Pincus Greetings, I received the obituary which appears, below, off of the National ACB E-Mail list and thought I'd pass it along to this list, in case there are people who knew of Joel Pincus who, unfortunately, passed away, earlier this month. Best regards, Frank Casey frcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Joel Pincus passed away on May 2nd. > > The informaition I found in the Fort Myers, Florida News Press newspaper > follows: > > Amanda Lee > > JOEL PINCUS > 2003-05-04 > Joel Pincus, 60, of N. Ft. Myers, died Friday, May 2, 2003 at Hospice House > North. > Rehabilitation supervisor for State of Florida Division of Blind Services, > he resided > here for the past eighteen years of Babylon, Long Island, New York and was a > member > of the Rotary of N. Ft. Myers. Mr. Pincus was a graduate of Dowling College > and received > his masters degree from Hostra University. > Mr. Pincus is survived by his wife of twenty-nine years Florence C. Pincus, > his son James M. Pincus of Woodbridge, Virginia and a brother Kenneth Pincus > of Monsey, New > York. > Funeral service will be conducted Monday, May 5, 2003 at 8:00 AM at N. Ft. > Myers > Memorial Funeral Home with entombment at 12:30 PM in Curlew Hills Memory > Gardens, > Palm Harbor, FL. Friends may call TODAY 2-4 and 6-8 PM at the funeral home. > The family > would prefer memorial be made to > Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc., > 4210 77th Street > East, Palmetto, FL 34221.