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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 08:04:01
From: David Andrews via BlindTlk <blindtlk@nfbnet.org>
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Cc: David Andrews <dandrews920@comcast.net>
Subject: [BlindTlk] Fwd: [MD-Sligo] Lloyd Gerald Rasmussen Obituary


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>Lloyd Gerald Rasmussen January 26, 1947?September 13, 2021
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>Lloyd was born in Lohrville, Iowa, a town of approximately 300 people. He
>attended the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School where he learned that those
>little magical dots called braille could open a new world to him. He was an
>avid reader all his life.
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>Lloyd obtained his novice amateur radio license when he was eight years old,
>one of the youngest people to do so. He encouraged many others, both blind and
>sighted, to obtain their licenses.
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>Lloyd attended Iowa State University and graduated with a Bachelor???s degree
>in Electronics Engineering, one of the first blind people to be awarded a
>degree in this field. He used readers, braille graphs and slide rules to
>complete his complicated math classes. His first job was with Collins Radio
>where he tested instruments to help airplanes navigate in the fog.
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>Lloyd moved to Maryland in 1975 to work for the National Library Service for
>the Blind and Print Disabled. He helped to design talking book players,
>enabling thousands of blind people to read audio books. More recently, he was
>working on the design and testing of portable electronic braille reading
>devices. These devices allow blind people to download books in braille
>formatted files from the Library for the Blind and Print Disabled collection,
>as well as newspapers and other documents. He loved his work, and felt he was
>making a difference in people???s lives, especially for newly blind people who
>thought they had lost the pleasure of reading.
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>For over 50 years, Lloyd was very active in the National Federation of the
>Blind. He held offices both at the state and local level, taught technology
>classes, as well as printed thousands of braille pages for seminars,
>children???s programs, chapel services and conventions.
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>Since 1983, Lloyd has been attending Presbyterian Church of the Atonement. He
>served terms as both an elder and deacon, sang in the choir, served as a small
>group leader, and played conga drums in Alternate Melody, Atonement's praise
>and worship team. He loved all of it, and considered his church to be his
>extended family.
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>Lloyd is survived by his wife, Judy, his brother Paul, of California, his
>sister, Janice Brown of Oregon and six nieces and nephews. He loved his Lord
>and Savior Jesus Christ, and I know he is now rejoicing with fellow believers.
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>To give God the glory and to celebrate Lloyd???s life, services will be held on
>Saturday, October 16 at 11:00am at the Presbyterian Church of the Atonement,
>10613 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20902. The main entrance to the
>church is off Plyers Mill, at the back of the church. A luncheon will be held
>after the service. The service will also be live streamed from the church
>website or Facebook page: www.atonementlife.org or Church of the Atonement,
>Silver Spring, MD (Facebook).
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>Memorial gifts may either be given to the National Federation of the Blind of
>Maryland, or to Presbyterian Church of the Atonement. Church contributions may
>be mailed to the church address or given through the church website (both
>listed above) and designated to the Lloyd Rasmussen Memorial. If you have any
>questions or require more information, you may email info@atonementlife.org.
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