This came to the ACB Leadership list just a little while ago.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Kathy and his family.

K5XU



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lori Scharff
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Cc: 'ACB Leadership List'
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:03 PM
Subject: [leadership] passing of Frank Casey, W2JIO (SK)


Many of you who attend ACB national conventions know Kathy and Frank 
Casey.
It is with deep sadness that I inform you of the passing of Frank 
earlier
today. It is a sad day here in New York. Our thoughts are with Kathy 
during
this most difficult time. ALBANY- Francis R. "Frank" Casey, 62, died
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Samaritan Hospital. Born in Albany, NY 
he was
son of the late Thomas and Agnes (Thornton) Casey. He was a graduate 
of the
New York Institute for the Education of the Blind, in the Bronx, NY.
Mr. Casey worked for the Albany County Sheriffs' Department for 32 
years,
retiring as a 911 Supervisor in 2001.  He was President of the Capital
District Chapter of the American Council of the Blind. He enjoyed 
amateur
radio "W2JIO", was an avid fan of the New York Mets and was a weather 
buff.
Husband of 25 years of Kathy (Wilkens) Casey of Albany; brother of 
Thomas
"Sonny" (Dorothy) Casey of Bohemia, NY, Mary (Charles) Fullam of NJ 
and the
late Patricia Burns; uncle of Nicole Hornsby, James and Timothy Burns; 
also
survived by several grand nieces and nephews and cousins.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 8:45 am 
from the
Daniel Keenan Funeral Home, Inc., 490 Delaware Ave. thence to St. 
Francis of
Assisi Parish, 391 Delaware Ave. where a Mass of Christian Burial will 
be
celebrated at 9:30 am. Relatives and friends are invited and may also 
call
at the funeral home Friday, January 20, 2012 from 4-7 pm. Interment 
will be
in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands. In lieu of flowers memorial 
contributions to
the American Council of the Blind of New York Inc., 104 Tilrose Ave.,
Malverne, NY 11565 would be appreciated.

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