<div dir="ltr">So sorry to hear about these passings. Ray was a huge figure in the state for gifted education and a person with a sincere and personal concern for all of us in the field. To all of his friends and family, my condolences.<div><br></div><div>Tom Southern</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Ann Sheldon via Ohiogift <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ohiogift@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">ohiogift@lists.osu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><font size="2">Hi everyone, <br>
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As some of you may be aware, Ray Swassing was the founder of Ohiogift. He was Professor Emeritus of gifted education at OSU, and has been an influence on so many people in the gifted community over the past forty years. Ray passed away on Wednesday evening. The funeral information is as follows: <br>
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</font>Viewing is Sunday 2:00-4:00 at Rutherford<font size="2"> Funeral Home</font> in Worthington, funeral at
10:00 am Monday at the OSU Newman Center, burial at Resurrection
Cemetery<font size="2">. <br>
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Ray was just a treasure. He will be truly be missed by so many. <br>
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I also have the misfortune of sharing the news that another member of the gifted community, former ODE gifted consultant, Jeanne Goertz, passed away yesterday. Funeral arrangements are pending. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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Ann<br>
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