<html><body><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Brother Mike Slusher,</div><div><br></div><div>As you are the Faithful Navigator of the Assembly that services the membership of the Amador Council,</div><div>I need to put this request out to you to see if the Color Corps can assist in this situation.</div><div><br></div><div>Fr. George passed away today (8/18/2016) he was a active priest in the Bay Area and retired to Pine Grove</div><div>in Amador County. For more than 10 years he has served as a priest in the churchs in Amador County and</div><div>served as Chaplin of C-1849 for many years as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Although he transfered his 3rd degree membership to C-1849 he never transferred his Assembly 53 in the </div><div>South Bay Area <span style="font-size: 12pt;">to Amembly 3345 in Placerville.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fr. George was very well loved and respected. I will be out of the State for the next 2 weeks starting on</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Saturday, can you make contact with their Grand Knight or Nick listed below for more information on </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">services, etc.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Grand Knight: </span></div><div><table x:str="" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 561px;" data-mce-style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 561px;"><tbody><tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;" data-mce-style="height: 15.75pt;"><td height="21" class="xl24" width="142" style="height: 15.75pt; width: 107pt;" data-mce-style="height: 15.75pt; width: 107pt;">Mark Koenig</td><td class="xl24" width="100" style="border-left: none; width: 75pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: none; width: 75pt;">209-267-1747</td><td class="xl25" width="100" style="border-left: none; width: 75pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: none; width: 75pt;">209-418-5143</td><td class="xl24" width="219" style="width: 164pt;" data-mce-style="width: 164pt;">markkoenig6126@sbcglobal.net;</td></tr></tbody></table><div>Advocate:</div><div>Nick Ragusano: <a href="mailto:nragusano@kofc-1849.org">nragusano@kofc-1849.org</a> <table x:str="" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 161px;" data-mce-style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 161px;"><tbody><tr height="19" style="height: 14.25pt;" data-mce-style="height: 14.25pt;"><td height="19" class="xl66" width="81" style="height: 14.25pt; width: 61pt;" data-mce-style="height: 14.25pt; width: 61pt;">209-274-6817</td><td class="xl66" width="80" style="border-left: none; width: 60pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: none; width: 60pt;">510-913-6603</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div><div>dd-8</div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Nicholas A. Ragusano" <nragusano@kofc-1849.org><br><b>To: </b>"David Rich" <david.a.rich@comcast.net><br><b>Cc: </b>"Officers" <officers@kofc-1849.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, August 18, 2016 6:20:06 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Fr. George<br><div><br></div>Worthy District Deputy and Brother Officers,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To the best of my recollection, Fr. George Thomas is a Fourth Degree Knight. As such there are protocols that ought to be followed, one of which is the accompanying of his body from Amador to San Francisco by a Color Guard and the change of guard there to the local assembly.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please look into this, Brother Dave and any 4th Degree Officer.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Fraternally,</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div class="">Nicholas A. Ragusano</div><div style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Advocate</div><div style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Amador County Council 1849</div><div style="font-size: 11px;" class="">Knights of Columbus</div><div style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><a href="mailto:nragusano@kofc-1849.org" class="" target="_blank">nragusano@kofc-1849.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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