Sad News

 

It is with great sadness that I must report that this morning, Feb 11, 2017, District Governor Vern Nielsen finally succumbed to the cancer that he has been fighting since last April.  He was surrounded in his final days by his family, and you must all know that he was fighting with everything he had left to make it to his District Conference and his Million Dollar dinner.  He lived for you, he lived for Rotary.  As our Rotary International Director Dean Rohrs has said, "Rotary and Rotarians were the wind under his wings".   He will be sorely missed.   There will be more information about contributions and/or recognitions in Vern's name, and as we know things we will let you know.   Peter Schultz, PhD - Rotary Club of Kelowna      District 5060 Governor 2019-2020      Chair, Rotary Leadership Institute      District Conference Chair 2017 Peter.Rotary5060@gmail.com  -  250.470.9228