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Death of Retired DEA RAC John Donald |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 22 January 2007 |
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On Saturday, January 20, 2007, at 12:52 p.m. retired DEA S/A John Donald passed away after a 4 1/2 month battle with pancreatic cancer. John was a close friend and huge supporter of the Gulf Coast HIDTA.
John was instrumental in standing Gulf Coast HIDTA initiatives in Alabama when our program first started. Many of you may have known John in his most recent job as NDIC Coordinator for Louisiana and Mississippi.
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DEA lost a very dear friend and former employee when John Donald passed away on Saturday, January 20, of complications from pancreatic cancer. John fought this terrible disease for several months, but was able to stay active, attending both GS Pumphrey's and Woodfork's retirement, and visiting the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette offices within the past week. He had a medical incident after lunch on Friday, January 19, and was admitted to Slidell Memorial Hospital on the night before his death.
John was a long time Special Agent and Polygraph Examiner assigned to the New Orleans Office from the time of the DEA/Customs merger (1973), until he transferred to DEA HQs in 1992. He served in HQS as a Unit Chief in the Office of Science and Technology with responsibility from the entire polygraph program. He then transferred to the Birmingham
Resident Office as the RAC where he remained until he retired in about 2002. John's retirement job was with NDIC as an intelligence collector for the states of Mississippi and Louisiana, working in the HIDTA program.
Funeral arrangements are as follows, viewing on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 starting at 6 p.m. at Lake Lawn Funeral Home in Metairie Cemetery. On Thursday January 25, 2007, a burial service will be held at the Funeral home at 12 noon, with viewing beginning at 9 a.m.
I hope everyone will join me in remembering John in our thoughts and prayers.
William J. Renton, Jr.
SAC, New Orleans Field Division
504 840-1011
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