Lt. Col. Melvin Gores, U.S. Army, Retired

U.S. Army, Retired, en-

tered into eternal peace

with our Savior on April

22, 2019 at the age of 77

years in Tucson, Arizona

where he has been a

resident for the past 24

years. His brother Patrick

Gores (Veronica) of Minot,

ND preceded him in death

in January 2017.

Mel was born and

raised in Harvey, ND to

Patrick and Mary (Conrad)

Gores. He graduated from

Harvey High School in the

Class of 1959, joined the

National Guard, then the

Army and Army Reserves,

serving 40-plus years.

Mel graduated from UND

and Tulane University.

He worked for the

Veterans Affairs (over 34

years) as Personnel Direc-

tor, Associate Director

and Director of many VA

hospitals around the

country. He was pas-

sionate about his Army

career and his work help-

ing veterans and their

families.

He was a member of the

Knights of Columbus, Elks

Club, and American Le-

gion. With his Irish sense

of humor, he always

wanted to make people

laugh. Civil War, Native

American history, keeping

up with the stock market,

coin collecting, traveling,

rock hunting, reading,

family get-togethers, and

spending time with his

five grandchildren were

some of his favorite pas-

times. By far he was

proudest of his three

wonderful children, Joy,

Mel Jr., and Monte and

the Love and Fun of his

life were his five

grandchildren, Brianna

and Natalie D’Angelo,

Madeline Gores, Hunter

and Samantha Gores.

Family: He will be sad-

ly missed by his wife of

53 years Florence (Marra)

his children Joy (Frank)

D’Angelo, Mel Jr. (Heath-

er), Monte (Kimberly) and

his five grandchildren Bri-

anna and Natalie

D’Angelo, Madeline

Gores, Hunter and Saman-

tha Gores, and his brother

Vern Gores, of Minot and

Tucson, AZ.

Memorial Mass was of-

fered at 10:00 AM on

Wednesday May 29, 2019

at St. Pius X Roman

Catholic Church 1800

North Camino Pio Deci-

mo, Tucson. Interment

with full military honors

took place at 1:00 PM on

Wednesday May 29, 2019

at the Arizona Veterans’

Memorial Cemetery at

Marana 15950 North

Luckett Road, Marana, Ar-

izona.