One of my long time friends (We met in the mid 80s) His brother was the best man at my wedding, lost his wife this morning

Val spent 28 years as a Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Deputy. He worked in my coverage area of the Fire Department. His wife Debbie was a court reporter

He retired two years ago and they moved to Florida to enjoy their life together. She died from Leukemia

I met her before Val when I taught her mother to Scuba Dive in 1980.

This hurts, they were such a great couple. Val is devastated.