This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Foran, Loomis, Loza, Simpson, Dunlop Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/780 Message Board Post: FORAN, Mr. Gary J. Delton Passed away unexpectedly in Wyoming, October 4, 2002. Gary was born January 25, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan the son of Dan and Janette (Loomis) Foran. On October 10, 1992, he married Loretta Loza who survives. Gary was a Vietnam veteran, serving with the Army in the First Infantry Combat Medic division and was employed as a Sergeant with the Kalamazoo County Sheriffs Department. A former Police Chief for the village of Richland and a police officer in Detroit, he was an active member of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 98 of Kalamazoo. An avid golfer and hunter; Gary will be remembered as a wonderful father; always very proud of his family, for his great sense of humor, and a great story teller. He is survived by his wife, Loretta; his mother, Janette Foran and William Ferguson of Livonia; sons, Thomas, at home and Eric Foran and Molly Simpson of Delton; a daughter, Colleen (Jim) Dunlop of Portage; brothers, Dennis (Linda) of California and Jim (Mary) of Hale, Michigan; a s! ister, Lynn Foran of Livonia; his mother-in-law, Elaine Loza of Kalamazoo; a grandson, Connor Dunlop; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Dan Foran and his father-in-law, Robert Loza Sr. The family will receive visitors Tuesday, from 2:00-4:00 and 6:00-8:00 PM at the WILLIAMS-GORES FUNERAL HOME Delton Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, October 9, 1:00 PM at the Faith United Methodist Church, 503 S. Grove (M-43), Delton, Pastor Jeff Worden officiating. Memorial contribution to any Hospice Organization will be appreciated. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette from 10/6/2002 - 10/7/2002. (posted by a volunteer-no family connection)