{"id":2786,"date":"2023-10-03T12:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncva-cnaac.ca\/en\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2023-10-03T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:10:14","slug":"remembering-gene-heesaker-1923-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/ncva-update\/remembering-gene-heesaker-1923-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Gene Heesaker (1923-2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"small-12\">\r\n\r\n<p><strong>October 3, 2023 \u2013<\/strong> We are saddened to advise of the passing of Gene Heesaker, a member of NCVA since 1946 and a longtime member of the Executive, on Sunday, September 24. Most recently, he held the position of Honorary Vice-Chairman for Life.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nGene worked tirelessly on behalf of veterans, through both NCVA and his own veterans&#39; association, the Canadian Corps Association. He represented NCVA on numerous pilgrimages over the years, including visits to Vimy Ridge and Juno Beach.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gene&#39;s obituary can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrywalser.com\/memorials\/eugene-heesaker\/5281992\/index.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"small-12\">October 3, 2023 \u2013 We are saddened to advise of the passing of Gene Heesaker, a member of NCVA since 1946 and a longtime member of the Executive, on Sunday, September 24. Most recently, he held the position of Honorary Vice-Chairman for Life. Gene worked tirelessly on behalf of veterans, through both NCVA and his(<a href=\"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/ncva-update\/remembering-gene-heesaker-1923-2023\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncva-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2787,"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions\/2787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncva-wp-cfd3bchdd5esgma5.canadacentral-01.azurewebsites.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}