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JOHN SEMBER Memoriam

JOHN E. SEMBER My brother Jack, graduated from High School in Sharon, PA and from OU in Athens, OH. Served in the Air Force Reserves. He only worked with Aetna, 36 years. Successfully coached Little League baseball in Manchester, CT, won many trophies. Retired and moved to Naples, FL. April 2006 he felt a lump on his calf. The biopsy showed Merkel Cell Carcinoma, more deadly than Melanoma. Died January 6, 2008, age 72. A Skin Cancer Research Fund is established in his name at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center by his sister Virginia Clarke. This is his legacy. Donations are welcome to P.O. Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230-1439.

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Published by Hartford Courant on Jan. 3, 2010.

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