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M. Sherwood Obituary
Dave was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church in New Bern, NC. He graduated from St. Paul's High School in Grosse Point Farms, MI, and he attended Bucknell, Michigan State, and Northern Arizona Universities where he was an all around athlete. He played football, ran track, was on the National Ski Patrol, and a member of the Sigma Pi fraternity. Dave served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and concluded his military service as an instructor at the United States Air Force Academy. Dave was a retired real estate broker.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Old St. Paul Catholic Church.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Peter C. Vail, Michael R. Edelen, and his sister, Mary S. Whims.
Dave is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jackie Sherwood; two daughters, Lee S. Esmond and husband Greg, and their daughter, Catherine of Fayetteville, AK and Tracy Scheidler and husband Dan of Cincinnati, OH and their children, Julie Scheidler of Cincinnati, OH, and Craig Scheidler of Columbus, OH; one brother, Andrew R. Sherwood and wife, Jody, of Scottsdale, AZ; and two grandsons, Justin Vail of St. Louis, MO and Nicholas Vail of Springfield, MO.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 1001or visit www.pdf.org
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