William DeFries ’37 on April 5, 2010.  Wiliam was born in Manila, Philippine Islands, and moved to The Villages from Santa Barbara, Calif. in 1994.  He was retired from the Air Force; served as state regional health officer for Sumter and Pasco counties; county health officer for Fresno County in California; was an associate professor at Fresno State University; doctor at the Country Free Clinic in Firebaugh, Calif.; served as the senior medical consultant for the state of California; and director of professional services in the surgeon general’s office in Washington, D.C. Survivors include his wife, Vira, sons William C. DeFries, Richard DeFries ’79, Donald Conard, and daughters Cecilia L. DeFries and Patty Vardilos, as well as 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.