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Duane Hilmas, ’61 DVM, Erie, Colo., died on Oct. 24, 2024, at age 86. Hilmas worked as a veterinarian in private practice in Cloquet, Minn., in 1961. He was then commissioned as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army (Veterinary Corps) in 1962 and advanced through grades to the rank of full colonel before retiring in 1985. He is survived by his five children, his brother, 11 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.