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It is with deep sadness that we announce that on September 24, at the age of 84, Evaldas KER\u0160YS<\/strong>, a great athlete and coach, passed away. <\/p>\n

In 1960-66 he won medals in the Lithuanian triple jump and long jump championships several times. His entire working career was spent in \u017dagar\u0117 \u2013 from 1969 to 2010. He worked as a physical education teacher at \u017dagar\u0117 Secondary School, for some time as a deputy director for non-formal education, and later as an athletics coach at Joni\u0161kis Sports School, which educated young athletes from \u017dagar\u0117. Among his pupils are Romas Bertulis, Klemensas Pranculis, Edmundas Tiesnesis and other well-known track and field athletes. <\/p>\n

Sincere condolences to family, relatives, friends, former pupils<\/p>\n

Farewell in the hall of the Pastoral Center “Salt of the Earth” of the Diocese of \u0160iauliai (Til\u017e\u0117s St. 186) from September 27 at 3 p.m. Departure to \u0160iauliai cemetery on September 28, 2 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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