{"id":56966,"date":"2024-02-19T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/?p=56966"},"modified":"2024-03-01T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T17:02:03","slug":"blue-and-gold-memorial-to-celebrate-and-remember-those-we-lost-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/blue-and-gold-memorial-to-celebrate-and-remember-those-we-lost-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue and Gold Memorial to celebrate and remember those we lost in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe title=\"Blue Gold Memorial 2024\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pT3HcR0lvvg?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will honor 108 individuals whose lives impacted the University during the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/blue-gold\/2024-honorees\/\"><strong>Blue and Gold Memorial<\/strong><\/a> service, taking place at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, in Patten Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial service is available to <a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/blue-gold-memorial2024?origin=event_published&amp;mixpanel_id=149bf13d166367-0177dd608-464f0321-1aeaa0-149bf13d16863a&amp;acc_id=31444260&amp;medium=email\"><strong>watch via livestream<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/blue-gold\/2024-honorees\/\">Blue and Gold Memorial<\/a>\u00a0is a tradition honoring UTC alumni, faculty, staff, retirees and students who passed away during the previous calendar year. Their names are recited in a ceremony signifying that they will always be members of the Mocs family.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial tribute, first created in 2012, symbolizes that\u2014while they are no longer physically with us\u2014they are permanently among us.<\/p>\n<p>The Patten Hall memorial service recognizing the 108 honorees who passed away in 2023 will include an invocation by Jason Leonard from UTC Campus Ministries and musical performances by pianist Helena Rosa and the UTC Singing Mocs.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue and Gold Memorial will conclude with a candle lighting and a moment of silence.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the UTC family who passed away in 2023 include:<\/p>\n<h4>Alumni<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>James Abel<\/li>\n<li>Denise\u00a0Adeniyi<\/li>\n<li>Robert\u00a0Anderson<\/li>\n<li>Jane\u00a0Aytes<\/li>\n<li>William\u00a0Barker<\/li>\n<li>David\u00a0Barker<\/li>\n<li>Teresa\u00a0 Bass<\/li>\n<li>William\u00a0Beck<\/li>\n<li>Katie Bell<\/li>\n<li>Frederick\u00a0Berson<\/li>\n<li>Helen\u00a0Bethune<\/li>\n<li>Margaret\u00a0Bookout<\/li>\n<li>Angela\u00a0Brown<\/li>\n<li>Betty Brown<\/li>\n<li>Walter\u00a0Burbank<\/li>\n<li>Catherine\u00a0Burns<\/li>\n<li>Robert\u00a0Cannon<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Carmichael<\/li>\n<li>Doyle\u00a0Chauncey<\/li>\n<li>Sharon\u00a0Colston<\/li>\n<li>James\u00a0Cooper<\/li>\n<li>Peterious\u00a0Curry<\/li>\n<li>Margaret\u00a0Daniel<\/li>\n<li>Miriam\u00a0Downey<\/li>\n<li>Harold\u00a0Easter<\/li>\n<li>Georgette Edwards<\/li>\n<li>Teresa (Terry) Farr<\/li>\n<li>Arvel Fincher<\/li>\n<li>Max Finkle<\/li>\n<li>Mildred\u00a0Flynt<\/li>\n<li>Martha\u00a0Franklin<\/li>\n<li>Amy\u00a0Fuller<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte\u00a0Gaither<\/li>\n<li>Martha\u00a0Gamble<\/li>\n<li>Eugene\u00a0Garner<\/li>\n<li>David Garrett<\/li>\n<li>William\u00a0Gault<\/li>\n<li>Arnold\u00a0Godwin<\/li>\n<li>Patsy Goodrich<\/li>\n<li>Janice\u00a0Goodrich<\/li>\n<li>Ann\u00a0Greever<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin\u00a0Gross<\/li>\n<li>Joan\u00a0Hanks<\/li>\n<li>Betty Hardiman<\/li>\n<li>Dorothy\u00a0Harrison<\/li>\n<li>Kenneth\u00a0Harrison<\/li>\n<li>Samuel\u00a0Hooker<\/li>\n<li>Robert\u00a0Horner<\/li>\n<li>Sara Hudson<\/li>\n<li>Sam\u00a0Hurt<\/li>\n<li>Catherine\u00a0Ingle<\/li>\n<li>Anthony\u00a0Inklebarger<\/li>\n<li>Charles\u00a0James<\/li>\n<li>David\u00a0James<\/li>\n<li>Betty Johnson<\/li>\n<li>LaVonne\u00a0\u00a0Jolley<\/li>\n<li>Patricia\u00a0Kettenring<\/li>\n<li>James Laney<\/li>\n<li>Teeny\u00a0Lassiter<\/li>\n<li>Roy\u00a0Layne<\/li>\n<li>John\u00a0Luckie<\/li>\n<li>Keith MacDougall<\/li>\n<li>Richard\u00a0Margrave<\/li>\n<li>Dale\u00a0McCartney<\/li>\n<li>Michael\u00a0McCarty<\/li>\n<li>Andrew\u00a0McCullers<\/li>\n<li>Earl\u00a0McDowell<\/li>\n<li>John\u00a0McKenzie<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Miller<\/li>\n<li>David\u00a0Mills<\/li>\n<li>George\u00a0Muse<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Nardo<\/li>\n<li>Alice Newell<\/li>\n<li>Brandon\u00a0Osbonlighter<\/li>\n<li>Helen\u00a0Parsons<\/li>\n<li>Mignonne\u00a0Pearson<\/li>\n<li>Sarah\u00a0Phillips<\/li>\n<li>Johnathan Puckett<\/li>\n<li>James\u00a0Reed<\/li>\n<li>Dorothy\u00a0Robinson<\/li>\n<li>Henry\u00a0Rookis<\/li>\n<li>Barney\u00a0Roth<\/li>\n<li>Kristina\u00a0Sahm<\/li>\n<li>Cary\u00a0Schroeder<\/li>\n<li>Glen\u00a0Senters<\/li>\n<li>Charles\u00a0Stilz<\/li>\n<li>William\u00a0Stooksbury<\/li>\n<li>John\u00a0Temple<\/li>\n<li>Marianne\u00a0Thomas<\/li>\n<li>Peggy\u00a0Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Franklin\u00a0Warlick<\/li>\n<li>Walter\u00a0Wenck<\/li>\n<li>John\u00a0Wilson<\/li>\n<li>Virginia\u00a0Wooden<\/li>\n<li>John Wynkoop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Faculty<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Beverly Kittle Brockman, Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Gross Jr., Retired, Professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Staff and Retirees<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>David Charles Friberg, Accompanist for UTC Master Chorale<\/li>\n<li>Elvin C. Keyes Jr., Facilities Planning and Management<\/li>\n<li>Bryon Kluesner, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs<\/li>\n<li>Beverly Ann McGowan, Retired, Facilities Planning and Management<\/li>\n<li>Beverly Diann Vaughn, Retired, Facilities Planning and Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Students<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Jared Childress<\/li>\n<li>Erin Kettle<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Lipski<\/li>\n<li>Boston Smith<\/li>\n<li>Guadalupe Vazquez<\/li>\n<li>Shelby White<\/li>\n<li>Jeffery Woo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Blue and Gold Memorial photo gallery by Angela Foster (Feb. 26, 2024)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:9,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/blue-and-gold-memorial-to-celebrate-and-remember-those-we-lost-in-2023\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:202990556}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 421px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"421\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 580px; height: 421px;\" data-original-width=\"580\" data-original-height=\"421\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/blue-and-gold-memorial-to-celebrate-and-remember-those-we-lost-in-2023\/blue-and-gold-memorial-24\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"576\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"417\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"57206\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,868\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?fit=880%2C637&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?w=576&#038;h=417&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?resize=1024%2C741&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?resize=768%2C556&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?resize=800%2C579&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?resize=580%2C420&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4671.jpg?resize=610%2C441&amp;ssl=1 610w\" width=\"576\" height=\"417\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"576\" data-original-height=\"417\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" alt=\"A choir wearing black, consisting of five women standing in the front row and four men standing in the back row.\" style=\"width: 576px; height: 417px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 421px;\" data-original-width=\"300\" data-original-height=\"421\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/blue-and-gold-memorial-to-celebrate-and-remember-those-we-lost-in-2023\/blue-and-gold-memorial-24-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"296\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"204\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"57207\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,824\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?fit=880%2C604&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?w=296&#038;h=204&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?resize=1024%2C703&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?resize=768%2C527&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?resize=800%2C549&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?resize=580%2C398&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4628.jpg?resize=610%2C419&amp;ssl=1 610w\" width=\"296\" height=\"204\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"296\" data-original-height=\"204\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" alt=\"A woman wearing a black shirt playing the piano with a gray stone wall behind her.\" style=\"width: 296px; height: 204px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/blue-and-gold-memorial-to-celebrate-and-remember-those-we-lost-in-2023\/blue-and-gold-memorial-24-3\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"296\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"209\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"57208\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,848\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?fit=880%2C622&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?w=296&#038;h=209&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?resize=800%2C565&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?resize=580%2C410&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4633.jpg?resize=610%2C431&amp;ssl=1 610w\" width=\"296\" height=\"209\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"296\" data-original-height=\"209\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" alt=\"Two women and a man are sitting, smiling and talking, with a wooden wall in the background.\" style=\"width: 296px; 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itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"543\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"461\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"57211\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4710.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1018\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4710.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4710.jpg?fit=880%2C747&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4710.jpg?w=543&#038;h=461&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4710.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, 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data-image-title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4712.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4712.jpg?fit=880%2C609&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4712.jpg?w=427&#038;h=296&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4712.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4712.jpg?resize=1024%2C709&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4712.jpg?resize=768%2C532&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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content=\"455\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"309\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"57214\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4753.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,815\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4753.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4753.jpg?fit=880%2C597&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4753.jpg?w=455&#038;h=309&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4753.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4738.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4738.jpg?fit=880%2C653&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4738.jpg?w=417&#038;h=309&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4738.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4738.jpg?resize=1024%2C760&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4738.jpg?resize=768%2C570&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4738.jpg?resize=800%2C594&amp;ssl=1 800w, 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4752.jpg?w=359&#038;h=222&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4752.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4752.jpg?resize=1024%2C632&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4752.jpg?resize=768%2C474&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4752.jpg?resize=800%2C494&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4752.jpg?resize=580%2C358&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4752.jpg?resize=610%2C377&amp;ssl=1 610w\" width=\"359\" height=\"222\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"359\" data-original-height=\"222\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" alt=\"Multiple people sitting in church pews while a man in a suit bends over with a lighter to light the small white candle an older woman is holding out.\" style=\"width: 359px; height: 222px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/blue-and-gold-memorial-to-celebrate-and-remember-those-we-lost-in-2023\/blue-and-gold-memorial-24-12\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"359\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"234\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"57217\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4775.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,782\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"Blue and Gold Memorial-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4775.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4775.jpg?fit=880%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4775.jpg?w=359&#038;h=234&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4775.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4775.jpg?resize=1024%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Blue-and-Gold-Memorial-24-4775.jpg?resize=768%2C500&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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