Brother Donald Lounds, former IBEW International Vice President (First District, i.e. Canada) died suddenly at Port Orange, Florida, on January 12, 2015, age 73. Brother Lounds spent his adult life in the IBEW, serving on his home Local's (Oshawa, Local 874) executive board for several terms, then as its Business Manager, before joining the First District staff in 1974 where he served in various capacities in Canada for nearly 25 years. Brother Lounds was appointed  VP for First District in 1997 and retired from that post in 2003. He is survived by three children and eight grandchildren. A funeral service for Brother Lounds will be held at the Oshawa Funeral Home on Wednesday January 21 at 11am.