Then the Society assigned Brother P. Gerald Ronco to the branch office where he continues to serve as Branch Committee coordinator, supported by the other two members of the Branch Committee, Ralph Ring and Paul Thiessen.

Brother and Sister Ronco have played a fine part in the expansion of the Kingdom work in Alaska. They have served there some 14 years now and have been very effective in helping new ones. Between the two of them they have aided 33 persons into the truth. Their lives are truly wrapped up with people in Jehovah’s service and they take great interest in everyone. An outstanding quality displayed by Brother Ronco is his being always available for anyone with a problem. He has spent hundreds of hours hearing the individual and congregational problems of any who would approach him. He has a very warm, cheerful, inviting personality that makes others feel they can approach him with their needs.

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Gerald Ronco, present Branch Committee coordinator, and his wife, Lucy