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Valerie St. John
Valerie St. John retired from the United States Army Chaplain Corps in August, 2009, as a lieutenant colonel. She is a veteran of Desert Storm, and found herself spending much of h...view moreValerie St. John retired from the United States Army Chaplain Corps in August, 2009, as a lieutenant colonel. She is a veteran of Desert Storm, and found herself spending much of her time during our nation’s recent conflicts notifying families that they’d just lost a Soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan.
She is a native of the Southwest, born and raised in Tulsa Oklahoma. Her undergraduate degree is from Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado, and received her Master of Divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Valerie and her husband, Larry DeLong, reside in Green Valley, Arizona, with their children Sadie and Seth, three dogs, and Lovey, the cat.view less