Griffin T. Dalianis, 73, of Nashua, N.H., died Sept. 1 in Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua.
He wrote a weekly column titled Ask the Commander that was published in The Telegraph of Nashua and other publications in New Hampshire.
Dalianis served in the Air Force for four years. He remained closely involved with the military, serving as chairman of the Veterans Administration Committee on Rehabilitation and as a military aide to the New Hampshire governor. He was honored as the Red Cross Military Hero of the Year in 2005 and was named Veteran of the Year in 2006 by the New Hampshire Union Leader of Manchester.
Dalianis leaves his wife, Linda; four children, Deborah, Cynthia, Matthew and Benjamin; two grandchildren; two brothers.
The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Elizabeth Allen, Nimra Aziz, Alexander Frandsen, Nico Hall and Georgeanne Oliver, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.