By midnight on Dec. 31, New York’s Army and Air National Guard is expected to have conducted military funerals for 11,170 veterans during 2017. Those honored ranged from 19-year old New York Army National Guard Specialist Joseph Nelk from Pittsford, who died from apparent natural causes on Dec. 10 and was buried on Dec. 23; to 87 year-old … Continue reading N.Y. National Guard expects to conduct 11,170 military funeral services by end of 2017