Frank Kucinich met President Obama at a White House luau on June 25.

"Thank you for serving," Obama told Kucinich at the luau. "I'm proud of you."

"Frank told me that was one of the proudest moments of his life," said his older brother, Dennis, the Cleveland congressman. "He had a great love of country."

Frank Kucinich, 60, died suddenly on Tuesday at his long-time home, the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky. He was the third Kucinich sibling to die since December 2007.

Kucinich was born in Cleveland and graduated from South High School. He toured Vietnam with the Marines and struggled the rest of his life with post-traumatic stress disorder.



The lance corporal was a charter member of the Vietnam Veterans Association chapter in Cleveland and commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Independence.

At the Veterans Home, he was color guard commander, leading military ceremonies, and a floor sergeant, helping to govern and serve residents of his wing.

His Mass will take place at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 3649 East 65th St. Golubski Funeral Home at the corner of East 65th Street and Fullerton Avenue is handling arrangements. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday.