A GoFundMe page has been set up to collect donations for a local man who died suddenly earlier this month.

Brian James Ross Jr. died at the age of 37. He had been decorated twice with the Bronze Star and was a husband and father of four.

The North Dakota native deployed four times to Iraq, Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. He worked in explosive ordnance disposal.

He had left active duty in 2009 and was working for the Army as a civilian. He also assisted his wife, Robyn Ross, in her volleyball coaching duties at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy and with the Nansemond Volleyball Club.

Robyn Ross confirmed the GoFundMe page was set up by a friend of her husband’s.

The page can be found at www.gofundme.com/brianrossfund.