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FATHER PHIL SALOIS, M.S. We regret the necessity of running only the most basic obituaries in The VVA Veteran. However, full, detailed, and expansive obituaries—going back to 2009—are online at www.vva.org/taps.html

Walter Levi Archie, 85, North Carolina Chapter 909, died April 24.

Ernest Harold Baker, 82, Alabama Chapter 864, died April 6.

Robert Lee Beamon, 72, Mississippi Chapter 1057, died January 9.

Gerald Everett Bennett, 70, Kentucky Chapter 1006, died January 25. 

Robert E. Bernelle, 74, New Jersey Chapter 452, died March 7.

William Matthew Biddle, Jr., 86, Missouri Chapter 1028, is happy to announce that he is very much alive—contrary to the Taps listing in the last issue.

Paul Emil Bohn, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died April 17.

Terry Allen Bond, 73, Tennessee Chapter 950, died May 13. 

David Stephen Bowers, 71, Florida Chapter 23, died June 1.

Roy Werner Bredt, 77, New Jersey Chapter 233, died December 13, 2019. 

John Garfield Brewer, 70, Texas Chapter 1000, died March 16.

Robert Edward Brieske, 70, Illinois Chapter 242, died April 8.

Anthony Frank Brinza III, 72, Michigan Chapter 528, died February 27. 

Okey E. Brookover, 77, at-large West Virginia, died March 7.

Louis Roland Brown, 79, Ohio Chapter 97, died April 4. 

Edward Lynn Buckley, 90, Delaware Chapter 850, died March 23.

Rita M. Burke, 82, New Jersey Chapter 452, died May 3.

Michael Dee Burns, 73, contributor to VVA, died April 11.

Danny Raye Byrd, 73, at-large Georgia, died April 16. 

Charles W. Campbell, Jr., 72, Tennessee Chapter 824, died March 30.

Susan M. Cannon, 70, California Chapter 223, died June 26, 2019.

John J. Celecki, Jr., 76, New Jersey Chapter 233, died April 21. 

Robert J. Connor, 74, Minnesota Chapter 639, died September 30, 2019.

Terry Richard Copt, 72, Wisconsin Chapter 425, died August 27, 2019.

Michael George Cotter, 82, North Carolina Chapter 272, died April 16.

Lawrence Eugene Culver, 75, Kentucky Chapter 454, died March 10.

James J. Devlin, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died May 7.

Gary A. Dexter, 75, New York Chapter 377, died July 13, 2019.

Sebron Ray Dixon, 73, North Carolina Chapter 892, died April 14.

Gary M. Douglas, 77, Oregon Chapter 392, died recently.

Douglas Alan Dressel, 75, California Chapter 400, died April 22. 

Patrick Laureat Dube, 76, Connecticut Chapter 120, died April 25.

David Allen Dutton, 73, Texas Chapter 844, died April 29.

Edward Norman Dziadzio, 72, Michigan Chapter 528, died March 24.

Youther Clayton Eaford, Jr., 75, North Carolina Chapter 1033, died April 22.

Joseph Carl Ellers, 76, North Carolina Chapter 272, died April 7.

Wayne D. Engesser, Sr., 68, Illinois Chapter 299, died April 8.

Henry Earl Evans, 71, Maryland Chapter 451, died July 28, 2018. 

John A. Evans, 69, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died March 9, 2016.

John Kirk Ferguson, 84, California Chapter 47, died March 22.

Michael David Foreman, 75, Florida Chapter 1036, died March 26.

Donald M. Freeman, 76, Illinois Chapter 242, died April 12.

Gregory S. Gallenberger, 71, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died May 5.

Vincent Giancone, 73, New York Chapter 82, died November 4, 2019.

Robert Joseph Good, 79, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died April 14.

Isaac L. Goodman, 74, Delaware Chapter 1105, died April 5.

William Gary Griffin, Sr., 67, Tennessee Chapter 203, died October 20, 2016.

Frank J. Gubala, 72, New York Chapter 77, died March 25.

Leon Erik Guerra, 69, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died May 6.

Darral L. Hairston, 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died April 27.

John L. Haltom, 72, Tennessee Chapter 1124, died March 29.

Daniel H. Harmann, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 425, died March 6.

Christina Harned, 64, New Jersey Chapter 233, died August 30, 2019.

Leonard Martin Harris, 67, Rhode Island Chapter 325, died April 5. 

Bobby Wayne Haun, 73, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died March 20.

Paula J. Haycock, 68, Pennsylvania Chapter 678, died September 16, 2019.

Bob Hayes, 79, at-large Virginia, died recently.

Robert W. Hayhurst, 81, Kansas Chapter 344, died May 3.

Donald Wayne Helton, 75, Kentucky Chapter 88, died April 24, 2019.

David A. Hendrickson, 70, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died May 18. 

David L. Higby, 72, at-large Pennsylvania, died May 4.

John Wendell Hill, 81, Florida Chapter 1036, died March 17.  

Henry R. Huizer, Jr., 71, California Chapter 47, died January 28.

Roger Hunt, at-large Washington, died April 15, 2018.

Farris Evan Hurst, 70, Michigan Chapter 310, died April 10.

Anthony Izzo, 70, New Jersey Chapter 779, died recently.

Johnny LeRoy Jager, 73, Iowa Chapter 798, died March 28. 

James Edward Jones, 69, North Carolina Chapter 885, died April 9. 

Walter W. Kessler, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died December 20, 2019.

Terry Lee Ketelhut, Sr., 73, Michigan Chapter 154, died February 26. 

James Harlen Kirkham, 74, at-large Kansas, died October 15, 2011. 

William Gerald Koble, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died April 15.

Keith W. Kohlman, 76, at-large Florida, died January 19.

Charles F. Komara, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died March 3.

Bruce L. Koons, 68, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died January 18.

Edward W. Koppenaal, 77, at-large New Jersey, died March 5. 

Robert Michael Kozyra, 71, New Jersey Chapter 233, died May 3. 

George Donald Kroeger, 82, Texas Chapter 1000, died April 19.

Arthur Kyliavas, 65, at-large Arizona, died July 29, 2007.

Victor Kyliavas, 55, at-large Arizona, died October 29, 2005.

Gary Leon Lantz, 73, Iowa Chapter 1102, died November 15, 2015. 

Vito W. La Sala, Sr., 77, New Jersey Chapter 233, died February 10.

Harry John Layman, 70, Maryland Chapter 172, died May 1.

Roland Dennis Lemke, 79, Wisconsin Chapter 425, died March 23.

Herta Lemons, 93, Tennessee Chapter 203, died September 14, 2019.

Georgianna Helen Little, 62, New York Chapter 140, died March 28, 2019.

Donald Joseph Loretto, 71, New York Chapter 77, died May 6.

Kathy Lovin, 71, Tennessee Chapter 203, died February 12.

Tommie Charles Mabe, 91, Florida Chapter 1048, died May 7.

Howard E. Mann, 72, Missouri Chapter 243, died April 19, 2018.

Vincent J. Marinke, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died May 10.

Geoffrey H. Marquier, 75, New Jersey Chapter 452, died March 10, 2019.

Richard Arthur Marsden, 75, at-large Maine, died April 20.

Efren M. Martinez, Sr., 74, Texas Chapter 844, died March 31. 

James F. McCullough, Jr., 81, Pennsylvania Chapter 436, died March 18.

Frank Evan McGlinchey, 74, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died May 30.

Patrick John McMahon, 80, New York Chapter 82, died April 8.

Danny Araton McPherson, 69, at-large Georgia, died December 9, 2018.

Perry Ellis Menge, 72, at-large Oregon, died January 4.

Michael Edward Mika, 73, Illinois Chapter 242, died March 19. 

David A. Miller, 71, New York Chapter 77, died April 15

Edward W. Miller II, 73, New York Chapter 77, died April 15. 

Raymond Eugene Miller, 80, Florida Chapter 1096, died June 21, 2017.

Richard Allen Minnick, 69, Florida Chapter 1096, died April 11, 2019.

Thomas M. Moore, 72, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died November 19, 2013.

Wayne C. Moore, 73, Illinois Chapter 269, died April 17.

William Charles Moore, 77, Maryland Chapter 722, died March 11.

Leonard Luray Morris, 81, Kentucky Chapter 1066, died April 25.

Gail Ann Mueller, 70, Florida Chapter 1096, died November 21, 2019.

Daniel Edward Murphy, 70, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died May 6.

Delbert Ray Musgrave, 83, Texas Chapter 1000, died February 24.

Allen Lee Myers, 71, Arizona Chapter 1011, died April 30.

Michael George Najarian, 76, Maryland Chapter 641, died May 14.

Eveline Diana Nash, 69, Florida Chapter 1038, died January 22.

Conrad Bruce Nickerson, 72, California Chapter 982, died recently.

Harold E. Niemeyer, 71, Nebraska Chapter 397, died April 19.

Terrance A. Nisi, 75, New Hampshire Chapter 41, died recently.

Michael John O’Day, 71, North Carolina Chapter 885, died March 29.

William A. Olsen, Sr., 83, Ohio Chapter 97, died March 12.

Christine Michiko Omoto, 35, Colorado Chapter 1106, died April 4.

John M. Palmer, 73, at-large Minnesota, died recently.

Vernon J. Peck , 73, New Jersey Chapter 233, died April 12.

Michael Alan Pennington, 72, Michigan Chapter 142, died March 9.

Stafford Perry, 72, Florida Chapter 1036, died July 9, 2019.

James A. Peterman, 91, Florida Chapter 1096, died July 5, 2019.

John Clifton Peters III, 69, South Carolina Chapter 925, died May 14.

Amos Garcia Perez, Jr., 79, Texas Chapter 922, died March 12, 2019.

Gregory Francis Pfeifer, 70, Missouri Chapter 913, died May 16.

Gordon Dent Pickett, 90, California Chapter 933, died April 3.

George J. Pierro, Jr., 71, New York Chapter 377, died April 6.

Claudette M. Polbos, 84, Pennsylvania Chapter 678, died April 22.  

James R. Posey, 82, Tennessee Chapter 203, died February 4, 2019.

Kenneth Vincent Randolph, Jr., 73, West Virginia Chapter 306, died March 27.

James Philip Rectanus, 70, at-large Pennsylvania, died December 4, 2019.

James Donald Renninger, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 791, died March 28.

Edwin Alonza Rhoades III, 69, Kentucky Chapter 1006, died September 3, 2018.

Georgiann Robes, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died February 13.

Steven Lynn Robinson, 73, Kansas Chapter 344, died April 22, 2019.

Keith Alan Roney, 69, Ohio Chapter 89, died January 21.

James Henry Rose, 71, West Virginia Chapter 628, died March 17.

Ronald V. Ruark, 72, Delaware Chapter 546, died December 20, 2019. 

John Francis Rutledge, 88, Illinois Chapter 669, died March 30. 

Kevin Robert Scheidt, 45, Tennessee Chapter 203, died December 7, 2019. 

James Schreifels, 76, Minnesota Chapter 290, died March 23.

David Haven Scott, Jr., 71, Ohio Chapter 10, died April 3.

Jack Frederick Scott, 77, Texas Chapter 863, died March 31.

David M. Shotzbarger, 73, Florida Chapter 1096, died November 9, 2015.

Eugene Simek, 86, Florida Chapter 1097, died March 14.

Edward M. Solomon, 82, Virginia Chapter 1061, died April 8.

Randall Lee Sour, 69, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died March 23.

Fred George Spellman, 88, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died March 11. 

Ray Starzinski, 73, New Jersey Chapter 452, died April 12. 

Daniel David Stetser, 88, New Jersey Chapter 1068, died May 7. 

DeLos Dae Stolp, 88, South Dakota Chapter 1121, died May 1.

Dennis Delair Suko, 77, at-large Colorado, died on March 11. 

Ronald Leroy Tate, 73, Arizona Chapter 106, died March 21.

Gregory Maurice Thibadoux, 72, Tennessee Chapter 203, died August 1, 2019.

John P. Tracey, 74, Illinois Chapter 242, died recently.

James N. Vandyke, 66, Nebraska Chapter 727, died June 9, 2019.

Theodore Walker, 66, Georgia Chapter 1082, died recently.

Teddy E. Watson, 70, New York Chapter 803, died March 31.

Stephen R. Watts, 73, Florida Chapter 1048, died May 5.

Wayne Anthony Weinberger, 69, Montana Chapter 234, died April 22.

Dwyn Parkhurst Welch, 78, Louisiana Chapter 697, died February 6, 2016.

David Allen Wente, 71, Kansas Chapter 912, died September 22, 2019. 

Dean A. White, 73, Nevada Chapter 17, died recently.

June Adele Willenz, 95, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died May 3.

Johnie L. Williams, 62, at-large New Jersey, died December 1, 2007.

Howard Atkinson Wilson, Jr., 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 590, died April 19.

Jackie B. Wilson, 87, Florida Chapter 1036, died March 21. 

John Thomas Wood, 76, Ohio Chapter 954, died April 5.

Ellis Darnell Woods, 77, at-large Tennessee, died January 10. 

Sally W. Worthington, 85, Tennessee Chapter 203, died March 17, 2017.

Peter J. Wymes, 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died December 27, 2019.

Marvin Zatopek, 71, Texas Chapter 870, died March 22.

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