Taps

BY 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

Charles L. Adkins, 73, Ohio Chapter 709, died April 23.

William C. Adkins, Sr., 82, West Virginia Chapter 37, died March 18.

Charles L. Armentrout, 69, Maryland Chapter 172, died May 28.

Debra Kay Atwood, 65, Arizona AVVA, died April 23.

Kenneth J. Aune, 70, Michigan Chapter 9, died in July 2017.

Wilhelm Thomas Babin, 66, Texas Chapter 366, died April 12.

John Patrick Bannister, 70, New York Chapter 896, died May 23.

John Lester Baynard, 76, Delaware Chapter 546, died May 8, 2014.

Larry Joseph Beard, 71, Michigan Chapter 109, died December 23, 2017.

Earl L. Belt, 79, Donor of Iowa, died January 22.

Norris Steven Benoit, 69, Louisiana Chapter 1098, died June 3.

Carol Schoeller Bessette, 79, Virginia Chapter 227, died May 29.

Ronny Lee Blansett, 69, Louisiana Chapter 1098, died July 22.

Dean Smith Blevins, 83, Tennessee Chapter 824, died July 18.

Charles Joseph Bonds, 77, Alabama Chapter 416, died April 10.

Van Seymour Brooks, Jr., 75, Maryland Chapter 172, died May 25.

Stephan A. Bruch, 71, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died June 27.

Joseph Richard Buckley, Sr., 70, Virginia Chapter 840, died March 14.

James Burkard, 70, Texas Chapter 137, died April 3.

William D. Burnett, 74, Oregon Chapter 757, died recently.

Stephen L. Burritt, 76, New York Chapter 20, died October 25, 2017.

Warren James Butler, 73, at-large Washington, died June 7, 2016.

James Callow, Jr., 67, Michigan Chapter 109, died recently.

Benny Nauta Campos, Jr., 65, Guam Chapter 668, died August 10, 2017.

William Dominic Cappoli, Jr., 70, New York Chapter 20, died March 31.

Robert William Carey, 74, Tennessee Chapter 203, died May 16.

Robert Charles Carlstrom, 73, Connecticut Chapter 120, died April 17, 2016.

James Archie Carter, 89, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died July 16.

Albert Wilson Cason, 73, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died June 13.

Anthony Leonard Ceelen, 72, Wisconsin Chapter 437, died May 17.

Michael Joseph Chalifoux, 71, Massachusetts Chapter 54, died June 25.

Andrew Chapman, 72, Mississippi Chapter 842, died June 8.

Gerald L. Christensen, 69, Minnesota Chapter 62, died April 6, 2015.

Bruce A. Christly, 67, New York Chapter 803, died May 8.

Michael Thomas Clark, 70, Iowa Chapter 790, died April 22.

Stanley C. Cline, 83, Maryland Chapter 172, died recently.

Rex J. Close, 76, Alaska Chapter 904, died October 26, 2017.

Thelma Cole-Reid, 89, New York Chapter 11, died recently.

James Anthony Coleman, 69, at-large Arizona, died December 6, 2017.

Irvin Collins, 72, Ohio Chapter 97, died October 27, 2017.

Jimmie Ray Colter, 71, died July 16.

Charles Allan Cook, 70, Texas Chapter 292, died April 13, 2017.

Roger Steven Cowgill, 67, Maryland Chapter 172, died May 5.

Charley Crawford, 75, Arkansas Chapter 815, died recently.

Tom Crayton, 74, Alabama Chapter 945, died April 17.

Jesse Colen Creech, 75, North Carolina Chapter 962, died June 18, 2017.

Adrian Joseph Cronauer, 79, Virginia Chapter 81, died July 18.

John F. Crowley, Jr., 76, Alabama Chapter 701, died May 19, 2017.

Jerry Curtis, 67, Delaware Chapter 850, died July 13. 

Angel Crisostomo Cruz, 70, Guam Chapter 668, died November 11, 2017.

James E. Cumberworth, Jr., 72, Illinois Chapter 669, died February 16.

Peter J. Daley, Jr., 78, New Jersey Chapter 899, died recently.

James Joseph Darroch, Jr., 71, at-large Maryland, died August 28, 2017.

Augustine V. Dentino, 84, New York Chapter 20, died May 10.

William T. DeWitt, 80, Donor of Maine, died February 6, 2015.

Thomas A. Dickerson, 74, New York Chapter 20, died July 26.

Daniel L. Dietz, 62, Colorado Chapter 1071, died April 28.

Kenneth F. Dolan, 75, Florida Chapter 25, died April 17.

James J. Downey, 71, New York Chapter 11, died recently.

Kenneth J. Downey, 70, New York Chapter 377, died July 16.

Johnny Paul Drewry, 72, Missouri Chapter 913, died May 6.

Edward DuBois, 70, Washington Chapter 1109, died December 12.

Jack Colon Edwards, 76, at-large Georgia, died June 19.

Stanley A. Evans, 79, Ohio Chapter 596, died July 2.

Harold Gene Exum, Sr., 75, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died June 6.

John R. Fargason, 83, at-large Utah, died recently.

Bobby Jackson Finch, 76, North Carolina Chapter 530, died June 7.

James E. Flanagan, 70, New Jersey Chapter 228, died June 10.

Junie William Fleck, 79, Alabama Chapter 416, died March 19.

Gary Edwin Fleeson, 69, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died May 20.

Carl W. Forgey, 63, California Chapter 391, died April 8, 2012.

Frank Martinez Foronda, 78, North Carolina Chapter 962, died January 7, 2017.

Patrick J. Fry, 68, Minnesota Chapter 62, died March 1, 2017.

Carl Guinn Fugler, Sr., 85, at-large Colorado, died February 6, 2015.

Bradley Clayton Fultz, 61, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died June 21.

Wesley C. Fultz, 71, at-large Ohio, died October 1, 2017.

Lawrence E. Garno, 75, New York Chapter 20, died May 16. 

Shirlee Ann Garringer, 68, Ohio Chapter 97, died May 23.

David D. Garrison, 69, Georgia Chapter 1082, died August 5.

David Harold Gates, 74, Oregon Chapter 271, died December 21, 2017.

John Ervin Geib, 70, Wisconsin Chapter 729, died June 23.

Reginald Walter George, 81, Massachusetts Chapter 219, died July 25.

Albert L. Goldfinch, Sr., 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died November 5, 2017.

Larry R. Good, 77, Kansas Chapter 939, died June 23.

Kenneth Gormley, Sr., 70, Florida Chapter 594, died recently.

Robert Carl Gray, 66, Tennessee Chapter 875, died January 27.

Diana Gutterridge, 63, California Chapter 446, died August 2.

Larry Lee Hanger, 71, Virginia Chapter 1061, died July 28.

Gary Dewayne Hannah, 69, Tennessee Chapter 203, died August 1, 2017. 

Herbert A. Harris, Michigan Chapter 133, died recently.

James Olen Harris, 71, Tennessee Chapter 953, died June 6.

William B. Hart, Jr., 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 542, died May 26.

Robert Allen Hartley, 84, Ohio Chapter 255, died July 5.

Thomas Larry Hastings, 71, at-large Tennessee, died April 3.

Gary Roland Hewelt, 70, Michigan Chapter 154, died May 5.

Philip R. Hoelzel, 72, Florida Chapter 1059, died September 30, 2016.

John Holshouser, 70, North Carolina Chapter 909, died June 19.

Richard Meyer Hotchkiss, 82, North Carolina Chapter 124, died February 6.

Ronald Andrew Hrydziuszko, 70, Michigan Chapter 154, died May 4.

Verlynn J. Hume, 73, at-large Colorado, died April 2.

Erwin Anthony Jackson, 69, Guam Chapter 668, died May 21.

Harry Reed Jackson, 72, Tennessee Chapter 203, died July 1, 2017.

P. Evangeline Jamison, 93, California Chapter 400, died October 25, 2013.

William R. Jarvis, 86, at-large Maryland, died recently.

James Albert Jenkins, 66, North Carolina Chapter 962, died February 15.

Russell M. Johnsen, 76, South Carolina Chapter 780, died August 31, 2015.

Glenn R. Johnston, 73, South Carolina Chapter 925, died October 4, 2017.

George Howard Jones, 71, Florida Chapter 1059, died January 28.

James E. Kaczynski, 75, Wisconsin Chapter 729, died June 15.

Arthur B. Kaiser, 75, Vermont Chapter 601, died June 15.

Alfred O. Kienast, 74, Wisconsin Chapter 425, died July 5.  

Edward F. Komac, Jr., 77, Minnesota Chapter 62, died March 27, 2016.

Anthony L. Kopf, 57, New Jersey Chapter 327, died October 1, 2005.

Lawrence Adelard Labbe, Jr., 58, Massachusetts Chapter 554, died January 17, 2006.

Judith A. Lacey, 79, Arizona Chapter 975, died April 15, 2017.

Lorenzo LaMantia, 74, Vermont Chapter 1, died recently.

William V. Larsen, Sr., 72, Montana Chapter 699, died October 5, 2017.

Richard T. Lawrence, 84, Georgia Chapter 1090, died July 27.

Gordon E. Lenke, 85, Washington Chapter 879, died May 23, 2017.

John Francis Leonard, 87, Massachusetts Chapter 837, died March 18, 2017.

Gary W. Lewis, 65, Texas Chapter 920, died January 19.

Charles Louviere, 72, Georgia Chapter 392, died August 11.

Reid Charles MacKey, 70, at-large New York, died May 9.

Michael Brent Maddox, 67, Virginia Chapter 1061, died June 25.

William N. Maddox, 71, Arizona Chapter 975, died May 24.

Orville Mangrum, 70, at-large Tennessee, died June 22, 1999.

Gabriel San Nicolas Mansapit, 69, Guam Chapter 668, died November 10, 2017.

Jerry T. Martin, 82, Georgia Chapter 1090, died July 27.

Thomas Martin, 72, Massachusetts Chapter 907, died April 13.

Timothy W. McCray, 88, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died May 31.

Stephen L. McDonald, 70, Florida Chapter 1003, died May 11.

John Michael McKenna, 73, at-large Colorado, died June 21.

Robert T. McMahan, Jr., 77, at-large Virginia, died recently.

Donald James Measel, 73, Toledo Chapter, died March 24.

Cecilia Ann Benavente Mendiola, 65, Guam Chapter 668, died October 13, 2017.

John Charles Meyer, 83, Iowa Chapter 790, died November 3, 2017.

Deacon Aquila Miller, Sr., 69, South Carolina Chapter 828, died
July 6.

Patrick G. Mockler, 70, Vermont Chapter 843, died April 22.

Daniel W. Moeller, 75, Wisconsin Chapter 324, died recently.

Charles Mason Moody, 74, Kentucky Chapter 1066, died
August 10.

James Mozisek, 80, Virginia Chapter 1061, died July 25.

Michael J. Muir, 67, Philippines Chapter 887, died February 4.

John Carl Mulhollan, 73, Texas Chapter 923, died January 18.

Charles Louis Murray, 81, Ohio Chapter 670, died June 6.

Joe Timothy Newell, 69, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died
August 2.

Michael Daniel Nichols, 69, Illinois Chapter 669, died April 1, 2016.

Dennis Carl Nielsen, 76, died December 31, 2015.

Cosmo Ninno, 76, Massachusetts Chapter 907, died June 26.

Roberto Pachecano, 69, Texas Chapter 366, died
December 13, 2017.

Challis Theodore Patton, 88, Ohio Chapter 670, died May 31.

Richard D. Pelloni, 72, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died June 1.

Daniel Torres Perez, 72, Guam Chapter 668, died March 9, 2017.

Ronald D. Pflugler, 67, Pennsylvania Chapter 415, died
September 1, 2017.

Elijah Arthur Pinkney, 71, North Carolina Chapter 885, died June 9.

Robert Allen Place, 72, Florida Chapter 1084, died May 7.

Daniel G. Plymesser, 69, Ohio Chapter 15, died April 29.

Richard Tyvoll Poukey, 74, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died July 11.

Jimmie G. Quillen, 82, Delaware Chapter 850, died July 9.

Thomas Edward Radcliff, 71, Michigan Chapter 154, died April 25.

Francisco Deleon Ramirez, Jr., 80, Georgia Chapter 671, died
July 28.

Allen Lee Reil, 70, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died July 21. 

William Hawley Rice III, 67, Tennessee Chapter 953, died
July 25, 2017.

Lenita Faye Riedel, 69, at-large Alabama, died November 28, 2016.

Edwin L. Rindfusz, 80, at-large Alabama, died March 17, 2017.

Bessie Eleanor Risinger-Flores, 76, Texas Chapter 856, died June 2.

Juil Ralph Robinson, Jr., 70, New York Chapter 20, died July 10.

James Richard Rominger, Sr., 85, Texas Chapter 1000, died July 13.

Waldomar M. Roeser, 83, Michigan Chapter 310, died June 25.

Larry Arnell Rudebusch, 68, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died
July 7. 

Edward Joseph Ryan, Jr., 72, California Chapter 47, died August 6.

Frankie L.G. Sablan, 71, Guam Chapter 668, died August 16, 2017.

Bruno Michael Salamunio, 69, New Jersey Chapter 12, died January 31.

Harry Truman Sampson, 73, Virginia Chapter 1061, died July 1.

Frederick Harold Sattler, Jr., 70, Michigan Chapter 528, died September 6, 2013.

Eddie L. Sellars, 73, North Carolina Chapter 885, died June 15.

Larry David Shaw, 77, West Virginia Chapter 1100, died August 1.

Robert James Sherwood, 70, New York Chapter 77, died June 27.

George Louis Simecek, 77, Texas Chapter 870, died July 10.

Barry J. Slonim, 64, New York Chapter 82, died recently.

James McKenzie Smith, 68, Michigan Chapter 237, died
December 25, 2016.

Walter Bryan Smith, 78, Alabama Chapter 945, died May 17, 2017.

Richard Allen Sonnenberg, Jr., 67, at-large Colorado, died November 21, 2015.

Robert F. Sostilio, 74, Florida Chapter 1085, died August 12, 2017.

Ray C. Steele, 71, New York Chapter 193, died July 5.

James R. Steinbiser, 69, Pennsylvania Chapter 720, died May 11. 

George Robert Strednak, 70, New York Chapter 377, died July 13.

Thomas A. Struzik, Sr., 76, New York Chapter 77, died July 1. 

Charles Susino, Jr., 94, New Jersey Chapter 233, died July 12.

Jack E. Swanson, 82, California Chapter 951, died December 19, 2017.

John H. Sylvester, 88, Massachusetts Chapter 54, died January 25.

William E. Teer, 68, at-large Missouri, died recently.

John Thomas Thompson, 69, Florida Chapter 522, died recently.

Thomas Joseph Towle, 85, Texas Chapter 137, died July 12.

Loring Holmes Triplett, Jr., 71, at-large Maryland, died March 9.

Terrance Lee Tumblin, 66, at-large Ohio, died September 22, 2015.

Lyle Odell Usgaard, 84, North Dakota Chapter 941, died January 26.

Harold Leslie Vanarsdale, Jr., 70, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died
June 29.

Darold E. Wall, 71, Wisconsin Chapter 5, died June 22.

Thomas W. Weiss, 74, Illinois Chapter 534, died May 14.

William Chester West, Jr., 80, North Carolina Chapter 272, died
July 19.

Albert Jerome Yates, 67, Michigan Chapter 133, died June 4.

Arnold H. Young, 69, Vermont Chapter 843, died June 10.