Taps

BY FATHER PHIL SALOIS, M.S.

Full, detailed, and expansive obituaries—
going back to 2009—are online at www.vva.org/taps.html

Lewis Eugene Abbott, 68, Colorado Chapter 1071, died November 16, 2012.

Vincent R. Anderson, 76, Texas Chapter 1012, died October 7.

Robert Jesse Andrews, 76, Florida Chapter 96, died September 16.

Lowell Ernest Bartel, 74, Iowa Chapter 667, died October 22.

Richard S. Bauman, 76, Illinois Chapter 242, died August 19.

James Herman Behrens, 77, South Carolina Chapter 1017, died September 2.

Charles H. Bertani, Sr., 85, New York Chapter 803, died October 29.

Clarence F. Bowermaster, 67, at-large Tennessee, died recently.

Dale Franklin Boyers, 72, Virginia Chapter 1061, died October 20.

Glen David Bressette, Sr., 73, Michigan Chapter 380, died October 21.

Larry James Brice, 71, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died November 25.

Walter Leo Brousseau, 77, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died November 14.

James Michael Brown, 74, Michigan Chapter 267, died September 19.

Donald Ray Bryant, 75, Indiana Chapter 71, died November 2.

Clayton LaRon Buettner, 83, Wisconsin Chapter 206, died December 1.

Deanna M. Burchell, 77, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died November 25.

James L. Burchett, 80, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died October 25.

Richard U. Burkhart, 73, New York Chapter 20, died October 17.

Thomas P. Camann, 81, New York Chapter 77, died October 31.

Glenn Leo Cave, 79, Virginia Chapter 752, died October 24.

Kenneth Albert Cook, 71, Virginia Chapter 1061, died December 4.

William E. Cooper, 79, Delaware Chapter 1105, died November 3.

Mike Cordero, 74, Florida Chapter 1036, died recently.

Raymond R. D’Alessandro, 90, New York Chapter 49, died September 26.

Donald Fred Dellapietro, 79, Florida Chapter 1088, died September 3.

Ronald C. Deverick, Sr., 71, Illinois Chapter 693, died September 30.

Thomas D. Devin, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died November 26.

Thomas Francis Devlin III, 73, Maryland Chapter 641, died November 4.

Richard E. Dobson, 77, Minnesota Chapter 684, died November 2.

Morris Houston Douglas, Jr., 75, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died October 15.

Howard J. Downing, Sr., 74, New York Chapter 103, died October 21.

Aloysius A. Doyle, 77, Florida Chapter 787, died December 12, 2012.

John E. Drake, 74, Texas Chapter 856, died November 24.

Nancy Christina Dudgeon, 80, Kentucky Chapter 1051, died November 12.

Chester Charles Dugas, 76, Louisiana Chapter 1058, died October 31.

John F. Eckert, 68, Massachusetts Chapter 111, died November 24.

Michael Joseph Estep, 65, Texas Chapter 1012, died July 21, 2018.

Curtis R. Evans, 74, Ohio Chapter 97, died October 30.

Michael Kent Ferguson, 72, Arizona Chapter 1011, died October 12.

Fred E. Feucht, 71, Kentucky Chapter 88, died July 21.

Joseph Edward Flynt, 79, Texas Chapter 1000, died October 26.

Robert A. Fogle, 77, Indiana Chapter 71, died November 13.

Joseph Formola, 74, New Jersey Chapter 800, died December 9.

Morris James Fortin, Jr., 72, Tennessee Chapter 596, died October 22.

David Lee Gibson, 83, Texas Chapter 1012, died December 3, 2019.

Marcel A. Godbout, 78, Massachusetts Chapter 207, died September 3.

Peggy Sue Goins-Sovine, 59, West Virginia Chapter 860, died August 12.

George Darrell Gorsuch, 82, at-large Indiana, died May 29.

James Graham, 77, Michigan Chapter 310, died December 12.

Harry H. Grainger, 73, Alabama Chapter 373, died December 23.

Harvey William Haerr, 74, Kentucky Chapter 1006, died September 27.

Raymond Earl Haines, 65, Maryland Chapter 172, died December 7.

Paul Wayne Hamblin, 70, Utah Chapter 961, died October 22.

Louis V. Hamilton, 76, Tennessee Chapter 1089, died November 17.

Robert John Hannan, 74, Vermont Chapter 601, died November 1.

Edward Lee Harris, 88, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died December 2.

Douglas Heber Harward, 68, Utah Chapter 1079, died November 13.

David W. Hill, 68, New York Chapter 803, died October 26.

Richard Russell Hoffman, 70, Georgia Chapter 772, died August 7.

Obbie J. Horton, Sr., 76, Alabama Chapter 416, died December 12.

Richard E. Howes, Jr., 77, Massachusetts Chapter 111, died November 10.

Robert A. Hunter, 74, at-large Massachusetts, died November 12.

Burton Ezra Irwin, Jr., 74, New York Chapter 140, died October 25.

Louis Charles Jezsik, 84, New York Chapter 20, died November 19.

Albert H. Kath III, 67, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died October 6.

Mike Kennedy, 74, Michigan Chapter 528, died November 17.

James Brian Kocjancich, 75, Florida Chapter 1036, died October 24.

Roderick V. Koon, 77, Kansas Chapter 912, died September 1.

Anthony J. Krysiak, 76, Maryland Chapter 965, died January 12, 2012.

William R. LaParl, 69, Michigan Chapter 284, died November 9.

Richard G. Lawrence, 72, Pennsylvania Chapter 1008, died November 11.

David Leonard, 69, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died recently.

Wiley Berle Leonard, 79, Texas Chapter 986, died November 19.

Charles E. Lewis, 75, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died December 20.

Eugene E. Lewis, 71, Tennessee Chapter 824, died November 10.

Leo P. Manley, 71, Kentucky Chapter 88, died May 16, 2019.

Anthony D. Mantuano, 73, New Jersey Chapter 233, died November 29.

John Wesley Manuel, 71, Alabama Chapter 416, died October 23.

Edward E. Marion, 74, Massachusetts Chapter 232, died November 10.

James Edward May, Jr., 74, New York Chapter 77, died November 19.

Jeffrey A. McCaw, 70, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died October 8.

Stephen Aaron Meade, 70, Virginia Chapter 617, died November 16.

Larry J. Meece, 75, at-large Missouri, died October 8.

Daniel Dale Metzger, 71, Ohio Chapter 1126, died October 25.

James Lewis Miller, 82, New York Chapter 103, died July 27.

William Patrick Monaghan, 76, Florida Chapter 1088, died September 24.

Ronald Frederick Moore, 73, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died August 25, 2017.

Donald Morrill, 73, at-large Illinois, died October 21.

Wayne Carroll Morrow, 74, at-large Maryland, died December 5.

William C. Murriel, 83, Tennessee Chapter 1124, died November 29.

Vincent John Nappa, 84, at-large Florida, died November 15.

Gene R. Nardi, 83, Florida Chapter 1059, died November 9.

Donald E. O’Dell, 86, Michigan Chapter 154, died October 22.

Rayon Latrille Ormond, Sr., 76, North Carolina Chapter 886, died October 3.

Sergio Arturo Orozco, 75, Michigan Chapter 73, died November  6.

Michael Patrick Parker, 69, Maryland Chapter 172, died October 25.

Eugene Franklin Persinger, 79, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died November 24.

Larry H. Pollmann, 73, Illinois Chapter 269, died October 12.

Thomas Shaw Pyle II, 85, North Carolina Chapter 994, died March 15.

Robert Reynolds, 74, Colorado Chapter 1075, died December 9.

George Ernest Robinette, 69, Maryland Chapter 172, died December 8.

Edward Michael Rush, Jr., 71, Delaware Chapter 83, died October 27.

Bobby Eugene Sanders, 79, Tennessee Chapter 942, died July 7.

LeRoy R. Schaub, 74, Florida Chapter 1059, died November 27.

John A. Schrader, 70, Florida Chapter 522, died recently.

Michael Jackson See, 75, Kentucky Chapter 88, died March 30, 2019.

Gilbert W. Seegert, 73, New York Chapter 459, died December 5.

Sara Alice Sellers, 87, Tennessee Chapter 824, died November 14.

Michael Stephen Sharo, Jr., 74, New Jersey Chapter 779, died December 13, 2019.

Howard Eldred Shoudy, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died November 2.

Gary R. Shuler, 80, Pennsylvania Chapter 542, died November 25.

Ronald Joseph Sinclair, Sr., 76, Maryland Chapter 172, died November 11.

Alan Lawrence Smith, 74, New Jersey Chapter 233, died October 23.

Kevin Lee Smith, 41, Michigan Chapter 109, died November 1.

Lawrence E. Sourbeer, 75, Colorado Chapter 1071, died September 30.

Willie Grey Alexander Staton, 78, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died December 2.

Manuel Sustaita, 76, Texas Chapter 1012, died May 30.

Cecil E. Sweatt, 79, California Chapter 391, died July 2.

William L. Taylor, 73, Alabama Chapter 864, died November 25.

Robert M. Toth, 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died November 20.

Ford Jackson Townsend, 70, Tennessee Chapter 824, died December 21.

David Trevino, 70, Michigan Chapter 267, died September 24.

Pedro Valdez, Jr., 75, Texas Chapter 574, died November 3.

Dennis R. Vandermay, 77, Minnesota Chapter 290, died November 28.

Herbert R. Voelkel, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 466, died recently.

Tony Richard Walker, 77, Indiana Chapter 71, died October 30.

Glenn R. Walters, 71, Kentucky Chapter 454, died October 26.

Terry Dale Watson, 66, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died November 3.

Wayne E. Weaver, Sr., 70, Michigan Chapter 284, died August 25.

Wayne Ray Wicklund, 72, Arizona Chapter 1011, died October 3.

Richard Claude Wing, Sr., 74, Wisconsin Chapter 437, died December 5.

Joseph Christy Woods, Sr., 81, Texas Chapter 292, died November 1.

Gerald A. Woten, 69, Ohio Chapter 783, died November 10.

Robert Emerson Wright, Jr., 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 542, died August 25.

Donald Allen Young, 71, New York Chapter 20, died November 19.

Kelly Ross Zadakaus, Sr., 74, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died November 2.

Gerald Lee Zeckmeister, 71, Wisconsin Chapter 448, died November 27.

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