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

William D. Adams, 77, Michigan Chapter 528, died January 2.

George E. Adrian, 72, Wisconsin Chapter 92, died June 7.

Michael Keith Anderson, 72, Ohio Chapter 954, died July 7.

Richard G. Anderson, 78, California Chapter 472, died recently.

Russell Patterson Ashton, 72, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died July 12.

William H. Atkeison, 74, Alabama Chapter 864, died August 1.

Reverend John Francis Attaway, 76, Missouri Chapter 458, died July 14.

Phillip Dewitt Bagwell, 73, Alabama Chapter 416, died July 15.

William Bruce Baker, 70, Michigan Chapter 175, died May 14.

Charles R. Barber, Jr., 77, Alabama Chapter 416, died April 15.

George Francis Bauckham III, 82, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died June 5.

Michael Eugene Biggie, 77, Vermont Chapter 753, died July 11.

John Eugene Boeddeker, 73, at-large Virginia, died May 25.

Thomas A. Boose, 74, Ohio Chapter 35, died December 26, 2020.

Michael L. Borg, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died April 25.

Paul G. Boswell, 73, New York Chapter 77, died November 15, 2020.

Wanda Fay Bradley, 85, West Virginia Chapter 628, died April 24.

Roy James Brewer, 78, Florida Chapter 566, died July 12.

Larry Darnell Burney, 70, North Carolina Chapter 892, died May 25.

Robert Cooper Carnes, Jr., 73, Tennessee Chapter 203, diedDecember 13, 2020.

Richard Cekoric, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died June 11.

John Gregory Chambers, 74, Florida Chapter 1088, died January 8.

Leonard Leroy Chapin, 72, Indiana Chapter 71, died July 5.

Brent James Cobb, 73, Illinois Chapter 669, died June 14.

Dennis Gene Cole, 73, California Chapter 355, died June 17.

Linda Jones Cole, 75, Virginia Chapter 196, died June 2.

Timothy Jay Collins, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 678, died January 30, 2020.

Andrew Percy Condon, 71, Tennessee Chapter 1089, died May 28.

Marshall Geoffrey Cooper, 79, North Carolina Chapter 980, died February 24.

Michael J. Cordero, Jr., 70, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died June 5.

Eric Gaston Czernowski, 72, Oregon Chapter 585, died April 12.

Lloyd W. Davis, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 767, died August 20, 2020.

Carmine A. Defino, 72, New York Chapter 140, died July 26.

Robert Vincent DeMarco, 79, New York Chapter 49, died December 21, 2020.

Wilbert Lawrence Derr, Jr., 74, Delaware Chapter 1105, died June 4.

Michael Clarence DeSando, 72, at-large Oregon, died May 26.

Lafayette Donaldson, 83, Philippines Chapter 887, died March 24.

John S. Dorsey, Jr., 76, Wisconsin Chapter 5, died October 17, 2020.

Ronald Lynn Eary, 74, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died July 27.

Earl W. Edwards, 81, California Chapter 201, died June 2020.

Wayne Donald Ellefson, 66, North Dakota Chapter 941, died June 16.

William R. Erberle, 76, New York Chapter 72, died July 4.

Fred Joe Fah, 66, Oregon Chapter 392, died July 2.

Louis A. Farnish, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died June 6.

Dale Leonard Fisher, 73, Michigan Chapter 528, died June 3.

David L. Fronk, 74, Ohio Chapter 954, died June 3.

John Roland Garrett, 73, Illinois Chapter 269, died July 6.

Loren Lee Gass, 72, at-large Texas, died February 28, 2018.

Robert John Gaydosh, 79, New Jersey Chapter 233, died August 3.

Larry James Goodwin, 73, Wyoming Chapter 99, died March 7, 2020.

Terry W. Gorton, 75, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died June 18.

Billy H. Grant, 80, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died July 29.

Sidney S. Graubard, Jr., 88, New York Chapter 803, died July 6.

Roger Dale Greenlee, 73, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died June 11.

Gary R. Greeno, Sr., 72, Vermont Chapter 753, died May 29.

William M. Hannay III, 75, Illinois Chapter 311, died August 11, 2020.

Sharon Harden, 72, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died July 30.

Daniel C. Haupt, 71, New York Chapter 803, died July 7.

Thomas Helinski, 75, Michigan Chapter 1047, died April 15, 2020.

Richard Raymond Hendrickson, 71, Texas Chapter 863, died June 25.

Joseph Robert Herbert, 75, Wisconsin Chapter 324, died August 19, 2020.

Te-ata Renee Hery, 81, Virginia Chapter 957, died June 4, 2020.

Robert E. Hinton, 72, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died July 16.

Elvin DeWayne Holliday, 69, Louisiana Chapter 1138, died July 4.

Frank Ernest Hollister, 72, New York Chapter 193, died June 8.

Paul Dennis Horne, 70, Ohio Chapter 35, died January 24, 2012.

Frederick Robert Howard, 74, Wisconsin Chapter 5, died May 26.

Joseph L. Hoyka, 76, Iowa Chapter 490, died July 1.

Hal Foscue Humphrey, Sr., 94, North Carolina Chapter 886, died May 13.

Harold H. Hunter, 73, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died August 2.

Dale Robert Hurt, 78, Indiana Chapter 1027, died June 6.

Leo Jans, 77, North Dakota Chapter 941, died July 18.

Michael A. Jeffords, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died June 2.

Harold Jones, 71, Michigan Chapter 142, died May 13.

Donald Joseph Junek, 75, Michigan Chapter 571, died July 26.

Ivan Earl Keefer, 76, Indiana Chapter 295, died December 24, 2020.

Franklin Delano Key, 71, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died November 7, 2019.

Robert Leon Kieffer, 73, Tennessee Chapter 1089, died June 21.

Gerald Scott Knight, 74, Florida Chapter 1059, died July 26.

Robert A. Koeller, 75, North Dakota Chapter 150, died June 20.

Michael J. Kowalski, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 131, died March 22.

Henry James Labik, 74, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died June 21.

Anthony Michael LaMantia, 74, Iowa Chapter 776, died October 24, 2020.

Robert Larry Lamb, 76, Georgia Chapter 1090, died June 5.

Arthur William Lankford, Sr., 75, Maryland Chapter 965, died June 28.

Donald Domenick Latorre, 72, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died October 29, 2020.

Jerry A. Lehman, 77, Ohio Chapter 1045, died May 4.

John A. Lipp, Jr., 73, Indiana Chapter 1027, died July 26.

Ronnie Lynn Long, 71, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died May 30.

Donald David Luckett, 75, Tennessee Chapter 950, died June 1.

Stuart Blair Maguire, 68, Massachusetts Chapter 116, died May 3, 2020.

James R. Manion, 77, California Chapter 355, died recently.

Hollis H. McCoy, 79, at-large California, died May 19, 2020.

James J. McDonald, Sr., 70, New York Chapter 459, died June 25.

Samuel Anthony Messel, 80, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died July 7.

Richard Leon Miller, 78, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died June 2.

Lester Paul Miskimon, Jr., 77, Maryland Chapter 965, died October 20, 2020.

Lonnie J. Murray, 68, Alabama Chapter 416, died May 19.

Timothy Miles Nations, 75, Iowa Chapter 776, died June 4.

James Ash Nusser, 69, Ohio Chapter 440, died June 3.

Ronald C. Ondrejko, 72, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died June 27.

Keith Montgomery Ott, 83, California Chapter 201, died May 24.

Jesse Lee Owens, 73, Tennessee Chapter 950, died June 13.

John F. Panciera, 74, Connecticut Chapter 120, died March 30.

Andrew Stimson Paterson, Sr., 76, Virginia Chapter 957, died March 21.

Joseph N. Patz, 80, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died May 20.

Gibson Grover Paul, Jr., 74, North Carolina Chapter 1136, died April 4.

Paul Pitts, 72, Arizona Chapter 975, died June 18.

John P. Rahill, 79, New Jersey Chapter 12, died June 22.

John Ryan Ratzer, Sr., 75, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died February 22.

Michael Harley Redlin, 74, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died June 19.

Ronald L. Reedy, 73, Ohio Chapter 35, died October 2, 2020.

William E. Reid, 73, Iowa Chapter 776, died June 2.

Everett Ray Rigsby, Jr., 72, North Carolina Chapter 1136, died July 13.

Miguel Rios, 80, Texas Chapter 574, died February 4.

William Anthony Rodgers, 72, Arizona Chapter 1011, died June 4.

George C. Rogers, Jr., 92, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died April 25.

Francis Rowe, 85, Pennsylvania Chapter 542, died May 19.

Luttrell G. Schettler, 86, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died June 25.

Brian Herbert Schlifke, 76, Kentucky Chapter 1066, died June 20.

Francis Leroy Schrader, 78, Ohio Chapter 1045, died November 25, 2020.

George Wesley Schultheiss, Jr., 72, Tennessee Chapter 995, died May 12.

Donald Lee Schulze, 73, Philippines Chapter 887, died March 30.

Henry J. Schumer, 70, at-large Minnesota, died April 21.

Betty Denise Sellers, 68, North Carolina Chapter 962, died June 11.

Warder L. Shires, 88, Nebraska Chapter 727, died March 6.

Ken R. Skinner, 70, New York Chapter 459, died July 17.

Richard Dale Smith, 72, Georgia Chapter 1101, died August 7, 2020.

Shermie Willie Snider, 68, Vermont Chapter 753, died December 28, 2020.

Lawrence E. Sourbeer, 75, Colorado Chapter 1071, died September 30, 2020.

Maria T. Sowul, 76, New Jersey Chapter 721, died July 22.

Ronald Dean Sparrow, 71, Texas Chapter 844, died April 22.

Dennis Carl Stodolak, Sr., 71, Michigan Chapter 390, died April 4.

Kenneth D. Storjohann, 75, Iowa Chapter 776, died January 2.

Alvin John Stubenvoll, 77, New York Chapter 49, died June 30.

Charles M. Sutterfield, 73, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died June 22.

Joseph Linus Sutton, 71, Minnesota Chapter 1110, died April 3.

William G. Swartz, 84, Arizona Chapter 106, died July 11.

Oscar R. Tassone, 79, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died August 1.

Ronald Lee Taylor, 74, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died November 18, 2020.

Ralph Stanley Turner, Jr., 76, Maryland Chapter 451, died May 2.

Timothy L. Uhl, 72, Ohio Chapter 1045, died April 20.

Donald C. Unangst, Jr., 73, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died January 4.

Michael M. Welch, 75, California Chapter 53, died recently.

John D. White, Jr., 74, California Chapter 400, died June 2020.

Bernard Dale Wilfong, 78, Virginia Chapter 1061, died June 15.

James A. Wilhite, 84, Florida Chapter 1097, died April 2.

Millard James Willis, 78, Oregon Chapter 585, died June 14.

Edward Winder, 77, New Jersey Chapter 12, died June 1,

Alan Edward Winter, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 767, died March 24.

Edward Peter Wisniewski, Jr., 76, Maryland Chapter 965, died May 30.

Delbert Lynn Withrow, 73, Missouri Chapter 1056, died May 6.

Leonard Kalua Worland, 78, New Jersey Chapter 12, died April 9.

Gerald Hisayoshi Yamamoto, 78, California Chapter 53, died July 20.

Michael Lee Yates, 72, Ohio Chapter 1045, died May 7.

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