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

Manuel Almeida, 92, New Jersey Chapter 12, died December 5.

Aurelio Alvarez, 78, Florida Chapter 620, died October 13.

Charles Ricardo Alvarez, 76, Texas Chapter 574, died December 7.

Leonard Albert Anderson, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 1130, died October 25.

Leroy Francis Antetomaso, Jr., 77, Florida Chapter 1036, died October 16.

Carlos Arguelles, 72, Florida Chapter 620, died December 8.

Claude Franklin Bates, Jr., 74, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died January 23.

Juan Mario Blanco, Jr., 74, Texas Chapter 915, died May 22.

James A. Brumm, 82, North Carolina Chapter 885, died August 1.

Bobby L. Bryant, 71, Michigan Chapter 9, died December 30.

Steven L. Buck, 75, Montana Chapter 1087, died recently.

Timothy James Caldwell, 67, Ohio Chapter 55, died December 6.

George A. Carrelli, Sr., 72, Massachusetts Chapter 837, died December 19.

Lawrence W. Carter, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 542, died December 20.

Ravin Eugene Childress, 73, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died January 10.

Robert E. Chisolm, 96, Texas Chapter 844, died January 4.

Robert M. Clear, 76, Michigan Chapter 109, died October 10.

Marcus Johnny Cooper, 74, Georgia Chapter 772, died November 19.

Kenneth R. Copp, 74, Florida Chapter 1036, died August 28.

Thomas J. Costello, 74, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died January 15.

Bryant R. Currier, 72, Florida Chapter 1036, died December 15.

Eddie Dabney, Sr., 85, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died January 10.

Jon August Dahlke, 77, South Dakota Chapter 463, died January 14.

Edward C. Davis, 85, Michigan Chapter 18, died May 20.

John Harrison Davis, Jr., 74, Virginia Chapter 1061, died January 20.

Paul Edward Day, 78, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died January 15.

August A. De La Pena, 75, Texas Chapter 870, died December 5.

Daniel Anthony Denesevich, 75, New Jersey Chapter 825, died January 21.

Michael D. Dorman, 74, Iowa Chapter 790, died recently.

Newton Warren Earl, Jr., 74, Minnesota Chapter 235, died January 12.

James William Egan, 73, Ohio Chapter 249, died April 2.

Robert Luis Esquibel, 74, Colorado Chapter 1075, died December 7.

Donald Ray Farlow, 74, West Virginia Chapter 1072, died October 23.

Larry Herbert Farmer, 73, North Carolina Chapter 885, died August 9.

Stefan Fonod, 73, Missouri Chapter 1028, died May 22.

Paul Eugene Francoeur, 83, Texas Chapter 1069, died October 25.

Dennis Michael Gehley, 74, Virginia Chapter 617, died January 27.

David Allen Goodrow, 79, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died December 25.

Thomas Dudley Graybeal, 71, West Virginia Chapter 949, died October 4.

Douglas P. Habib, 74, Massachusetts Chapter 207, died December 18.

William H. Hall, 90, Tennessee Chapter 950, died January 23.

Arvold Lee Hardie, 80, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died January 16.

Daniel Thomas Hartfield, 83, Virginia Chapter 936, died January 6.

Harry Lynn Hayes, 72, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died December 29.

Arturo Miranda Herrera, 74, Texas Chapter 574, died May 6.

Wesley G. Herweck, 76, Missouri Chapter 1028, died December 25, 2020.

Edward Joseph Hess, Jr., 73, North Carolina Chapter 885, died December 16.

Alexander Alan Hill, 76, Texas Chapter 863, died January 19.

Fredric Douglas Hillmann, 75, New York Chapter 49, died December 8.

Frankin R. Hise, 81, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died January 8.

William James Hoag, 78, Ohio Chapter 249, died July 10.

Thomas Holmes, Jr., 71, North Carolina Chapter 885, died April 5.

Roger Franklin Houck, 71, Ohio Chapter 709, died June 6.

Louis Jampetro, Sr., 82, New Jersey Chapter 899, died October 13.

Donald E. Johnston, 88, Missouri Chapter 1028, died April 17, 2020.

Brenton Charles King, 72, Arizona Chapter 1093, died December 25.

John W. Kraft, Jr., 75, Delaware Chapter 1105, died August 11.

Melvin Bruce Lane, 71, New York Chapter 140, died January 8.

William C. Lattin, 73, Idaho Chapter 972, died December 6.

Stephen McClean, 75, New York Chapter 49, died recently.

William M. McElroy, 74, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died recently.

Earl G. McEntire, 65, Missouri Chapter 70, died December 11.

Anthony A. Milano, 77, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died February 11.

Edward Richard Miller, Sr., 70, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died December 2.

Pasquale A. Montilli, New York Chapter 82, died December 24.

Frank Auburn Mullis, 75, Georgia Chapter 671, died July 3.

Paul William Nimchick, Jr., 77, Massachusetts Chapter 219, died December 31.

Eugene A. Ohnheiser, 79, Texas Chapter 870, died December 23.

Eric Jon Olson, 72, Oregon Chapter 585, died November 24.

William Dandridge Paschall, 90, North Carolina Chapter 885, died March 17.

Robert A. Petermeyer, 74, Illinois Chapter 269, died December 16.

Clarence R. Petrykowski, 77, Michigan Chapter 154, died January 10.

Leonard S. Pitek, 81, Michigan Chapter 267, died January 5.

Leroy Poe, Jr., 73, North Carolina Chapter 892, died December 18.

Daniel Houston Pratt, 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died November 14.

Joseph Andrew Prush, 72, Michigan Chapter 154, died January 18.

Darrell Stacy Ramsden, 86, Florida Chapter 594, died December 20.

William Victor Rathge, 71, Ohio Chapter 954, died January 16.

George R. Reagan, 79, Florida Chapter 1048, died January 3.

Richard L. Roberts, 87, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died December 20.

Cruz Sanchez, 80, Texas Chapter 574, died December 8.

Robert Leonard Sawyer, 77, Florida Chapter 1036, died August 31.

Lawrence G. Schaefer, 73, Colorado Chapter 1075, died recently.

Allen Paul Schaerges, 74, Michigan Chapter 9, died March 9.

Charles Ralph Schiavo, Jr., 73, New York Chapter 49, died November 22.

Michael J. Schwartz, Sr., 73, New York Chapter 20, died November 11.

Arthur Esparza Seelig, 89, Texas Chapter 844, died December 4.

Gary Jon Seifert, Sr., 83, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died December 29.

Paul Zane Shelton, 75, Missouri Chapter 1028, died November 3.

Linda Sue Shumard, 84, South Carolina Chapter 303, died January 3.

Thomas William Sniadach, 73, at-large Tennessee, died January 3.

Francesco Spremulli, 73, Ohio Chapter 249, died June 7.

Gary Wayne Strickland, 74, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died December 24.

Paul W. Sullivan, 72, New York Chapter 193, died January 3.

Homer M. Tack, Jr., 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died January 21.

Harold A. Thom, 72, Wisconsin Chapter 409, died January 17.

Gerald Phillip Thompson, 84, at-large Tennessee, died December 27.

Clarence Eugene Wagler, 81, Iowa Chapter 790, died January 13.

Dale Evan Walker, Sr., 70, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died December 22.

James Harold Watrous, 76, Alabama Chapter 511, died August 25.

George Michael Weiss, 78, New Jersey Chapter 1068, died December 25.

Judy Ann Weist, 82, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died January 8.

Vernon Richard Wheeler, 78, Montana Chapter 1087, died December 21.

Jack David Whidden, Jr., 79, Georgia Chapter 772, died November 7.

Norman D. Windsor, 89, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died December 11.

James Joseph Wlodarczyk, 72, Florida Chapter 1088, died January 14.

Dennis Theodore Woltering, 74, Illinois Chapter 269, died January 13.

Gerard J. Woods, 73, at-large Pennsylvania, died October 5.

Michael Joseph Woods, 77, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died January 22.

Dale R. Worline, 75, Ohio Chapter 954, died November 13.

Richard Zalenkanskas, 71, New Jersey Chapter 688, died December 11.

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