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From the National Chaplain, September/October 2022 -   -  
   

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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


Eugene R. Aarrestad, 75 Montana Chapter 938, died January 27, 2021.
Gary Lawrence Abbate, 72, New Jersey Chapter 800, died August 14, 2021.
George Armaniaco, Jr., 71, New Jersey Chapter 800, died April 19.
Christopher J. Baird, 73, South Carolina Chapter 523,
died September 25, 2021.
Enrique Bassas, 74, Florida Chapter 620, died March 13.
Timothy J. Bechtel, 80, Florida Chapter 566, died May 4.
William H. Beckman, 75, Montana Chapter 938, died March 7.
Roberto Duran Bejarano, 74, Texas Chapter 844, died May 26.
Eddie Lee Bell, Sr., 74, Texas Chapter 1000, died May 25.
Fred Quay Bishop, Jr., 75, Indiana Chapter 295, died May 29.
Thomas R. Blandford, 75, Indiana Chapter 295, died July 17.
Kent W. Boam, 75, Utah Chapter 1079, died April 7.
Robert Leroy Bonar, 79, Michigan Chapter 154, died April 23.
Donald Alan Breese, Jr., 87, at-large Alaska,
died November 28, 2021.
Richard William Brundage, 81, Kansas Chapter 75, died June 24.
Leon Wilson Bughman, 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 1008,
died April 26.
Danny Lynn Burchfield, 72, Michigan Chapter 142, died July 7.
Luis Cantu, 90, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died June 9.
Joseph Carter, Sr., 76, Georgia Chapter 671, died May 28.
Nestor C. Chamberland, Jr., 74, Rhode Island Chapter 818,
died July 1.
Albert L. Chiola, Sr., 72, New Jersey Chapter 233, died January 2.
James Addison Clark, Jr., 83, Georgia Chapter 970, died April 15.
Linda Sue Conway, 71, AVVA Indiana Chapter 295, died May 10.
Ronald Lee Cooper, 89, Georgia Chapter 1090, died April 16.
Thomas H. Corey, 77, founding President of Florida Chapter 25, VVA National President (2001-05), died June 6.
Pamela Jean Coulbourne, 75, AVVA West Virginia Chapter 628, died June 10.
Pervis Berry Crowe, 73, Kentucky Chapter 454, died July 5.
Kenneth Edward Czarnecki, 79, Texas Chapter 1000, died May 1.
Frank L. Davis, 74, New York Chapter 803, died June 13.
William R. Dement, Jr., 76, Texas Chapter 870, died March 5.
Lawrence Walter Derkacz, 79, Michigan Chapter 154,
died June 12.
Thomas Lloyd Derry, Sr., 87, Tennessee Chapter 1073,
died July 2.
Harold E. Draves, 73, Indiana Chapter 1027, died June 10.
Harry Lloyd Dugan, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1140, died July 1.
Lowell Roscoe Duff, 77, Wisconsin Chapter 729, died May 16.
Richard Stephen Earley, 79, Massachusetts Chapter 116,
died June 5.
Lester Henry Eldridge, Sr., 81, Massachusetts Chapter 219,
died June 1.
Roy Robert Elliot, 77, Donor for Indiana, died December 1, 2021.
Gary L. Evans, 75, Ohio Chapter 55, died May 6.
Harold Joel Feibelman, 75, New Jersey Chapter 800, vdied February 15.
Richard A. Foltz, 74, Wisconsin Chapter 448, died June 15.
Donald Lee Force, 76, New Jersey Chapter 452, died January 19.
Floyd Eugene Franks, 73, Ohio Chapter 954, died April 29.
Deborah Lee Freberg, 70, AVVA Wisconsin Chapter 1130, vdied January 8.
Stephen J. Gallagher, 65, California Chapter 223, died May 3.
Robert Garcia, 85, West Virginia Chapter 1055, died May 19.
Fred D. Gerondale, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died June 17.
Teddy Gibson, 76, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died April 29.
Wendell H. Gilbert, Jr., 91, at-large Tennessee, died July 8.
Edward Joseph Grillot, 72, Iowa Chapter 776, died June 4.
Rocky J. Gringer, 75, New York Chapter 193, died June 13.
Wayne Edward Guinn, 78, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died June 29.
Owen Stanford Haddock, 80, Tennessee Chapter 1078,
died July 17.
Thomas Allen Haddox, 85, Washington Chapter 165, died May 5.
Robert D. Hammer, 76, Florida Chapter 1036, died June 14.
Elwood James Hammond, Jr., 75, New York Chapter 77,
died May 9.
Carl Elgin Harris, 86, Florida Chapter 787, died June 6.
William McKinley Harrison, 89, North Carolina Chapter 886, died May 7.
George Schuler Haskell, 79, Pennsylvania Chapter 862,
died July 12.
Reverend Dr. David W. Helmke, 77, Arizona Chapter 432, died January 14.
Jesse M. Hernandez, 90, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died June 30.
Leonard Eugene Hilton, 72, Pennsylvania Chapter 1008,
died June 14.
Herman J. Hinrichs, 79, Indiana Chapter 71, died June 27.
Charles Edward Hogg, Jr., 73, Florida Chapter 787,
died January 23.
Arnold H. Hokins, 74, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died April 6.
Michael Lowell Hollenbeck, 75, New York Chapter 803,
died June 26.
Marvin Allen Holmes, 81, Tennessee Chapter 824, died March 28.
Myron M. Holmes, 83, Florida Chapter 1059, died June 5.
Edward Stephen Houston, 65, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died June 11.
Leland Carl Hove, 71, Wyoming Chapter 99, died April 15.
William Harry Hurier, 80, Washington Chapter 165,
died February 24.
Tony Benjamin Jenkins, Jr., 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 266,
died June 18.
Edward Worley Johnson, 72, South Dakota Chapter 1054,
died June 8.
Gary Neal Johnston, 76, North Carolina Chapter 886, died April 30.
David Daniel Juranek, 71, Texas Chapter 1069, died June 28.
William R. Keck, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died May 20.
Raymond Lewis Kerns, 78, Tennessee Chapter 942, died May 26.
Robert Scott Ketterer, 65, Pennsylvania Chapter 862,
died June 24.
Robert Benedict Kirland, 86, South Dakota Chapter 463,
died May 9.
Luther Carl Koerner, 76, at-large Arizona, died October 1, 2021.
Frank Korywchak, 89, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died April 15.
Robert A. Kuhl, 74, Illinois Chapter 269, died April 18.
Jerry Eugene Lallemand, 78, Tennessee Chapter 1004,
died June 20.
James Robert Laskey, Sr., 78, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died March 16, 2021.
Terrance L. Laufer, Sr., 72, Arizona Chapter 975, died April 3.
Ronald A. Lee, 77, Utah Chapter 961, died June 2.
William Henry Allen Lewis, Jr., 77, Texas Chapter 1000,
died July 7.
Dean E. Lilac, Sr., 75, New York Chapter 77, died May 14.
Carl Bradley Lindsey, Jr., 76, Indiana Chapter 777, died July 1.
Paul James Locke, 83, Alabama Chapter 416, died January 21.
Jerry Luper, 74, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died June 11.
Richard A. Markham, Jr., 81, Michigan Chapter 154, died May 6.
Michael D. Marnach, Sr., 71, Kansas Chapter 604, died March 17.
Jerry Thomas McCombs, 74, Tennessee Chapter 203, died September 8, 2021.
Lester Waynd McCormick, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1089,
died April 15.
Craig Lowell Meadors, 80, California Chapter 933, died April 14.
David John Meyers, 73, Minnesota Chapter 1110, died May 5.
Frank Joseph Meyers, Jr., 76, Kansas Chapter 75, died July 14.
Judith Marie Mitchell, 74, AVVA Kentucky Chapter 454,
died June 27.
Mark A. Mittleman, 72, Michigan Chapter 528, died July 5.
Leroy A. Mobley, 77, Florida Chapter 1037, died April 20.
Joseph P. Miloni, 91, Texas Chapter 457, died July 11.
Thomas Deason Moon, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died May 9.
Herman Nagora, 75, New York Chapter 421, died May 10.
Walter Richard Naylor, 76, Illinois Chapter 693, died June 30.
James Douglas Neill, 77, Nebraska Chapter 397, died June 19.
James Orvell Newsome, 81, Utah Chapter 1079, died May 15.
Ronald Wayne Norris, 74, Texas Chapter 457, died March 15.
Joseph John Notarianni, 71, Florida Chapter 1036, died April 23.
Thomas O’Brien, 74, New York Chapter 72, died June 16.
Michael A. Orlando, 75, New Jersey Chapter 233, died July 16.
Dennis L. Ouradnik, 74, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died May 7.
John B. Paulsen, 75, Colorado Chapter 1106, died June 21.
Doris Coleen Payne, 83, AVVA Oklahoma Chapter 940, died January 16.
James Francis Penrod, 72, Michigan Chapter 154,
died October 4, 2021.
Shirley C. Perkins, 84, AVVA Texas Chapter 987, died May 10.
Thomas E. Pesanka, 74, Wisconsin Chapter 115, died April 23.
Gary L. Peterson, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died May 2.
Frank A. Piertopolo, 76, at-large New York, died May 3.
Gary Norris Pritchard, 76, Michigan Chapter 528, died May 31.
Eduardo Maximo Ramos, 74, Illinois Chapter 299, died July 5.
Juan Ramos, 74, New York Chapter 72, died July 2.
Reuben Earnest Redd, 75, Alabama Chapter 607, died July 1.
Sue Ann Rice, 87, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died April 28.
Howard Richmond, 78, Florida Chapter 1080, died June 28.
Robert F. Rogers, 93, California Chapter 1024, died recently.
James Albert Rose, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died June 22.
David M. Rothernhoefer, 78, Indiana Chapter 1027, died April 9.
Ronald L. Russell, 88, Ohio Chapter 157, died October 22, 2021.
Douglas John Sajewich, 79, North Carolina Chapter 966,
died July 3.
Dr. Ronald G. Sarg, 77, Delaware Chapter 850, died July 22.
Raymond George Schwedhelm, 76, New Jersey Chapter 800,
died March 6.
Roger Harold Scritchfield, 74, Ohio Chapter 717, died April 7.
Richard Scuteri, 89, New York Chapter 803, died June 5.
Jackie Patrick Segura, 82, Louisiana Chapter 141,
died November 22, 2021.
John F. Seletyn, Jr., 73, New Jersey Chapter 452, died March 8.
Wilford Abbot Sellers, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died May 28.
Thomas D. Shackelford, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 729, died June 18.
Donald F. Shaw, 81, Pennsylvania Chapter 974, died January 7.
Basil Raymond Shepherd, 74, Indiana Chapter 1027,
died June 16.
Brenda Carol Spagnola, 74, AVVA Kentucky Chapter 454,
died May 12.
Jon DeLos Sprague, 84, Kansas Chapter 75, died January 23.
Raymond Edward Stamps, Sr., 77, Tennessee Chapter 1140,
died July 4.
Frederick A. Steinkirchner, 109, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died April 16.
Ronald David Sukenick, 72, Indiana Chapter 295, died June 18.
Donald V. Sullivan, 75, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died June 15.
Max James Tague, 74, Illinois Chapter 299, died April 30, 2021.
Tony Leonard Taylor, 75, at-large North Carolina,
died November 11, 2021.
David William Thomas, 81, Kentucky Chapter 454, died May 20.
Albert A. Timmermann, Jr., 79, Illinois Chapter 269, died June 13.
Manuel Antonio Ugalde, 77, Florida Chapter 620, died May 3.
Partick Earl VanAlstine, 74, Michigan Chapter 274, died May 6.
Paul Francis Wafalowski, Jr., 72, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died June 2.
Herman Jennings Wagner, Jr., 89, Delaware Chapter 850, died July 5.
Wilbur Lee Walk, Sr., 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 967,
died October 6, 2019.
Johnnie Joe Walker, 74, Missouri Chapter 918, died February 7.
Thomas Jeffery Webb, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died March 9.
David Kenneth Webber, 73, Massachusetts Chapter 219,
died April 1.
Clarence F. White, Jr., 77, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died July 9.
Paul M. Williams, 83, North Carolina Chapter 885,
died May 16, 2021.
Michael Aubrey Wills, 77, Nebraska Chapter 279, died March 29.
Jerry Lawrence Wilson, 85, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died May 2.
Douglas John Wolfe, 80, New York Chapter 803, died July 7.
Otis Ray Woodfin, Sr., 73, Texas Chapter 457, died March 21.
Herbert W. Worthington, Jr., 75, New Jersey Chapter 12, died April 26.
Stephen L. Wrigley, 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died May 1.
Michael H. Yarbro, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died June 27.
Joseph R. Zakrzewski, 73, Ohio Chapter 717, died July 9, 2021.

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