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

Frederick W. Adams, Jr., 80, Delaware Chapter 850, died September 15.
Robert Leon Adams, 80, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died September 15, 2019.
Robert K. Allen, 72, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died recently.
Louis E. Amarosa, 76, at-large New York, died September 3.
Anthony Francis Amato, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 415, died July 11.
Donald Earl Anderson, 78, at-large Texas, died September 26.
Kenneth Lee Anderson, 73, Alabama Chapter 864, died September 25.
Leon L. Anderson, 89, Texas Chapter 844, died July 1.
David Ronald Armes, 73, North Carolina Chapter 994, died March 3.
Charles F. Averill, Jr., 68, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died May 6, 2016.
Donald A. Ballard, 73, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died April 6, 2020.
David Glenn Barbery, 75, Louisiana Chapter 1098, died August 22.
Rudolph Valentino Barbour, Sr., 90, North Carolina 892, died September 26.
David William Beck, 72, Michigan Chapter 313, died July 27.
Alfred Lewis Belville, 84, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died August 21.
Joseph Blumen, 88, at-large Rhode Island, died July 25, 2021.
Richard A. Bonneau, 77, at-large Rhode Island, died October 27, 2018.
John Thomas Bopp, 70, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died January 14.
Kenneth Vernon Bostick, 79, New Mexico Chapter 431, died May 28.
Gerald R. Boutin, 70, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died December 21, 2020.
Donald A. Breese, Jr., 87, at-large Alabama, died recently.
Farriel Ryan Britt, 75, North Carolina Chapter 966, died April 11.
Jack L. Brooks, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 115, died August 22.
James L. Brown, 75, Tennessee Chapter 240, died September 19.
Arthur Grover Browning, 89, North Carolina Chapter 994, died March 14, 2021.
Rudy Anthony Calooy, Sr., 94, Texas Chapter 1000, died July 1.
Aubie Camp, 76, Tennessee Chapter 203, died July 27.
Regis George Caouette, 76, Vermont Chapter 843, died July 31.
James Robert Childers, Jr., 88, North Carolina Chapter 654, died January 16.
George Laughton Claxton, 79, at-large Michigan, died August 22.
Peter Michael Conaty, 82, California Chapter 500, died July 31.
Beatrice Coon, 73, AVVA Vermont Chapter 753, died August 13.
James Willard Cox, 75, Michigan Chapter 154, died September 26.
Gordon Thedore Czoschke, 72, Wisconsin Chapter 437, died August 1.
Elmer David Darst, 72, Delaware Chapter 1095, died recently.
Dominick James Dellaccio, 77, New York Chapter 268, died August 8.
Albert Henri Detonnancourt, 80, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died August 7.
Carl Diettrich, 72, Texas Chapter 1013, died July 5.
Joseph S. Dubolino, III, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died September 29.
Bobby Michael Dupree, 82, Mississippi Chapter 997, died August 18.
Edward B. Dyer, 85, AVVA Rhode Island Chapter 818, died April 21.
Victor John Fahl, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 256, died February 20.
Robert Eugene Farland, 73, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died December 25, 2019.
Claude Smith Farmer, Jr., 80, Florida Chapter 1088, died August 2.
Randall J. Fearon, 74, Ohio Chapter 857, died August 29.
Leon J. Fields, 76, Virginia Chapter 81, died July 30.
Donald Franklin Gage, 81, Georgia Chapter 970, died May 25.
Fernando Garcia, 87, Texas Chapter 898, died August 7.
John Gibson, 71, Missouri Chapter 833, died September 4.
Howard G. Goebel, 68, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died December 31, 2015.
William H. Goldman, 92, Illinois Chapter 269, died July 13.
David Lee Grayson, 76, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died June 15.
Michael John Guzzo, Jr., 75, at-large Florida, died August 17.
Rodney Lee Hamilton, 73, Indiana Chapter 71, died September 4.
William Darrell Hansel, 76, Indiana Chapter 71, died September 21.
John M. Hanson, 74, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died January 25, 2021.
Lawrence A. Harrop, 73, at-large Rhode Island, died June 6.
John Keith Hassenplug, 75, California Chapter 201, died September 16.
James Michael Healy, 74, Massachusetts Chapter 111, died September 26.
John Spencer Hensely, Sr., 74, Kentucky Chapter 868, died September 2.
John H. Hill, 80, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died June 24, 2020.
Edgar A. Holspopple, 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died March 13.
John Horan, 72, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died June 20, 2021.
Morrison E. Horridge, Jr., 69, Rhode Island Chapter 325, died September 12, 2015.
Kenneth A. Howard, 70, Pennsylvania Chapter 415, died September 8.
Dennis Michael Hurley, 67, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died April 3, 2019.
Albert William Hurst, 74, Iowa Chapter 1102, died July 20.
Robert Wolcott Hutchins, 73, Delaware Chapter 850, died September 25.
Baxter Jones, 78, Kentucky Chapter 868, died August 26.
Edward Earl Jones, Jr., 69, Ohio Chapter 55, died September 18.
Anthony Halemano Kepano, Sr., 84, Hawaii Chapter 84, died August 8.
Linda A. Kozak, 71, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 623, died September 2.
John Kenneth Lee, 71, Tennessee Chapter 950, died September 17.
Michael Axel Lehto, 80, Texas Chapter 1000, died August 30.
Gerald Anthony Levano, 62, AVVA New York Chapter 82, died June 26.
Robert Manning, 82, Michigan Chapter 310, died recently.
John Harold Marshall, 77, Indiana Chapter 1027, died September 15.
John Anthony Martishius, Jr., 93, Florida Chapter 1059, died September 20.
David W. Mason, 81, at-large Oregon, died recently.
Raymond Joseph Massey, 69, at-large Rhode Island, died November 22, 2020.
Derrell Eugene Maxwell, 80, North Carolina Chapter 994, died January 10, 2021.
Samuel Joseph Mayeux, Jr., 75, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died September 9.
Joseph P. McAteer, 71, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died May 27, 2019.
William Peter McCarthy, 77, at-large Maryland, died December 22, 2021.
George Daniel McIntosh, 76, North Carolina Chapter 1116, died September 29.
David L. McIntyre, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 967, died January 13.
John Michael McNamee, 76, Rhode Island Chapter 325, died November 1, 2014.
James McQuillen, Jr., 68, Michigan Chapter 154, died July 21.
William Vincent McTaggart, Jr., 79, California Chapter 526, died September 10.
Louis Meglio, 72, at-large Rhode Island, died April 18, 2019.
David A. Middleton, 71, California Chapter 535, died June 18.
Donald E. Miller, 79, at-large Pennsylvania, died December 31, 2021.
Frederick William Mingledorff, Jr., 98, AVVA Georgia Chapter 789, died July 29.
James Daniel Moore, Jr., 80, North Carolina Chapter 892, died April 19.
Graham Denby Morey, 76, Indiana Chapter 295, died September 1.
Johnnie Roy Mosley, 78, North Carolina Chapter 892, died May 14.
Dennis Allan Naugle, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died February 27.
Steven B. Nygaard, 73, Michigan Chapter 345, died June 5.
John Joseph Obuchowski, 74, North Carolina Chapter 994, died May 31.
Robert J. O’Neill, 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died August 14.
Harry Ozias, 74, Tennessee Chapter 596, died August 9.
Robert D. Parvin, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 415, died July 23.
Ernest Marcel Patton, 77, Michigan Chapter 154, died September 29.
Layton Ellwood Payne, 77, Virginia Chapter 1061, died September 20.
Joseph Paul Pecoraro, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1089, died August 25.
George Phillips, 88, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died August 7.
James Coe Phillips, 75, Texas Chapter 1012, died January 4.
Geraldine Catherine Pierce, 82, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died August 25.
Paul Raymond Poirier, 71, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died January 31, 2017.
Ray D. Rader, 72, Ohio Chapter 97, died September 18.
Armando Ramirez, 74, Texas Chapter 898, died August 2.
Daniel Martin Reed, 71, at-large Michigan, died October 2.
Russell E. Rekas, 71, at-large Rhode Island, died March 11, 2019.
Sue Ann Rice, 87, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died April 28.
Carlos Robles, 72, Texas Chapter 574, died August 16.
Wayne Travis Rodgers, 74, North Carolina Chapter 1116, died July 11.
Edmund Alex Roscoe, 75, West Virginia Chapter 977, died August 24.
Norman W. Russell, 70, at-large Rhode Island, died November 27, 2018.
Edgar Hector Sanchez, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died February 15.
James Carl Sandeen, Jr., 75, at-large Michigan, died July 19.
Thomas Perry Sanders, 78, Kentucky Chapter 1006, died August 22.
David M. Santoy, 80, Texas Chapter 1013, died June 22.
William Schafer, 77, New York Chapter 421, died August 1.
Ricky Allen Schaller, 72, Wisconsin Chapter 409, died August 8.
Alvin L. Schultz, Sr., 75, Michigan Chapter 380, died June 4.
Robert Raymond Scott, Jr., 82, Michigan Chapter 154, died September 28.
Richard Serbin, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died September 8.
Patricia Short, 77, AVVA Ohio Chapter 649, died August 20.
Roy Blackadar Sinclair, Jr., 76, Texas Chapter 844, died August 10.
Donald Smith, 75, South Carolina Chapter 523, died recently.
Robert Chester Smith, 75, Ohio Chapter 97, died September 7.
Jerry L. Spence, 84, Tennessee Chapter 240, died September 5.
Robert Leigh Stocker, 74, at-large New Jersey, died August 21.
Ellis Willis Strickland, Jr., 75, Wisconsin Chapter 767, died August 5.
Joseph Szczesniak, 73, Minnesota Chapter 235, died August 5.
Angelo J. Tartaglione, 72, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died October 6, 2019.
Gordon Charles Thayer, 77, Wisconsin Chapter 1130, died August 19.
Willie Ray Thomas, 74, North Carolina Chapter 994, died June 26.
Delores Lorraine Tisinger, 74, AVVA Virginia Chapter 936, died May 10.
George Henry Tow, 75, Missouri Chapter 794, died October 11.
Joseph Timothy Tumidajewicz, 81, Massachusetts Chapter 111, died September 3.
John Owen Tyler, 75, Texas Chapter 457, died October 22.
Richard Duane Uherka, 74, Iowa Chapter 798, died June 13.
Ted Underwood, 75, North Carolina Chapter 980, died August 28.
Roger Theophiel Van Pamel, 74, Michigan Chapter 154, died August 2.
George F. Venable, Jr., 78, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died June 6.
Dennis Loyd Victorino, 72, Utah Chapter 961, died September 4.
Gilbert Omar Villareal, 75, Texas Chapter 870, died August 23.
Dennis L. Vinson, 74, North Carolina Chapter 994, died October 29, 2018.
Charles T. Walker, 76, Texas Chapter 987, died September 23.
Gordon J. Weidner, Jr., 74, Wisconsin Chapter 767, died July 5.
Harold James Welda, 79, Wisconsin Chapter 729, died September 15.
Samuel Keith Wheeler, 79, Michigan Chapter 310, died September 24.
William Major White, 74, Michigan Chapter 154, died August 4.
Joe Ray Whited, 81, at-large Louisiana, died September 26.
William E. Whitworth, 84, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died September 16.
Joseph Hamilton Wilcox, 71, Rhode Island Chapter 325, died November 2, 2018.
Hershel W. Williams, 98, West Virginia Chapter 949, died June 29.
Clifton Fayne Willis, 82, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died July 26.
Craig K. Wirth, 75, New York Chapter 20, died September 12.
Larry Eugene Woods, 76, Ohio Chapter 670, died August 13.
Gilbert Ray Yeatment, 89, Alabama Chapter 301, died August 28.

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