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

Jerry Wayne Abston, 78, Alabama Chapter 416, died July 28, 2022.
Gary Richard Amerling, 73, Michigan Chapter 175, died February 7.
Dr. Gordon K. Amsbary, 78, Ohio Chapter 709, died January 26.
Dennis John Andras, 74, Louisiana Chapter 553, died February 12.
Robert A. Ashbrook, 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died February 4.
Charles Menno Bahr, 79, New Mexico Chapter 1062, died March 19.
Robert LeRoy Bainbridge, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died February 3.
Bruce A. Baker, 75, West Virginia Chapter 628, died recently.
Carl Edward Boley, 89, Missouri Chapter 1028, died November 9, 2022.
John Bommarito, 75, Michigan Chapter 154, died January 18.
James G. Bonstein, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 415, died February 25.
Jessie Bridges, Jr., 91, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died February 25.
David Allen Brown, 73, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died February 6.
Fred Brown, 70, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died in 2013.
Willard Brown, Jr., 84, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died February 8.
William Paul Brown, 70, Texas Chapter 343, died January 19.
Keith H. Bullion, 72, Wisconsin Chapter 256, died January 11, 2022.
Haydee Figueroa Burgos, 72, Florida Chapter 1096, died August 4, 2022.
Thomas R. Burnett, 77, Philippines Chapter 887, died recently.
Jeffrey G. Butch, 72, Pennsylvania Chapter 1008, died February 5.
Thomas L. Call, 82, Texas Chapter 987, died October 12, 2022.
Jerry J. Casada, 76, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died February 8, 2016.
Roger H. Clark, 73, Michigan Chapter 571, died February 10.
Thomas L. Clement, Sr., 77, Illinois Chapter 534, died March 3.
Steven F. Cox, 69, Michigan Chapter 310, died recently.
Arleen H. Craven, 86, North Dakota Chapter 374, died several years ago.
Darrell Cronick, 70, Michigan Chapter 571, died February 16.
William James Crowther, 73, New Jersey Chapter 899, died December 7, 2022.
Barry Wayne Curless, 77, Indiana Chapter 295, died January 23.
Jerome L. Daley, 74, North Dakota 374, died August 19, 2022.
Dennis Harvey Darrington, 76, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died March 12.
A.D. Davis, Jr., 86, Philippines Chapter 887, died recently.
David A. Devotie, 74, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died February 12.
Ronald Eugene Dillon, 75, Ohio Chapter 1045, died February 3.
Michael Thomas DiPupppo, Sr., 81, Pennsylvania Chapter 436, died February 5.
Jack B. Dodge, 76, Florida Chapter 1046, died March 15.
Allen H. Duff, 73, Michigan Chapter 154, died February 10.
James E. Dyson, Jr., 92, Alabama Chapter 607, died January 6.
Richard Eisenberg, 79, Colorado Chapter 1106, died March 7.
John P. Ferko, Sr., 97, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 436, died February 3.
Neal Frederick Lenard Fix, 81, Missouri Chapter 458, died January 28.
Lawrence R. Fredericks, 75, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died February 26.
Roland Paul French, 73, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died September 12, 2021.
Richard E. Frey, 76, Ohio Chapter 1126, died February 8.
William Edward Gaus, 77, Ohio Chapter 1095, died February 26.
David G. Gerber, 79, Illinois Chapter 299, died in January 2023.
William D. Gramer, 78, Michigan Chapter 175, died January 26.
Gary L. Griffith, 74, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died in 2022.
Raymond C. Grudzinski, 78, Michigan Chapter 154, died February 7.
Jerrold L. Hackbart, 73, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died March 3.
Mary Denise Haddon, 74, AVVA Colorado Chapter 1106, died November 8, 2022.
James W. Harris, IV, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died January 4.
Jerry L. Harrold, Sr., 78, Michigan Chapter 154, died February 14.
Walter Hayes, 77, Michigan Chapter 1083, died February 3.
James W. Hendrickson, 74, Virginia Chapter 196, died March 13.
John Shuros Silas Hermoe, 83, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died December 25, 2022.
Raymond Hice, 80, Tennessee Chapter 1143, died March 22.
William H. Higgins, 71, Vermont Chapter 1, died May 24, 2020.
Les Seichi Ihara, Sr., 94, Hawaii Chapter 858, died February 3.
William Neil Isetts, 82, Michigan Chapter 345, died February 21.
Curtis Lewis James, 67, Ohio Chapter 732, died recently.
James A. Jones, III, 74, Georgia Chapter 946, died February 11.
Robert F. Jonta, 81, Indiana Chapter 295, died December 21, 2022.
John Edward Kelly, 79, Virginia Chapter 1108, died February 13.
Alexander V. Khan, 74, Alabama Chapter 637, died February 9.
Donald Ray King, Sr., 75, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died January 25.
Jon Harmon Klob, 78, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died January 3.
Michael Kotler, 78, Georgia Chapter 1030, died February 16.
Robert C. LeBlanc, 78, New York Chapter 20, died March 2.
Richard Lee, 77, Indiana Chapter 295, died March 1.
Larry C. Lillard, 74, Missouri Chapter 1014, died February 18.
Dr. Lester F. Link, III, 71, Delaware Chapter 850, died February 28.
Michael Livingston, 70, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died October 23, 2020.
Donald K. Lloyd, 75, Ohio Chapter 717, died September 16, 2022.
James Anthony Lucchese, 77, Arizona Chapter 432, died recently.
John Kevin Malcolm, 66, North Dakota Chapter 374, died December 5, 2020.
Lawrence W. Maloney, 78, Illinois Chapter 534, died March 9.
Edward A. Marczak, 75, New Jersey Chapter 233, died January 19.
Tommy W. Massey, 74, Oklahoma Chapter 1132, died January 12.
Larry Eugene McCombs, 74, Ohio Chapter 1064, died March 9.
Buddy W. McGuire, 89, Philippines Chapter 887, died recently.
Dennis R. Miller, 74, Michigan Chapter 267, died November 10, 2022.
Kim A. Miller, 77, Ohio Chapter 717, died February 27.
Edwin L. Moody, 92, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died recently.
John Preston Morgan, 74, AVVA Michigan Chapter 31, died February 14.
Jack C. Mutchler, 89, Philippines Chapter 887, died recently.
James D. Myers, 85, South Carolina Chapter 1017, died January 22.
Frank Nasakaitis, 93, New York Chapter 803, died February 2.
Donald W. Nealon, 76, New York Chapter 20, died March 1.
Donald Lee Niemiec, 76 Michigan Chapter 387, died January 3.
Michael P. O’Keefe, 75, Michigan Chapter 154, died February 11.
John Richard Orr, 74, Texas Chapter 574, died February 27.
Ronald A. Parkes, 79, North Dakota Chapter 374, died May 17, 2022.
Rondal E. Pass, 71, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died March 21, 2022.
Edward G. Passama, 77, Arizona Chapter 1093, died November 3, 2022.
Donald Lynn Patterson, 78, North Carolina Chapter 1116, died November 7, 2022.
Thomas Alan Perry, 73, California Chapter 223, died February 13.
Michael Gene Pintar, 77, Michigan Chapter 267, died October 7, 2022.
Raymond A. Pryor, 68, Ohio Chapter 810, died February 24.
Ricky E. Rapert, 74, Missouri Chapter 458, died January 28.
Robert T. Russell, 81, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died February 1.
Stephen Anthony Saporito, 77, New York Chapter 421, died January 31.
Steve Sawchuk, Jr., 79, Nevada Chapter 17, died December 2, 2022.
Albert C. Schaudt, 73, Michigan Chapter 274, died January 24.
Wayne Edwin Shafer, 84, Kentucky Chapter 454, died March 9.
Charles E. Sipley, Jr., 73, New York Chapter 803, died February 5.
David F. Smith, 75, Michigan Chapter 267, died January 1.
William Southard, 75, North Carolina 1116, died September 6, 2022.
Robert Michael Spencer, 65, New York Chapter 268, died January 30.
Suzanne Bridget Spevack, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 542, died February 11.
Rozmond E. Stanton, 73, Alabama Chapter 607, died January 17.
Reverend John Lawrence Steer, 74, Arkansas Chapter 184, died January 30.
Kaiser Thomas Sterbinsky, 71, Illinois Chapter 534, died June 8, 2022.
Kathy Sue Stevenson, 68, AVVA Tennessee Chapter 1004, died September 7, 2022.
Richard Gabriel Stoeppler, 80, South Carolina Chapter 644, died January 1.
Nathan S. Stone, AVVA California Chapter 526, died May 8, 2008.
Jack E. Taaffe, 71, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died January 17.
Daniel J. Taylor, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died September 4, 2022.
James Edward Taylor, 76, Virginia Chapter 196, died February 11.
Carlton R. Thigpen, Jr., 86, North Carolina Chapter 892, died March 5.
John F. Torr, 88, Florida Chapter 1036, died January 15.
Wayne M. Watson, 75, Missouri Chapter 1028, died July 14, 2022.
Eric W. Welke, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 436, died February 3.
William J. Wencker, 76, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died October 20, 2020.
Terrance G. Whiteside, 78, North Dakota Chapter 374, died August 6, 2022.
James B. Wright, 73, Michigan Chapter 259, died January 31.

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