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

Roy L. Aldret, 72, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died March 24.
Charles Joseph Battiste, 76, Louisiana Chapter 852, died March 12.
Michael Anthony Beck, 73, Ohio Chapter 440, died March 30.
Doyle Brent Beckman, 76, Missouri Chapter 918, died April 24.
Herbert L. Blackmon, Sr., 86, Texas Chapter 1000, died March 16.
John T. Bresnahan, 72, Michigan Chapter 528, died March 15.
Scott A. Cahak, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died August 2, 2022.
Wayne C. Cannon, 78, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died March 18.
Nikki Marie Casey, 71, Nevada Chapter 989, died January 7.
Dennis Wesley Cohoon, 77, Michigan Chapter 267, died May 11.
Delbert F. Copas, 73, Kentucky Chapter 1006, died March 27.
Robert Alan Couturier, 70, Michigan Chapter 528, died April 16.
Larry James Cox, 76, Iowa Chapter 490, died March 27.
Carl G. Cummings, 81, Wisconsin Chapter 101, died March 28.
William J. Davis, 75, Maryland At-large, died December 28, 2022.
Alice Josephine Delgado, 92, Florida Chapter 1059, died December 29, 2022.
John DiJames, 77, New York Chapter 20, died February 9.
Mark John Donahue, 73, New York Chapter 20, died February 9.
Terry Joe English, 77, Alabama Chapter 416, died April 17.
Arthur E. Essenpreis, Jr., 75, Illinois Chapter 269, died March 13.
James Lloyd Farquer, 76, Ohio Chapter 649, died April 9.
Larry Daniel Farr, 78, Alabama Chapter 416, died April 6.
James Patrick Ferry, 76, Indiana Chapter 71, died March 14.
Jerry Wayne Foust, 73, Ohio Chapter 783, died December 9, 2021.
Eugene M. Garraty, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died August 22, 2020.
Samuel Joseph Gerace, 86, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died April 30.
Larry A. Gibbs, 82, Georgia Chapter 1082, died April 5.
Colin Gray, 74, Florida Chapter 1036, died March 31.
Mervin Wayne Greene, 82, Florida Chapter 787, died January 2.
Ruth A. Gregori, 74, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 720, died March 22.
Robert W. Guyant, 71, Wisconsin Chapter 101, died March 21.
Ronald Eugene Head, 79, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died March 19.
Edward E. Hepler, Sr., 91, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died April 26, 2022.
Orville Junior Hill, 80, Michigan Chapter 274, died March 26.
Thomas William Jenkins, Jr., 70, Virginia Chapter 752, died February 17.
John Richard Johnson, 71, Georgia Chapter 946, died April 21.
Leonard Eugene Keele, 84, Florida Chapter 1036, died March 12.
Harriett P. Kellner, 79, AVVA Georgia Chapter 772, died March 31.
Virginia Nell Kiecker, 81, AVVA Tennessee Chapter 240, died March 21.
Stephen P. Klinkhammer, 68, Wisconsin Chapter 767, died March 9.
Thomas John Kowalski, 77, South Carolina Chapter 523, died February 22, 2022.
Allen W. Kowalsky, 77, North Carolina Chapter 124, died February 18.
Michael Kuziw, 76, Florida Chapter 1036, died April 10.
Ralph Eulis Land, 76, Tennessee Chapter 953, died February 24.
Kenneth J. Lev, 72, Texas Chapter 870, died April 7.
Camille Anotinette Long, 84, AVVA Georgia Chapter 772, died February 14.
Arline F. Mabe, 79, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died January 17.
Martha J. Makin, 80, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died March 30.
Michael John Marks, 80, Arizona Chapter 1011, died April 20.
Nicholas L. Mazzella, 75, New York Chapter 421, died April 19.
John F. McGowan, 79, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died February 14.
Ronald W. Miller, 72, Ohio Chapter 783, died February 10, 2022.
Thomas A. Monk, 75, New York Chapter 20, died February 3.
Philip Keith Muladore, 79, Florida Chapter 1036, died January 7.
Daniel Nussbaum, II, 81, New York Chapter 20, died March 1.
Patrick Thomas Oliver, 72, California Chapter 391, died April 23.
Stephen J. Perez, Sr., 77, at-large Georgia, died February 23.
Dennis Charles Peterson, 75, Michigan Chapter 571, died May 16.
Judge Osborne E. Powell, Jr., 82, South Carolina Chapter 303, died March 18.
John J. Przybylski, 77, Virginia Chapter 433, died September 21, 2020.
Jay Benton Roberts, 77, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died March 25.
Robert L. Roberts, 76, Oregon Chapter 271, died recently.
James Stephen Robinson, 76, Ohio Chapter 709, died March 8.
Dennis R. Rolfingsmeier, 76, Illinois Chapter 269, died April 7.
Paul E. Roth, 77, California Chapter 355, died recently.
Frank Robert Rusak, 75, Michigan Chapter 154, died May 9.
Richard M. Russell, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died April 2.
Celestino Perez Salinas, 75, Iowa Chapter 776, died December 28, 2022.
Robert Francis Seedlock, Jr., 82, Tennessee Chapter 1140, died January 17.
Randolph J. Seiler, 76, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died April 17.
Thomas David Sewell, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died April 1.
Joseph P. Shidiskis,Sr., 78, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died April 13.
Kenneth W. Shorten, 76, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died May 26.
David A. Somerville, 75, Michigan Chapter 110, died April 25, 2022.
Stephen R. Spector, 80, Maryland Chapter 304, died February 10.
Gary Lee Steinhoff, 78, Colorado Chapter 1106, died April 7.
Richard L. Strader, 81, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died April 12.
Raymond Joseph Toth, 98, AVVA New Jersey Chapter 233, died April 11.
Albert Wesley Varner, Sr., 81, Ohio Chapter 857, died March 29.
Henry H. Wadahara, 81, California Chapter 201, died March 18.
Martin Everett Webster, 78, Ohio Chapter 649, died February 17.
Roy C. Wherry, 74, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died January 1.
Darrell D. Willrath, 74, Ohio Chapter 783, died May 26, 2022.
Benjamin F. Wolfe, Jr., 81, Colorado Chapter 1106, died March 25.
Terry Lane Wood, 76, Ohio Chapter 857, died March 29.
Jeffrey Douglas Wright, 75, Ohio Chapter 1045, died March 16.
Robert R. Wyatt, 75, Colorado Chapter 1071, died February 21.

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