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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

Raymond Amaya, Jr., 75, at-large Mississippi, died February 1.
Richard E. Anderson, 74, New Jersey Chapter 800, died February 5.
Stene A. Anderson, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died May 13.
Theodore W. Anderson, Jr., 74, Alaska Chapter 891, died recently.
Henry E. Baker, 83, Tennessee Chapter 596, died May 19.
Michael G. Baranek, 76, Ohio Chapter 857, died June 6.
Ronald W. Barcomb, 74, New Hampshire Chapter 992, died June 13.
Clarke C. Barnes, 80, Iowa Chapter 776, died July 6.
Wayne T. Bartczak, 80, at-large Texas, died recently.
Ronald M. Batson, 75, Indiana Chapter 1027, died June 10.
Dennis M. Bennett, 81, Maryland Chapter 172, died May 5.
Jerry Allen Berg, 74, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died June 3.
Russell Bodell, III, 75, Michigan Chapter 154, died May 13.
Kenneth R. Bohannon, Sr., 82, Georgia Chapter 1082, died May 8.
Herman R. Bomback, 71, Massachusetts Chapter 207, died July 4.
George R. Briggs, 80, Maine Chapter 1044, died June 3.
Mark H. Britton, 71, New York Chapter 20, died May 16.
William E. Burgess, 77, Georgia Chapter 1030, died July 13.
Donald J. Burton, 90, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died May 9.
Linda Sue Butler, 73, AVVA Oregon Chapter 805, died April 21.
Stephen Cain, 77, Wisconsin Chapter 1130, died May 5.
Thomas E. Cain, 80, Ohio Chapter 35, died March 27, 2017.
David L. Carlisle, 91, Mississippi Chapter 1150, died April 13.
Larry E. Carnahan, 74, Arizona Chapter 432, died January 30.
Christine A. Carpin, 60, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 720, died April 22.
Gerhard Cauthen, 79, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died July 28.
Alphonse C. Chapdelaine, 75, Massachusetts Chapter 111, died February 24.
Cecil J. Creech, 76, South Carolina Chapter 828, died June 26.
Johnny E. Crews, 73, Florida Chapter 1134, died February 5.
Bobby Joe Darst, 66, AVVA Delaware Chapter 1095, died July 15.
Ronald D. Davis, 78, Kentucky Chapter 1104, died May 24.
Carlos S. DeHerrera, 76, Colorado Chapter 1106, died May 2.
Walter J. Donachy, 74, Pennsylvania Chapter 948, died May 19.
Richard D. Dunkin, 76, Iowa Chapter 776, died May 29.
Steven Paul Ellis, 69, Oregon Chapter 820, died July 3, 2018.
Robert E. Figler, II, 76, Ohio Chapter 717, died April 9.
Stephen G. Fodor, 73, New Jersey Chapter 233, died May 31.
Gregory G. Ford, 75, Utah Chapter 1079, died May 27.
Clinton I. Fudge, II, 82, New York Chapter 803, died May 17.
Philip G. Giannia, 72, Michigan Chapter 9, died March 19.
Leonard M. Gavin, Jr., 75, Alabama Chapter 416, died May 31.
James Charles Geyer, 74, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died October 11, 2020.
Jere J. Gibson, 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 1008, died May 18.
David Lynn Glover, 79, Tennessee Chapter 979, died May 5.
Daniel L. Goldstein, 77, at-large California, died October 19, 2022.
David A. Graves, Sr., 70, West Virginia Chapter 628, died April 15.
Billy Gene Gray, 74, Tennessee Chapter 596, died July 12.
Victor P. Hadding, Jr., 79, Ohio Chapter 89, died February 4.
Kathleen Joan Hammer, 74, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 678, died February 4.
Rudolph F. Handrich, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died March 1.
Judy E. Hanes, 77, AVVA Pennsylvania Chapter 720, died June 11.
Steven M. Heflin, 77, at-large Tennessee, died June 17.
Frederick B. Hellmuth, 78, Vermont Chapter 1, died February 15.
William E. Henry, 80, Virginia Chapter 1061, died February 13.
Michael L. Horsch, 73, Michigan Chapter 310, died July 29.
Thomas L. Hyatt, 78, Ohio Chapter 35, died May 6.
Norman Harold Jenny, 73, Washington Chapter 1109, died February 4.
Richard B. Jewell, 75, North Carolina Chapter 966, died June 5.
Danny W. Joergensen, 80, Illinois Chapter 269, died May 8.
Tall Joseph Johnson, 76, New Jersey Chapter 800, died January 9.
Dr. Carl W. Johnson, 81, California Chapter 582, died April 17.
Bernard J. Jones, 76, Maryland Chapter 1091, died February 20.
Roger Alvah Karn, 83, New York Chapter 377, died May 2.
Leonard R. Karolczak, 76, Missouri Chapter 458, died May 3.
Christopher Nathan Kasner, 78, at-large Maryland, died June 2.
Steven H. Kohlreiter, 72, New Jersey 800, died March 29.
Gary P. Krynski, 72, Florida Chapter 1046, died June 16.
James Harvey Lasley, 74, Ohio Chapter 649, died May 11.
Richard P. Lewis, 78, Michigan Chapter 528, died April 21.
Arthur E. Liscano, 76, California Chapter 933, died May 30.
Virgil Don Loftis, 81, Tennessee Chapter 942, died June 16.
Richard A. Lutz, 75, Ohio Chapter 199, died June 13.
Keith C. Mark, 73, New York Chapter 268, died June 25.
William Richard McCool, 77, Indiana Chapter 71, died July 14.
John H. McMillan, 80,Michigan Chapter 310, died June 23.
Richard J. Micucci, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 210, died July 4.
Thomas E. Milbrandt, 76, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died recently.
Charles E. Moorehead, 74, Ohio Chapter 857, died April 24.
Daniel Robert Okuly, 74, Ohio Chapter 954, died July 14.
John T. Onellion, 82, Louisiana Chapter 1098, died July 15.
David Floyd Orr, 78, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died June 30.
Guadalupe Ortiz, Sr., 73, Texas Chapter 1069, died June 26.
Bruce M. Partyka, 77, New Jersey Chapter 800, died January 25.
Florencio Aguilar Peralta, 87, Texas Chapter 1000, died June 20.
James F. Peterson, 79, California Chapter 223, died June 23.
Wallace O. Pevahouse, 79, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died June 30.
Raymond D. Pierce, 73, New York Chapter 268, died May 18.
Robert Jesus Pila, 79, Florida Chapter 1036, died June 5.
Walter Timothy Pitchford, 78, Indiana Chapter 295, died May 23.
William Wayne Poss, 77, Ohio Chapter 857, died April 30.
Carl T. Powell, Sr., 77, Virginia Chapter 628, died March 3.
Paul Owen Ramse, 79, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died June 5.
Ruben M. Rasso, 76, California Chapter 47, died April 15.
Stephen F. Rehberg, 74, California Chapter 391, died recently.
Ernest Rose, Sr., 78, Virginia Chapter 628, died May 16.
Louis Allen Royston, 73, Virginia Chapter 1061, died February 4.
John R. Sabanosh, Sr., 76, Delaware Chapter 850, died May 17.
Allen David Saltzman, 77, New Jersey Chapter 12, died July 12.
Thomas Lee Samlow, 73, Ohio Chapter 35, died January 20.
Steven J. Schmidt, 79, at-large Wisconsin, died June 1.
Larry H. Schmiling, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died April 15.
James L. Schwent, 78, Missouri Chapter 458, died April 28.
George L. Searfoss, 76, Indiana Chapter 1027, died July 7.
Philip J. Shefcyk, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 948, died April 15.
George R. Shieldes, 85, Texas Chapter 1012, died June 2.
Frank Ford Smith, 78, Idaho Chapter 972, died July 7.
Richard Allen Smock, 74, Illinois Chapter 299, died May 23.
Alfred B. Spihlmann, 76, Illinois Chapter 269, died July 5.
Nolan H. Squier, 82, Virginia Chapter 196, died April 15.
Richard F. Stoltz, 72, Ohio Chapter 717, died May 28.
Ernest John Stoukas, 96, New Jersey Chapter 233, died April 28.
Ray B Stroup, Jr., 80, at-large Louisiana, June 17.
Vance A. Stueness, 73, Minnesota Chapter 235, died April 13.
Martin Maley Sullivan, 77, New York Chapter 803, died May 21.
Gordon Ray Tassi, 84, Virginia Chapter 617, died May 20.
Reiss Price Tatum, 83, Florida Chapter 1046, died July 20.
Robert J. Taylor, 74, Minnesota Chapter 684, died June 7.
Edward H. Thiessen, 87, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died May 19.
Douglas L. Van Lear, 81,Virginia Chapter 1061, died June 8.
William J. Vest, at-large Florida, died May 3.
Sheldon C.E. Voight, Jr., 73, Wisconsin Chapter 479, died May 14.
Lyle C. Wayne, 73, Minnesota Chapter 235, died March 17.
Wayne E. Watts, Jr., 80, Alabama Chapter 1067, died April 28.
Albert R. Weigel, 80, New Jersey Chapter 800, died March 9.
Douglas A. Wells, 80, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died May 24.
Steven Ross Wendling, 76, Ohio Chapter 97, died May 13.
Donald W. White, 73, at-large Virginia, died August 13, 2022.
Thomas D. White, 79, New York Chapter 459, died July 15.
Thomas R. Whiteford, 74, Minnesota Chapter 684, died July 17.
Donald Nash Williamson, 88, Wisconsin Chapter 101, died July 4.
James Clay Wilson, 76, Ohio Chapter 649, died July 10.
Calvin B. Wimmer, 80, West Virginia Chapter 628, died February 2.
Jerry N. Wood, 87, Arizona Chapter 432, died recently.
Thomas N. Wright, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1140, died May 25.
William J. Young, Sr., 76, Ohio Chapter 857, died June 3.

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