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

Douglas Louis Ackerman, 77, North Dakota Chapter 374, died September 22, 2023.
Robert Eugene Allen, 74, South Carolina Chapter 1017, died January 18.
James Herman Bachman, 82, Tennessee Chapter 240, died November 9, 2023.
John Bartolomeo, 66, Pennsylvania Chapter 415, died June 3, 2021.
Richard Jerome Belling, 75, North Dakota Chapter 941, died October 24, 2023.
Max Leon Bennett, 75, Colorado Chapter 1071, died January 5, 2023.
Gordon Mark Bergman, 68, North Dakota Chapter 941, died May 15, 2018.
Lyn D. Birkeland, 72, North Dakota Chapter 941, died September 14, 2020.
John D. Blair, Jr., 85, at-large Texas, died January 4.
Russell H. Boehm, 81, Montana Chapter 938, died June 30, 2023.
Kevin J. Bohn, 77, New Chapter 193, died December 23, 2023.
Earl F. Bonenblust, 76, New York Chapter 20, died November 24, 2023.
Bobby Franklin Bowman, 91, Virginia Chapter 936, died December 3, 2023.
Ethelyn L. Brynjulfson, 79, AVVA Wisconsin Chapter 351, died January 24.
Gary Lee Brynjulfson, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died December 14, 2023.
Roger Francis Buelow, 79, Michigan Chapter 528, died January 4.
David Wayne Busby, 72, North Dakota Chapter 941, died October 20, 2023.
Juan Eric Cantu, 77, North Carolina Chapter 892, died January 2.
Alfred Carter, Jr., 75, Louisiana Chapter 1098, died December 9, 2023.
Gabriele Chaffee, 77, AVVA Georgia Chapter 789, died October 30, 2023.
Donald J. Chic, Sr., 77, Tennessee Chapter 1015, died October 7, 2023.
Theodore Edward Cox, Jr., 74, Indiana Chapter 71, died December 18, 2023.
James W. Coyne, Jr., 81, Massachusetts Chapter 207, died November 22, 2023.
Donna-Marie D. Crowell, 76, AVVA North Carolina 654, died January 3.
Donald Eugene Curtis, 85, Indiana Chapter 295, died November 30, 2023.
Richard A. Day, 83, Ohio Chapter 649, died December 16, 2023.
Louis-Paul J. Demers, 77, Maryland Chapter 304, died June 12, 2023.
George Douglas Dietz, 73, Tennessee Chapter 1112, died December 21, 2023.
William Donley, 81, Ohio Chapter 255, died January 16.
Francis Leo Donovan, 80, Colorado Chapter 1071, died May 12, 2023.
Lonnie Dean Edwards, 81, Alabama Chapter 1067, died January 2.
Monica Ephrom, 78, Montana Chapter 938, died November 27, 2023.
Edward A. Evans, II, 80, Florida Chapter 1096, died April 16, 2023.
Norman Barry Ferst, 76, Georgia Chapter 671, died November 12, 2023.
Robert Allen Feuillerat, 82, Ohio Chapter 1095, died January 17.
Marilyn Asciolla Foehr, 76, AVVA Rhode Island Chapter 273, died January 25, 2023.
Ronald E. Fryberger, Sr., 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 1008, died December 17, 2023.
Charles E. Funkhouser, 75, Virginia Chapter 936, died November 8, 2023.
Gerald L. Gailor, 77, New York Chapter 377, died December 31, 2023.
Jose Luis Galvan, Sr., 78, Texas Chapter 1013, died November 22, 2023.
Jim Gerloff, 72, Illinois Chapter 153, died February 19, 2020.
Charlotte Ann Gillespie, 86, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died December 20, 2023.
Richard Willard Goth, 81, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died December 31, 2023.
Zane Allen Green, 74, Virginia Chapter 936, died October 28, 2023.
Gary L. Greenwald, 78, New York Chapter 268, died January 19.
Jack Gordon Grimm, 78, Kentucky Chapter 454, died April 12, 2023.
Enrique Xavier Gutierrez, 79, Texas Chapter 922, died November 11, 2023.
Francisco B. Guzman, 74, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died January 15.
James Paul Haukedahl, 71, North Dakota Chapter 941, died March 6, 2021.
Robert E. Hearn, 78, California Chapter 201, died January 17.
Kenneth Joseph Heiman, Sr., 73, Illinois Chapter 242, died November 15, 2023.
John Peter Herpst, 90, AVVA Wisconsin Chapter 5, died February 21, 2023.
Eddie Ray Heskett, 76, Texas Chapter 910, died August 25, 2023.
Donald A. Hetzel, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 101, died January 9.
James Robert Hoffman, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 437, died August 6, 2023.
Robert Dean Hopper, 86, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died December 27, 2023.
Michael D. Hundrieser, 79, Illinois Chapter 242, died December 6, 2023.
Billy Joe Hunnicut, 79, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died December 8, 2023.
Thomas Earl Hutchinson, 79, Florida Chapter 594, died November 22, 2023.
Charles P. Infantino, 79, New York Chapter 77, died September 26, 2023.
Daniel Anthony Ingellis, 76, New York Chapter 421, died January 9.
Richard Parker Ingoglia, 79, Florida Chapter 1036, died December 24, 2023.
Charles E. Ingram, 73, New Jersey Chapter 233, died December 24, 2023.
Charles J. Jackson, Sr., 82, Texas Chapter 898, died January 1.
Stephen William Jaffe, 77, Texas Chapter 343, died November 3, 2023.
Stephen D. Jameson, 75, California Chapter 223, died December 6, 2023.
Henry Donald Kasper, 81, Texas Chapter 1012, died December 22, 2023.
Clifford J. Kauffman, 82, Maryland Chapter 641, died January 20.
John Wayne King, 80, Tennessee Chapter 580, died January 1.
Stanley Baptist Lafond, 87, Honorary Life Member of Canada, died December 25, 2023.
Gregory James Lamoureux, 78, Florida Chapter 1036, died December 23, 2023.
Edward Arthur Lau, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died December 27, 2023.
Joe Randall Lee, 77, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died December 17, 2023.
Lorenzo Phil Lieggi, 79, Illinois Chapter 242, died March 31, 2023.
Robert G. Limouze, III, 77, Delaware Chapter 1105, died November 5, 2023.
Emery James Linton, Sr., 73, Connecticut Chapter 251, died December 23, 2023.
Daniel Fredrick Mayer, 79, Montana Chapter 938, died April 12, 2023.
Donald Jackson Mann, 84, Georgia Chapter 1030, died December 25, 2023.
Bruce C. McConoughey, 78, Ohio Chapter 249, died December 29, 2023.
David Norwood McDonald, 82, Kentucky Chapter 454, died January 2.
Jack Leonard McKinney, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died October 11, 2023.
David C. McTavish, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 436, died December 31, 2023.
Arthur Frank Miller, 77, Michigan Chapter 154, died December 5, 2023.
James E. Miller, 74, Ohio Chapter 89, died December 19, 2023.
Francis Thomas Moretti, Jr., 76, New York Chapter 803, died December 15, 2023.
Robert James Morgan, 78, Texas Chapter 922, died July 31, 2023.
Michael Roland Mumley, Sr., 78, Tennessee Chapter 1078,died January 3.
Roger Carl Nelson, 77, Virginia Chapter 1061, died December 16, 2023.
Donald Edward Nicklay, 75, North Dakota Chapter 941, died December 29, 2022.
Daniel R. Noon, 77, Illinois Chapter 242, died January 6, 2023.
John B. Nunn, 76, Texas Chapter 915, died December 20, 2023.
Richard F. Plechner, 91, New Jersey Chapter 233, died December 14, 2023.
Francis J. Powll, 77, at-large Pennsylvania, died December 2023.
Alfred J. Ratermann, 76, Illinois Chapter 269, died December 17, 2023.
Lawrence James Rathbun,74, Montana Chapter 234, died December 11, 2023.
Frank Re, III, 75, Florida Chapter 1036, died December 9, 2023.
Charles E. Ridge, 83, Illinois Chapter 269, died December 15, 2023.
Raymond Charles Ross, Jr., 80, Ohio Chapter 249, died November 19, 2023.
David Lee Rowell, 82, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died December 17, 2023.
James William Sachs, 81, Wisconsin Chapter 101, died January 19.
Howard E. Sealscott, 80, Ohio Chapter 89, died December 29, 2023.
Gerald John Senkovic, 81, Ohio Chapter 249, died September 28, 2023.
Marvin Curtis Setness, Sr., 82, North Dakota Chapter 941, died April 12, 2022.
Gerard C. Sheehan, 90, New Jersey Chapter 233, died recently in 2023.
Ronald Emerson Smith, 79, at-large Florida, died March 4, 2022.
Mervyn LeRoy Stanaway, 76, Michigan Chapter 380, died December 11, 2023.
Donald F. Sternloff, Jr., 82, West Virginia Chapter 628, died December 2, 2023.
James Melvin Stockstad, 70, North Dakota Chapter 941, died June 4, 2019.
Marvin Donald Story, 81, South Carolina Chapter 1017, died December 9, 2023.
Connie L. Taylor, 76, Kentucky Chapter 1050, died November 24, 2023.
Thomas G. Thomka, 76, Illinois Chapter 242, died March 29, 2023.
Donald J. Tienor, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 731, died November 28, 2023.
James J. Thomas, 77, Florida Chapter 1059, died December 16, 2023.
Duane Leroy Twite, 75, Iowa Chapter 888, died December 25, 2023.
Robert Wayne Van Riper, 80, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died December 16, 2023.
Thomas E. Vickstrom, 74, Michigan Chapter 380, died December 6, 2023.
Jose A. Vila, 86, Florida Chapter 620, died April 7, 2023.
Werner G. Weitzel, 85, Oregon Chapter 392, died September 24, 2023.
Alvin D. Whitehill, 72, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died January 14.
Russell Eugene Whitener, 80, Missouri Chapter 1028, died January 10.
Cora Marie Whiting-Mayo, 87, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died December 26, 2023.
John E. Woodling, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 678, died October 10, 2023.
James Richard Wright, 74, New York Chapter 421, died January 13.
Carey L. Young, 77, Kansas Chapter 75, died January 28.
Thane Woodard Zimmerman, 75, North Dakota Chapter 941, died November 3, 2023.

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