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

Jimme D. Akers,Sr., 76, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died November 15, 2023.
Charlie Anderson, Sr., 74, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died September 1, 2023.
Dale Emery Anderson, 75, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died February 23.
Jayne Mary Anderson, 77, AVVA Wisconsin Chapter 224, died February 3.
Michael A. Bacigalupo, 71, Massachusetts Chapter 340, died January 17.
Margaret A. Ballou, 75, Michigan Chapter 310, died January 15, 2023.
John Donald Barber, 65, North Carolina Chapter 1136, died June 30, 2023.
James W. Beaubien, III, 75, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died September 23, 2023.
Louis G. Beck, 75, Ohio Chapter 385, died January 15.
Richard L. Bellia, 86, New Jersey Chapter 233, died recently.
Terry A. Blackstone, 76, Ohio Chapter 55, died November 29, 2023.
David S. Brandriet, 81, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died October 22, 2023.
David Keith Bullard, 80, Indiana Chapter 1027, died February 25.
Richard K. Burke, 76, New Jersey Chapter 452, died February 21.
John Christopher Cabral, 70, at-large Rhode Island, died February 15, 2020.
Lawrence Albert Carson, 77, Georgia Chapter 671, died February 3.
Theodore G. Cavan, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 590, died January 22.
George L. Cavanaugh, 85, Georgia Chapter 970, died January 30.
Richard Irving Chatman, 75, Michigan Chapter 9, died January 22.
John David Coffey, 79, Georgia Chapter 1030, died March 7.
Paul S. Consiglio, 75, New Jersey Chapter 200, died August 31, 2023.
John J. Cooney, Jr., 75, New Jersey Chapter 228, died February 12.
Martin Joseph Cosgrove, Sr., 84, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died June 26, 2023.
John William Cox, Jr., 72, Florida Chapter 1036, died February 27.
Robert Kane Coyle, 80, Vermont Chapter 1, died February 1.
Dan Ray Creasey, 76, North Carolina Chapter 1107, died February 20.
Thomas J. Curry, 84, Michigan Chapter 528, died October 14, 2023.
Robert E. Davis, 74, Iowa Chapter 490, died October 22, 2023.
Jamie Earl Deleary, 74, Tennessee Chapter 950, died February 12.
Jerry N. Deloach, 73, at-large Colorado, died recently.
Thomas Angel Diaz, 74, Ohio Chapter 954, died February 20.
Roger A. Doucette, 93, Virginia Chapter 1061, died December 6, 2023.
William Carl Drummond, 73, Nevada Chapter 989, died recently.
Roger William Durgin, 77, Minnesota Chapter 1110, died February 3.
Harry J. Edwards, Sr., 80, New York Chapter 803, died March 13.
Robert J. Fitzgerald, 73, Colorado Chapter 1106, died January 13.
Robert Eugene Fletcher, 77, Illinois Chapter 311, died March 8.
Willie Vernon Floyd, Jr., 82, Virginia Chapter 433, died January 21.
Harry Preston Flynn, Jr., 78, North Carolina Chapter 1136, died March 16, 2023.
Wayne Lee Gabriel, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died January 29.
Robert E. Gamba, 68, at-large Rhode Island, died July 8, 2018.
Charles Garber, 79, New York Chapter 72, died February 8.
Marvin Richards Gibson, 86, Michigan Chapter 380, died February 27.
James Curtis Gillespie, 91, West Virginia Chapter 628, died November 19, 2023.
Randall H. Gillespie, Sr., 84, at-large New Mexico, died October 15, 2023.
James Lenwood Glass, 75, West Virginia Chapter 628, died March 4.
Paul Parker Goad, Jr., 80, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died March 1.
Anthony T. Grasso, 75, New York Chapter 77, died March 13.
William H. Gravett, 78, Michigan Chapter 528, died February 24.
Tim J. Green, 76, Tennessee Chapter 596, died March 6.
Duane Evans Greene, 77, at-large Iowa, died February 20, 2023.
Cecil Earnest Greenfield, 74, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died October 16, 2023.
Leo Max Greunke, 82, Colorado Chapter 1106, died February 9.
Franics J. Gribbon, Jr., 76, Alabama Chapter 416, died November 1, 2023.
Gerald Dale Gribler, 87, South Carolina Chapter 303, died March 16.
John L. Griffith, 75, Tennessee Chapter 240, died December 22, 2023.
Randall L. Groff, 74, Ohio Chapter 1045, died March 3.
Joseph Guarneri, 74, New Jersey Chapter 721, died recently.
Paul Henry Hall, Sr., 84, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died February 29.
Leighton R. Hammon, 77, Connecticut Chapter 120, died June 4, 2023.
Dwight L. Harder, 76, New York Chapter 193, died February 11.
David Hardin, 74, at-large New Jersey, died recently.
David Lee Harper, Sr., 74, West Virginia Chapter 985, died January 29.
Edward Lee Hart, 83, Ohio Chapter 35, died February 20.
Cynthia Joyce Hartwick, 59, AVVA Michigan Chapter 274, died February 6.
Neil Ross Hartwick, 71, Michigan Chapter 274, died February 8.
Hermann Gerhard Hasken, Jr., 88, Maryland Chapter 648, died December 25, 2023.
Lloyd E. Haswell, 79, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died March 4.
Jackie Melford Hawpe, 79, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died February 12.
Joseph Edwin Herbert, 76, New Jersey Chapter 200, died September 14, 2023.
David G. Hiles, 70, Ohio Chapter 670, died February 20.
Conrad A. Hoffmann, 84, New Jersey Chapter 200, died January 15.
Harry Allen Houghtling, 75, New York Chapter 268, died March 9.
Joel Philip Hunkele, 84, South Carolina Chapter 1017, died February 21.
Cosimo D. Incardona, 81, New York Chapter 77, died February 9.
Edgar Joseph Jensen, Jr., 70, at-large Rhode Island, died July 28, 2017.
Eric Wayne Johnson, 70, AVVA Louisiana Chapter 852, died February 1.
Michael Richard Jones, 76, New York Chapter 77, died January 7.
Arnold C. Kempher, 78, Michigan Chapter 310, died January 28.
Shannon John Kennedy, 81, New York Chapter 268, died February 3.
Graydon Gene Kimbrough, 72, Maryland Chapter 641, died February 9, 2018.
Dennis F. Kinney, 92, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died February 22.
Charles R. Kobes, Sr., 73, South Dakota Chapter 463, died January 28.
Thomas B. Kolakowski, Jr., 80, Florida Chapter 23, died February 23.
Ralph Frank Kolb, 77, Michigan Chapter 154, died February 7.
Paul Joseph Knowles, 80, New Jersey Chapter 200, died January 28.
Frederick Johnson Lavallie, Sr., 84, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died March 16.
Robert Elliot Lee, 86, at-large Arizona, died September 26, 2023.
Dennis Dean Love, 77, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died January 23.
Blanche M. Sprout-Lucas, 78, AVVA New York Chapter 268, died February 5.
Michael L. Lyall, 70, Kentucky Chapter 454, died February 25.
James T. Maher, 79, New Jersey Chapter 899, died March 3.
Roger P. Mazikowski, 77, New York Chapter 77, died January 24.
Donald Cecil McCarty, 75, Ohio Chapter 55, died May 12, 2023.
David Brant McGuigan, 90, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died January 31, 2023.
Judy Carol Meinhardt, 84, AVVA Michigan Chapter 1083, died February 8.
Gregory M. Mikoley, 75, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died February 17.
Elbert Timothy Moore, Jr., 77, South Carolina Chapter 828, died February 20.
Kenneth Robert Mosher, Sr., 81, Florida Chapter 1036, died February 26.
Eugene J. Murphy, 89, Massachusetts Chapter 111, died March 5.
George Henry Nash, 75, Michigan Chapter 154, died January 14.
Charles Leigh Nickerson, 82, North Carolina Chapter 966, died October 28, 2023.
Michael S. Oakey, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died January 29.
Timothy Dale O’Brien, 68, California Chapter 223, died October 5, 2023.
John Joseph O’Neill, 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died February 15.
Dr. Joseph Arthur Oleske, Jr., 80, New Jersey Chapter 200, died January 27, 2023.
Larry Gene Osina, 75, Texas Chapter 870, died December 27, 2023.
Edward Thomas Pace, 76, New York Chapter 77, died February 20.
Patrick Howard Patterson, 75, Michigan Chapter 154, died February 3.
Mark Douglas Pederson, 71, Wisconsin Chapter 767, died February 19.
James L. Phillips, 73, Florida Chapter 566, died March 6.
William Albert Phillips, Jr., 74, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died January 31.
Duane R. Pierce, 70, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died January 23.
Dr. Arthur Carl Plautz, Jr., 89, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died March 9.
Francis R. Potter, 87, Vermont Chapter 753, died January 28.
Patricia Ann Powell, 74, AVVA Georgia Chapter 789, died January 31.
Barbara J. Price, 85, Texas Chapter 85, died recently.
Richard John Purcell, 86, Florida Chapter 1036, died November 19, 2023.
Chester Norman Ragsdale, 72, at-large Arizona, died January 25, 2023.
Jerome B. Rakers, 81, Illinois Chapter 269, died January 22.
Tom M. Reininger, 77, Arizona Chapter 106, died recently.
Larry J. Richardson, 76, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died February 11.
Sherman Robinson, 80, AVVA Louisiana Chapter 852, died February 11.
Thomas F. Roblee, 78, Wisconsin Chapter 437, died March 5.
Darrell R. Roddick, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 409, died February 20.
Jose Enrique Roel, 77, Texas Chapter 856, died February 1.
Mark Charles Ropella, 61, AVVA Wisconsin Chapter 351, died February 19.
Joseph Henry Rossi, 76,New Jersey Chapter 200, died January 1, 2023.
Donald E. Rung, 79, Pennsylvania Chapter 948, died March 1.
Ronald R. Russell, 74, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died December 14, 2023.
James Bernard Patrick Ryan, 76, Michigan Chapter 109, died January 13.
Craig M. Sandy, 73, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died January 23, 2023.
James L. Saracco, 74, at-large Rhode Island, died July 8, 2019.
Edward C. Schenck, Jr., 76, Iowa Chapter 776, died November 16, 2023.
John Barry Schnitzer, 80, Kentucky Chapter 454, died February 9.
Michael Leo Scoville, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died November 21, 2023.
Joseph A. Sedor, 91, AVVA New Jersey Chapter 899, died January 24.
Edward Herman Seiler, III, 76, Colorado Chapter 1106, died March 4.
William Francis Sepuch, 86, Florida Chapter 1059, died February 28.
Kathleen Virginia Setters, 85, Utah Chapter 1079, died February 21.
Vernon Elwood Shannon, 74, Michigan Chapter 154, died December 16, 2023.
Allen M. Silver, 74, Michigan Chapter 284, died March 20.
Dan Lee Simmons, 76, Ohio Chapter 1095, died February 17.
Thomas H. Sinex, Sr., 80, Delaware Chapter 850, died February 20.
Patricia Agnes Sippel, 80, AVVA Georgia Chapter 789, died February 8.
Hobart Smith, 87, Virginia Chapter 1061, died January 23.
Joseph T. Snalble, Sr., 73, New Jersey Chapter 200, died August 11, 2017.
William Edward Snyder, 73, Ohio Chapter 55, died January 22.
Alfred M. Soares, 77, Massachusetts Chapter 207, died February 11.
Carl James Stedham, 75, Alabama Chapter 416, died September 22, 2023.
Leigh N. Steinke, 85, Florida Chapter 1036, died November 17, 2023.
Dennis L. Stiner, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 974, died December 17, 2023.
Peter Nickolas Stoyias, 78, Illinois Chapter 242, died December 22, 2023.
Paul Edward Stroessner, 74, Rhode Island Chapter 273, died recently.
George Y. Suzuki, 93, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died February 6.
James A. Sweikata, 83, New York Chapter 140, died February 3.
George F. Taylor, 77, New Jersey Chapter 1068, died February 8.
Gregory C. Taylor, 63, Iowa Chapter 490, died February 17, 2013.
Larry Lowe Taylor, 81, Tennessee Chapter 203, died January 28.
David B. Test, 75, New York Chapter 978, died July 22, 2023.
Louis Joseph Testa, 76, at-large Rhode Island, died December 26, 2021.
Ronald J. Theriault, 70, Massachusetts Chapter 116, died January 26.
Walter D. Thompson, 76, at-large New York, died July 24, 2023.
George R. Thomso, 72, New York Chapter 77, died October 19, 2023.
Donald L. Tocci, 77, Massachusetts Chapter 837, died February 20.
Tyrone Vincent Todd, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died April 29, 2023.
David Ronald Toney, 73, West Virginia Chapter 860, died January 22.
Lawrence N. Turbak, 87, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died December 4, 2022.
Joseph A. Watson, 75, at-large Alabama, died recently.
Douglas Alan Wehlre, 75, Kentucky Chapter 88, died January 27.
Clelie Marie Welch, 76, Alabama Chapter 416, died June 26, 2023.
Daniel Gene Wilges, 75, Ohio Chapter 1126, died February 7.
Howard A. Williams, 85, Philippines Chapter 887, died February 15.
Paul Henry Williams, 89, Tennessee Chapter 203, died February 15.
Curtis Lee Willis, 74, Alabama Chapter 416, died January 24.
Paul Mike Wilson, 70, Ohio Chapter 55, died September 27, 2023.
Norbert J. Wolf, 86, New York Chapter 77, died December 9, 2023.
Gregory Scott Woodhouse, 76, New Jersey Chapter 1068, died December 28, 2023.
Andrew R. Young, 79, New York Chapter 77, died January 24.

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