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

Thomas F. Abbott, 76, New York Chapter 978, died August 2, 2023.
Alvin D. Abney, 75, Louisiana Chapter 697, died July 24, 2020.
Donald L. Anderson, 74, Iowa Chapter 776, died March 6.
Claudius Gaston Berger, 81, Ohio Chapter 649, died April 21.
Brenda Kay Battles, 81, West Virginia Chapter 306, died February 15.
Jack Biddle, 74, Florida Chapter 1059, died May 6.
John Block, Jr., 83, Wisconsin Chapter 731, died December 13, 2023.
Dr. Joseph A. Boscarino, 76, at-large New Jersey, died January 20, 2023.
John Arthur Bradford, 76, Michigan Chapter 259, died March 29.
Dwight L. Bradham, Sr., 87, South Carolina Chapter 1145, died April 27.
Larry C. Brinkmann, 76, Illinois Chapter 269, died April 4.
Anthony J. Buonagura, 78, New York Chapter 82, died May 20.
Michael T. Burns, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 767, died March 11.
Donald Andrew Capp, 77, Maryland Chapter 965, died February 22.
Kenneth Wayne Cash, 82, Indiana Chapter 71, died April 18.
Larry Eugene Campbell, 90, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died April 12.
Thomas John Cassidy, 82, Ohio Chapter 1095, died March 17.
Michael John Charpentier, 79, New York Chapter 77, died March 25.
Joseph John Ciesla, 70, Maryland Chapter 965, died March 14.
James B. Coates, 76, New York Chapter 20, died March 22.
John Purnell Cobb, 93, at-large Georgia, died March 11.
William Patrick Collins, 83, Michigan Chapter 31, died January 26.
Frederick Arthur Cook, 76, Iowa Chapter 776, died April 16.
Robert Morris Cooper, 80, Florida Chapter 23, died May 17.
Thomas S. Coughlin, 71, Georgia Chapter 935, died October 6, 2023.
Ronnie Lee Crenshaw, Jr., 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 678, died April 29.
Nicholas A. Criscuola, 77, Washington Chapter 165, died February 17.
Thomas William Curry, 77, New York Chapter 20, died January 11.
Robert Edward Cutting, 74, Massachusetts Chapter 907, died March 28.
George Arthur Dadson, Sr., 77, New York Chapter 20, died March 18.
Betty DeDe Daniels, 81, AVVA, Florida Chapter 1048, died May 3.
Russell Lee Daniels, 77, Maryland Chapter 451, died April 13.
Herbert P. Davis, Jr., 79, Pennsylvania Chapter 349, died December 9, 2023.
Dennis W. Devine, 77, New York Chapter 268, died March 25.
Clinton Lewis Devitt, 74, North Dakota Chapter 374, died November 5, 2023.
John Melvin Dexheimer, 78, Missouri Chapter 1028, died April 5.
Donald Edward Dinubilo, California Chapter 53, died recently.
Irvin Curley Douzart, 75, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died April 30.
Wayne Douglas Elliott, 75, Michigan Chapter 154, died July 21, 2023.
Tomie Jay England, 76, North Carolina Chapter 994, died August 12, 2023.
Robert Eugene Farley, 78, Michigan Chapter 154, died March 20.
Ronald Harry Fields, 78, New York Chapter 803, died January 29.
Jay B. Fink, 81, New York Chapter 333, died recently.
Lawrence R. Foley, 77, Illinois Chapter 5, died April 27.
Frederick S. Garcia, Jr., 79, Ohio Chapter 35, died April 10.
Robert John Gerrits, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 224, died April 20.
Charles J. Gilje, 81, Montana Chapter 334, died November 25, 2023.
Anthony P. Giunta, 71, South Carolina Chapter 303, died May 2.
Tim J. Green, 76, Tennessee Chapter 596, died March 6.
Joseph Grigg, 77, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died April 19.
James Hilary Grubka, 78, New York Chapter 77, died April 5.
Lawrence Gruttemeyer, 73, New York Chapter 11, died recently.
James Andrew Hackett, 77, New York Chapter 803, died May 4.
John Wane Hardin, 76, California Chapter 53, died March 22.
Lester Ozon Higgins, 71, Ohio Chapter 10, died December 8, 2023.
Jerry Lee Hill, 77, Ohio Chapter 900, died recently.
Richard Myron Hoblitt, 78, at-large Oregon, died February 2, 2023.
Paul Edward Holden, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died April 17.
Flint Roy Jackson, Jr., 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died April 5.
Dewey Wade Jenkins, Jr., Louisiana Chapter 1131, died May 6.
Roger Jodoin, 76, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died recently.
John Robert Johnson, Jr., 77, Michigan Chapter 154, died April 2.
Randall Preston Johnson, 72, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died March 14.
Richard Lee Kachel, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 1008, died March 28.
Peter Leon Kadish, 76, Michigan Chapter 237, died April 2.
Frank R. Kustra, Sr., New York Chapter 77, died April 5.
Michael Harold Lafollette, 74, Indiana Chapter 71, died April 29.
Dennis L. Lavender, 76, Ohio Chapter 55, died March 19.
Jerry Wayne Leming, 74, Tennessee Chapter 942, died June 8, 2023.
Reverend Robert D. Lewis, 80, New York Chapter 978, died February 2.
David W. Long, 73, New York Chapter 268, died April 5.
James Stanley Lovins, 72, Georgia Chapter 1030, died April 7.
William David Lytle, Sr., 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died March 30.
Michael Joseph Maachia, 77, New York Chapter 72, died March 31.
John Marcy, 82, Ohio Chapter 717, died April 30.
Glenn Elmer Marshall, Jr., 66, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died August 27, 2023.
Francis Philip Martino, 81, New York Chapter 333, died February 5.
Michael H. McDermott, 78, New York Chapter 377, died August 30, 2023.
Herman Hassell McLawhorn, 93, AVVA, North Carolina Chapter 892, died April 24.
Joseph J. Meisner, 71, New Jersey Chapter 327, died September 17, 2019.
Richard Merle Meyer, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 720, died October 10, 2023.
Clark Willis Mixon, 89, Florida Chapter 1134, died March 5.
Eugene Leslie Molisee, 78, Georgia Chapter 1082, died April 9.
Stanley Delaney Moore, 96, 1049, died April 27.
William Charles Mortensen, 77, Iowa Chapter 888, died May 1.
Thomas Chatelain Napier, Sr., 73, Mississippi Chapter 1150, died February 10.
Donald Joseph Niemann, Jr., 78, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died February 15.
Daniel Thomas Paprocki, 80, New York Chapter 20, died February 27.
Thomas J. Patock, 79, Florida Chapter 1048, died April 17.
Bernard Richard Pfluger, 82, Virginia Chapter 227, died recently.
James L. Phillips, 73, Florida Chapter 566, died March 6.
Jon Francis Pintello, 77, Vermont Chapter 1, died April 30.
Leroy T. Powers, 88, New York Chapter 704, died March 3.
Gary J. Radulski, 76, Michigan Chapter 154, died March 22.
Kenneth Richard Ragels, 73, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died September 17, 2023.
Christovia E. Ramos, Jr., 76, at-large Alabama, died May 13, 2023.
Ann Taylor Gorley Reagan, 80, AVVA, Florida Chapter 1048, died March 11.
Richard Lee Rein, Sr., 76, Minnesota Chapter 1110, died May 3.
Chester Joseph Rick, II, 74, Arizona Chapter 106, died July 15, 2023.
Dennis Paul Robinson, 77, Ohio Chapter 440, died November 6, 2023.
Lonnie Rogers, 76, North Carolina Chapter 994, died February 19.
Herbert Osborne Samuel, 74, Georgia Chapter 671, died March 19.
Kenneth Wayne Schurick, 69, Indiana Chapter 71, died April 26.
Lawrence Paul Senger, 77, North Dakota Chapter 150, died March 25.
John Frank Sherred, 83, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died April 17.
Earl Ray Shoemaker, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 731, died January 16.
Stanley Edward Shorey, 74, California Chapter 933, died March 27.
Prentiss E. Smith, Jr., 89, at-large Louisiana, died October 23, 2023.
Thomas Eugene Smith, 76, Ohio Chapter 1045, died May 21, 2023.
Thomas A. Spada, 77, Illinois Chapter 534, died May 9.
Victor M. Suarez, 82, New York Chapter 421, died recently.
Lawton Noel Talley, 74, North Carolina Chapter 994, died July 30, 2023.
Michael Alan Thompson, 74, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died April 3.
Anthony Louis Triano, 78, New York Chapter 421, died March 21.
Randall S. Turnbull, 78, Washington Chapter 165, died November 11, 2023.
Doris Velez-Chrzanowski, 71, AVVA, New Jersey Chapter 800, died April 19.
William Antonio Weatherholt, 76, Michigan Chapter 142, died April 12.
Harold Wayne Weist, 88, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died April 7.
Edward Gene Welch, 75, West Virginia Chapter 306, died April 8.
Lonny D. Wessel, 73, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died May 3.
Robert J. White, 78, New York Chapter 20, died January 29.
Allen R. Whitelock, III, 67, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died February 16, 2017.
Jerry C. Whitney, 86, Tennessee Chapter 1151, died March 16.
Charles E. Whittington, 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died November 27, 2023.
Arnold Wilkins, 79, at-large Arizona, died recently.
Ralph J. Winter, 79, Michigan Chapter 310, died March 16.
James Robert Wixson, 75, Idaho Chapter 972, died May 1, 2023.
Jimmy Ray Yarbrough, 78, Michigan Chapter 528, died May 5, 2022.
Joseph Dominic Zaffuto, 75, Florida Chapter 1048, died May 15.

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