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

Huey L. Adams, Jr., 70, Illinois Chapter 242, died May 17.
Albert John Ali, 81, Tennessee Chapter 596, died July 15.
Robert W. Alpaugh, 78, at-large Delaware, died July 16.
Andrew R. Anderson, 75, Missouri Chapter 918, died July 4.
Daniel Gregg Ashworth, 71, Idaho Chapter 972, died July 8.
Donald E. Anderson, 79, Tennessee Chapter 942, died July 9.
Marvin Russell Barnes, 79, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died May 19.
Dale Albert Berg, 74, Illinois Chapter 311, died June 27.
Kevin Dale Blake, 70, Florida Chapter 1048, died June 11.
Terry Bruce Blanchard, 77, New York Chapter 20, died May 17.
James Richard Bokelman, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 448, died May 9.
Larry Dale Boyer, 73, at-large Tennessee, died July 5.
Charles A. Brown, 83, at-large Texas, died recently.
Paul W. Bucha, 80, New York Chapter 49, died July 31.
John Christopher Cabral, 70, at-large Rhode Island, died February 15, 2020.
Rick Carpin, 77, AVVA, Pennsylvania Chapter 720, died May 29.
Robert J. Castelli, 71, New York Chapter 49, died May 21.
Claude Donald Childress, 76, Virginia Chapter 196, died July 15.
William Joseph Christiansen, 76, Illinois Chapter 311, died August 23, 2023.
Robert Carl Ciszewski, Sr., 75, Minnesota Chapter 684, died January 16.
Darwin L. Clyde, 74, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died May 27.
Harris Wayne Coble, 81, Tennessee Chapter 1124, died May 20.
Rickie Lee Coleman, 77, South Dakota Chapter 1121, died May 17.
Paul Emile Comire, 83, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died July 20, 2023.
Alan Eugene Cook, 71, California Chapter 400, died May 31.
Arnold Parker Cook, 74, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died November 7, 2018.
David C. Coulter, 76, at-large Arizona, died recently.
Lee S. Covino, 72, New York Chapter 421, died May 20.
Thomas W. Cramer, 75, Michigan Chapter 313, died April 18.
Jerry Sanford Crawford, Sr., 87, Kentucky Chapter 1066, died May 14.
Philip E. Crawley, Sr., 81, Florida Chapter 1134, died May 15.
Eugene Cross, 77, Texas Chapter 898, died June 2.
Gregory Van Dawson, Sr., 74, Louisiana Chapter 852, died May 23.
Larry Clayton Decker, 77, Missouri Chapter 1028, died March 10.
John Henry Dickerson, 89, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died recently.
James Nixon Dobey, Jr., South Carolina Chapter 1017, died April 4.
Dennis L. Dorries, 77, Illinois Chapter 629, died July 19.
Nancy Joann Eckert, 83, Pennsylvania Chapter 415, died June 28.
George William Edgar, 80, at-large Ohio, died May 28.
Ronald Boyd Elsea, 77, Tennessee Chapter 942, died June 13.
Gerald Walter Emerick, 79, Virginia Chapter 936, died May 31.
Jill Feist, 74, AVVA, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died recently.
James Russell Fielder, 74, Tennessee Chapter 950, died June 15.
James Hay Finney, Sr., 75, Indiana Chapter 295, died March 4.
Joseph A. Fleming, 77, West Virginia Chapter 628, died March 6.
Norman Charles Feustel, Jr., 73, Tennessee Chapter 1123, died April 22.
Lessie Lee Fontenot, Jr., 76, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died July 5.
Raymond Roy Freiberger, 75, at-large Michigan, died April 25.
Lawrence Stearns Friend, Sr., 79, New Jersey Chapter 452, died July 12.
Leon Larry Froelich, 76, Ohio Chapter 954, died May 5.
Robert E. Gamba, 68, at-large Rhode Island, died July 8, 2018.
Thomas Henry Gann, 75, at-large Iowa, died August 17, 2022.
Homero Miguel Garza, 90, Texas Chapter 1000, died May 15, 2023.
Larry William Geary, 75, Virginia Chapter 936, died June 18.
Glenn A. Gillespie, 86, South Carolina Chapter 1049, died May 15.
Stephen K. Gillespie, 78, Kentucky Chapter 454, died June 2.
Peter E. Gilman, 78, at-large Maryland, died September 25, 2023.
Karl W. Girty, 59, AVVA, Oklahoma Chapter 940, died January 22.
Theodore Grandall, 77, North Dakota Chapter 487, died December 16, 2023.
Billy N. Green, 79, West Virginia Chapter 985, died March 25.
Dennis Wayne Griffith, 76, Alabama Chapter 607, died December 17, 2023.
Kenneth Lester Guisewite, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 791, died June 7.
Robert Ralph Gustin, 81, Ohio Chapter 649, died May 20.
Richard Dale Haire, Jr., 75, Michigan Chapter 109, died June 24.
William Ray Haire, 69, Michigan Chapter 109, died July 4.
Paul Bryan Hall, 74, Florida Chapter 1059, died June 28.
Jerome C. Halmrast, 81, North Dakota Chapter 941, died July 6.
Kermit Earl Harris, 73, Michigan Chapter 154, died May 14.
Frank E. Hartman, Jr., 79, New Jersey Chapter 1068, died June 20.
James E. Herbert, 76, Massachusetts Chapter 340, died January 1.
Charles C. Hoffman, 82, Philippines Chapter 887, died April 11.
John Huston, 89, Florida Chapter 1036, died recently.
Stephen C. Jaffe, 82, North Carolina Chapter 885, died June 26.
Gary Paul Jansen, 80, Iowa Chapter 776, died June 25.
Edgar Joseph Jensen, Jr., 70, at-large Rhode Island, died July 28, 2017.
Roger Jodoin, 76, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died October 18, 2019.
Carl Leon Johnson, 76, Ohio Chapter 783, died May 18.
Herbert Lee Johnson, Jr., 83, Washington Chapter 423, died February 10.
Stanley V. Kampwerth, 76, Illinois Chapter 269, died June 20.
Kenneth Wayne Kephart, 80, Texas Chapter 1000, died June 13.
John Michael Kiereck, Sr., 82, New York Chapter 20, died June 1.
John Van Kinder, 76, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died July 5.
Thomas G. Kirby, 77, Georgia Chapter 1030, died June 8.
Ivan Charles Kirkpatrick, 81, Ohio Chapter 55, died May 23.
Charles L. Kondrat, Sr., 95, Massachusetts Chapter 219, died May 25.
Mark G. Ledbetter, 74, Arizona Chapter 1093, died September 21, 2023.
Steven R. Legget, 69, Wisconsin Chapter 409, died June 17, 2023.
Nicholas Robert Lerro, Sr., 71, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died June 6.
Richard John Linzmaier, 86, at-large Arizona, died July 19.
LeeRoy Leonard Lucero, 77, Texas Chapter 574, died February 29.
John Baptist Martocci, Jr., 83, at-large Tennessee, died May 20.
John Mayer, 78, North Dakota Chapter 374, died June 21.
Robert William McCloud, 80, Alabama Chapter 864, died May 24.
Neil Daniel McCracken, 69, Pennsylvania Chapter 974, died April 22.
B.J. McGee, 77, Colorado Chapter 1106, died May 21.
Mary Dorothy McGuirk, 95, at-large Maine, died May 29.
Melvin Jackson McLemore, 85, Alabama Chapter 511, died June 11.
Robert J. McTighe, 78, New York Chapter 77, died June 14.
Wayne F. Miller, 73, New York Chapter 20, died May 29.
Donald Frank Milliman, 71, New York Chapter 193, died April 29.
Jill Ann Mishkell, 74, Virginia Chapter 969, died March 28.
Jerome J. Mondt, 78, Illinois Chapter 269, died July 19.
John Edward Millins, 81, Michigan Chapter 9, died May 21.
Ralph Edward Myers, 76, Louisiana Chapter 1098, died June 15.
Virginia Mae Nastiuk, 101, AVVA, Washington Chapter 423, died May 8.
Gerald Leroy Nichols, Sr., 74, Michigan Chapter 109, died March 22.
Tommie Wayne Norton, 77, Texas Chapter 278, died April 14.
Gregory Mark Paradis, 70, Georgia Chapter 772, died June 3.
Michael Thomas Peppers, 81, Iowa Chapter 776, died July 15.
Gary Lee Porter, 80, Indiana Chapter 295, died June 7.
Walter E. Raysick, Sr., 84, Florida Chapter 787, died January 9.
Gary Lyn Robinson, 77, Texas Chapter 278, died January 16.
George Daniel Ross, Sr., 80, Arizona Chapter 106, died July 6.
Keith Rudlaff, 73, Tennessee Chapter 1089, died June 20.
Lee Authur Sands, Jr., 75, Texas Chapter 278, died February 13.
James L. Saracco, 74, at-large Rhode Island, died July 8, 2019.
Kenneth Ray Sellers, 80, North Carolina Chapter 909, died May 7.
Gerald A. Serhienko, 76, North Dakota Chapter 150, died June 18.
Sam Serna, Jr., 89, New Mexico Chapter 431, died March 1.
John P. Smeekens, 76, Michigan Chapter 154, died July 2.
John Howell Smith, 74, Wisconsin Chapter 729, died April 7.
Marlene Kay Smith, 67, AVVA, North Dakota Chapter 487, died January 19.
Sampie Ward Smith, 76, Georgia Chapter 789, died June 27.
Roy Allen Smrkovsky, 79, Texas Chapter 870, died May 22.
Douglas Martin Sorensen, 80, Ohio Chapter 1126, died June 27.
Charles Russell Spicher, 79, at-large New Mexico, died May 8.
James Herbert Stith, 80, Massachusetts Chapter 116, died April 26.
Lee Sullivan, Jr., 75, Tennessee Chapter 1073, died June 3.
John Glen Swartzenberg, 77, New York Chapter 20, died April 15.
Harold McPhee Teal, 92, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died recently.
Rodney Delmar Tomblin, 83, Ohio Chapter 857, died June 21.
James Chester Turnage, Jr., 77, North Carolina Chapter 966, died July 1.
Larry Norman Villareal, 74, Texas Chapter 910, died December 13, 2023.
Michael Wayne Webb, 70, Oklahoma Chapter 1132, died March 30.
Cecilia Anne White, 84, AVVA, Colorado Chapter 1106, died May 17.
Arthur L. Williams, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died June 1.
Joseph Walter Williams, 72, Indiana Chapter 295, died March 18.
Eugene Wnek, 87, at-large Texas, died May 10.
Guy Wolfenbarger, 77, Ohio Chapter 670, died June 11.
Raymond Leo Zawacki, 77, New Jersey Chapter 233, died May 7.
Charles Burgess Zobac, 80, New Mexico Chapter 996, died October 6, 2023.

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