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

David Powers Adkins, Jr., 79, Washington Chapter 423, died August 19.
Ronald Lee Adrian, 71, Ohio Chapter 709, died August 24.
Armando Y. Amador, 72, New Mexico Chapter 358, died June 9.
John Simeon Arsenault, Sr., 74, Massachusetts Chapter 116, died August 20.
John L. Ashby, 84, New York Chapter 704, died July 18.
Donald Lee Ballance, Sr., 78, Louisiana Chapter 1098, died September 14.
William V. Bannasch, 78, Michigan Chapter 154, died June 20.
Hubert Henry Barb, 84, Virginia Chapter 936, died September 7.
Richard Baxter, 78, Rhode Island Chapter 818, died April 8.
Jan Tracy Berdan, Sr., 58, Texas Chapter 929, died March 18.
Winthrop Block, 78, Minnesota Chapter 999, died June 22.
George E. Boronat, 78, Philippines Chapter 887, died August 12.
Ernest W. Breitschuh, Jr., 78, Michigan Chapter 154, died February 7.
James S. Brookover, 82, Louisiana Chapter 1131, died February 29.
Clarence A. Bryant, 75, Texas Chapter 920, died recently.
Daniel M. Brynczak, 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died June 9.
Jerry W. Carringer, 77, Georgia Chapter 1030, died September 16.
Marie Louise Cassick, 73, AVVA, New York Chapter 268, died September 11.
Arthur J. Cianca, 73, Pennsylvania Chapter 720, died June 30.
Michael E. Cimbree, Jr., 74, Florida Chapter 787, died September 28.
Gary Steven Close, 77, Wisconsin Chapter 92, died August 12.
Mark Alan Coyle, 63, Virginia Chapter 227, died April 9, 2009.
John Milton Cross, 76, Utah Chapter 1079, died July 30.
Herman Paul Dardeau, Jr., 79, Louisiana Chapter 632, died September 28.
Stanley Dwight Dickey, 74, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died July 31.
Ralph Earl Dietz, 74, Tennessee Chapter 1089, died August 23.
Steven Charles Dinsmore, 77, Minnesota Chapter 235, died September 15.
James Joseph Dolder, 74, New York Chapter 8, died July 21.
Arthur A. Domschke, 80, Tennessee Chapter 1089, died August 20.
Robert A. Dorsey, 76, North Carolina Chapter 886, died July 29.
Lawrence R. Doyle, Sr., 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died August 12.
Richard Joseph Ducharme, 77, Wisconsin Chapter 448, died October 13.
Paul R. Egan, 87, Illinois Chapter 299, died February 1.
Patricia Ann Ehline, 77, AVVA, Colorado Chapter 1106, died August 17.
Ralph W. Emerson, Sr., 97, AVVA, New Mexico Chapter 431, died January 5.
Paul M. Engle, Jr., 73, Idaho Chapter 890, died November 23, 2023.
Larry Wayne English, 79, Pennsylvania Chapter 967, died June 7.
David W. Evans, 85, Wisconsin Chapter 351, died September 19.
Warren E. Evans, 80, Indiana Chapter 71, died August 25.
Ralph A. Ferguson, Jr., 70, Texas Chapter 929, died August 6.
Edward L. Fizer, Jr., 81, Nevada Chapter 993, died September 12.
Franklin D. Fletcher, 75, Alabama Chapter 1067, died July 7.
Charles J. Flynn, 79, New Jersey Chapter 12, died July 31.
Richard Gordon Fuller, 89, Minnesota Chapter 1110, died April 27.
Richard C. Ginkinger, Jr., 76, Ohio Chapter 1115, died July 17.
Richard Gonzalez, 72, Alabama Chapter 1067, died May 17.
Charles S. Grainger, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 1130, died May 13.
Nancy Louise Grannis, 77, AVVA, Florida Chapter 1059, died August 20.
Charles Edgar Grisim, 84, Utah Chapter 1079, died August 2.
David J. Grosskopf, Sr., 76, New York Chapter 77, died September 22.
Gary Jerome Guibord, 76, Michigan Chapter 380, died August 21.
Patrick Addie Guillory, 72, Louisiana Chapter 632, died August 27.
John L. Gulley, 79, Illinois Chapter 299, died August 16.
Lyle E. Hagen, 76, Wisconsin Chapter 206, died September 15.
Dolores Gretta Hagge, 77, AVVA, Pennsylvania Chapter 349, died September 2.
Ralph A. Hague, 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died July 15.
James Roger Hass, 81, Wisconsin Chapter 731, died July 31.
Gary Lynn Hinkle, 83, Florida Chapter 1096, died August 19.
Bertil R. Holt, 83, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died February 28.
Donald Louis Huebschman, 76, Tennessee Chapter 1140, died August 31.
Charles Kenneth Hurni, 77, New Jersey Chapter 721, died July 29.
Hubert R. James, Jr., 75, North Carolina Chapter 909, died June 30, 2023.
Anthony Layne Jackson, 76, at-large Indiana, died July 19.
Robert L. Jackson, 82, Tennessee Chapter 950, died August 14.
Robert A. Jackson, 78, Illinois Chapter 299, died September 21.
Thomas F. Jahnke, 82, New Jersey Chapter 1002, died July 21.
Norman Joshua Jasper, Jr., 90, Virginia Chapter 81, died April 18.
Terry L. Jepson, 77, Wisconsin Chapter 101, died July 13.
Carlton Johnson, Sr., 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died April 28.
Timothy James Johnston, 74, Ohio Chapter 857, died July 14.
John Patrick Kain, 75, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died August 19.
Michael S. Kalichak, Jr., 76, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died September 23.
Daniel R. Karnes, 78, Virginia Chapter 81, died June 7.
Sandra D. Keenan, AVVA, Alabama Chapter 864, died July 17.
Edward Floyd Kemp, 81, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died August 3.
Timothy Charles Kenney, 75, New York Chapter 77, died September 26.
Mariellen Ketterer, 65, AVVA, Pennsylvania Chapter 862, died July 24.
Alan F. Kirchoff, 74, New Jersey Chapter 899, died June 11.
Richard James Knauer, Jr., 78, Maryland Chapter 451, died August 25.
Werner I. Koslovski, 85, Philippines Chapter 887, died September 25.
Steven J. Kraus, 74, Florida Chapter 755, died July 25.
John B. Kreidler, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 425, died September 5.
Craig F. Langele, 75, Illinois Chapter 242, died June 19.
Thomas Jon Lawrence, 80, at-large Wisconsin, April 11.
Rodney Keith LeBre, 80, Florida Chapter 1059, died September 5.
Eugene Lenyk, 75, New York Chapter 20, died August 23.
Armando Leon, Jr., 88, Florida Chapter 195, died September 27.
George Herman Machtolff, III, 79, at-large Oklahoma, died February 5.
Donald G. MacLagan, 77, Wisconsin Chapter 101, died June 11.
Thomas Anthony Magliocca, 77, New York Chapter 421, died August 27.
Charles J. Manners, 78, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died April 22.
Michael Anthony Marchese, 76, New York Chapter 77, died August 26.
Bob Marlowe, 81, Colorado Chapter 1071, died July 16.
Noel Crawford Matthews, 79, Colorado Chapter 1071, died September 3.
David T. McKeever, 81, New York Chapter 77, died June 27.
Michael Francis McQuade, 79, Florida Chapter 1046, died September 2.
Joel Hermon Miller, 91, South Carolina Chapter 303, died July 29.
Roy Allen Mitchell, Jr., 81, Indiana Chapter 71, died August 11.
Gary L. Mittendorf, 79, Ohio Chapter 1095, died August 13.
Dwight Lewis Mosby, Sr., 76, South Carolina Chapter 303, died July 9.
Geoffrey L. Moser, 76, Ohio Chapter 857, died August 18.
James J. Mullane, Jr., 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 349, died March 4.
Douglas Wayne Nayman, 81, Alabama Chapter 1067, died February 2.
Barney Dean Newberry, 77, Virginia Chapter 840, died August 2.
Luther E. Newberry, 77, Texas Chapter 404, died September 21.
Robert James Noble, Jr., 74, Minnesota Chapter 1110, died August 2.
Gary L. Nunn, 80, Ohio Chapter 97, died August 29.
Ronald G. Paplham, 77,Wisconsin Chapter 224, died July 29.
Richard A. Patterson, Sr., 77, Texas Chapter 1000, died June 24.
William Arden Peterson, Jr., 68, North Dakota Chapter 941, died August 31.
Michael B. Pittman, 72, Philippines Chapter 887, died October 2.
Earl Allen Pollock, 83, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died July 29.
Carlos Portales, 85, Texas Chapter 870, died August 25.
James R. Price, Sr., Oklahoma Chapter 751, died August 22.
Curtis J. Revard, Jr., 73, Oklahoma Chapter 750, died August 24.
Armando Reyes, 77, Texas Chapter 574, died June 10.
Clarence Eugene Sasser, 76, Texas Chapter 343, died May 13.
James Thomas Seibert, 81, Michigan Chapter 380, died July 5.
Gregory Lynn Shawn, 76, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died July 20.
Carol Smits, 72, Georgia Chapter 902, died May 12.
James Cleveland Stewart, 77, Kansas Chapter 912, died September 20.
Linda Christine Sullivan, 66, AVVA, at-large Florida, died April 13.
Dan Lee Taylor, Jr., 81, Tennessee Chapter 203, died August 2.
James A. Thomason, 84, Tennessee Chapter 1140, died August 3.
Dexter M. Thompson, Jr., 80, Maryland Chapter 722, died September 26.
Rodney D. Tomblin, 83, Ohio Chapter 857, died June 21.
Frank Tommasini, 76, New Jersey Chapter 12, died August 7.
Roger Reed Turner, 77, at-large Wisconsin, died May 26.
Richard J. Tyrell, 75, Massachusetts Chapter 111, died August 31.
John Michael Washington, 80, New York Chapter 77, died September 4.
Rufus Allen Waugh, 79, Ohio Chapter 649, died August 28.
Harry R. Whittaker, 75, Texas Chapter 1000, died September 21.
Ronald J. Wick, 77, New York Chapter 268, died September 14.
Amastee Wright, 83, Oklahoma Chapter 751, died August 7.

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