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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

John Robert Anderson, 75, South Carolina Chapter 925, died November 9, 2024.
Gerald Neil Austin, 77, Michigan Chapter 310, died January 2.
Gordon Bardeleben, 72, AVVA, Michigan Chapter 528, died December 4, 2024.
John Charles Barnes, 81, South Dakota Chapter 1054, died December 14, 2024.
Ralph Stoney Bates, Sr., 86, South Carolina Chapter 780, died November 24, 2024.
Bruce Barry Bergstresser, 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 542, died November 23, 2024.
William Victor Binger, III, 82, Minnesota Chapter 684, died November 25, 2024.
Eddie Lee Burnett, 75, North Carolina Chapter 995, died December 26, 2024.
Jesse Stewart Campbell, II, 78, at-large Maryland, died recently.
Leon E. Carson, 71, Nevada Chapter 989, died recently.
Gregory Cason, 75, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died December 20, 2024.
Sylvester P. Celesnik, Jr., 76, Virginia Chapter 227, died December 19, 2024.
Wallace Jay Clark, 77, Ohio Chapter 649, died November 30, 2024.
David Lee Click, 88, Tennessee Chapter 1078, died January 6.
George James Colburn, 76, at-large Maryland, died October 27, 2024.
Arthur G. Cole, Jr., 79, Massachusetts Chapter 837, died October 19, 2024.
Donald James Collica, 71, New York Chapter 140, died January 4.
Robert Joseph Dominik, 71, New York Chapter 20, died November 30, 2024.
John Edward Eberly, 87, Tennessee Chapter 203, died October 1, 2024.
George Moody Eidson, 80, Georgia Chapter 1030, died December 15, 2024.
John Lyle Erlandson, Sr., 84, Minnesota Chapter 684, died October 6, 2024.
Richard Eugene Foote, 88, New Mexico Chapter 1062, died November 17, 2024.
Rodney J. Girard, 80, Connecticut Chapter 270, died January 13.
Frederic Nicholas Goger, 79, New Jersey Chapter 721, died October 25, 2024.
Francis A. Grimm, Jr., 81, New Jersey Chapter 12, died December 26, 2024.
Rodney Bryan Holland, 77, Tennessee Chapter 1004, died January 3.
Jefferson Davis Horne, Jr., 92, Alabama Chapter 1067, died December 21, 2024.
Donald Richard Howland, 76, Ohio Chapter 97, died December 29, 2024.
Robert Edward Hull, 85, Ohio Chapter 55, died December 1, 2024.
Howard K. Hunt, Jr., 79, Pennsylvania Chapter 974, died December 2, 2024.
John Timothy Huston, Sr., 80, Ohio Chapter 1045, died December 15, 2024.
Thomas David James, 72, North Carolina Chapter 994, died December 10, 2024.
Robert J. Jordan, 80, New York Chapter 49, died January 4.
Michael Herbert Juhola, 77, Michigan Chapter 175, died October 9, 2024.
Thomas Wesley Jung, 82, Wisconsin Chapter 409, died January 1.
William Joseph Kline, 82, Michigan Chapter 267, died December 9, 2024.
John Francis Kupillas, 77, Pennsylvania Chapter 623, died December 21, 2024.
Lawrence W. Kzinowek, 79, Michigan Chapter 154, died December 21, 2024.
David Allan Langku, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 437, died November 5, 2024.
Dennis James Lasowski, 72, Florida Chapter 755, died November 15, 2024.
William H. Lawson, 82, Delaware Chapter 1105, died December 15, 2024.
William Edward Leafdale, 73, Michigan Chapter 133, died October 6, 2024.
Charles Dixon Lee, II, 76, South Carolina Chapter 303, died July 31, 2024.
Alexis C. Lyons, 71, AVVA, New Jersey Chapter 233, died November 22, 2024.
Paul Joseph Malboeuf, 78, Massachusetts Chapter 116, died December 22, 2024.
Timothy Sean McGee, 77, Michigan Chapter 9, died January 18.
Elvan E. Miller, Jr., 76, Ohio Chapter 954, died January 4.
Gerald Keith Moore, 74, Michigan Chapter 237, died November 22, 2024.
Joseph Patrick Murano, Jr., 80, New Jersey Chapter 233, died November 28, 2024.
Leonard C. Naylor, 84, AVVA, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died February 9, 2024.
James W. Niedzwiecki, 77, Michigan Chapter 237, died December 21, 2024.
Harold Oakes, 73, New Mexico Chapter 1062, died November 26, 2024.
Charles R. O’Geen, Jr., 75, New York Chapter 193, died December 21, 2024.
Dr. Wayne J. Pappert, 82, Pennsylvania Chapter 364, died December 28, 2024.
William James Pyle, 80, Pennsylvania Chapter 67, died January 13.
Raymond Allen Quale, Jr., 75, Wisconsin Chapter 236, died December 10, 2024.
Carl A. Rabida, 77, Maine Chapter 1044, died January 1.
Richard Ralph Rice, 78, Alabama Chapter 1067, died May 10, 2024.
James Michael Robinson, Sr., 75, Mississippi Chapter 1018, died October 30, 2024.
Michael Abel Roddy, III, 79, Alabama Chapter 1067, died January 25, 2024.
William Omar Sexton, Jr., 87, Georgia Chapter 970, died December 24, 2024.
Leonard J. Slack, Jr., 81, Pennsylvania Chapter 266, died December 19, 2024.
Charles Robert Soldner, 90, Florida Chapter 1046, died November 1, 2024.
Leonard Spinks, 76, Alabama Chapter 1067, died April 15, 2024.
Carolyn Faye Stone, 72, AVVA, South Carolina Chapter 523, died December 15, 2024.
Harold Francis Swanson, Jr., Alabama Chapter 1067, died December 19, 2024.
Gary Don Swearengin, 76, Alabama Chapter 1067, died April 19, 2024.
Stephen Szekley, 98, Donor, died December 9, 2024.
Lonnie Henry Taylor, 78, Mississippi Chapter 1018, died October 17, 2024.
Raymond Frank Wall, Jr., 77, Maryland Chapter 451, died April 14, 2024.
Roy Lee Washington, 80, Alabama Chapter 1067, died December 13, 2024.
Christopher Lewis Weekes, 76, California Chapter 582, died recently.
Joseph Henry Whilden, Sr., 82, Idaho Chapter 1025, died March 14, 2024.
Michael L. Will, 73, Wisconsin Chapter 437, died December 16, 2024.
Fred B. Willis, 82, New York Chapter 193, died May 29, 2024.
Wesley Thomas Wilson, 82, Washington Chapter 1109, died May 27, 2024.
Gary L. Wood, 77, New York Chapter 20, died November 23, 2024.
Joseph Earl Zimmerman, 78, Michigan Chapter 237, died November 6, 2024.

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