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

ARIZONA
Guy Richard De Zanet, 85, Chapter 106, died September 16.
Louis Henry Schrum, 80, Chapter 1093, died September 26.
Kenneth Russell Symmes, 97, Chapter 1093, died October 8.

CALIFORNIA
John Ramsey Bilbrey, 77, Chapter 472, died November 28, 2024.
Oresta A. Johnson, 71, AVVA, Chapter 472, died recently.
Herbert J. Monie, 82, at-large, died recently.

COLORADO
Michael Strauss Karsh, 80, Chapter 1106, died July 12.
Larry Russell Majors, 80, Chapter 1106, died September 2.
David Lawrence Shepard, 78, Chapter 1106, died August 28.

FLORIDA
Lorie Ann Augustyn, 67, Chapter 594, died September 2.
James Therman Barlow, 85, Chapter 1059, died August 19.
Edward Francis Churchill, 81, Chapter 1046, died July 30.
Randall Harold Cunningham, 83, Chapter 23, died August 27.
Leonard Edward Gaspary, Jr., 77, Chapter 1048, died June 29.
Arthur Edward Gresh, 78, Chapter 23, died August 31.
David Marvin Heitman, 77, Chapter 1046, died August 17.
Arthur Allen Horton, 78, Chapter 1048, died July 10.
James Francis Johnson, 77, Donor, died September 25.
Marcus W. Jones, 77, Chapter 566, died July 31.
Richard Burton Kennah, 87, Chapter 1125, died May 8, 2024.
Mark Cornwell Nealis, 75, Chapter 1097, died July 25.
Jon Wilson Propst, 77, Chapter 566, died July 12.
John H. Quinn, 75, at-large, died July 22.
George H. Smith, 99, Chapter 1059, died May 29.

GEORGIA
Randolfe Alvin Bandow, 78, Chapter 1030, died August 11.
Homer Kenneth Jackson, 78, Chapter 1030, died June 18.
Philip Clayton Jay, III, 78, Chapter 1087, died July 8.
Ralph Derryberry Oppy, 78, Chapter 443, died June 14.

INDIANA
John Robert New, Jr., 77, Chapter 71, died August 31.
William Francis Simon, 82, Chapter 1027, died June 19.

IOWA
Dennis Roy Grothaus, 75, Chapter 888, died July 29.

KENTUCKY
Bobby Nelson Sparks, 76, Chapter 1006, died September 22.
Michael James Waterman, 79, Chapter 454, died July 19.

LOUISIANA
John Foster DeRosier, 78, Chapter 1098, died October 2.

MARYLAND
Edwin Hugh Conaway, 82, at-large, died September 4.

MASSACHUSETTS
Wayne Alan Johnson, 77, Chapter 207, died July 11.
John Jacob Lakoma, 78, Chapter 219, died July 22.

MICHIGAN
Lance Joseph Butler, Sr., 79, Chapter 133, died May 4, 2020.
Richard Allen Ciaramitaro, 78, Chapter 528, died July 20.
Dudley Cogburn, 80, Chapter 110, died July 9.
Ronald Cressotti, 76, Chapter 219, died July 16.
Peter Hans Gernand, 80, Chapter 154, died September 7.
Kevin Thomas Kelly, 74, Chapter 380, died August 24.
Michael Dale Leatherman, 78, Chapter 313, died September 15.
Harold Allen Losey, 77, Chapter 310, died October 12.
Ronald D. Seaman, 75, Chapter 133, died May 11.
Jay Warren Tar, 79, Chapter 259, died May 13.
George Michael Warner, 75, Chapter 274, died August 16.

MINNESOTA
Terrence Victor Schwanke, 74, Chapter 1110, died July 20.
Lanny Leroy Witter, 82, Chapter 1110, died July 11.

MISSISSIPPI
Robert Charles Darden, 76, Chapter 1057, died August 6.

NEVADA
Leon A. Gravelin, 79, Chapter 989, died recently.

NEW JERSEY
William E. Braker, 72, Chapter 955, died October 22, 2018.
Frank J. Caterini, 81, Chapter 955, died November 1, 2023.
James William Cousins, 76, Chapter 233, died August 1.
Vincent G. DePrinzio, Sr., 75, Chapter 955, died February 10, 2022.
Robert E. Ford, 78, Chapter 12, died August 13.
Clifton G. Glenn, 75, Chapter 955, died January 12, 2023.
Joseph P. Kasmedo, 78, at-large, died January 4.
Arthur Robert Lukshis, 79, Chapter 12, died August 3.
Norman R. Marlin, Jr., 77, Chapter 955, died May 6, 2023.
Archie James Pollard, Jr., 80, Chapter 955, died September 19, 2021.
David W. Shuhart, 69, Chapter 955, died November 28, 2022.

NEW MEXICO
George Arthur Baird, 80, Chapter 431, died September 3.

NEW YORK
Philip L. Beckerich, III, 78, Chapter 49, died March 9.
Fray H. Fuller, Sr., 74, Chapter 140, died July 12.
Russell Lawrence Green, 78, Chapter 20, died June 7.
Gordon V. Hanson, 82, Chapter 82, died March 27, 2024.
James Frederick Lasser, 79, Chapter 49, died September 26.
Arnold H. Anthony Shauvo, Jr., 74, Chapter 140, died July 17.
Jack J. Spronz, 81, Chapter 20, died June 6.

NORTH CAROLINA
Ronald Joe Brookshire, 77, Chapter 980, died September 17.
Charles Andrew Dowdle, 77, Chapter 994, died August 6.
Jerry Edwin Messer, 77, Chapter 980, died August 15.

NORTH DAKOTA
Daniel Lawrence Dacar, 76, Chapter 150, died April 14.

OHIO
Charles Dean Davis, 80, Chapter 857, died July 19.
Larry Ray Dawson, 83, Chapter 1095, died October 5.
Ronald Eugene Leininger, 77, Chapter 1126, died July 28.
Robert Lee Marks, 78, Chapter 67, died recently.
Delmar Eugene Merricle, 76, Chapter 1126, died August 13.
Marshall Lester Mustain, 85, Chapter 649, died July 3.
Donald Howard Nutter, 84, Chapter 1045, died August 7.
Dennie Lee Robinson, 75, Chapter 649, died July 2.
Stephen Lewis Santo, 83, Chapter 954, died September 6.
Judge Arlene Singer, 76, AVVA, Chapter 35, died June 29.
Danny Edward Willet, 75, Chapter 1095, died January 29.
Lynn Dale Zehnder, 78, Chapter 857, died July 15.

PENNSYLVANIA
C. Robert Adams, 80, AVVA, Chapter 415, died recently.
Carl Arthur Anderson, 76, Chapter 266, died August 25.
Martin E. Conley, 81, Chapter 1032, died June 15.
Michael John Houlihan, 79, Chapter 67, died September 12.
Robert William Klampfer, 74, Chapter 349, died July 28.
Michael W. Knapp, 75, Chapter 1032, died September 10.
Gary Lee Stonemetz, 77, Chapter 542, died September 10.
Robert W. Toomey, Sr., 80, Chapter 590, died August 6.

RHODE ISLAND
Michael Kaprielian, 75, Chapter 273, died August 10.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Terence Cooper Steer, 77, Chapter 925, died August 20.

TENNESSEE
Robert Allen Andreas, 86, Chapter 1148, died September 4.
Gary Seldon Carsey, 69, Chapter 1148, died July 13.
Warren Robert Eddy, 79, Chapter 1148, died September 16.
Larry Leon Hollandsworth, 80, Chapter 1124, died August 30.
Jeffrey Lee Nicely, 71, Chapter 1148, died March 29.
Linda Sue Pehm, 75, AVVA, Chapter 240, died July 22.
Paris Matthew Ward, 68, Chapter 1148, died April 19.

TEXAS
Robert L. Davenport, 88, Chapter 292, died April 8.
Charles Thomas Grant, 74, Chapter 915, died September 6.
Donald Ray Pozzi, 81, Chapter 898, died October 8.
Robert Marcian Baza Quinene, 78, Chapter 1000, died August 15.
Bobby Darrell Wilcox, 82, Chapter 915, died March 10.

VERMONT
James F. Keith, 77, Chapter 1, died August 30.

VIRGINIA
Ronnie Paul Fleming, Sr., 82, at-large, died August 8.
Alphonso Hancock, 81, Chapter 628, died July 26.

WASHINGTON
James H. Hamblin, 81, Chapter 879, died July 31.

WISCONSIN
Diana Louise Artz, 76, AVVA, Chapter 437, died July 16.
Roger J. Brey, 77, Chapter 351, died July 26.
Robert George Goodrich, 80, Chapter 1130, died May 9.
William Frederick Hoyt, Jr., 87, at-large, died July 23.
Val D. Johnson, 78, Chapter 224, died recently.
James Alfred Kempf, 79, Chapter 351, died September 5.
William Thomas Kingston, Jr., 80, Chapter 409, died July 24.
Robert John Murphy, 75, Chapter 409, died August 6.
David Michael Wyatt, 75, Chapter 767, died July 9.

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