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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

ALABAMA
Sammie Lee Bone, 78, Chapter 1067, died July 23, 2025.
Andrew Allen Caudle, 76, Chapter 1067, died April 12, 2025.
Connie Gene Hudson, 81, Chapter 373, died July 28, 2025.
Robert Lee Langford, Sr., 86, Chapter 1067, died July 17, 2025.
Louis John Lartigue, Sr., 80, Chapter 864, died January 17.
John Beecher Mays, 74, Chapter 1067, died September 25, 2025.
Reverend Charles W. Powell, Sr., 79, Chapter 1067, died November 8, 2025.
Kenneth Randall Rollins, 80, Chapter 502, died March 23, 2025.

CALIFORNIA
Roger A. Morrissey, Jr., 77, Chapter 53, died December 30, 2025.

COLORADO
Jack L. Wright, 78, Chapter 1106, died recently.

DELAWARE
Frederick Steven Sowers, 74, Chapter 83, died July 18, 2025.

FLORIDA
James Nihme Abdullah, 83, Chapter 1046, died January 14.
Robert William Beach, 77, Chapter 1048, died December 12, 2025.
Thomas L. McKeen, 82, Chapter 1059, died December 6, 2025.
Marvin Louis Nixon, 94, Chapter 1059, died October 21, 2025.
John Edward Peterson, 80, Chapter 195, died January 7.
James Joseph Raco, 81, Chapter 1048, died January 7.
Patricia L. Walentiny, 84, AVVA, Chapter 566, died June 7, 2025.
Peter Wynkoop, 80, Chapter 1046, died December 8, 2025.

GEORGIA
David Thomas Mitchell, 77, Chapter 946, died August 18, 2025.
Hezzie Patrick, Jr., 80, Chapter 970, died January 5.

IDAHO
Marvin Lyle Buffi, 78, Chapter 1025, died December 19, 2025.

ILLINOIS
Larry Neil Boatright, 78, Chapter 269, died January 25.

INDIANA
Kenneth W. Knowlton, 77, Chapter 71, died December 25, 2025.
Michael R. McClenahan, 79, Chapter 71, died December 14, 2025.
Gregory L. Taylor, 71, Chapter 1027, died December 23, 2025.
Glenn Raymond Wiesmann, 84, Chapter 71, died January 17.

IOWA
LeWayne Dean Gronau, 80, Chapter 888, died August 27, 2025.

KANSAS
Jack Ellsworth Walker, 91, Chapter 75, died December 31, 2025.

KENTUCKY
Willie P. McIntosh, Jr., 80, Chapter 868, died September 20, 2025.

LOUISIANA
James Bueford Manuel, 85, Chapter 1131, died January 3.
Edward Joseph Rachal, 74, Chapter 1131, died December 17, 2025.
Michael Lee Wood, 74, Chapter 1131, died December 17, 2025.

MASSACHUSETTS
Robert Jay Bray, 89, Chapter 116, died December 25, 2025.
Raymond E. L’Heureux, 79, Chapter 499, died December 3, 2025.
John W. Remedis, Jr., 76, Chapter 499, died December 4, 2025.
Richard C. Rivers, 80, Chapter 232, died December 13, 2025.
Walter B. Rohan, 77, Chapter 111, died January 28.

MICHIGAN
Michael Allan Bilyk, 79, Chapter 154, died December 14, 2025.
Neugene Hall, 81, Chapter 310, died December 24, 2025.
James W. Joslin, 81, Chapter 310, died July 26, 2025.
Nickukas Kamensky, 81, Chapter 267, died January 16.
Keith K. King, 75, at-large, died January 1.
Ronald William Matz, 79, Chapter 154, died January 6.
Thomas R. McMullen, 78, Chapter 528, died January 9.
Michael B. Mileski, Sr., 78, Chapter 313, died January 6.

MINNESOTA
Kenneth C. Colgrove, 80, Chapter 235, died December 23, 2025.

MISSISSIPPI
Paul Martin Evans, 77, Chapter 1018, died November 26, 2025.

MISSOURI
Donald Auchly, 86, Chapter 833, died November 18, 2025.
Paula Lynn Davis, 48, AVVA, at-large, died January 2, 2025.

NEBRASKA
Dennis L. Speck, 82, Chapter 279, died August 26, 2025.

NEW JERSEY
Harry W. Judson, Jr., 81, Chapter 233, died January 13.
William John Monahan, Jr., 79, Chapter 12, died October 16, 2025.

NEW MEXICO
Charles L. Kelly, 76, Chapter 358, died April 26, 2025.
Richard Padilla Marrufo, 78, Chapter 358, died November 19, 2025.

NEW YORK
Kenneth R. Ayotte, 79, Chapter 20, died December 31, 2025.
Richard C. Bryant, 97, Chapter 704, died September 9, 2025.
Robert Bucking, 83, Chapter 82, died January 16.
Timothy James Faux, 81, Chapter 268, died November 23, 2025.
Francisco Muñiz, III, 84, Chapter 82, died December 23, 2025.
James Frank Schmitt, 81, Chapter 20, died November 30, 2025.
William H. Starr, III, 76, Chapter 377, died October 19, 2025.

NORTH CAROLINA
James Alan Lazenby, 82, Chapter 909, died June 10, 2025.
Billy Ray Livengood, 76, Chapter 909, died November 8, 2025.
John Grant O’Brien, 85, Chapter 966, died December 21, 2025.
Dennis N. Robinson, 76, Chapter 909, died November 8, 2025.

OHIO
Robert F. Bragg, Jr., 79, Chapter 634, died December 19, 2025.
Steven Britton, 69, AVVA, Chapter 97, died December 29, 2025.
Joseph M. Moore, 75, Chapter 649, died October 2, 2025.
Henry Lee Myers, 89, Chapter 709, died December 11, 2025.
Albert John Seimet, 78, Chapter 954, died January 9.

OKLAHOMA
Lewis W. Broughton, 76, Chapter 524, died November 17, 2025.
David Keith Kerr, 77, Chapter 751, died recently.
Wilbert Monroe, 97, Chapter 751, died October 11, 2025.
Randolph Haskell Talley, 75, Chapter 751, died November 22, 2025.
Edna Jolene Taylor, 87, AVVA, Chapter 940, died September 7, 2025.

PENNSYLVANIA
Thomas Anthony Graziosetta, 81, Chapter 266, died January 9.
John Cleon Kiser, 81, Chapter 364, died August 19, 2025.
Terry C. Lauper, 73, Chapter 364, died January 11, 2025.
Barry Lynn Schellhammer, 76, Chapter 364, died February 27, 2025.

PHILIPPINES
Junior Washington, 79, Chapter 887, died November 2, 2025.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Marvin Lee Triggs, Jr., 78, Chapter 828, died January 11, 2025.
Wilbur O’Neil Williams, 79, Chapter 828, died October 17, 2025.
Robert M. Wilson, 77, Chapter 1017, died January 9.

TENNESSEE
James H. Cantrell, 83, Chapter 1112, died November 16, 2025.
Albert R. Combs, Sr., 82, Chapter 1073, died November 11, 2025.
Jimmy Dale Conrad, 78, Chapter 1123, died December 20, 2025.
Denny Allen Knight, 74, Chapter 596, died December 27, 2025.
Donald R. Phillips, 78, Chapter 942, died December 24, 2025.
Harold Wayne Sellars, 83, Chapter 1078, died January 3.
Jack Lee Walker, 75, Chapter 1078, died December 29, 2025.

TEXAS
Dennis M. Dorsa, 75, Chapter 1013, died September 7, 2025.
Curtis W. Fitzgerald, 77, Chapter 991, died February 4, 2025.
William Pearl Love, 87, Chapter 1013, died May 7, 2025.

VERMONT
Wesley E. Crider, Jr., 89, Chapter 1, died October 11, 2025.

VIRGINIA
Sam Lewis Batton, 93, Chapter 1061, died January 3.
James Irvin Farlow, Sr., 77, Chapter 196, died January 16.
James Bradford Greer, 82, Chapter 1042, died August 8, 2025.
Patricia H. Jernigan, 84, Chapter 227, died January 6.
James G. Roberts, 76, Chapter 227, died December 2, 2025.
Wayne Lee Whetzel, 78, Chapter 1061, died January 4.
Richard Lee Zick, 81, Chapter 957, died December 4, 2025.

WEST VIRGINIA
James D. Croy, 79, Chapter 628, died January 3.
Tommy Joe Scyphers, 79, Chapter 628, died December 25, 2025.

WISCONSIN
John C. Kriewaldt, 81, Chapter 206, died December 12, 2025.
Martin Manser, 75, Chapter 324, died recently.

WYOMING
Hal W. Worthen, 80, Chapter 99, died March 24, 2025.

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