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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

ALASKA
William D. Schlegelmilch, 80, Chapter 891, died February 3.

ARIZONA
Richard H. Rivier, Jr., 81, at-large, died November 11, 2025.

CALIFORNIA
Carlin Young, 76, Chapter 446, died November 9, 2025.

COLORADO
Jose Salomon Gonzales, 76, Chapter 1071, died January 28.
Russell Alfred Morse, Jr., 82, Chapter 1071, died February 24.
R. Douglas Nunes, 80, Chapter 1071, died March 10.

DELAWARE
Justine Davis, 85, AVVA, Chapter 850, died January 10.
John Dennis Hiott, 80, Chapter 850, died January 30.

FLORIDA
William Cravey, 78, Chapter 1088, died November 30, 2025.
Edmund James Fischer, 82, Chapter 1097, died August 6, 2025.
Arnold Fliegelman, 78, Chapter 25, died February 28.
Carrol Eugene Franklin, 76, Chapter 1088, died July 20, 2025.
August George Handt, 81, Chapter 23, died February 20.
Frederick Gerald Hill, 80, Chapter 1036, died February 24.
Joseph Rexford Lounsbury, 77, Chapter 1059, died January 24.
Patrick Ray McCarthy, 80, Chapter 1088, died January 30.
John L. Ramsey, 92, Chapter 1088, died October 19, 2025.
William Harris Salley, Jr., 81, Chapter 1097, died December 15, 2023.
Ronald Gene Standerfer, 91, at-large, died January 14.

GEORGIA
Alfred A. Ardeneaux, Jr., 70, Chapter 970, died February 23.
George Marchbanks, 84, Chapter 970, died February 3.

IDAHO
Richard M. Gay, 77, Chapter 890, died March 23, 2025.

ILLINOIS
Roy L. Dolgos, 81, Chapter 242, died December 25, 2025.
John W. Reid, 80, Chapter 242, died December 21, 2025.
Paul Sierra, 80, Chapter 669, died February 14.

INDIANA
Raymond A. Gervais, 99, AVVA, Chapter 1027, died January 17.

KANSAS
Thomas Bernard Brown, 76, Chapter 75, died February 20, 2025.

KENTUCKY
James E. Armstrong, 81, Chapter 1006, died September 28, 2025.

LOUISIANA
Joseph E. Doucet, 74, Chapter 630, died recently.
Willie Charles Gros, Sr., 83, Chapter 1098, died February 21.
Clarence J. Hernandez, Jr., 79, Chapter 1131, died February 12.
Danwood Reimer, Jr., 74, Chapter 1131, died January 27.
Michael D. Roessler, 81, Chapter 1131, died January 21.
Sterling Robert Swan, 92, Chapter 1131, died February 19.

MASSACHUSETTS
Charles W. Bachelder, 80, Chapter 340, died July 16, 2025.
Robert Vincente, 80, Chapter 499, died March 3.
Donald S. Welshman, 80, Chapter 499, died February 17, 2025.

MICHIGAN
Terry Lee Bausack, 77, Chapter 175, died December 14, 2025.
Benjamin E. Brummer, 85, Chapter 390, died November 19, 2025.
Gerald Thomas Coupie, 77, Chapter 390, died December 4, 2025.
Dennis E. Danneels, 77, Chapter 284, died March 16.
Edward W. Hartwick, 75, Chapter 390, died September 22, 2025.
Norman Joseph Heim, 76, Chapter 109, died January 15.
Keith K. King, 75, Chapter 9, died January 1.
Alfred E. Merritt, 77, Chapter 310, died February 18.
James John O’Dowd, 80, Chapter 109, died January 31.
Kathleen Paluzzi, 78, AVVA, Chapter 154, died January 13.
Rodney Darrell Tanner, 74, Chapter 528, died January 20.
Robert Dewey Wolford, 79, Chapter 313, died March 19.

MISSOURI
Arthur E. Fillmore, II, 79, Chapter 317, died February 22.
James T. Whitworth, Jr., 78, Chapter 458, died February 23.

NEBRASKA
Howard Kenneth Fraser, 81, Chapter 279, died January 12.
Richard Lee Hays, 78, Chapter 279, died February 17.

NEVADA
Edward H. Jeffries, Jr., 80, Chapter 719, died recently.
Robert Sidney Strauss, 79, Chapter 17, died January 20.

NEW JERSEY
Theodore A. Andrews, 82, Chapter 1002, died January 26, 2025.
Thomas R. Delaney, Jr., 80, at-large, died August 27, 2025.
Charles Arthur Marsh, 81, Chapter 800, died November 17, 2025.
Barry Vincent O’Neill, 78, Chapter 12, died January 28.
Gene-Ann Pesano, 79, AVVA, Chapter 12, died January 21.
Leonard J. Specht, Sr., 79, Chapter 688, died June 14, 2024.
Dale M. Watson, 78, Chapter 899, died December 16, 2025.

NEW MEXICO
Richard Owen Robertson, 88, at-large, died December 13, 2025.
Clifford John Tavernier, 94, Chapter 358, died January 23.

NEW YORK
Gregory Jack Cain, 79, Chapter 77, died February 14.
Anthony Louis Castaldo, 80, Chapter 49, died February 22.
Kenneth P. Corkins, 76, Chapter 77, died December 18, 2025.
Gerald Robert Kasperek, 75, Chapter 77, died January 27.
John P. Ksionzyk, 79, Chapter 803, died August 1, 2025.
Francisco Muniz, III, 84, Chapter 82, died December 23, 2025.
Thomas M. Steinagle, 77, Chapter 77, died February 23.

NORTH CAROLINA
James Joseph Murray, III, 79, Chapter 990, died February 1.

OHIO
William Andrew Hughes, 76, Chapter 1095, died January 21.
David E. Sanders, 70, Chapter 649, died December 11, 2025.
Kenneth Ray Shears, 76, Chapter 1095, died March 7.
Dennis Charles Skeene, 74, Chapter 649, died March 7.
John T. Staten, Jr., 72, Chapter 634, died recently.
Robert Vanderwissel, 78, Chapter 1095, died January 23.
Gary Robert Wade, 81, at-large, died January 12.
Keith Robert Walrath, Jr., 79, Chapter 55, died January 30.
David R. Zinn, 79, Chapter 634, died recently.

PENNSYLVANIA
Richard George Dewees, 82, Chapter 349, died January 10.
Michael Timothy Force, 83, Chapter 862, died January 26.
James Michael Gourniak, Sr., 77, Chapter 415, died December 27, 2025.
Thomas Michael Mahaney, 76, Chapter 720, died December 13, 2025.
James Joseph Radetzky, 80, Chapter 266, died February 1.
Edgar W. Reed, Jr., 81, Chapter 720, died November 20, 2025.
Patrick Jan Sweeney, Sr., 78, Chapter 364, died January 8.
Nick Charles Veitz, Sr., 77, Chapter 862, died recently.

RHODE ISLAND
Thomas C. Curtin, 80, Chapter 325, died January 5, 2024.
Wesley John Neal, 86, Chapter 325, died July 25, 2025.
John L. Sheldon, III, 80, Chapter 325, died January 9.
John H. Weiss, 81, Chapter 273, died February 14.

SOUTH CAROLINA
James Willis Cantey, Jr., 79, Chapter 303, died February 15.
Thomas Willie Whitehead, 77, Chapter 303, died February 18.

SOUTH DAKOTAA
Jerome L. Keenan, 82, Chapter 1121, January 1.

TENNESSEE
Donald James Goodwin, 81, Chapter 1004, died February 11.
Louis E. Keeling, 79, Chapter 1078, died March 2.
Fagan N. Raymond, 81, Chapter 1089, died February 16.
Gylann Kent Silcox, 69, Chapter 1078, died December 18, 2025.

TEXAS
John Perry Breaux, 78, Chapter 685, died January 10.
Calvin Ray Brock, 79, Chapter 1069, died February 11.
Dennis M. Dorsa, 75, Chapter 1013, died September 7, 2025.
Tommy Dale Gafford, 71, Chapter 1009, died February 9.
Kenneth William Garth, Sr., 79, Chapter 685, died January 16.
Henry Gonzales, III, 76, Chapter 1012, died January 16.
Gary Lee Guinn, 80, Chapter 1009, died February 23.
Raymond Gene Horne, Sr., 78, Chapter 1012, died December 14, 2025.
William Pearl Love, 87, Chapter 1013, died May 7, 2025.
Rene Reyes, 80, Chapter 898, died recently.
Ted Westmoreland, 80, Chapter 973, died March 26.

UTAH
Ralph Herbert Lowther, 89, Chapter 961, died January 27.
Howard L. Schlutter, 76, AVVA, Chapter 1079, died February 1.

VERMONT
Juanita Marie Hoerr, 96, Chapter 1, died February 4.

VIRGINIA
Charles Earnest Cole, 81, Chapter 196, died February 12.
Stanley E. Derr, 82, Chapter 227, died November 21, 2025.
Fredrick Lester Mongold, 81, Chapter 1061, died January 20.

WASHINGTON
Robert A. Shinstrom, 75, Chapter 8, died October 17, 2023.

WEST VIRGINIA
Lloyd Allen Foe, 80, Chapter 1100, died December 29, 2025.
James Allen Thomason, 78, Chapter 628, died February 1.

WISCONSIN
Thomas E. Heitman, 76, Chapter 448, died February 4.

WYOMING
John Richard Nulle, 76, at-large, died November 16, 2025.

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