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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
David Lee Adkins, 75, Chapter 864, died January 27, 2023.
Ronald Jerry Becker, 80, Chapter 1155, died April 21.
Lee Chester Lindgren, 81, Chapter 1067, died June 28.
Raymond Charles Temple, 77, Chapter 864, died May 10.

ARKANSAS
Robert T. Missal, 81, Chapter 184, died recently.

CALIFORNIA
Dr. Mahlon M. Schallig Hile, 80, Chapter 933, died June 4.
Leland E. House, 81, Chapter 933, died May 8.
Thomas R. Huelskamp, 80, at-large, died February 3.
Reuben L. Willhite, 81, Chapter 201, died July 4.

DELAWARE
Ronald T. Quillen, 75, Chapter 1105, died February 20, 2024.

FLORIDA
Raymond Aime Breault, 82, Chapter 1046, died July 12.
Ronald F. Grathwol, 92, Chapter 1038, died recently.
Harvey J. Hager, 78, Chapter 566, died June 6.
Francis Leonard Loving, 87, Chapter 1046, died June 9.

GEORGIA
Kenneth Allen Lehr, 87, Chapter 970, died recently.
Martha Zoller, 66, AVVA, Chapter 772, died June 22.

ILLINOIS
Michael Paul Stroh, 78, Chapter 269, died May 9.

INDIANA
Terrance Edward Finnigan, 74, Chapter 1027, died July 7.
William C. Lampos, 73, Chapter 1027, died June 27.
Kenneth Duaine Nelson, 81, Chapter 71, died June 17.
Joseph U. Sharp, 74, Chapter 1027, died June 12.

IOWA
James L. Spiker, 78, Chapter 490, died July 3.

KENTUCKY
William Edward Garwood, 83, Chapter 454, died May 17.
David Leroy Stevenson, 82, Chapter 1006, died May 16.

LOUISIANA
Edward Charles Hudon, Sr., 81, Chapter 1098, died April 20.
Wardell Jones, 71, Chapter 852, died recently.
Joseph Durel Soileau, 76, Chapter 632, died June 19.
Kenneth Raymond Walker, 77, Chapter 632, died June 11.

MARYLAND
Edna Frances Bittner, 84, AVVA, Chapter 965, died June 10.
Duery Clifton Felton, 78, Chapter 641, died March 16.
Thomas A. Frankenfield, 79, at-large, died April 3.
Thomas Corbett Grunwell, 86, Chapter 304, died June 17.
Frank C. Schneider, III, 79, Chapter 304, died June 11.
Rodney N. Swilley, 79, at-large, died July 15, 2025.

MASSACHUSETTS
Robert G. Aucoin, 83, Chapter 111, died December 20, 2025.
Ronald E. Costa, 92, Chapter 207, died May 16.
Joseph T. Langland, Jr., 79, Chapter 111, died March 14.
Robert W. Long, 75, Chapter 111, died June 4.

MICHIGAN
Guido Capaldi, 77, Chapter 528, died May 20.
Danny James Cook, 82, Chapter 528, died May 25.
Darryl D. Fossen, 78, Chapter 571, died January 13.
Thomas E. Gayle, 80, Chapter 9, died recently.
Walter Frank Munie, Jr., 75, Chapter 528, died June 6.
Daniel P. Overstreet, 77, Chapter 9, died May 1.
Phil Pursell, 65, AVVA, Chapter 528, died May 30.
Walter Albert Schultz, 80, Chapter 237, died May 27.
John Joseph Henry Schwarz, M.D, 88, Chapter 313, died May 27.
Richard Edwin Waldecker, 83, Chapter 528, died June 20.
Dale A. Worcester, 87, Chapter 528, died May 6.

MINNESOTA
Robert William Young, 77, at-large, died June 21, 2025.

MISSOURI
Barney J. Fisher, 78, Chapter 918, died April 10.
Merritt Charles Reid, III, 78, Chapter 458, died May 29.

MONTANA
Chester W. Hansen, Jr., 83, Chapter 788, died October 15, 2025.
Ronald Layton, 80, Chapter 788, died May 3, 2022.

NEBRASKA
Raymond William Modlin, 76, Chapter 279, died May 6.
Douglas Edward Ohm, 76, Chapter 279, died June 28.

NEW JERSEY
Harold R. Klouser, 78, Chapter 233, died May 6.
Robert Edward Stephens, 77, Chapter 233, died April 28.

NEW MEXICO
David D. Pratesi, 75, Chapter 358, died March 22.
Mike Francis Williams, 76, Chapter 358, died March 20.

NEW YORK
Howard R. Amo, Jr., 80, Chapter 20, died May 24.
Lenny D. Breeden, 80, Chapter 268, died June 19.
Joseph A. Cartonia, Jr., 83, Chapter 77, died May 5.
David Alfred Cook, 83, Chapter 20, died June 13.
William Joseph Cowmey, 79, Chapter 704, died June 16.
Stephen Jeffrey Ferguson, 79, Chapter 20, died May 17.
Raul Fernandez, 79, Chapter 20, died April 22.
Richard R. Guevara, 81, Chapter 82, died May 9.
William W. Hagerman, 79, Chapter 20, died March 8.
Richard Robert Keiser, 76, Chapter 333, died May 13.
Carl Arthur Lundin, 76, Chapter 77, died May 30.
Luke John Piccarreto, 79, Chapter 20, died June 17.
Frank Reginald Wilson, III, 76, at-large, died April 15.

NORTH CAROLINA
Peyton Ellsworth Cook, 97, Chapter 966, died April 12.
Jerome T. Donahoe, Jr., 79, Chapter 886, died April 28.
Kerry Lou Hancock, 79, Chapter 886, died April 10.
Levi Eugene Helton, 79, Chapter 1136, died May 30.
George Clyde Ritchie, 83, Chapter 1136, died April 22.
Douglas C. Robinson, 77, Chapter 994, died September 8, 2025.
Edward Vann Stephenson, Sr., 81, Chapter 886, died January 25, 2025.

NORTH DAKOTA
Charles Lloyd Weible, 80, Chapter 941, died May 6.

OHIO
Richard Eugene Brewer, 79, Chapter 89, died May 22.
Michael Wayne Easley, 78, Chapter 954, died July 13.
Robert Stephen Pado, 75, Chapter 255, died June 1.
Patricia Ann Powell, 79, AVVA, Chapter 199, died March 17.
Gerd Joseph Scott, 78, Chapter 440, died June 1.
Michael Thomas Serra, 82, Chapter 255, died May 29.

OREGON
James D. Abbott, Chapter 392, died recently.

PENNSYLVANIA
Roger W. Allers, 78, Chapter 131, died May 21.
John F. Groman, 78, Chapter 364, died March 5.
George A. Houston, Jr., 79, Chapter 266, died April 24.
Franklin J. Salamone, 87, Chapter 131, died May 10.
Craig R. Singer, 78, Chapter 720, died June 3.
Edward A. Stoltzfus, Jr., 79, Chapter 131, died May 29.

RHODE ISLAND
Salvatore J. Capirchio, 79, Chapter 273, died June 17.
Ronald J. Cote, 80, Chapter 818, died April 26.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Richard P. Norton, 80, Chapter 994, died May 23.
Reginald E. Wood, Sr., 84, Chapter 960, died December 6, 2025.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Clinton Richard Wells, 83, Chapter 959, died December 8, 2025.

TENNESSEE
Tammy Lynn Adcock, 62, Chapter 1004, died June 15.
Douglas Rudolph Banar, 74, Chapter 1004, died February 17.
Richard Eugene Dubois, 79, Chapter 1015, died March 3.
John Furgess, Jr., 83, Chapter 953, died June 1.
John Michael Green, 79, Chapter 1089, died June 18.
Robert Raymond Lieb, 83, Chapter 1078, died June 21.
Michael P. Mattson, 83, Chapter 1015, died November 25, 2025.
Donald Irwin Nuhfer, 73, Chapter 1015, died February 27.
James Oris, 94, Chapter 1048, died May 8.
James Richards, 79, Chapter 240, died May 31.
Arlie J. Sartin, 79, Chapter 1078, died April 22.
Billy E. Walker, 83, Chapter 203, died February 25.

TEXAS
John King Cook, 76, Chapter 137, died July 2.
Ernest Edwin Dean, Jr., 79, Chapter 137, died recently.
James L. Garrity, 77, Chapter 920, died February 5, 2025.
Michael Francis Hutton, 81, at-large, died March 24.
Kerry L. Williams, 84, Chapter 1013, died June 9.

VERMONT
Melvin Edward Coon, 77, Chapter 753, died June 16.

VIRGINIA
Robert Norman Dunn, 79, Chapter 227, died June 1.
Bernard Jay Grundy, 82, Chapter 957, died April 16.
William Lee Kee, 75, Chapter 1061, died June 9.
David Glen McConnell, 79, Chapter 1061, died June 13.
Robert H. Millard, Jr., 77, Chapter 957, died October 12, 2025.
Robert Earl Monroe, 75, Chapter 957, died May 8.
Glenn E. Adair-Stantiford, 77, Chapter 196, died June 27.
Karen L. Walton, 75, Chapter 936, died May 14.
James Lee Williams, 84, Chapter 1061, died May 17.
Frederick Raymond Zimmerman, Jr., 81, Chapter 1019, died May 30, 2024.

WASHINGTON
James A. Bryant, 80, Chapter 879, died recently.

WEST VIRGINIA
Glem Eugene Bee, 76, Chapter 306, died May 18.
Robert B. Kasel, Jr., 78, Chapter 812, died August 24, 2025.
Kenneth Marshall Phillips, 78, Chapter 628, died May 26.
Roy Kermit Vanscoy, Jr., 80, Chapter 628, died June 24.

WISCONSIN
Walter Bruce Bonnett, 77, Chapter 921, died March 19.
Fredric Gordon Deines, 80, at-large, died May 11.
Lonnie H. Erdmann, 76, Chapter 731, died April 26.
John Wayne Steele, 77, Chapter 331, died April 5.

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