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MESSAGES ABOUT OUR SHIPMATES |
| July 29, 2010 |
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We have been notified by JACK TEMPLETON that our shipmate,
WAYNE SORENSON
has passed away. He will be greatly missed.
Wayne's obituary has been posted on his page.
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| June 17, 2010 |
We have been contacted by HEATHER BURLEY,
granddaughter of shipmate
HAROLD LEE DEARING
Heather informed us that Harold had passed away in 1975. Harold's
wife Neoma is doing well and would enjoy hearing from Harold's
shipmates.
Visit
Harold's Page in the Roster section.
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| May 31, 2010 |
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We have been contacted by MICHAEL FARRELL,
son of
shipmate, Lieutenant
FRANK FARRELL
Michael informed us that Frank had passed
away
in 1982.
Visit Frank's page in the Roster section.
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| November 18, 2009 |
We have been contacted by
TIM MAGRINO,
grandson
of shipmate
JAMES MAGRINO
Tim informed us that James had passed away in 1985.
Some really great photos that Tim sent have recently been added
to
James' Page in the Roster section.
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| October 1, 2009 |
We have been contacted by
DENIS McKEOWN,
son
of shipmate
JAMES J. McKEOWN, Sr.
Denis has informed us that James passed away in March of 1994.
Information will be added
to
James' Page in the Roster section.
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| March 7, 2009 |
We have been contacted by
TONY MARTINO, JR,
son
of shipmate
ANTHONY "TONY" MARTINO, SR.
who informed us that Tony, Sr. passed away today, March 7, 2009.
Please visit Tony's Page in the Roster section
for more information.
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| February 17, 2009 |
We have been contacted by
ROSANNE KNOX,
daughter
of shipmate
WILLIAM HERBERT KNOX
who had passed away on February 3, 1997.
Rosanne has sent some great photos of William, which have
been posted on William's Page in the Roster section.
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| January 8, 2009 |
We have been contacted by
CORINNE TAPLIN,
daughter
of shipmate
ROYLE TAPLIN
Corinne has informed us that Royle passed away in July of 1988.
Photos will be sent soon and added
to Royle's Page in the Roster section.
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| December 17, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
KATHLEEN VANCE,
daughter
of shipmate
JAMES PITTS
who is living in Mulga, AL. James would love to
hear from his old shipmates. Please contact him
through
Kathleen's e-mail address: vancek01@bellsouth.net
Photos will be sent soon and added
to James' Page in the Roster section.
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| December 7, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
ROBERT L. FOX, III,
grandson
of shipmate
ROBERT L. FOX
who had passed away on January 11, 1977.
Robert III sent us a photo of his grandfather, which can
be seen on Robert's Page in the Roster section.
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| November 28, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
JOE KEOGH III that
his father, shipmate
JOE KEOGH
had passed away on September 23, 1991.
A Page for Joe has been set up in the Roster section.
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| October 11, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
shipmate JIM VANNEST that
Colie Fox had advised him of the passing of
MARIE BARTLEY
wife of shipmate CHARLES BARTLEY, on October 4.
Marie and Charles had been married for 62 years.
Please also see Charles' Page.
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| October 7, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
ANTHONY MARTINO, JR, son of
Shipmate
ANTHONY "TONY" MARTINO
who informed us that his mother, ARLENE, Anthony Sr.'s wife,
has passed away. Tony and Arlene were married for 62 years.
Tony resides
at 112 Bonita Place, Ormond Beach, FL 32174.
Please also see Anthony's Page.
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| September 22, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
DONNA OLSON, daughter of
Shipmate
ROCCO A. MARMORALE
who informed us that Rocco had passed away
on August 10, 1987
in his
hometown of Locust Valley, New York.
Rocco's Page has been added to the Roster section
and
pictures will be added when received.
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| August 12, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
shipmate JIM VANNEST that
Colie Fox had received a message from Charles Bartley that
Shipmate
LAURENCE COOPER
had passed away
on May 22, 2008 in
Charleston, WV
Laurence's obituary has been posted to Laurence's Page
and pictures of Laurence will be added when received.
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| August 6, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
CAROL JEFFREY, daughter of
Shipmate
FAY C. BROWN
Carol recently found our website and wrote to inform us that
Fay had passed away
on February 27, 1991 in
Lewisville, AR
Fay had been friends with shipmate Charles Bartley,
and also with shipmate Burke Reed, who passed away
in July 2008.
UPDATE: August 31, 2008 - GREAT Photos have been
received and added to Fay's Page.
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| July 29, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
BERTHA REED, daughter-in-law of
Shipmate
JOSEPH BURKEMAN "BURKE" REED
Bertha informed us that Burke passed away on July 23 in Opelousas, LA
from
complications from surgery. Burke and his family had hoped
that he could recover and possibly attend the upcoming reunion
in New Orleans,
but he developed a bacterial infection and pnuemonia following the operation.
Please visit Burke's page.
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| July 13, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
shipmate JIM VANNEST and notified of
the passing of our good friend,
DONNA SMITH
wife of Shipmate PAT SMITH
Jim informed us that Donna had passed away on June 9, 2008.
Please see Patrick's page for more information.
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| July 11, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
JACK WILSON, son of
Shipmate
MARVIN WILSON
Jack informed us that Marvin passed away on June 2, 2005.
He also sent a very nice service photo, which is posted on
Marvin's page in the Roster section.
More photos will be posted in the future.
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| May 29, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
RENEE TEIXEIRA, granddaughter of
Shipmate
JOE 'DOC' SHAVER
Renee informed us that Doc passed away in 1994. She also sent
photos and copies of the pages of Doc's daily journal.
Be sure to click the link on Doc's page to read the journal and
check the names of many of the shipmates that Doc knew!
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| May 9, 2008 |
We have been contacted by
SANDRA BATTISTE, daughter of
Shipmate
LYLE DURBIN
Sandra informed us that Lyle has passed away, on April 18.
Lyle's page has been added to the Roster.
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| February 18, 2008 |
We have been contacted by ROBIN BURKE, daughter of
Shipmate
ROBERT MERRYWEATHER
Robert is doing well and living in Indiana!
UPDATE! Photos have been added to Robert's page.
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| January 6, 2008 |
We are saddened by the news
of the death
of
our good friend and shipmate
CHUCK ERLANDSEN
We were contacted by
Chuck's
grandson,
RYAN ZURAKOWSKI
who informed us that
Chuck had passed away
on December 31, 2007
after a brief illness.
More information is
available on Chuck's page.
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| November 22, 2007 |
We have been contacted by Matt Waskey,
grandson of
Shipmate
JOHN WILLIAM "BILL" WASKEY
Bill is doing fine! He and Matt will be going through some old pictures
and will forward some to us for the website.
Check back soon and visit Bill's page.
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| November 9, 2007 |
We have been contacted by PAT KENNEALLY,
daughter of
Shipmate
ROBERT E. KENNEALLY
Pat informed us that Robert
had
passed away
in 1990.
Robert's page has
been added
to the roster, along with the lyrics
of a song composed by Pat about
her family.
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| October 31, 2007 |
We have been contacted by BRENDA LEAP,
daughter of
Shipmate
E.E. "BILL" WILLIAMS
Brenda informed us that Bill
had
passed away
in March, 2003.
Bill's page has
been added
to the roster.
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| June 15, 2007 |
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We have been contacted by Shipmate,
AL SHEELER
Al's doing great!!
Visit Al's page.
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| April 11, 2007 |
We have been contacted by RICHARD FOEHL, JR.,
the grandson of Shipmate
GLEN FOEHL
Richard informed us that Glen
had
passed away
in 1977.
Glen's page has
been added
to the roster, with some great
photos that Richard provided.
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| April 5, 2007 |
We have been contacted by
EDWARD L. MEEHAN,
the son of
Shipmate
ARTHUR L . MEEHAN
Edward informed us that Arthur
passed away
on Monday, April 2.
Arthur's page has
been
updated.
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| January 31, 2007 |
We have been contacted by
the nephew of
Shipmate
LLOYD O. ROBERTS
who informed us that Lloyd
had passed away
in
1980.
Lloyd's page has
been
added to our roster section.
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| January 16, 2007 |
We have been contacted by
the daughter and son-in-law
of
Shipmate
TONY MELLO
who informed us that Tony
has passed away,
on
December 29, 2006.
Our sincere condolences to
Debra and Wayne and the
rest of Tony's family.
Tony's page has
been
added to our roster section.
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| December 18, 2006 |
We have been contacted by
Command Sergeant Major
DAVID I. BIRDSEY,
US Army (Retired),
a friend of
Shipmate
CPO STEVE STROYNY
who informed us that Steve
had passed away.
CPO Steve Stroyny will be
sadly
missed by all.
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| December 10, 2006 |
We were recently notified of the
loss of our friend and
Shipmate
HAROLD HANDSCHEN
Harold passed away on
Tuesday December 5, 2006.
Please go to Harold's page to view his obituary as posted
in the Asbury Park Press.
Hal will be sadly missed by all
who attend the
Lee Reunions.
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| November 17, 2006 |
We were recently contacted by DANIEL DOODY, son of
Shipmate
ROY T. DOODY
who informed us that Roy
had passed away on
March 30, 2006.
Roy's page has
been
added to our roster section.
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