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MESSAGES ABOUT OUR SHIPMATES
November 17, 2011

We have been notified by PATRICIA CORNETT FARLEY, daughter of our shipmate,
McKINLEY CORNETT, Jr.
that McKinley passed away in August of 2006 at age 82.

McKinley's Page has been added to the Roster section in his memory.  Photos will be forwarded and added to the website
in the near future.  Patricia would love to hear from any shipmates who served with her father.

   
October 1, 2011

We have been notified that our shipmate,
GERALD McDONALD
of Terry,MS, passed away at home
on July 20, 2011 at age 89.

Gerald's obituary and a beautiful video tribute,
showing photos of Gerald and his wonderful
family, have been added to Gerald's page.

   
August 30, 2011

We are saddened to notify you that
MARIE SALDUTTI
wife of Vince Saldutti, passed away peacefully
on August 12, 2011 at age 90.

Marie had been in a nursing home
suffering from dementia since March.
Vince and Marie had been married for 68 years.

   
August 8, 2011

We have been notified by TED GALLIGAN, grandson of our shipmate, Yeoman Chief Petty Officer
ROBERT L. GALLIGAN
that Robert passed away in 2009 at age 88,
after a long battle with leukemia.

Robert's Page has been added to the Roster section in his memory.  Photos will be forwarded and added to the website
in the near future.

   
July 12, 2011

We have been notified by ALICE MAKINO,
daughter of our shipmate,
VITO BRIATICO

that Vito passed away on April 15th, 2011. Vito's passing
was very unexpected and quick, as he had been healthy and active right up to that time.  Alice said that her dad really enjoyed re-connecting with everyone at the reunions that he was able to attend. She and her husband were able to join him in Philadelphia and they really enjoyed getting to meet everyone.

Vito's Page has been added to the Roster section in his memory.

   
June 13, 2011

Shipmate JOE MICELI has written his memoirs of his years in the Navy!  They can be found on Joe's Roster Page.

   
May 15, 2011

We have been notified by JOE BARTOLOMEI, Jr.,
son of our shipmate,
JOE BARTOLOMEI

that Joe passed away in 1996. Joe Sr. told his son many stories about his experiences aboard the Lee, which included the entire time in the Pacific, from 1943 to 1945.


Joe's Page has added to the Roster section.

   
April 21, 2011

We have been notified by
H. HAWKEY and JOHN McELHINEY,
daughter and son of our shipmate,
Chief Gunners Mate
ARTHUR L. McELHINEY

that Arthur passed away in April, 1956 after
suffering a heart attack.

Arthur's Page
has been added to the
Roster section.

   
April 14, 2011

We have been notified by our
Shipmate JIM VANNEST that
MILDRED FOX
beloved wife of our shipmate COLIE FOX,

has passed away, on April 13, 2011.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Colie
and his family at this very sad time.

Mildred's obituary is now listed on
Colie's Page in the Roster section.

   
April 12, 2011

We have been notified by RACHELE MOOERS,
granddaughter of our shipmate,
JOHN WARREN MOOERS

that our friend, Warren, has passed away, on March 21, 2011. He will be greatly missed by his loving family, and by his shipmates who enjoyed seeing him at past Lee reunions.

His obituary is now listed on
Warren's Page
in the
Roster section.

   
December 14, 2010

We have been notified by ANDREW RUSSO,
grandson of our shipmate,
SAMUEL RUSSO

that Samuel passed away on May 2, 2004. Andrew asks that anyone who knew Samuel or has any memory of, or information about our shipmate please contact him.
E-Mail

Samuel's Page has added to
the Roster section.

   
November 29, 2010

We have been notified by CYNTHIA KOELER,
granddaughter of our shipmate,
HUBERT CHANEY

that Hubert has passed away, on November 18. He will be greatly missed by his loving family, which includes 6 children, 18 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Hubert's Page has added to
the Roster section.

   
July 29, 2010

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.
Visit Wayne's Page in the Roster section.

   
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.

   
May 31, 2010

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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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.

   
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

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.

   
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.

   

US Navy Drill Team performing in Norway
Our US Navy Ceremonial Guard Silent Drill Team was invited
to compete in an International Tattoo in Norway.
The Navy competed against military units from all over
NATO and won first place.
Once you see the video you'll understand why they won.