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F.C. “Duke” Vierling, passed away Aug. 16, 2000, at The Cleveland Clinic following bypass surgery. A former resident of Greensburg, Duke was born Dec. 30, 1921, in Chicago, to Gilbert and Lillian Vierling. Duke enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after high school and served with Edson’s Raiders in Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. A memorial […]

The funeral for William R. “Bill” Schad, 80, of Havana, father of two area residents, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Havana, Father Michael Monclova officiating. A celebration of life will immediately follow at the church hall. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Hurley Funeral […]

Services for Joe Wiggins will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Alton Fannin and the Rev. Terry Tolbert officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Mr. Wiggins was born to the late Lee Andrew and Edna Wiggins on May 17, 1920, at Bowie, Texas. He died in the Ada […]

James Wilson, 75, of Odessa died Sunday [August 6, 2000] in Odessa. A native of Fitzgerald, Ga., he was a lifelong resident of this area. He was the president of Parts Market Inc. and a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Marine Raider Association and Marine Corps League […]

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000, in St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Beaverton for James Clifford Kinersly, who died Aug. 2 [2000] at age 78. Mr. Kinersly was born April 3, 1922, in The Dalles. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South […]

Thompson “Tommy” Jones, 77, of Rocky Point, died Aug. 2 [2000] at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington. A memorial service with Masonic rites will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home Chapel in Jacksonville with the Rev. Eric Jones officiating. Burial with full military honors will be held at 10 a.m. […]

Plattsburgh — Vernon Davidson, 80, formerly of Loon Lake, died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2000, at the Evergreen Valley Nursing Home. He was born in Manchester, Ky., on Feb. 24, 1920, the son of Virgil and Myrtle (Barger) Davidson. Vernon was a 1939 graduate of Wheelwright High School in Kentucky. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine […]

SIDNEY CENTER — Ignatius Charles Plaia, 79, of Sidney Center, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2000, at home. He was born June 19, 1921, in Brooklyn, to the late Peter and Marian Peasell Plaia. Charlie served his country in the United State Marine Corps during World War II. He married Rose Byrnes on June 15, […]

John A. Miles Sr., 78, died Tuesday [July 25, 2000]. He was retired from Olin Corp. Visitation 4-8 p.m. today at Elias-Smith Funeral Home. Funeral 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial at Upper Alton Cemetery with full military rites.

Alfred E. Thiel, age 78, of Clinton Township [July 15, 2000]. Husband of the late Ruth. Father of Jeffrey (Maribeth “Betsy”), Paul, Tim, Terri and Jan Thiel. Grandfather of Michael, Jenna, Justin and Carolyn. Brother of Annette Ratzel, Kenneth Thiel, Pat Balmes, Joan Singler, Marguerite Kalthoff and the late John Thiel. Visitation in Will & […]