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William G. “Bill” Johnson, 74, died Saturday, July 31, 1999, at NorthBay Medical Center after a short illness. A native of San Jose, he lived 24 years in Suisun Valley and 5 years in Fairfield. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II as a member of the First Raider Battalion in […]

Norman E. Wigner, 75, Anderson, died July 27 [1999]. He was a firefighter for the Anderson Fire Department, retiring in 1979. Previously, he was a steel-construction worker and an employee of Delco Remy Division of General Motors Corp., Anderson. Mr. Wigner was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He was a member of […]

Cecil B. Allen, 73, died Sunday, July 4, 1999 at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas. Born September 30, 1925, in Arizona, he lived in Oceanside for 35 years. He was a self-employed house painter and served with the United States Marine Raiders in World War II. He received two Purple Hearts, one for wounds suffered in […]

Leo Edward Klisz, 75, of 252 Glenwood Ave., Syracuse, died Thursday [July 1, 1999] at home. Born in Syracuse, he was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He was a press operator at Carrier Corp. He was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 527, […]

Mason Buford Smith, 74, Wagoner, Okla., a former longtime Klamath Falls resident, died June 13, 1999, in Muskogee, Okla. Interment will be the national cemetery in Ft. Gibson, Okla. Mr. Smith was born Oct. 17, 1924, in Calhoun, La., to Anderson and Josie (Bryan) Smith. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II […]

BEAUFORT – Retired Marine Corps Col. Hamilton Marshall Hoyler, 84, died Saturday [June 12, 1999] in a local hospital. The funeral will be at 9 a.m. today in St. Helena’s Episcopal Church. Burial will be directed by Copeland Funeral Home. Mr. Hoyler was born in New York City, a son of Paul V. Hoyler and […]

Joseph O. “Oscar” Bedard, 73, of Sun City Center, died Tuesday [June 8, 1999] at home. Born in Lawrence, Mass., he came her in 1995 from Gainesville. He was owner/operator of Bedard and Michaud Insurance Agency and a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He was chairman of the Last Man Committee of Marine […]

Palmer resident, Marcus J. Sternhagen, 74, died June 6, 1999, at Our House Care Home in Palmer, after a lengthy illness. Visitation and Rosary was June 10, 1999, at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Palmer. A Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated by Father Luke Steiner at 2 p.m., June 11, 1999, at St. Michaels […]

CARLSBAD – Martin Jordan “Stormy” Sexton, 81, a retired Marine colonel and the former tennis coach at four North County high schools, died Tuesday [June 1, 1999] at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla after a brief illness. Sexton coached tennis at Oceanside, El Camino, Vista and Rancho Buena Vista high schools from 1972 until […]

LEWISTOWN—Virgil E. Ball, 85, of 421 E. MacArthur, a former Fulton County sheriff, died 2:07 p.m. Monday, May 31, 1999, at Prairie View Care Center. Born Oct. 18, 1913, in Banner Township to Clifford and Roxie Wages Ball, he married Janet Ellsworth on Dec. 8, 1945, in Hannibal, Mo. She survives. Also surviving are one […]