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Robert Preston Neuffer, president of a management recruiting firm and a decorated World War II Marine Corps veteran, died of cancer Wednesday [January 15, 1997] at Rosary Hill Hospice in Hawthorne, N.Y. He was 77 and a resident of Pound Ridge, N.Y. A 1940 graduate of Wesleyan University, he enlisted with the Marines in 1941 […]

Col. Floyd M. (Mick) Johnson, Jr., USMC (Ret.), age 75, of New Braunfels, Texas, died Wednesday, January 15, 1997. Survivors include: wife, Alice King Estill Johnson; son, Gentry Estill Johnson; brother, Louis H. Johnson; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church, New Braunfels, Texas […]

GODFREY — Leroy Vernon Thompson, 72, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1997, at his home in Godfrey. He was born in Noblesville, Ind., Nov. 16, 1924, a son of the late Jerome Kirby and Hattie Bea (Stephenson) Thompson. He spent his youth in Muncie, Ind., and Alton before joining the military in 1942. He served in […]

Frank A. Jenkins, 74, of Ocean Park, Maine, and a winter resident of Sarasota, died Dec. 31, 1996. He was born Oct. 5, 1922, in Stoneham, Mass., and wintered in Sarasota from there. He was a retired general manager for Seilers Corp. A Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he served with the [1st] […]

Frank Milton, 75, Hazlet Township, died Tuesday [December 24, 1996] at home. He was a stockman for 31 years at A&P in Brooklyn, retiring in 1976. He was a communicant of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Union Beach, and a World War II Marine Corps veteran. Born in Brooklyn, he lived in West Hartford, Conn., […]

William C. Vollack, 79, North Peninsula Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, died Saturday, Dec. 21 [1996]. Mr. Vollack was a retired industrial engineer. Born in Passaic, N.J., he moved to Central Florida in 1986. He was a Marine veteran of World War II and was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors: wife, Olga; son, […]

Robert A. Dierker, Wed., Dec. 11, 1996, baptized into the hope of Christ’s resurrection; beloved husband of Dorothy A. Dierker (nee Grotegeers); dear father and father-in-law of Robert Dierker and Margaret (Robert) Fister; dear grandfather of Christopher and Mark Dierker, Steve, Bill, and Rob Fister; dear brother of Louis Dierker, Loretta Eckdahl, and the late […]

Edward J. Weidinger, 74, of N. Stephen St., Oregon, died Thursday December 5, 1996 in his residence. He was born March 1, 1922 in Toledo to Mr. and Mrs. Edward (Ruby Cummins) Weidinger. He married Mildred K. Schnabel on September 25, 1946 in Moline, OH and she survives. Mr. Weidinger was a former member of […]

James C. Phillips, 73, of Riverview died Wednesday [December 4, 1996] at Brandon Hospital. A native of Crystal Springs, Miss., he moved to the area in 1961. He was retired from the Marine Corps and a Jehovah Witness. He is survived by his wife, Alma Mary; five sons, David, Rick, Jamie, Robert and Jeffrey, all […]

Wallace G. Seefeldt, 73, of Tempe, died Nov. 26, 1996. He was born in Milwaukee and was a World War II Marine Corps veteran. Survivors include his six children and 12 grandchildren. Services were private. Tempe Mortuary.