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WEST HARRISON, Ind. – Melmer A. “Lou” Roehm fought many battles throughout his life. As an officer in the First and Third U.S. Marine Raider Battalions during World War II, he was responsible for securing islands before primary invasion forces arrived. Years later he would fight battles on the homefront in his efforts to obtain […]

Kenneth H. Simpson, 72, died March 30, 1996 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, AZ. A Memorial Service presented by Pastor Mitch Wright at 9:00 a.m. at Enchanted Hills Southern Baptist Church, Tucson, AZ. Ken is survived by wife, Vera E. (Poole); sons, Kenneth Greg (Anna), Edwin Glenn (Arlene), Garrett, Gordon Blake (Sue); and daughter, […]

Stewart Moughan Reeves, 72, of Phoenix, a carpenter at Luke Air Force Base, died March 22, 1996. He was born in Dallas, and was a Marine Corps veteran. Survivors include his wife, Betty; daughters, Deborah and Sheran Frye, Kathy Samson, Joan Johnson and Bonnie Kimmell; sons, Dan Reeves and David Viliborghi; one sister; 14 grandchildren; […]

TALLAHASSEE: Hugh Craven Davis, 73, of Tallahassee died Wednesday, March 20, 1996. The service will be noon Saturday at Strickland-Ferrell Family Cemetery in Leon County. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Friday at Culley’s Meadow Wood Riggins Road Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. A lifelong resident […]

COTTAGE GROVE – A memorial service will be held Feb. 24 for R. Lee Russell of Cottage Grove, who died Feb. 21 [1996] of cancer. He was 71. Russell was born Nov. 3, 1924, in Rector, Ark., to Alfred and Edna Russell. He received economic and engineering degrees from Michigan State University. A member of […]

Foster C. LaHue, 78, a Marine Corps lieutenant general who retired in 1974 as chief of staff at Marine headquarters here, died of respiratory failure Feb. 12 [1996] at home in Ormond Beach, Fla. Gen. LaHue began his military career during World War II. As a platoon and company commander, he participated in combat operations […]

Casper, Wyoming – Pershing Geiger, 75, of Casper, died Feb. 10, 1996 at his home. He was born June 12, 1920 in Yell County, Ark., the son of James Abraham and Mary Emma (Florence) Geiger. He was raised and educated in Prairie Grove. He served as a Marine Raider in the South Pacific during World […]

Raymond Elliot Genay Jr., 69, of Toms River, died Friday [January 12, 1996] at home. He was a supervisor in Exxon Corporation’s Treasury Department Mail Division in New York for 15 years, retiring in 1989. He was also a bus driver for Lincoln Transit in Lakewood for 30 years and was the recording secretary for […]

RUMFORD – Albert W. Bell, 72, died Wednesday, January 10, 1996 at the Rumford Community Hospital. He was a resident of Church Street, Andover, and had lived in the area most of his life. He was born in Lynn, Mass. on Oct. 20, 1923 and was the son of Kenneth and Daisy (Chase) Bell. He […]

William Francoise, 75, a retired procurement officer who worked in Washington for the Navy Bureau of Ships and at Marine Corps headquarters, died Dec. 31 [1995] at Alexandria Hospital. He had an aortic aneurysm. Mr. Francoise, an Alexandria resident and a native of Kalamazoo, Mich., attended Western Michigan College. He served in the Marine Corps […]