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William A. Deichmann, fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Saturday, November 22, 1986. Beloved husband of Dorothy Deichmann (nee Vormehr); dear father of Rose Marie Fleming; dear step-father of Clarence, Thomas and William Warner and Patricia Steimachowicz; dear brother of Dolores Kulongoski and Mary Jane Koehler; our dear father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother-in-law, uncle […]

Edward H. Hall, 67, Upper St. Clair, Allegheny County, formerly of Somerset County, died Nov. 14, 1986, in Pittsburgh. Born in Somerset County Sept. 15, 1919, son of the late William Hall and Mabel (Hunter) Hall. Survived by wife, Florence O’Connor Hall; three daughters: Heather Hall of Pittsburgh; Holly Hall of Vista, Calif.; and Flynn […]

Francis L. White, Lt. Colonel, USMC, Ret., died in Santa Rosa, September 30, 1986. Loving husband of Carla White of Santa Rosa; loving grandfather of Stephen F. White of San Leandro and Robert E. White, USN; loving brother of Capt. Paul R. White, USN, retired, of Maryland; also survived by several nieces and nephews. A […]

John William Ziegler, 64, died Sunday [August 31, 1986] in a Santa Rosa hospital after a long illness. Ziegler was a truck driver all his adult life, most recently for Basalt Products, Healdsburg. He belonged to the Teamsters Union and the Santa Rosa Moose Lodge No. 458. He lived in Santa Rosa for the past […]

MARICOPA — Benjamin J. Pickering, 67, a retired machinist, died July 30, 1986, at Maryvale Samaritan Hospital. Mr. Pickering, of Maricopa, was born in Morenci, Mich., and moved to Arizona in 1982 from Eugene, Ore. He was a World War II Marine and a charter member of the N. Eugene/Santa Clara Post of the American […]

Services for Wilfred Mike Medinger, 62, of R.R. 2, East Moline, will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at DeRoo Funeral Home, and 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Moline. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal, where the American Legion Post 246 will conduct services. Visitation is 2 to 4 and 7 […]

John Howard Yancey was possibly Arkansas’s most decorated Marine Corps war heroes. His actions in World War II on Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima and the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War won him two Navy Crosses, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts. Yancy was also a champion of civil rights in […]

Robert Cope, 61, 5312 Hollansburg-Arcanum Road, Arcanum, died Monday morning [May 5, 1986] at his residence. Mr. Cope was born Oct. 17, 1924 in Hamilton. He was the son of the late Cash and Nebraska (Campbell) Cope. Mr. Cope was the former owner of Bob’s Bumper Shop in Miamisburg, and a Marine Corps veteran of […]

JACKSON – Funeral services for local radio personality Duff G. Chapman, 64, who died Monday [April 21, 1986] at his Jackson home, will be held at 3 p.m. today in Daneri Chapel. A native of Stockton, Mr. Chapman graduated from Stockton schools. Upon graduation from Stanford University in 1948, he managed the Chapman General Tire […]

Dwight V. Wilkening, 64, of 1507 Brentwood Terrace died last week Tuesday [April 15, 1986] at the Porter Memorial Hospital in Denver, CO. Born July 27, 1921, in State Center, he was the son of Henry C. and Hazel Arnold Wilkening. He received his education in the State Center schools. During World War II, he […]