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Jack Zemmy Boyd, age 91, died on March 26, 2014 in Temple, Texas. He was born on May 12, 1922 in Jones County, Texas to James Boyd and Erna Sedberry. In his youth he worked as a delivery boy for a pharmacy and later on a small dairy farm and the rice fields loading rice […]

Gideon Harr died March 20, 2014 at his home in Twin Falls. He was born June 26, 1921 in Cleveland, North Dakota, the 11th of 13 children, to August and Katherine Harr. The family moved from North Dakota to the Twin Falls area in 1923. Gid’s mother died when he was 7 and his father […]

Arthur “Earl” LeClerc, 90, of Shelbyville, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Ashford Place Health Campus. He was born Jan. 29, 1924, to Elmer LeClerc and Pearl LeClerc in Shelby County. He married Maxine (Patterson) LeClerc on Nov. 10, 1946, and she preceded him in death July 8, 1988. He married Jeane (Cockerham) LeClerc […]

MANCHESTER – Robert Jewell Purdy Sr., of Manchester, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at the Elliot Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on March 9, 1921, in Concord, the son of Captain Frank Alda Purdy, USMMS and Sara (Jewell) Tucker. He grew up in Concord, was educated in the Capital City School System […]

Longtime local resident Raymond Glen Thompson, 94, died on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at the Veteran’s Residential Home in Livermore, California. He was born on Oct. 26, 1919 in Vona, Colorado. He came to the Stockton area in 1936 and made his home here. During his life, he worked as a San Joaquin County Deputy […]

Charles Albert Heninger, 89, of Asheville, NC, passed away on Friday March 7, 2014. Charlie was born in East Lafayette, IN on Oct. 3, 1924, the 5th child of Merle and Mabel Heninger. After completing high school in East Lafayette he joined the U.S. Marines and served as a member of the 4th Marine Raider […]

James Edward Stinekraus (8/6/1924-3/2/2014) Papa Jim was born in Oneida, TN, son of Laura Hammock and Edward Oliver Stinekraus. He was raised in Helenwood and Knoxville, graduating from Knoxville High School. In WWII, he served as a Marine Raider under Evans Carlson, surviving Bougainville, Guam, Okinawa and Wake Island. He was among the first Marines […]

Lee “Russ” Polk, 92, of Dryden for 50 years, formerly of Rochester, went to be with the Lord Thursday February 27, 2014. He was born February 16, 1922 in Flat Top, West Virginia to parents Charles and Daucie (Lane) Polk. He married Nola Jean Iler on February 22, 1947 in Big Beaver. Mr. Polk proudly […]

John Thomas Colletti, retired Army captain, died February 25, 2014 at his daughter’s home in Calabash, NC. He was 90. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1923, Capt. Colletti served 8 years in the United States Marine Corps, first with the 4th Raider Battalion, then later with the 6th Amphibian Tractor Battalion in the landings […]

Joseph Palmieri of Massapequa on February 25, 2014 in his 90th year. Devoted Husband to Florence. Loving Father of Joseph (Bonnie), John and Lisa. Cherished Grandfather of Nicole and Joseph. Dedicated Police Officer of the N.Y.P.D. for over 30 years. Proud WWII, U.S. Marine Raider, 3rd Battalion. Reposing at the Massapequa Funeral Home Inc. 1050 […]