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Joseph Anthony Nortmann, 94, of Hiawatha, died Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Washington State. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by the Rev. Beverly Thompson-Travis. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, with military […]

Thomas Marcus “Murk” Blackwell age 88, of Chickamauga, GA went to be with his Savior and family Saturday, May 7, 2011. He was born on June 5, 1922 in Benton, Polk County, TN to the late August & Ena Wimberley Blackwell. He moved to Chickamauga, GA, at the age of seven and attended Chickamauga City […]

Robert “Bob” W. Burnette, also known as “Bopie,” died at his home in Camarillo on the evening of May 6, 2011. He was born July 1, 1918 in Oakland, Calif. That gave him more than 92 years to live a truly spectacular life, leaving behind a world of people who will honor him and miss […]

Anthony J. “Tony’ Martinenza, Jr., 88, of Glen Mills died peacefully with family at his side on May 5, 2011. Tony was born on August 5, 1922 in Chester, Pa., to Anthony J. and Mary (Zaroliski) Martinenza. He attended Boothwyn School and joined the Marines in 1942. He joined the Marines in active duty in […]

Joseph Meredith Haley, 88, of Glendale, Arizona passed away on May 3, 2011. Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday May 13, 2011. St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church, 6180 West Utopia Road, Glendale, Arizona 85308.

Joseph F. Loy, 86, of Brookline, passed away peacefully Monday, May 2, 2011, at home surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband for 56 years of the late Bernice A. Loy; loving father of Ken (Joanne) Loy, Marianne (Harry) Neel, Timothy and Nancy Loy, Jeanne Brown, Claudia (Paul) Ziegler, Lucy (Lucio) Santella […]

Gerald J. Cremonese, beloved father and grandfather, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the age of 90. Gerald was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania March 23, 1921. A longtime resident of Albuquerque, a World War II Veteran, he served in the United States Marine Corps. Gerald was a member of the Knights of Columbus and […]

John M. LaFontaine, known throughout the world of Alcoholics Anonymous as “Big Book John,” died Monday, April 25, 2011 in San Diego, CA, at the age of 88. Born September 5, 1922, in Berthold, ND, he hopped a freight to Oregon and joined the U.S. Marine Corps the day after Pearl Harbor, trained at Camp […]

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. — Mr. Roger Burton Labouteley, age 89, of Kiloran Way, Blairsville, passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2011 in the Union County Nursing Home following an extended illness. Mr. Labouteley was born on Jan. 1, 1922 in Palmer, the son of the late Gaston E. Labouteley and the late Alice Geer Labouteley. Roger […]

Services for Marvin Richard Haynes, 85, of Lakeline Village, will be 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Ave., Willoughby. Mr. Haynes passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011, at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Wade Park Division. Born May 1, 1925, in McKenzie, Tenn., he was raised in […]