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WINSTON-SALEM – Benjamin Dawson Russell Jr., 92, of New Smyrna Beach, FL died Thursday, April 6, 2017. He was born June 4, 1924 in Washington, DC, to Benjamin Dawson and Mary M. Russell. Mr. Russell served as an elite member of the U. S. Marine Raiders during World War II. He was retired from Western […]

A Marine Raider was awarded the Silver Star Friday for heroic actions that led to the rescue of dozens of hostages during the infamous November 2015 terrorist attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali.

On April 5, 2017, our family lost friend and father with the passing of Donald H. Tate at the age of 94, resident of Hillman. He passed peacefully in his bed from a bout of pneumonia. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 8, at 10 a.m. at Light of the Cross Lutheran Church in […]

Robert C. Upham, age 91, passed away in Ocala, FL on April 1, 2017. He was predeceased by the love of his life, Margaret, after 70 years of marriage. They are survived by two sons, Gregory (Linda) Upham of Palm City, FL and Garry (Cindy) Upham of Ocala, FL, and a daughter, Elizabeth (Mike) Sistrunk […]

David D. Heft, age 93, formerly of Columbus, died on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in Viroqua. The memorial gathering will be at Koepsell-Zeidler Funeral Home in Columbus on Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m. The memorial service will follow at the funeral home with Fr. Steve Kortendick officiating. Inurnment will be […]

John Marshall Ferguson passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017. John was born Jan. 27, 1926, in San Antonio, Texas, just a few blocks from the Alamo, to John M. Sr. and Hazel (Mills) Ferguson. The family moved north and ended up in Roseburg, Oregon. At 16 John joined the Marine Corps and became a Marine […]

Funeral services for Pfc. Charles L. Newman, 1416 Plum Street, will be held at the Cross Funeral Home at 1:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. James Kelley will officiate and burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park. The body will arrive in Terre Haute Thursday afternoon, will be taken to the residence and then to the […]

Services for Sgt. Lee M. Nelson, 40, Garden Grove, Calif., who died there Friday [July 10, 1959] will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Welander-Quist Mortuary, 2301 S. Dupont Ave., with burial in Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Born in Hutchinson, Minn., Sgt. Nelson moved to Minneapolis as a child and lived here until six years […]

The remains of two Asheville servicemen who lost their lives in World War II are being returned to the States aboard the USS Sergeant Morris E. Crain for reinterment, it was announced yesterday. Pfc. Henry P. Marzloff, Jr., son of Mrs. E. M. Bensel of 69 McDade Street, West Asheville, was killed in action July […]

HANOVER TWP. – Arthur R. Maher, who received many decorations during World War II, died Thursday [July 12, 1984] at Morristown Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was 63. He was born in Paterson and lived in Whippany and Cedar Knolls all his life. Mr. Maher was a truck driver for the Whippany Paper […]