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Colby, Lawrence R. – Born October 30, 1920 to Rohlin and Neva Colby in Keego Harbor, MI. He graduated from Keego Harbor School. He proudly joined the Marines to fight in World War II. His father was a veteran of World War I. Larry was in the Second Raiders Battalion, “Carlson’s Raiders” Group in the […]

Elmer Henry Benjamin Zellmer, 85, of Belleville IL, born October 19, 1923, in Belleville, IL, died Saturday, October 10, 2009, at Rosewood Care Center, Swansea, IL. Mr. Zellmer was a retired sheet metal worker for Sheet Metal Workers Local 268. He was a member of the Sheet Metal Retirees Club and Belleville-Swansea Moose Lodge 1221. […]

Ken O’Donnell, age 85, Marine Raider, died peacefully at his home on Thursday, October 8, 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on November 26, 1923, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, to the late Michael Leroy O’Donnell and Gladys Marian Marks. He graduated from Merriman High School, Merriman, Nebraska, in 1941. Ken […]

Charlie Oliver Peters, a resident of Berryville, Arkansas, was born October 15, 1921 in Grandview, AR, a son of James Oliver and Mary Elizabeth (Carney) Peters. He departed this life Monday, October 5, 2009 in Berryville, at the age of 87. Mr. Peters served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. On […]

Fredrick C. Plunkett, 85, of Mesa, Arizona, passed away on October 3, 2009. No services at this time. Arrangements by Mountain View Funeral Home.

John L. Luger, 84, longtime Libby resident, died Oct. 1, 2009 at his daughter’s residence in Spokane, Wash. He was born at Linz Oberöfterreich, Austria on Feb. 23, 1925 to John and Maria (Schuller) Luger. He moved to the United States in 1931. Living in Wisconsin, he graduated from high school in 1942. He enlisted […]

STUART-Roy Lee Hale, Jr., 88, departed this life on September 17, 2009. He was born January 2, 1921, in Floyd County to the late Roy L. Hale and Bessie Thomas Hale. He served in the United States Marine Corps in both World War II and the Korean Conflict, retiring as a gunnery sergeant. He is […]

Walter F. Fischer, age 85, of Collinsville, IL, born Oct. 9, 1923, died at 1:30 p.m. on September 14, 2009 at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, IL. Visitation will be held from 4 PM to 8 PM on Thursday, September 17th, at the funeral home in Collinsville, IL. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM on […]

William D. Ford, 87, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. He was a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and longtime resident of Fairhope. Ford was a graduate of Murphy High School in Mobile and attended Auburn University. He also served in the Pacific during World War II as a Marine Raider. Survivors include a daughter, Lynne Bellew […]

Arthur Edward Dugan passed away September 10, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Virginia; daughters, Bernadette Dugan and Kathleen Ross and grandchildren, Jared Ross and Adina Torberntsson (Peter). Art served as a Chief Warrant Officer II, USMC, enlisting September 4, 1940. He served in the South Pacific and was in the first landing in […]