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Harry E. White [June 2, 2009] was born in Brewton, Ala. Harry was vice president and manager for First National Bank in Gresham. He is survived by his friends, Ed and Marsha Strohmaier. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, June 12, 2009, in Willamette National Cemetery. Arrangements by Gresham Memorial Chapel.

Joseph Walter, age 88, of 1838 Clermont St., Manitowoc, died Monday, June 1, 2009, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc. He was born Nov. 25, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pa., son of the late John and Catherine (Sloboda) Walter. Joseph was a Marine for 12 years. He joined the Marine Corps on Aug. 21, 1940, […]

SOUTH BEND – Sylvester “Sal” E. Niedbalski, 86, passed away at 9:12 p.m. on Sunday, May 31, 2009, in Keepsake Village, Columbus, IN. Sal was born on November 7, 1922, in South Bend, to the late Sylvester and Clementine (Zamiatowski) Niedbalski. On September 14, 1946, in South Bend, Sal married Esther (Jankowski), who passed away […]

Jim Strawbridge 87, beloved husband, uncle and veteran, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2009. He was born in Pensacola, May 3, 1922, and remained a lifelong Pensacola resident. He is survived by his wife, Johnnie Merle (Whitehead) Strawbridge. Jim was employed for 35 years as a U.S. Postal Service employee and retired in 1976. […]

Charles R. “Chuck” Young Sr., 85, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009 in Tucson, Arizona. He was born in Rockport, Indiana on January 27, 1924. Chuck was a U.S. Marine in the First Raider Battalion in WWII. Chuck came to Wellton, Arizona in 1951 and owned Valley Home Furnishings and did refrigeration repair until his […]

George was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1923. He proudly served his country during World War II in the USMC Raider Battalion between 1942 – 1946 in the South Pacific. He moved to Phoenix, AZ in 1957 where he went to work for Honeywell until 1986. George and his wife Rita met while square dancing, […]

SCOTTSVILLE — Edward Carline “Sharpy” Landrum, 87, died May 26, 2009, at the Alvin C. York Veterans Facility in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was born Feb. 11, 1922. He was a Marine Raider serving in World War II under Col. Roosevelt in the Pacific Theater and a member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He was […]

A Memorial Mass for James F. Bateman, 89, will be held on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 10 a.m. at St. Peter Catholic Church, 359 W. New York Avenue, DeLand, Florida. He was born in Jordan, NY on October 5, 1919 to James M. and Elizabeth Guyder Bateman and passed away on May 4, 2009 […]

NEW ALBANY – Lloyd George Wells, 89, a retired employee of the Mississippi Forestry Commission, died Monday, May 4, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North Mississippi. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Waller Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Church Grove Cemetery. Waller Funeral Home is in charge. Born in Quitman County, he […]

Lewis W. “Jerry” Sitton, 87, of Oroville, peacefully passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Oroville, California. He was born on November 5, 1921, in Chico, California. Jerry attended Chico schools and was studying to enter the medical field when our country entered World War II. Like so many others of his generation, he put […]