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Jim Kenney, age 87, a resident of the Colorado Springs area since 1950, passed away on Friday, October 3, 2008 at a local care center. He was a retired accountant for an automobile dealership. James Robert Kenney was born on August 24, 1921 to the late Robert and Mimi (Cross) Kenney. After high school he […]

Paul William McWaters, 86, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, in Wichita Falls. The graveside service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Owens & Brumley Funeral Home of Wichita Falls. A son of the late William and […]

Richard J. “Dick” Staihr, 86, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Monday, September 29, 2008, at Christian Health Care, Nevada, Mo., following a brief illness. He was born November 8, 1921, in Kansas City, Mo., to Joseph Bernard Staihr and Claire Margaret Gillen Staihr. Mr. Staihr was raised in Independence, Mo., and graduated from William Chrisman […]

Martin Louis Wewer, 89, of Paris, Arkansas died Sunday, September 28, 2008 in Hot Springs, AR. He was born January 5, 1919 in Morrison Bluff, AR to his parents Joseph and Anna (Schwiejehaun) Wewer. He was a Marine Veteran of World War II, a retired auto mechanic, a member of St. Benedict Catholic Church and […]

Leo James Sauer, 84, of Lincoln, passed away September 25, 2008 at Maple Ridge Care Centre. Mr. Sauer’s services will be graveside services at New Union Cemetery Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 10:00 AM with Tim Searby officiating. Leo was born April 12, 1924 in Waco, TX to the late William and Ella Sauer. He […]

Samuel E. Stavisky, 93, a Washington Post newsman who became a Marine Corps combat correspondent in World War II and later founded his own public relations firm, died Sept. 21 [2008] at Suburban Hospital after a heart attack. Nine years ago, a decade after he retired, Mr. Stavisky published “Marine Combat Correspondent: World War II […]

Chaplain (Col.) Charles Alexander Meek (USA Ret.) at his home on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. Born July 17, 1919, in Earle, AR., Chaplain Meek graduated from Ouachita College in Arkadelphia, Ark. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942, and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was assigned to the 4th Marine Raider Battalion […]

Lois Norris (L.N.) Murphy, age 87, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died Saturday, September 20, 2008. He was born May 23, 1921 in Hooker, Oklahoma to Isom and Addie (Dobbs) Murphy. A proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Murphy was self-employed as a furniture upholsterer. Preceded in death by his parents, he is […]

Services for Thomas W. ‘Buster’ Durisoe, 88, of the Concord Community, near Troup, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Saturday, September 20, at the Concord Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Reverends Marc Sharp and Duane Dougherty officiating. Burial, with Military Honors, will be in the Concord Cemetery under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home, Troup. Mr. […]

Merrill F. McLane, 91, a retired Central Intelligence officer who served overseas and in Washington, D.C., died peacefully in his boyhood home in Rockport, Massachusetts on September 14, 2008, surrounded by his family. Mr. McLane, who lived in Bethesda, Maryland, was born in Rockport, Massachusetts. He was an enlisted man in the U.S. Marine Corps […]