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Lt. Col. Edwin S. Williams, (retired) U.S. Army, age 83, of Overland Park, Kan., died on Friday, July 13, 2007, at the Kansas City Hospice House. He was born Aug. 15, 1923, in Oakland, Calif. He graduated from Polytechnic High School, San Francisco, in June 1941, and was a life member of the California Scholarship […]

Clayton Srygley passed away July 13, 2007 in Oklahoma Veterans Hospital in Claremore, Oklahoma. He was born Feb. 20, 1924 in Lakeview, Hall County, Texas to his parents Oscar Arvin and Ethel Wallace Srygley. He married Mary Wallen July 23, 1966. He retired from Phillips Petroleum, Phillips, Texas on July 1, 1985. He and Mary […]

Luther Fleming, a decorated Marine veteran who served in three wars, will be remembered as a generous, soft-spoken man, his friends and family say. Fleming, who grew up in Ryderwood, passed away Wednesday morning [July 11, 2007] in his Castle Rock home at the age of 85. “He was a wonderful father,” said his son […]

John C. Schneider, Jr. born in Beeville, Texas on March 7, 1925, passed away in San Antonio, Texas on July 11, 2007 at the age of 82. John is preceded in death by his wife of 53 years Barbara Jean Schneider, parents John and Clara Schneider, son Bruce C. Schneider, daughter Elizabeth Ann Schneider, and […]

Roy Daniel Key Jr., 81, of Columbia passed away Sunday, July 8, 2007, at his home. A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 1, at St. Louis Catholic Church in Memphis, Tenn. Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home. Mr. Key was born Jan. 22, 1926, to […]

POTTSBORO – John B. Clark, 86, died at his home on July 5, 2007. Funeral service was at 1 p.m. on July 9 in the chapel at Johnson-Moore Funeral Home in Denison with Chaplain Ken Paulsen officiating. Burial followed with an Honor Guard from the Marine Corps League at Preston Bend Cemetery. Arrangements were under […]

Robert F. Wietrzak [July 4, 2007], WW II U.S. Marine Corps veteran, member of Colonel Evans Carlson’s Marine Raiders Second Battalion. Beloved husband of the late Clara, nee Forys; cherished son of the late Frank and Rozalia; brother of Theodore; loving brother-in-law of Bernice (the late Henry) Hadzima, Jean (Richard) Wesolowski, the late Helen (the […]

Richard P. “Dick” Cetnar, age 82, born in Chicago, IL, passed away July 1, 2007. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Estelle M. Cetnar, who passed away November 2, 2006; parents: Walter and Helen Cetnar; three brothers: Robert (Lorraine), Raymond and Dennis. Survived by two daughters: Sharon (Ken) Poniatowski of […]

Charles Lindberg, the Marine who raised the first American flag at Iwo Jima during WWII, died Sunday [June 24, 2007] at the age of 86. Soon after Chuck Lindberg helped raise the first American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, he returned to the fight. A few hours later, another group […]

COVENTRY–Anthony M. Sarvia, age 85, died Saturday [June 23, 2007] at home. For sixty-three years he was the beloved husband of T. Alberta Bunny (Clements) Sarvia. Born in Taunton, MA, a son of the late Manuel and Lucy (Mello) Sarvia, he had lived in Coventry for forty-eight years. He was a United States Marine Corps […]