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Wilford “John” Gray, 92, of Paducah, Kentucky passed away at 11:22 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center of Lourdes Hospital. He was the retired owner and operator of a sheet metal business when he lived in California. He was a member of the Concord Christian Center. Wilford […]

Orville J. “Bud” Bridenstine, age 91, born in Caney, KS, and known for his past community service, died Sunday, June 26, 2016, at Bartlesville, OK. Funeral services will be held in the Caney First Christian Church, at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, July 2, 2016, with Pastor Bill Wright officiating. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. in […]

William Troy Vaught, Sr. (known to most as Slim), age 93, passed away on June 19th [2016] (Father’s Day). Marine Corps veteran of WWII and member of Markham VFW Post 9801. Longtime Markham resident, who was born and raised in Watertown, Tennessee. Retired Union Ornamental Ironworker Local 63. Husband for 67 years (legally) of Eva […]

The elite Marine Corps Raiders lost one of its best June 19, 2016. Chris passed away at home. He was 98. A member of Carlson’s Raiders Sixth Marine Division, Second Battalion, Cpl. Mollis fought his way through the South Pacific at Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam and Okinawa alongside the renowned Navajo Windtalkers. Wounded in action, Chris […]

Gordon A. Bulloch passed away on June 8, 2016. He was born May 1, 1923 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He was the youngest of four boys born to Robert and Florence Bulloch. Early on the family moved to a home in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI. Growing up he enjoyed playing ice hockey at […]

On June 8, 2016, at 94 years old and surrounded by his children, William L. Gorman passed peacefully on, joining his beloved Shirley. Bill was born February 14, 1922, to Louis James and Alice Lynch Gorman in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from St. Francis De Sales High School and attended the University of Denver and […]

Conrad Michael Giles, age 92 of Big Canoe, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2016 at Brookdale Assisted Living Facility in Canton. Services will be held on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 11:00a.m. at Big Canoe Chapel. Interment will follow at Georgia National Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Gayle Giles of Big Canoe, […]

Pat Almond, 94, born and raised in Minden and a resident of Baton Rouge passed away peacefully on May 2, 2016 surrounded by family members. Pat was a Marine Raider in WWII and served in the South Pacific. He received multiple Purple Hearts, numerous wartime commendations, and relished the Raider conventions he attended regularly. After […]

LYNN — George Phillip Mancinelli, 94, a lifelong resident of Lynn, passed away Monday, April 25 [2016], surrounded by his family at the Kaplan Family Hospice House, Danvers. Born in Lynn, George was the son of the late Vincent and Frances (DelMazio) Mancinelli, he was the beloved husband of 44 years of the late Helen […]

TAMPA — In the summer of 1925, a woman put her 2-week-old son in a shoebox and dropped him off with a neighbor because she couldn’t take care of him. James Gleason has been born prematurely, said his daughter, Barbara Korchak. “He wasn’t expected to live,” Korchak said. But he did, and in summer 1943, […]