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Fred Parisi, 85, Ebensburg, died June 12, 2006, in Cambria Township. Born July 26, 1920, in Spangler, son of Jack and Philemenia (Cucchi) Parisi. Preceded in death by parents; sister, Eleanor; and brother, Aldo. Survived by wife, the former Valentina “Tina” Peta; these children: Diana, Cumberland, Md.; Freda, Ebensburg; Gerald, Johnstown; Sandra Kreutz, Piqua, Ohio; […]

KERRVILLE– James Herbert Emberton, 84, died at Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville, on June 10, 2006, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on February 22, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to James H. Emberton, Sr. and Iona Pearl (Fitzgerald) Emberton. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Richard and Harold, […]

“The spirit was willing but the flesh was weak.” So were the last months of Stanley Roosevelt Owen of Van Buren, who entered this world on Dec. 8, 1923, to proud parents Theodore and Biddie Owen. He would be the first in a family of six children growing up in the Fort Smith and Van […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Navajo Code Talker, one of a group of elite Marines who confounded Japanese troops during World War II by transmitting code messages using their native language, has died, his son said Tuesday. Robert Yazzie, who would have turned 82 on Tuesday, died in a Nashville hospital Monday [May 29, 2006] – […]

Henry Stanley Arnold, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at the age of 86 years. He was born on Thursday, January 8, 1920 in Decatur, Mississippi to the late Neal Henry Arnold and Murl Daughdrill Arnold. A veteran of World War II, Stanley (“Blackie” to his comrades) was a […]

Gerald “Jerry” Ladwig, 82 of St. Joseph passed away Monday [May 22, 2006] at Lakeland Specialty Hospital, Berrien Center. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, May 26th at Christ Lutheran Church, 4333 Cleveland Avenue, Stevensville with Rev. Philip Quardokus officiating. Burial will follow in Hickory Bluff Cemetery, Stevensville. […]

Earl W. Love, of Willcox died May 17, 2006 in Tucson at the age of 84. He was born in Wichita, Kan. on March 2, 1922. Earl served in the U.S. Marines during WW II. He retired from the carpenter union in 1984, was a lifetime member of the VFW Post No. 1512 in Lemon […]

Lawrence W. Wolfe, 80, of Tamarac, Fla., died Wednesday, May 10 [2006], at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Miami, Fla. Mr. Wolfe was a retired U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife: Joan Wolfe; three daughters: Mary Cantrell, Sarah George, and Mudah Brooks; three grandchildren: Andrea Brooks, Lee Brooks, […]

Thomas Joseph OToole of White Sulphur Springs, N.Y., a retired furniture finisher and a thirty-five year area resident died Sunday, May 7, 2006 at the Elant Nursing Home in Goshen, N.Y. He was 83. The son of the late John and Mary Ellen Ruane OToole, he was born January 3, 1923 in Manhattan. Thomas had […]

Sidney H. Davis, 85, of Crestwood Village II, Whiting, Manchester, died Sunday, April 30 [2006], at Community Medical Center, Toms River. He was a pump operator for the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission for 18 years, retiring in 1971. Prior to this, he was employed as a dispatcher with the New Jersey State Police […]