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Allen “Ray” Aho of Monmouth died on June 25 [2003] in Monmouth. He was a retired Portland police officer. He was 81. He was born in Castle Rock, Wash., and raised in nearby Toledo, Wash. A talented high school athlete he played baseball and was the leading scorer for the school’s basketball team. During World […]

John Antoncew, age 86, February 7, 2003. Beloved husband of Mary T. Loving father of John R. (Jackie) and the late James. Grandfather of three and great-grandfather of one. Memorial Mass Saturday, February 22, 2003, 11:00 a.m. at St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church, 6442 Pelham Road, Taylor. Donations suggested to The Capuchin Soup Kitchen, 1740 […]

SALTVILLE – Mr. Ralph Nelson Adams, 83, died Tuesday, April 2, 2002, in Holston Valley Medical Center, in Kingsport. Ralph was born May 29, 1918, in Honaker and spent most of his life in Saltville. He became a born again Christian on March 12, 2002, when he dedicated his life to our Lord and Savior. […]

Donald A. “Don” Applegate, 82, retired Boeing Wichita sheet metal fabrication supervisor, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001. Service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, West Side Church of the Nazarene. Survivors: wife, Emma; sons, Warren of Phoenix, Melvin, Roger both of Wichita; daughters, Lynda Applegate Adams of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., Brenda Granger of Douglass; brother, H. Glenn of […]

WHITE PIGEON – Wilbur “Bud” E. Allison, 82, of White Pigeon, died on Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at Thurston Woods Village in Sturgis. He was born on Dec. 13, 1918, in Bedford, the son of Earl D. and Maude M. (Gray) Allison. On July 17, 1944, in Marshall, he married Bonnie Jeanne Cole, who preceded […]

Services for Paul LeRoy Altom, 78, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, at Laird Funeral Home, 310 S. State St., Elgin, with the Rev. Herman Christiansen officiating. Born Jan. 21, 1922, in Odin, Ill., to Ocal and Flossie Altom, he passed away Friday, Nov. 17, 2000, at Sherman Hospital in Elgin. Burial will be […]

MORTON – Steven Aleksich, 80, of 209 White Oak Drive, died at 7:48 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, 2000, at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria. Services were held at 11 this morning at All Saints Greek Orthodox Church in Peoria. The Rev. Michael Condos officiated. Cremation was accorded. Inurnment will be held at 1:30 […]

Gordon W. Anderson, 78, of Frederic, died Friday, June 23, 2000, at Region’s Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, surrounded by his family. He was born February 15, 1922 in Shell Lake. He was the son of Herman and Pearl Anderson. He served his country as a Raider in the First Marine [Raider] Battalion during World […]

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church for Wiley E. Alberg, 74, Topeka, a former teacher and coach, who died Monday, Aug. 2, 1999, at home. He was born Nov. 12, 1924, in Scranton, to Walter C. and Thelma M. Shaw Alberg. He graduated from Scranton High School in 1942. He […]

Cecil B. Allen, 73, died Sunday, July 4, 1999 at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas. Born September 30, 1925, in Arizona, he lived in Oceanside for 35 years. He was a self-employed house painter and served with the United States Marine Raiders in World War II. He received two Purple Hearts, one for wounds suffered in […]