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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 […]

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 […]

Daniel Marsh of Phoenix died Sunday July 27th [2008] at 10:30 am. Service will be held at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012 on Friday morning, August 1st, at 11:00 am. Dan Marsh served in the Marine Corps in World War II as a Marine Raider and […]

George W. McNicol, 87, July 4, 2008, devoted husband of the late Jacqueline, nee Morrell; loving father of Thomas and Jeanine; son of the late Theodore and Olive; loving brother to Frances and the late Gertrude; uncle to Mary, Kathy, Patsy, Robert and Joanne; great-uncle of the late Johnny, Christina, Katie and Kevin. Proud WWII […]

Joseph Walden Morse MSGT, USMC Retired Born on 8/16/1917 in Detroit, Michigan and passed away on June 27, 2008 at the age of 90. He is survived by his wife, of almost 62 years, Joyce, of Moreno Valley, daughter Vicki, and son-in-law Bill, of Moreno Valley, and son John, and daughter-in-law Diana, of Bloomington, and […]

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gene C. Martin ’38 (Co. D) died June 11, 2008, in Montrose, Colo. In his 21-year military career, Maj. Martin served as a member of the American Embassy Guard at Peking, China; participated in the first offensive campaign of World War II as a member of Edson’s Raiders, and saw action […]

Erling Madsen, passed away, Sunday, March 2, 2008, at his home in Enterprise, Alabama, surrounded by his loved ones. The memorial service will take place at Providence Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 11 a.m. Erling was born February 14, 1915 in Duluth, Minnesota to Hans and Katherine Madsen, immigrants from Denmark. He […]

CWO4 (Ret) Francis Edward (Joe) Manning, Jr., 85, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, and faithful member of the Catholic Church passed away on January 17, 2008. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 30, 1922, he was preceded in death by his parents Francis E. Manning, Sr. and Margaret (McDermott) Lufkin, sister Marge Barry, wife Lillian, […]

EUFAULA —Louis Joseph McGilbra, 84, U.S. Marine Corps staff sergeant, died Thursday [December 13, 2007]. Wake service 6-7 p.m., Monday at Kelley Memorial Chapel, Hunn, Black & Merritt Funeral Home, Eufaula. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Artussee Indian Baptist Church; and graveside service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson.