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FALLON – Visitation for Clyde John Wright, 68, who died Wednesday [April 26, 1989] at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Reno, is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Austin, Matson and Smith Funeral Home and from 10 to the 11 a.m. Saturday funeral at Fallon Nevada Stake Center. A native of Moab, Utah, […]

Gen. Lewis W. Walt, who won combat decorations in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and later served as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, died Sunday [March 26, 1989] at a retirement home in Gulfport, Miss., after a long illness. He was 76 years old. General Walt, a husky, outspoken man who commanded 73,000 […]

Francis L. White, Lt. Colonel, USMC, Ret., died in Santa Rosa, September 30, 1986. Loving husband of Carla White of Santa Rosa; loving grandfather of Stephen F. White of San Leandro and Robert E. White, USN; loving brother of Capt. Paul R. White, USN, retired, of Maryland; also survived by several nieces and nephews. A […]

Dwight V. Wilkening, 64, of 1507 Brentwood Terrace died last week Tuesday [April 15, 1986] at the Porter Memorial Hospital in Denver, CO. Born July 27, 1921, in State Center, he was the son of Henry C. and Hazel Arnold Wilkening. He received his education in the State Center schools. During World War II, he […]

Memorial services have been held for Retired Major General Edwin B. Wheeler of the Marine Corps, who died at Baylor University Medical Center on October 14, 1985, after having been stricken by a heart attack at his Dallas, Texas, home. Wheeler, 67, had lived in Dallas and Hot Springs, Arkansas. Burial was planned for Arlington […]

OAKLEY – Edward R. “Sarge” Wright, 59, of 25 Wilmington Ave., died Wednesday [December 27, 1983] in an Asheville hospital. A native of Greenville, S.C., and an Ashville resident since 1928, he was a son of the late John M. and Flora Chapman Wright. He was the former owner of Park Dairy Bar. He was […]

Full military services were held yesterday for [Navy Cross] recipient Edward R. Wygal, 69, of Chino who died January 24 [1983] at the Park Place Convalescent Hospital in Pomona. Interment was at Forest Lawn Covina. Mr. Wygal was born March 14, 1913 in Casper, Wy. As a member of the U.S. Marine Corps during World […]

On Wed., Sept. 1, 1982, Edward W. Wisnewski of Braddock Hills; beloved husband of Anna Mae Zolcak; beloved father of Edward M., William, Andrew and Patricia Kettering; brother of Daniel and Robert Wisnewski; also two grandchildren. Friends received at the Thomas L. Nied Funeral Home, 7441 Washington St., Swissvale. Visitation with the family 2-4 & […]

HADDAM — William A. Wiley Sr., a former first selectman, died unexpectedly Sunday [December 6, 1981] at his home. Wiley, 61, of Hubbard Road in the Higganum section, served as the Republican first selectman from 1964 to 1969 and from 1974 to 1975. He was also the former proprietor of Higganum Hardware and was an […]

DODDSVILLE – Services for John M. Wheeler, 58, retired farmer, will be conducted today at 4 p.m. at McNeil Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Max W. Holleyman of Roundaway Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens. Mr. Wheeler died Monday [November 9, 1981] at the South Sunflower Hospital in Indianola. He was […]