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From: "Steve Epright" Click
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Subject: Warren Joseph Epright Jr., 81
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008
Warren Joseph Epright Jr., 81, passed away Thursday morning February
28, 2008 in Naples, Florida.
He was born on May 25, 1926, in the City of Chester, Pennsylvania
to the late Warren and Kathryn Epright. He attended St James Catholic
High School and graduated in the Class of 1944. Warren served in
the U.S. Army with the 94th Infantry Division during WW II. He
was wounded near the Rhine River in March 1945.Warren was the recipient
of the Purple Heart and the EAME Theater Ribbon with two Bronze
Stars. On July 7th 1951, he was united in marriage to Ruth Elizabeth
Foy of Chester Pennsylvania.
Warren worked for 38 years for the United States Postal Service
and was a member of Our Lady of Charity Parish in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania.
He was an Honorary Member of the Parkside Volunteer Fire Company.
He was also a member a member of the Disabled American Veterans
as well as the Military Order of the Purple Heart. After his retirement
he relocated from Parkside, Pennsylvania to Naples Estates in Naples,
Florida.
Warren is survived by his loving wife, Ruth of 56 years and his
son Steven and his wife Beverly, and granddaughter Rachael (US
Army 1st Calvary Division) of Naples FL, His son Michael and his
wife Donna, and grandson Michael, of Wallingford Pennsylvania.
He is also survived by his sister Anna Waltman and brother Jack
Epright as well as numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to
his parents; he was preceded in death by his brothers Charles and
George.
A funeral mass for Warren J. Epright will be celebrated at 10:00
a.m., Friday, March 7th, at St. Peter the Apostle, Roman Catholic
Church 5130 Rattlesnake Hammock Rd. Naples, FL 34113. The Rev.
Bernie Evanofski, Parochial Vicar, will officiate. Inurnment to
immediately follow at St. Peters Garden Columbarium located at
St Peter the Apostle Church. Relatives and friends are welcome
to attend. The family requests no flowers be sent and any donations
can be made to the:
USO World Headquarters, Department WS, PO Box
96860, Washington, DC 20090-6860
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Date: Mon, 25
Feb 2008
From: Kevin Tranquilli <Click
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Subject: Robert W. Morgan H 301
I wanted to let you know that Robert W. Morgan passed away on
June 28, 2007. Robert "Bob", was a helluva guy. He was
very intelligent, very kind, and loved the 94th. He was proud to
have served his country.
I was lucky enough to know Bob for about three years. He showed
me things, such as woodworking skills, coin collecting, and the
value of a dollar. I have enclosed his obituary. He would be honored
if you would include it on your website!
Robert W. Morgan
Morgan, Robert W. on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Beloved husband of
35 years to Shirley A. Morgan (nee Hess); dear father of Diana
Lynn, Ricky Lee and the late Gary Edward; our dear grandfather,
brother, brother-in-law, uncle, great-uncle, cousin and friend.
Mr. Morgan served in CO H 301st Infantry, 94th Division during
W.W.II.
He was a member of the Benjamin Franklin Masonic Lodge
#642.
Services: The funeral service was conducted in the Chapel
of COLONIAL MORTUARY HOFFMEISTER-KRIEGSHAUSER Funeral Directors,
6464 Chippewa at Watson on Monday, July 2, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. If
desired, please make expressions of sympathy in Robert's memory
to the St. Louis Society for the Blind. The interment with full
military honors was in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
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Mr. Warren Keith Shellmyer
1920-2008
Warren Keith Shellmyer
April 19, 1920 - Feb. 3, 2008
Warren K. Shellmyer, age 87, of West Bend, died on Sunday, Feb. 3,
2008, at his home in West Bend. Funeral services are 10:30 a.m. Friday,
Feb. 8, at the United Methodist Church in West Bend. Visitation is
from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb.7. The Harris Funeral Home of West
Bend is in charge of the arrangements.
Warren Keith Shellmyer was born April 19, 1920, in West Bend, the
son of Irvin L. Shellmyer and Irene M. (Hoover) Shellmyer. Moving
to West Bend from Titonka in 1927 he entered the second grade and
graduated in 1938. In 1940 he moved to Los Angeles, Calif.
When WWII started he was working for Vultee Aircraft in Downey, Calif.
He volunteered for the Army and was sent overseas where he joined
the 94th Division which was part of Patton's Third Army as a Combat
Infantry Rifleman. After the War ended he was assigned as the Clerk
Typist in the 1st Division in Nuremberg, Germany, in the Palace of
Justice where the War Crime Trials were being conducted.
On Dec. 23, 1945 he was an Honor Guard at General George Patton's
funeral in Hamm, Luxenburg, an honor he was very proud of. On May
7, 1946 he was discharged at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. He was awarded
the Bronze Star Combat Rifleman Infantry Badge, two Battle Stars,
(the Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns and the European African
Middle Eastern Service Medal), Good Conduct Medal, Army of Occupation
Medal Germany, and WWII Victory Medal.
In 1947 he went to work for M. & JR Hakes until his retirement
in 1982. He continued living in West Bend until his death on Feb.
3, 2008. He was a member of the West Bend United Methodist Church,
member of the West Bend Fire Dept. for over 20 years, life member
of the West Bend Legion for over 60 years, life member of the V.F.W.
West Bend, and life member of the 94th Infantry Division Association.
He was preceded in death by his parents in 1980, his sister Margaret
in 1997, his wife Mary in 2006, having been married over 63 years,
a grandson, Sean McMahon of Minden. Algona in 1995 his first dog
Maggie and in 2006 his second dog Meg, both English Bulldogs, died.
He is survived by a son Chuck Shellmyer of Burlington, Barb Brathovde
of Burnsville, Minn., Shell McMahon of Minden and four grandchildren
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John
Grieve, 83
KENNEBUNK -- John Grieve, 83, a World War
II prisoner of war, and a resident of Kennebunk died Thursday, Feb.
7, 2008, at the Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford.
John was born in Rosyth, Scotland, near
the town of Dunfermline in Fifeshire on July 27, 1924, the youngest
of six children of John Grieve Sr. and Margaret Robertson Grieve.
His family emigrated to New York City in 1929 and subsequently resided
in Westchester County. He was drafted at the age of 19 and was attached
to the special ASTP Unit in Blackstone, Va., until, due to the pressing
need for infantry manpower, this unit was disbanded. While a member
of the 94th Infantry, John served overseas in the Saar-Moselle Triangle.
After sailing to the European theater of operations (ETO), the division
landed at the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. From the ocean liner the
Queen Elizabeth which had been converted to a troopship, they were
transferred to railroad cars and the division assembled in southwest
England. Subsequently, the division landed on Utah Beach, France,
during the Normandy invasion and was assigned to the U.S. 9th Field
Army, where it contained the German submarine port of L'Orient at
St. Nazare. Four months later the 94th Infantry Division was placed
under the command of General Patton and found itself quite alone
in the most fortified German area in Europe. John was captured in
Sinz, Germany in February 1944 and was a POW for 90 days after soldiers
in his unit of the Army's 94th Infantry Division were captured by
Germans after penetrating enemy lines held as a POW until being liberated
in April of 1944.
Grieve fought in battles in northern France,
Ardennes-Alsace, central Europe and the Rhineland, earning a Bronze
Star. He said they fed him potato soup and bread every day and that
he was lucky to get it. He remembered marching every day as the Germans
tried to hide soldiers from the Americans. Claire Grieve said her
husband was a strong supporter of veteran issues and was proud of
his military service.
Following the war, John was employed by
American Cyanamid Co., a multi-conglomerate, at Its headquarters
located in Rockefeller Center in New York City and subsequently as
plant comptroller in Waterbury, Conn., and in Winchester, Mass.,
with the Atomic Energy Commission and in Wallingford, Conn., and
Sanford, as plant comptroller. He was a former member of the Cape
Arundel Golf Club where he served as assistant treasurer, a life
member of American Legion Post #159 of Kennebunkport, treasurer and
life member of the New England Chapter of the 94th Division and treasurer
of the Pine Tree Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society.
He is sadly missed by his wife of 59 years,
Claire Chambers Grieve; daughter Eileen Grieve Stokes and her husband
Robert; and three grandsons, Christopher, John Andrew and Brendan
Patrick Stokes.
A Funeral Mass will be held on April 24,
2008, at 11 a.m. at the Holy Spirit Parish at St. Martha's Church,
Portland Road, Kennebunk, followed, by a burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
Arrangements are in care of Bibber Memorial Chapel, 67 Summer St.,
Kennebunk. www.bibberfuneral.com.
John served as a Citizen Soldier who took
the allies to victory. If you wish, donations may be made to:
Disabled American Veterans
One VA Center
Togus, Maine 04330 |
From: "Jack
Gibbons" Click
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Subject:
James D. Gibbons
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008
Gibbons, James D. known as "Red" to his buddies passed
away on Monday 21 January 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Dad was a member of A Company, 319th Combat
Engineer Battalion with the rank of "T-4"
He received a head wound while constructing a bridge over
the Roer River outside the town of Lampaden, 13 March 45.
The metal plate that he wore in his head as a result of the
wound had been causing problems for him over the past several
years.
He remained friends with Frank Keenan, John Beradi,
and Ezra Cox who I'm sure were standing by to greet him
as he left this world. He is survived by four siblings,
four children and four grand children. I was pleased
that so many members of the family kept me busy during
the wake asking about his service time with the 319th
during the war and being tasked by my sister in law to
write down all of the stories that I learned from his
buddies and told at the wake for the benefit of the grandchildren
and I'm sure great grand children.
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Attached is a picture of dad taken outside the city of Lorient,
France and one from the Baltimore reunion where I presented him
with a shadow box.
Jack Gibbons
LTC (ret)
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From: "Douglas
A Kewley"Click
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Subject:
Monte Lyle Kewley
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008
Monte Lyle Kewley passed away on January 13, 2008, in Catskill,
New York. He had just celebrated his 90th birthday on January
4. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, the former
Jeanne-Marie Johnson, his sons, Jefferson L. Kewley and Douglas
A. Kewley, daughters-in-law, Ellen Brower and Jacklyn C. Kewley,
grandchildren Ashley C. Kewley and Keegan Monti-Kewley and his
brother and sister, Richard Kewley and Jane Wiluchi.
During World War 2, Captain Kewley served as the Commanding Officer
of the Anti-Tank Company of the 301st Infantry Regiment, 94th Division
and was awarded the Bronze Star. Upon returning to the United
States, he entered the reserves where he continued to serve, rising
to the rank of Lt. Colonel before retiring from the military in1967.
Following the war, he lived and worked in Wisconsin, California,
Texas and Ohio before settling in New Orleans in 1967 where he
resided until after Hurricane Katrina, when he moved to New York. He
was a member of the Pendennis Club and the Thackeray Society.
Lt. Col. Kewley will be buried with full military honors at Arlington
National Cemetery on May 9, 2008.
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PROVIDENCE, N.C. - Charles Douglas Smith, Sr., age
84, of the Parks Springs Road, Providence, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2008
at Danville Regional Medical Center, where he had been a patient
since Jan. 3.
Born April 16, 1924, in Caswell County, he was the son of the late
Thomas Brooks Smith and the late Lottie Terrell Smith. In 1943, he
was married to Carrie Lee Walker of Caswell who predeceased him in
June 2007.
He lived most of his life in Caswell County and was a member of the
Shady Oak Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War
II, having served in the 94th Infantry Division in Europe. He was
awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the US Army Good Conduct Medal,
the American Campaign Medal, the European, Africa, Middle Eastern
campaign Medal, the WW II Victory Medal, and the US Occupation Medal
(Germany). He was a charter employee of Corning Glass Works, Finishing
Department, and retired in 1988. After retirement, and in keeping
with the Terrell tradition, he caned chairs and handcrafted baskets
that he exhibited in the Callands and Climax festivals, and others
in the general area.
In addition to his wife, he was also predeceased by one son Charles
Douglas Smith, Jr., and his first grandson Larry Donald Huskey.
Survivors are two daughters, Ramona Supensky and husband, George
of Danville, Va., Sheila Barker and husband Lee of Milton; one daughter-in-law,
Ann Smith of Ringgold, Va.; two granddaughters, Stephanie Evans and
husband, Luke, Jennifer McDonough and husband, Conan; two grandsons,
Sam and Will Barker of Milton. In addition, he is survived by four
great-grandchildren, Mara and Campbell Evans, Trent Barker, and Grace
McDonough. Also surviving is one sister, Doris Whitlow of Abington
Place, Danville, Va.
He was predeceased by two sisters, Bertie Gunn and Edna McKinney;
and brothers Isaac, Wesley, Steve, and Wilbur Smith.
Graveside committal service with military rites will be held at 11
a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 in Danville Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Avery
Marshall. Interment will follow.
The family will receive friends at Harrelson Funeral Home, Yanceyville
on Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 pm.
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly suggests memorial donations
be made the Providence Fire Department, c/o Jerry Hovatter, P.O.
Box 93, Providence, NC. |
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