RAYMOND WILFRED YOVINO March 19, 1948 – December 29, 1971 Raymond’s father was born in Chile but came to a small fishing village, Ilwaca, on the Peninsula in Washington to pursue a dream. Father Miguel Cristobal Yovino (1919-2000) fell in love and married Grace Martell Yovino (1928-1949) a local girl. Together they had two boys, Ray and his older brother…
HARRY W. SCHREINER December 28, 1945 – September 5, 1973 Harry spent his early years in a terribly broken home, being removed at the age of 9 to live with foster parents Howard J. Pett (1918-1992) and his wife Marjorie M. Pett (1919-2010) in Lower Genesee Lake, Wisconsin. While childless of their own, the Petts raised Harry and his foster…
RANDALL “RANDY” WILLIAM WINDSTEIN January 15, 1947 – October 3, 2017 Randy was born, the only child, to William Joseph “Rosebud” Windstein (1915-1999) and Martha E. Kahl Windstein (1914-2009) on January 15, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA. The “War to end all Wars” had just concluded and Randy’s father returned in March of 1946 from his wartime service in the US…
WILFRED RAYMOND SNAKE August 3, 1940 – December 2, 2012 Wilfred “Johnny Boy” Snake was a Native American of the Winnebago Tribe of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. He was born on the Menominee Reservation to father Walter A Snake (1902-1979) and Ernestine Waupoose Snake (1905-1997) on August 3, 1940. Wilfred had 4 older sisters, Mary Elizabeth Snake (1930), Margaret…
NORWALK — Joseph Terry Baltes, 69, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, surrounded by his loving family, at his home. He is the son of the late John and Benadette Baltes. Joe was the owner and operator of Baltes Construction Company in New London, Ohio, upon retirement in 2000, Joe and his wife Lois, moved to the Florida Keys,…
RONALD CHARLES COON September 24, 1948 – May 15, 2019 Ronald Charles Coon was born in Minnesota as Winter was approaching on September 24, 1948. His father Joseph Lysle Coon (1922-1982) and mother Audree Lois Halverson Coon (1927-2011) were still trying to forget WWII and the impact it had upon them. Ron’s father, Lysle, upon joining the Army in 1941…
JOSEPH SAMUEL “Tanker” BRANNON January 23, 1951 – October 19, 1992 “Tanker” came to us from Spencer, in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. It was, and still is, a rural community of hardworking people who treasure the values of a life not always available in large cities. Joe was instilled with an honest respect for hard work with the…
JOHN NOEL BECKETT December 9, 1946 – February 22, 2008 John was born in Harlan, Kentucky on the 9th of December, 1946 to William Beckett Jr. (1922-1977) and Mary Ellen Williams Beckett (1924-1984). It was right after the end of WWII, two weeks before Christmas, when John joined his older brother Billie William Myron Beckett (1942) and older sister Christina…
CLIFFORD EUGENE “CLIFF” POPAY March 24, 1944 – February 2, 2011 Cliff was born in Rome, GA on March 24, 1944 to Robert George Popay (1920-1976) and Sara Virginia Holder Popay (1923-2002). His father Robert served in the US Army during the latter part of WWII, just after they welcomed their newborn son Cliff. Perhaps the separation caused by the…
STEPHEN FREDRIC WOLFE September 9, 1950 – June 13, 2011 Stephen was born in the picturesque Town of Woodstock in Virginia’s Shenandoah County to Marvin Lee Wolfe (1918-1964) and Myrtle Virginia McCall Wolfe (1925-1986). Living in an area of such majestic beauty is not without cost, freedom is not free. At the onset of WWII, Steve’s father “paid the price”…