Donald L. Barich, 146th Avn Company veteran, passed away September 1999.
Del Mitchell served in the ASA from 1961 to 1963. He was in Vietnam in 1962 and Thailand in 1963. He passed away in June 1999 in Eugene, OR. He taught in the Eugene school district for 26 years.
Front Royal, VA - John Paulson, Master Sergeant E8, Ret., 75, died Friday, August 6 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia. Services were held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 12 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Front Royal, VA with Reverend Robert Jones officiating.
Casketbearers were Roy Jackson, Kenji Brown, Mark Pierson, Edward Frinks, David Jackson and Jeffrey John Jackson. Honorary casketbearers were Robert Kennedy, William Nuernberg, William Woods, Marshall Hamer and members of the TAXAIDE program, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. The Maddox Funeral Home in Front Royal, VA was in charge of the arrangements.
John Willis Paulson was born on May 10, 1924 in Grygla, the son of Paul Olaf and Mina Adelia (Hvile) Paulson. He served in the military for 21 years. During World War II, John served in the U.S. Army in the 41st Infantry Division in the Philippines and later in the Occupation Force in Hiroshima, Japan. His decorations include the U.S. Army Commendation medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Armed Forces Expeditionary medal and the World War II Victory medal.
During his career in the Army in Finance and Accounting, he served at Kagnew Station, Asmara, Eritrea, Africa; Headquarters U.S. Army Security Agency; Fort Richardson, AK; and Headquarters Eighth U.S. Army, Seoul, Korea. At the time of his retirement from the military in 1968, he was serving at Headquarters U.S. Army Security Agency, Arlington, VA, in the office of the comptroller. He continued his service to his country as a civilian in the U.S. Army Security Agency until his retirement from Federal service in 1983.
John was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, serving on the church council and as a trustee. He also served as president of the Warren County Council of Churches and was a member of the advisory board for the Salvation Army. He established the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) TAXAIDE program in Front Royal, VA and served as its coordinator.
He was also a member of the National Audubon Society, the Nature Conservancy, the Warren county chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, Inc. and the U.S. Army Finance Officers Association. John also held lifetime memberships in the American Legion (Giles B. Cook Post 53) and Veterans of Foreign Wars (Post 1860) and was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
Survivors include his wife, Rosalie Kennedy Paulson; three daughters, Rebekah R. Paulson of Arlington, VA, Melanie L. Jackson of Front Royal, VA and Loralie Brown of Woodbridge, VA; three sisters, Leona Larson and Mildred Torkelson of Warren and Deloris Cox of Riverside, CA; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
OSTERVILLE - Francis J. "Frank" Leahy Jr., 69, a consultant in the field of law enforcement and criminal justice, died Tuesday at the Cape Regency Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Centerville after a long illness.
He was the husband of M. Louise (Horgan) Leahy for 45 years.
Born in Quincy, Mr. Leahy graduated from Harvard University in 1952. He later received a master's degree in government administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1954 and served in the Army Security Agency.
In 1960, he was recruited by the mayor of Chicago to be the budget director for the police department of that city following the discovery of widespread abuse.Mr. Leahy then moved to Washington, D.C., and was instrumental in the establishment of the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in Fairfax, Va., where he later served as a consultant in the field.
A lifelong summer resident of the Cape, he retired to Osterville in 1995 and was a 30-year member of the Wianno Yacht Club.
Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Francis J. Leahy III of Sausalito, Calif., and Christopher D. Leahy of Santa Clara, Calif.; a daughter, Jean A. Leahy of Los Altos, Calif.; a brother, Paul D. Leahy of Scituate; a sister, Ann C. Sheehan of Dudley; and three grandchildren.
Alfred William Rose of Orient passed away at the San Simeon Nursing Home on Sept. 8, 1999. He and his wife (Betty) of 60 years retired to Orient from Silver Spring, Md., in 1978. They had been summer residents on the North Fork for over 50 years but for the last 25 years had divided their time between Naples, Fla., and Orient.
Mr. Rose was born and educated in Englewood, N.J. He graduated from Colgate University in 1933, and received his M.A. in education from N.Y.U. in 1939. He taught science and mathematics and was an athletic coach at Englewood Junior High School, where he met his wife-to-be, Elizabeth Hukill of Ridgewood, N.J. They married in 1939.
Near the beginning of World War II, he enlisted in the Army Signal Corps and served as an officer during the war. He worked as a cryptanalyst and also taught cryptography at the Army Security Agency. In his later career, Mr. Rose served the U.S. Department of Defense at The National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Md., as a Budget Officer in Research and Development, until his retirement in 1974.
Al Rose especially enjoyed music, and played clarinet in Colgate's Marching Band and saxophone in jazz orchestras during his high school and college years. He was both an avid bowler and golfer. He was a member of Island's End Golf and Country Club and the Orient Yacht Club. He and Mrs. Rose attended both the Methodist and Congregational churches in Orient.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Rose is survived by two children, Susan Rose Channing of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Donald B. Rose of Rutherford, N.J. He leaves three grandchildren, Alfred W. Rose II, James T. Rose and Haley E. Channing. He also is survived by two brothers, Howard, of Sacramento, Calif., and Philip, of Vero Beach, Fla., and a sister, Dorothy Svenson of Rochester, N.H.
Dr. Dave Rasumoff died unexpectedly at home of natural causes on 11/04/99.
David Lawrence Rasumoff was born September 20, 1941, in New York. David grew up in Beverly Hills and graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1959.
He joined the U.S. Army in 1960 and was a Sergeant assigned to the Intelligence Army Security Agency.
David attended the University of Southern California and graduated in 1965. In 1969, David was accepted at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver, Colorado.
After graduation from medical school, he interned at Los Angeles County - University of Southern California Medical Center in 1969, residency from 1975 to 1979 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Los Angeles County - University of Southern California Medical Center.
In 1980, David was attending physician for Emergency Medicine at Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center with the following responsibilities: Base Station Physician, Director of Pre-Hospital Care, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine.
From 1983 through 1987 Dr. Rasumoff was a Medical Director of Paramedic Training and Assistant Director for the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency.
In 1979, Dr. Rasumoff joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff and rose to the rank of Commander. He was assigned to the Reserve Medical Company at Santa Clarita Valley and Lost Hills Stations and was very active with Rescue Helicopter, Swat Team, and Medical Advisor to other law enforcement agencies.
In the last ten years, Dr. Rasumoff continued to be active as medical advisor to faculty, trainer of police and military hostage rescue teams for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Defense.
HADLEY -- Richard M. Sparrow, 70, of South Hadley, a New Bedford native, died at home Friday, May 7, 1999. He was the husband of Maureen (McKenna) Sparrow and son of the late Richard and Leona (Marshall) Sparrow.
Born in New Bedford, he was educated at Holy Family School and graduated in 1952 from Providence College. He lived in Barrington, R.I., before moving to South Hadley in 1965.
Mr. Sparrow was a chemist who worked for Scott Graphics in South Hadley, Flexcon in Spencer and VanLeer in Woburn. He was an Army veteran of World War II who held the rank of tech 5. While in the Army, he was with the Army Security Agency. He received the World War II Victory Medal and the Army of Occupation Medal of Japan.
He was a communicant of St. Theresa's Church of South Hadley.
He had taught Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and was an extraordinary minister.
He was a former South Hadley Lions Club member and was active with the Passionaist Retreat, formerly of West Springfield.Survivors include his widow; two daughters, Jeanne M. Sparrow of Stoneham and Elizabeth A. Sparrow of Norwalk, Conn.; a sister, Margaret Cronan of Quincy; and a granddaughter, Alison Biedron. He was the father of the late Mary Ellen Sparrow.
Arrangements were by the Ryder Funeral Home, 33 Lamb St., South Hadley.
Burial was in Notre Dame Cemetery, South Hadley.
James E. "Jim" Brown III, of Greensburg, passed away Tuesday,
April 20, 1999 in Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh. after an extended
illness. He was born in Greensburg, PA on Sept. 11, 1936 and was
the son of the late James E. Brown Jr. and Margaret Post Brown.
He was the former owner of Brown's Grocery Store and a member of
the Sports Car Club of America and Mt. Odin Golf Club. In
addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his
daughter, Leslie H. Brown. His is survived by his wife of 43
years, Kathleen S. Brown; and the following children: Steven
Brown of Greensburg, Michael Brown of Hopewell Junction, NY.,
Susan Chouinard, and husband Yves of Derry NH., Scott Brown and
his companion, Rona Beluschok, of Greensburg and J. Patrick Brown
and his wife Tara of Thompson Station, TN. Interment followed in
the St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, PA.
Jim enlisted in the ASA in early '55, did basic at Ft. Jackson,
and attended ALS '55 - May '56 in Class CZ 12-35. He was assigned
to the 302nd ASA Bn. at Bamberg, moved with them to Herzo base,
and wound up in the 318th USASA Bn. after the TOE-TAD changeover.
His wife Kathleen (Stevie) Brown was in Germany with him and had
their first child, Steven, while at Herzo. Jim left the service
in '58 and returned to Greensburg, PA, where he ran the family
store for some years.
Mr. Wing died at 4:10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, 1999 at his residence.
He was born Dec. 30, 1941 in Napoleon to Robert J. and Hazel (Brecht) Wing, and they survive in Continental. He married Marjorie Lance on May 21, 1966 and she survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Robert G. of Lancaster; Craig of Continental; two grandchildren; and a brother, Halford of WeekiWachee, Fla.
Mr. Wing retired in 1997 from the Ohio Department of Transportation, District 1 in Lima.
He served three years in the U.S. Army Security Agency.
He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Continental, and was currently serving as chairman of the trustees.
Mr. Wing was a past master of Continental Lodge 570 F&AM, a past district deputy of the Fourth Masonic District and a member and current second lieutenant of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Toledo.
He was a member of Ensawocsa Chapter 89 RAM and the Zenobia Shrine in Toledo, commander of the Toledo Consistory and director of the Putnam County Scottish Rite.
He was a past sovereign master of Buckeye Council 92 AMD, a past patron of Continental Chapter 129 OES and a member of Continental American Legion Post 541. He received the Mason's 33rd Degree in 1991.
Myron S. Lewis, founder and president of Lewis Laboratories International, Ltd., died Aug. 19 in Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut. He was 78.
Myron Lewis was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Intelligence during World War II, at which time he was in command of electronic equipment to intercept German communications at the front. He was in the Normandy invasion, was behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge and was one of the first to cross the Ramagen Bridge. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
He was born in Harrisburg, Ill., the son of Aquilla Cornelius Lewis and Oma Lewis. His family members were among the first colonists to arrive on this continent in 1682, and they settled in Pennsylvania. He was a direct decendent of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Revolutionary War patriot Ethan Allen. He was an ardent defender of freedom and liberty.
He graduated from Amherst College in 1942. He served as vice president of International Marketing at Richardson Merrill-Vicks International and was executive vice president at Shulton, Inc.
He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Diana Lewis, and five children from a previous marriage: one daughter, Cornelia Sgoutas; four sons, Daniel, Timothy, John and Tobias; a stepdaughter, Lena; his brother, Winston B. Lewis and 25 grandchildren. Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, The Free Congress Foundation, 717 Second St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002 or to Boys Town of Italy, 250 E. 63rd St., N.Y., N.Y. 10021.
Col. Charles S. Simerly, 61, of Babson Park died Thursday, April 1, 1999, at Tampa General Hospital. He was the FS-Augsburg Commander 1986-1988. He also commanded the 138th Avn Company (RR) 1971-72.
He was a native of Jacksonville who came to the area from Alexandria, Va., eight years ago. He was an Army officer for 33 years and was a member of First Christian Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Simerly of Babson Park; daughters Pamela Jane Strobel of Mystic, Conn., and Karen Kay Fehlberg of Kissimmeee; a son, Capt. Mark Thomas Simerly of Clarksville, Tenn.; sisters Jettie McElroy of Frostproof and Sue Holt of Lakeland; and seven grandchildren.
VICTORIA, Texas: Leo David Johnson, 56, of Victoria died Monday, Jan. 18, 1999.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Parkway Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Weatherford officiating. Graveside services will be in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Victoria Veterans Council. Arrangements are under the direction of Rosewood Funeral Home.
Mr. Johnson was born Feb. 10, 1942, in Fresno, Calif. He was a veteran of the Army Security Agency, having served in Fort Meade and Ankarwa, Turkey. He was raised in Wichita Falls. He was an instrumentation technician for Dupont for 24 years. He was a member of Parkway Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Lynda Jocelyn of Victoria; his mother, Maxine Harbaugh of Victoria; two daughters, Keri Smalley and Holly Jean, both of Victoria; three sisters, Janice Walker and Kay Longpra, both of Conroe, and DeaDea Budewig of Houston; and a brother, David Hubert of Bay City, Texas.
MURRELLS INLET, N.C. - Paul Donald Myers, 66, of Salters Cove, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Born March 3, 1932, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Paul and Marie Divelbliss Myers.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in the Army Security Agency.
He had retired from Farmers and Merchants Bank. He had worked for Keystone RV Center in Greencastle, Pa.; and currently was employed with Jurassic Golf, Myrtle Beach.
He was a member of Surfside United Methodist Church.
He was a member of American Legion Post 26, Hancock; and Surfside Moose Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Gail I. Norris Myers; two sons, Keith Myers of Hagerstown and Keven Myers of Bluffton, S.C.; four brothers, Robert "Ike" Myers and Gene Myers, both of Hancock, Ronnie Myers of Hagerstown and Joseph Myers of Baltimore; a sister, Betty Suder of Clear Spring; and two grandchildren.
Edward M. Burton, 62, of 915 Alexander Spring Road, Dickinson Township, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 1999 in Carlisle Hospital.
Born Oct. 16, 1936 in Barnsboro, he was a son of the late Joseph and Dorothy Rosser Burton.
Mr. Burton was an employee of Carlisle Army War College Motor Pool.
A graduate of Carlisle High School, he was a retired U.S. Army master sergeant with 26 years of service, including two tours in Vietnam.
He also was stationed in Hawaii, Japan and several posts in the U.S. and had served with the U.S. Army Security Agency.
He was a member and past master in 1988 and 1995 of Cumberland Star Lodge 197 F&AM; most exalted high priest of St. John's Royal Arch Chapter 171 of Carlisle; member of Scottish Rite of Harrisburg; treasurer of Masonic Temple Association of Carlisle; past thrice illustrious master of St. John's Council No. 5; and past eminent commander of St. John's Commandry.
Mr. Burton was recently elected grand principal sojourner of St. John's Royal Arch Chapter No. 171.
Surviving are his wife of 42 years, Rosie Marie Minich Burton; three daughters, Cynthia L. Burton of Mississippi and Nancy S. Strine and Maryann Burton, both of Carlisle; two brothers, Donald of Satsuma, Fla., and Thornie of Warminster; two sisters, Janice Davis of San Mateo, Fla., and Gloria Seifert of Warminster; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Susan Marie.
MYERSVILLE, Md. - Robert Kenneth Tritt, 64, of 23 Fox Rock Drive, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 1998, at his home.
Born Aug. 14, 1933, in Harrisburg, Pa., he was the son of the late Russell and Erma Wolfe Tritt.
He was a 1951 graduate of Lemoyne High School, Lemoyne, Pa. He was a 1960 graduate of Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pa.
After college, he was employed by the Internal Revenue Service and retired in 1988. He received Maryland CPA certification in 1971. For the past six years, he worked part time for W.F. Park and Co. and Bachtel and Co., certified public accounting firms in Hagerstown.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He served in Asmara, Eritrea, Africa, for two years as a member of the Army Security Agency.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Middletown, Md. He was a member of the Spiritual Enrichment Sunday School Class, Christian Fellowship Committee and Bible Study group. He was a former member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Myersville, where he served as the church treasurer for 12 years.
He was an active member of Myersville Lions Club since 1963 and served in all of its governing offices. He was a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American State Board of Public Accountancy and Morris Frock American Legion Post 42, Hagerstown. He also was a member of Beaver Creek Golf Club and Middletown Golf League.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Alice M. Rafftesaeth Tritt; one daughter, Andrea Tritt Shears of Mechanicsburg, Pa.; two sons, Robert Tritt Jr. of Charles Town, W.Va., and Benjamin Tritt of Salem, Va.; one sister, Marjorie Tritt Lehman of Millersville, Pa.; and four grandchildren.
Robert Marc Chourret, 77, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who worked as a civilian management analyst and supply supervisor for the U.S. Army Security Agency at Arlington Hall Station, died of renal failure March 28, 1998 at The Virginian.
Colonel Chourret, a native of San Francisco, entered the Army in 1944 and served as a supply warrant officer during World War II. He had assignments in the Solomon Islands, Philippines, Okinawa and Japan.
While in the Army Reserve, he was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. He was a quartermaster officer with alternating stateside and overseas duty and later was detailed to the Army Security Agency as a logistics officer. His military honors included the Legion of Merit and Army Commendation Medal.
Following his retirement from the Army in 1969, he briefly worked as a consultant to the D.C. police department and then returned to the Army Security Agency in 1972. He retired in 1983.
His wife of 51 years, Ethel L. Chourret, died in 1993.
Survivors include three daughters, Michele Chourret of Memphis, Denise Campbell of Lilburn, Ga., and Alyce Mayhew of Manassas; a brother, Fred L. Chourret of San Francisco; and four grandchildren.
Intelligence pioneer Maj. Gen. W. Preston Corderman died of pneumonia on March 4, 1998, at the Fairfax Retirement Community at Fort Belvoir, Va. Born in Hagerstown, Md., Corderman graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1926 and was commissioned in the Signal Corps. Later, as part of his professional development, he earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Yale University. Corderman's Army career spanned 32 years and included tours of duty in Washington, D.C., the Philippines, Germany, and Army posts throughout the United States. At the beginning of World War II, Corderman, then a colonel, was assigned the job of implementing and managing wartime postal censorship in the United States. His next post would carry with it even greater responsibilities. For most of World War II, Corderman served as Chief of the Signal Security Agency (SSA) at Arlington Hall Station, Virginia. As head of SSA, Corderman directed the activities of some 10,000 soldiers and civilians who carried out the dual mission of safeguarding Army communications.
Corderman's distinguished military career came to a final termination when he retired from the Army with the rank of major general. His last assignment had been that of Commanding General of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Following his retirement from active duty, General Corderman became an executive with Litton Industries. For three years in the early 1960's, he served as vice president of that firm's Washington office.
Charles B. Christian went to be with his Lord and Savior at his residence on Thursday, March 26, 1998.
He was born Charles Blakely Christian to Ruby Mae Henry Christian and Sylas Calhoun Christian on April 12, 1922, in Rockdale. He graduated from Rockdale High School in 1940.
Christian joined the Army Air Corps in June 1940 as a radio operator-maintenance technician and rose to the grade of master sergeant in December 1942. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps in April 1945. His extensive training in the course of his government service included attendance at the University of Maryland, U.S. Army Top Management Seminar, U.S. Army Officer Electronics School and a number of other Army, Air Force and civilian schools. He also attended college at Herzogenaurach, Germany, and San Angelo College.
During his military career he served in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Kentucky, California, Missouri, Wisconsin, Virginia and Germany. He served at March AFB, Calif., and later at Goodfellow AFB after the school was moved to San Angelo. He served with the U.S. Army Security Agency, but left the Army as a captain in 1953 and entered the U.S. Air Force. He served in the active reserves until he retired as a Major in 1966. He continued his federal service career as the first civilian in the USAF Security Service School and was one of the two top-ranking civilian employees at Goodfellow AFB. His last position was as technical adviser to the Commandant, USAFSS School and Chief of the Technical Programs Division. During more than 17 years service to the command, he made constant and effective efforts to improve technical training and to standardize operating procedures at the school, receiving the Meritorious Civil Service Award on two different occasions. He retired as a GS-14 in July 1970, after a career spanning 28 years of federal service.
Mr. Christian was given credit for the design of several complex electronics systems used in the Air Force Security Service. Among these was an Environmental Signal Simulator, labeled the QRC-379, which is used in training communications technicians for worldwide assignments. He was cited for outstanding service in developing, conducting and directing the technical and managerial training of more than 50,000 graduates of the school.
Mr. Christian was preceded in death by both parents and one brother, Vesper Christian. He is survived by his loving wife, Joyce Elaine Christian; one sister, Iola Avrett of Rockdale; two daughters, Charlotte Walraven of San Angelo and Nellie Adkins and husband, Jack, of Sonora; and five grandchildren, Christie Adkins, Blake Adkins, Staci Walraven, David Walraven and Jimmy Walraven.
Mr. Christian is a member of the Word of Life Assembly of God Church.
Pallbearers will be Kelly Osborn, Kent Prater, Don Davis, David Camarillo, Rufino Garcia, Chad Goetz, Marshall Stewart and David Irving, with honorary pallbearers, Denny Savilles and Jimmy Bryant.
I am saddened to report the passing of Alan Carreau, who died on April 1 of respiratory and heart conditions. At Colgate, Al was a member of DKE and majored in Spanish. After graduating from Colgate he spent 3 years in the Army Security Agency, specializing in Russian language intelligence. After working for a number of years in advertising, he was engaged in the custom furnishings business, designing and marketing metal furniture. He is survived by his nephew, Robert A Carreau.
Harry Harkness, ASA Warrant Officer, succumbed to cancer on April 19, 1998. He lived in Manassas, VA.
Alan R. Pehrson '52 Retired Army Lt. Col., husband of Muriel D. (Fauteux) Pehrson of Dartmouth died Saturday, May 23, 1998, at Veterans Hospital in Jamaica Plain after an extended illness.
He Retired from the Army in 1970 and then taught at Fairhaven High School for 10 years. He was also executive vice president of William McCaskie Inc. of Westport for more than a decade.
He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1952 where he was student senate president. He graduated from Tulane University in 1964 with a master's degree in business administration and was president of the Graduate Business Society.
He enlisted in the Army in 1946 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1952. He served overseas in Japan, Korea, Germany and Vietnam and mechanized cavalry armored cavalry, armor, Army Security Agency and military intelligence assignments. He was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, two Army Commendation Medals for World War II, the Japanese occupation, Korea, and Vietnam.
He was appointed a lay reader emeritus of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in 1980 after serving as a licensed lay reader in the Armed Forces and the Diocese of Maryland and Massachusetts; in Germany; Fort Devons; Vietnam; Holy Trinity Church, Essex, Md; and Grace Church, New Bedford. He was a vestryman at Holy Trinity Church, Essex; St. Peter Church, South Dartmouth; and Grace Church, New Bedford.
He was a life member of American Legion Post 166, Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 7; Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 207; the Military Order of the World Wars; the Retired Officers Association; American Mensa; Consumers Union; Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries; the Old Dartmouth Historical Society; and the US Cavalry Association. He was an honorary colonel of the association's Yellow Legs Regiment.
Survivors include his widow; two sons; Robert Pehrson of Mashpee and Scott Pehrson; a daughter Kristine Hardin of Chelmsford; a brother, Norman of Rancho Palos Vere, California
.Graveside services were held at Crestwood Cemetery for Sergeant Larry Richard Payne, 54, of Owl's Hollow Alabama.
Mr. Payne attended Glencoe High School and served in the U.S. Army Security Agency. He was a retired police sergeant with the Gadsden force and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Payne was preceded in death by his parents, C.R. and Bertha Payne.
He is survived by his son, Richard (Jeanne) Payne and Casey Payne, duahter, Tracy (terry) McCord; brother's James (Jolyne) Payne and Bobby Ray Payne and grandchildren, Amadna and Gabrielle Payne, Coty, Josh, Danelle and Taylor McCord.
Honory pallbearers will be Robert Heath, Shoney Lawder, Wayne Griffin, Howard Stakdey, Lary Cushen and Jack Hall.
Additional information submitted by Rindall Dunston: Larry was an 058. He joined the Army in June 1962, went to 058 school at Devens and then to Africa and was at Homestead AFB when he was discharged in June 1965.
Daniel W. Sheerin, 76, of New Carrollton, Md., a native of Coaldale, died Monday in the Doctors Community Hospital, Lanham, Md. He was the husband of Sarah (Bonner) Sheerin. They were married for 43 years.
He was a retired civilian Air Force communications specialist. He had a 29-year career with the Department of the Air Force, retiring in 1979 after two years as a special assistant for communications security for the director of command, control and communications at Air Force Headquarters. In that capacity, he developed Air Force communications security and cryptographic security policy, operating procedures, and programs.
Born in Lansford, he was a son of the late Daniel Joseph and Anna (Gallagher) Sheerin, who were residents of Coaldale.
He served as the Air Force staff member on the National Communications Security Committee and was the Air Force spokesman in dealings with the National Security Agency on cryptographic issues.
Earlier in his career, he served as chief of the communications security branch for the directorate of command control and communications and as a telecommunications specialist for the directorate of telecommunications.
He graduated from the former St. Mary Catholic High School, Coaldale, and the Air War College in Montgomery, Ala., in 1966.
Sheerin entered the Army Air Corps in 1942 and served with the 86th Fighter Group in Africa, Italy, Corsica, France and Germany.
After his military discharge in late 1945, he worked at Andrews Air Force Base as a civilian communications technician. In the late 1940s, he worked as a communications center operator for the Army Security Agency and as a communications code clerk for the cryptographic branch of the Army Communications Center.
He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Landover Hills, Md.
Surviving in addition to his widow are three children, Ann M. Fritz and Daniel P. Sheerin, both of College Park, Md., and Erin P. Sheerin of Washington D.C.; two sisters, Eileen Cleary of Cape St. Claire, Md., and Kathryn Holmes of Windsor, Conn.; and four grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Helen Rouhier.
BEDFORD, Pa. - James R. "Slim" Llewellyn, 70, of Bedford Valley, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 1998, at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
Born Sept. 9, 1927, in National, Md., he was the son of the late Wesley E. and Cynthia (Korns) Llewellyn. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Edward Llewellyn.
Mr. Llewellyn was a retired dairy farmer and an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a U.S. veteran of the Army Security Agency.
Surviving are four sisters, Evelyn Muhr, Baltimore, Nellie Lohr, Frostburg, Margaret Claycomb, and husband, John, Avon Lake, Ohio, and Mary L. Swanger, Cumberland; four brothers, Edman "Gene" Llewellyn, and wife, Laverne, Frostburg, William Llewellyn, and wife, Mary, Rawlings, David Llewellyn, and wife, Joann, Bedford Valley, and Joseph Llewellyn, and wife, Janice, Cumberland; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Henry Alden Dean Sr., 83, of Cliff St. Naugatuck, died Sunday, (September 20, 1998) at home after a brief illness. He was the husband of Helen (Dorin) Dean.
Mr. Dean was born October 9, 1914, in Brookline, MA. Son of the late Floyd Bigelow and Laurence Mary (Munson) Dean Sr.
He worked for the Eastern Company in Naugatuck, as an assistant treasurer, retiring after 30 years.
He graduated from Boston College in 1938, and Boston University in 1948 with an M.B.A.
He was a former member of the Knights of Columbus, Republican Town Chairman, GOP Burgess and a former Justice of the Peace. He was a member of the Bipartisan Committee to purchase Hop Brook Golf Course in Naugatuck. He was a member of the National Association of Cost Accountants and a member of the Connecticut Purchasing Agents Association. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving as a crypt analyst technician. During training he studied the Chinese language at Harvard University at the Yenching Institute and Japanese at the Army Code Center at Vint Hills Farms, near Warrenton, VA. and deciphered Japanese code in the Pacific Theatre in Signal Intelligence Corp. He also served in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and The Philippines. He was an active member and communicant of St. Francis Church.
He was ordained Sept. 30, 1973, Permanent Deacon of the Archdiocese of Hartford at St Francis Church in Naugatuck by Bishop John. F. Hackett. He was a former member of St. Francis School Parents Club, former President of St. Francis Holy Name Society, a former Trustee of St. Francis Church, and a member of St. Francis Parish Council.
Besides his wife of 54 years, he leaves two sons Gregory M. Dean Sr. and Henry A. Dean Jr., of Naugatuck; a daughter, Kathleen D. Corey of Naugatuck; a brother, Floyd B. Dean Jr. of Framingham, MA.; a sister B. Carolyn Dean of Brookline, MA.; four Grandchildren and three Great Grandchildren. He is predeceased by a brother, William Dean of Newton MA, and Sister Laurence, OCD of Carmelite Roxbury MA., and Grandson Robert C. Dean.
Daniel J. Wofford Jr., 62, Jay, died Friday, Oct. 9, 1998, at Hillcrest Regional Medical Center, Tulsa, after an illness.
Mr. Wofford was born Sept. 26, 1936, at Rudy, Ark. After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, the University of Washington and Far East Language School in Taiwan, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency. He served three terms as a field agent in Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, and Abu Dhabi, and served two terms in Afghanistan, one during the Soviet invasion. He also served in several other areas around the world. He also served three years with the U.S. Army Security Agency in Taiwan.
He retired in 1986 and set up a business in Castle Rock, Colo. His polymer research business promotes the use of agricultural polymers in dry land farming in underdeveloped countries. He began research projects at several U.S. universities and spoke in schools at all educational levels. He held seminars in the western United States and traveled in South America, Europe and the former Soviet Union setting up overseas projects. He moved to Jay four years ago.
He married Nita Cloninger on Aug. 9, 1997. She survives.
Additional survivors include five sons, Wade Wofford, Niland, Calif., Rush Wofford, El Segundo, Calif., John Sullivan, Middleton, Kan., Tim Sullivan, Littleton, Colo., and Ron Jackson, Pryor; five daughters, Amber Wofford, of the home, Robin Ray, Niland, Kim Klinker, Midlothian, Va., Kristen Jackson, Edmond, and Susan Jackson, Sarasota, Fla.; his mother, Marie Wofford, Jay; a brother, Ben Wofford, Jay; a sister, Martha Gann, Jay; and 12 grandchildren.
WELLFLEETMA - Ronald T. Wuschke, 65, died Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston after a long battle with leukemia. He was the husband of Joanne (Dybes) Wuschke for 38 years. Born in Boston, Mr. Wuschke graduated from Watertown High School in 1951 and later earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Tufts University.
Mr. Wuschke served in the Korean War and later as SP4 with the Army Security Agency.
He worked at the Northrop Corp., Precision Products Division, retiring in 1990. He then worked for the Cape Cod National Seashore through 1996.
A longtime resident of Dover, Mr. Wuschke served on the Dover Cemetery Commission and was a member of the American Society of Military Insignia Collections.
Colonel Leslie Louis Buttleman died at age 84 of pneumonia on the afternoon of 11 October 1998. He served much of his military career in the Army Security Agency. COL Buttlemen specialized in Communications Intelligence and Security. He served in the Panama Canal Zone during World War II. After the War he was posted to Washington D.C. and then to Frankfurt, West Germany. He later commanded the Army Security Agency Post in Sinop, Turkey. In the 60's, he was Chief of Operations for HQUSASAEUR in Frankfurt, Germany. Later he became Chief, Army Security Liaison to the National Security Agency. Following his retirement from the Army in 1969, he worked for Page Communications Inc., in Vienna, VA and for Quest Research Corp in McLean, VA. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Alice Buttleman of McLean, VA and by three children Keith Buttleman, of St. Paul, MN; Kim Buttleman of Chantilly, VA; and Jill Britton of Annapolis, MD. He also had four grandsons. He was cremated and laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on 28 October 1998.
Roy P. Benavidez, a former Green Beret sergeant who received the Medal of Honor from President Ronald Reagan for heroism while wounded in the Vietnam War, then fought to keep the government from cutting off his disability payments, died Nov. 29 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He was 63.
Benavidez, who lived in El Campo, Texas, suffered respiratory failure, the hospital said. His right leg was amputated in October because of complications of diabetes.
When Reagan presented Benavidez with the Medal of Honor, he asked the former sergeant to speak to young people. Benavidez did, visiting schools to stress the need for the education he never had.
Born in south Texas, the son of a sharecopper, Benavidez was orphaned as a youngster. He went to live with an uncle, but dropped out of middle school because he was needed to pick sugar beets and cotton. He joined the Army at 19, went to airborne school, then was injured by a land mine in South Vietnam in 1964. Doctors feared he would never walk again, but he recovered and became a Green Beret. He was on his second Vietnam tour when he carried out his rescue mission.
Benavidez is survived by his wife, Hilaria; a son, Noel; two daughters, Yvette Garcia and Denise Prochazka; a brother, Roger; five stepbrothers, Mike, Eugene, Frank, Nick and Juquin Benavidez; four sisters, Mary Martinez, Lupe Chavez, Helene Vallejo and Eva Campos, and three grandchildren.
Bruce Bell was a Herzo Base vet. He is survived by his wife Deborah.
Cecil Phillips, who died suddenly on 27 November 1998, aged 73, played a major part in the "Venona" codebreaking operation. Venona eventually led to the solution of almost 3,000 messages between the Moscow centres of the KGB (as it became) and GRU and their "Residences" in America, Britain, Australia and other countries in the 1940s.
Cecil Phillips was only 18 when he joined the US Army's codebreaking unit (later named the Army Security Agency [ASA]) at Arlington Hall, Virginia, in mid-1943. He first worked on the almost intractable Japanese Army weather ciphers. In May 1944, he joined the unit's Russian section, which had been created in February 1943. Russian traffic was then codenamed "Blue" - later "Bourbon" and "Rattan". He made the initial break into a KGB Venona cipher in November 1944, and was deeply involved in Venona until the 1950s.
Cecil Phillips was born on 31 March 1925 in Asheville, North Carolina. After working on Venona, he helped to pioneer the use of computers at NSA. He held a number of important NSA managerial positions, including one dealing with computer security, and was NSA's principal liaison officer to the German Sigint service from 1970 to 1972.
After retiring in 1980, he continued to work with NSA, as a consultant, until his death. He had served with NSA and its predecessors for 56 years - something of a record. When his work on Venona became public knowledge, he became much in demand with the media. He and his wife, Nancy, were charming hosts at their Maryland home, where he gave generously of his time and expertise to numerous journalists and historians. He was one of the few former members of NSA who actively encouraged historical research on Sigint, and an active member of the Board of the National Cryptologic Museum at Fort Meade, Maryland.
John Gaudet, 27 Nov 98 Funeral services for John Earl Gaudet, 70, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Old Catholic Church Cemetery in Port Barre. Mr. Gaudet, a resident of Port Barre, died on November 26, 1998, at 2:35 a.m. in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Alexandria. Mr. Gaudet was a retired Master Sergeant, having served over 20 years with the U.S. Army Security Agency, a branch of the U.S. Army. He began his career in 1947 and retired in 1967, After his retirement he farmed in Port Barre for 16 years. During his army service he traveled to 13 foreign countries and 34 states. Sgt. Gaudet was a Perpetual member of the Humble Cottage Masonic Lodge #19 in Opelousas since 1956. He was also a life member of the Manila Scottish Rite Bodies of Luzon in the Philippines since 1963 and a member of the AFIFI Shrine Temple of Tacoma, Washington, since 1962. Gaudet was a life member of the American Legion at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippine Islands, a member of the Louisiana State Troopers Association, the Deputy Sheriffs Association, the National Rifle Association, the National Association of the Uniformed Services, the Louisiana State Fraternal Order of Police, and the Port Barre Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survivors include: a wife, Mrs. Evelyn Leblanc Gaudet of Port Barre; one son, Leon Gaudet and wife Lisa Joubert of Port Barre; two daughters, Mrs. Rachel Marie Lininger and husband Shawn of Port Barre and Mrs. Monica Ann Gaudet Wolfe and husband Dr. Rick Wolfe of Haughton; one brother, James Gaudet of Vidor, Texas; two sisters, Gladys Darbonne of Lawtell and Minnie Lee Dejean of Church Point; and five grandchildren. Mr. Gaudet was preceded in death by his parents, Leon and Stella Gaudet.
Curtis Cole, 409th ASA Det veteran (66-67), passed away from lukemia in November 1998.
Frances B. Prugh, a longtime AFIO member, who worked in F-Branch (R&D) of the Army Security Agency at Arlington Hall during WW II, died December 13, 1998. She leaves her husband, Thomas Prugh, also a valued AFIO member, who can be reached at taprugh@cpcug.org
Writer and outdoorsman John E. "Jay" Massey died of cancer on Jan. 18, 1997, at his home in Girdwood. He was 55.
"A great father, a loving husband, a true friend, and a folk hero to many," his family wrote, "he will be sorely missed."
Mr. Massey was born March 15, 1941, in Porum, a small town in eastern Oklahoma. He served two years with the U.S. Army Security Agency, where he had top-secret security clearance. He was honorably discharged in 1964.
He graduated from Oregon State University in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and minor studies in wildlife management and moved to Anchorage.
He built a log cabin overlooking Eagle River in 1972. In 1981, he moved to Girdwood, where he built a log home by hand and has resided ever since.
After arriving in Alaska, he worked for two years for an Anchorage advertising agency, where he handled the Alaska Division of Tourism account. He worked nine years for the Department of Fish and Game as a public information officer. During his time at Fish and Game, he was associate editor of the department's bimonthly publication and hosted a weekly television show on the outdoors.
Mr. Massey wrote an outdoors column for The Anchorage Times for five years, then moved to the Anchorage Daily News, where he wrote an outdoors column and served as outdoors editor for two years.
In 1986, his wildlife background and advocacy of ethical hunting earned him a gubernatorial appointment to the Alaska Board of Game.
Mr. Massey was preceded in death by his parents, James and Sophia; his brother, Tommy; and his daughter, Anna-Marie Massey.
He is survived by his wife, Martha Hogan Massey of Girdwood; his daughters, Sophia Massey of Girdwood and Amy Sara Beers of Baltimore, Md.; and other family including Gus Massey, Buck Massey, Jo June Holt, Lydia Manuel, Nell Tice, Betty Duke and Marilyn Dossey.
Contributions to help defray medical bills and create a college fund for his daughter, Sophie, who is 5 years old, may be made directly to the Massey family at P.O. Box 429, Girdwood, AK 99587.
Mr. Massey's remains will be cremated and his ashes scattered on his beloved Moose John River.
MONT ALTO, Pa. - John Harold Lower, 52, of 1 S. Main St., died Monday, March 24, 1997, at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.
Born July 21, 1944, in Waynesboro, he was the son of Frances "Fran" Kepner Lower of Waynesboro, and the late Dr. Harold C. Lower.
He was a 1962 graduate of Waynesboro High School.
He graduated from the Arena School of Barbering in Norristown, Pa., and worked three years at Potomac Street Shopping Center in Waynesboro. He then opened his own shop on the square of Mont Alto on Dec. 10, 1968.
He served in the U.S. Army with the Army Security Agency.
He was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Waynesboro, where he served on several councils, and taught church school for a number of years.
He also was a member of Mont Alto Hunting and Fishing Club.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Faye L. Winters Lower, whom he married Aug. 24, 1969; two sons, Jeffrey M. Lower and David J. Lower, both of Mont Alto; and one sister, Kathryn Lower Filiatreau of Louisville, Ky.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, infant Paul Lower and Dr. Harry Fred Lower.
HARRY BLACKSTONE, JR. '58, of Redlands, Calif.; May 14, of cancer. The world-famous magician was the son of the late Harry Blackstone, Sr., often known simply as "the Great Blackstone." Blackstone, Jr. joined the act at an early age, appearing and disappearing in some of his father's tricks when he was six months old. After graduating from USC, he served in the Army Security Agency and then went into the magic business on his own, performing and polishing some of his father's best-loved tricks. His stage shows featured lavish sets, meticulously prepared props and a large entourage that included musicians, technicians and costumed assistants. He created one of the longest-running magic shows on Broadway and produced special effects for the bands Earth, Wind and Fire and New Kids on the Block. In the early 1990s, he served as the Society of American Magicians' international ambassador of magic, performing in Europe, Asia, Australia and throughout the U.S. Blackstone was twice named magician of the year by the Academy of Magical Acts, and was awarded the academy's Star of Magic, an honor he shared with only 11 other magicians, among them his father. His alumni activities for USC included serving as a member of the School of Theatre Board of Councilors, guest lecturing at the school and consulting on student productions requiring magic. He was Commencement Announcer in 1994, 1995 and 1996, and was scheduled in 1997 until his illness prevented it. The Trojan Family enjoyed his pro bono performances at a number of events, including one sponsored by the School of Medicine and the USC Associates "Magic of Giving" dinner celebrating the conclusion of the "Leadership for the 21st Century" campaign. He is survived by his wife, Gay, four daughters, including Bellamie, who plans to enter the USC School of Theatre this fall, and one granddaughter.
Kenneth John FAWCETT Jr was born in 1931 in Norfolk, Norfolk Co, Virginia. He died on 2 Jul 1997.
Kenneth John Fawcett Jr., 66, of the 2300 block of Barbour Road, died at Fairfax Hospital July 2, 1997, of cancer. He had been a resident of Fairfax County for the past 44 years. Born in 1931 in Norfolk, he was a 1952 graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. degree in physics. He served as an officer on active duty with the Army Security Agency for two years and as a reserve for six additional years. He retired in December 1996 from MRJ Inc.
Michael A. Cumm (October 1997)Michael A. Cumm, born 10-05-1934 died 10-15-1997. He was the 1SG of the 328th RR Co/Det in Vietnam in late 1970 or early 1971. (Submitted by Tom Heiser)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Word has been received of the death of Col. Richard Hill "Dick" Koenig (US Army retired) who died Dec. 29th, 1996, in San Antonio, Texas. He was 70.
Mr. Koenig was the husband of Margaret Irby Koenig, daughter of the late Tom and Marion Irby, prominent Ponca City early day residents. Margaret was a graduate of the 1947 Ponca City High School.
Col. Richard Hill Koenig was born at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on Nov. 21, 1926. He graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School in 1944 and attended MIT, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
He entered the U.S. Army from college and was stationed in Alaska with the Alaska Communications System. Following his service in World War II, he reentered MIT and graduated in 1950 and also received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
He was recalled to active duty in the U.S. Army in 1951 and served for 30 years in the Signal Corps, the Army Security Agency, and Military Intelligence. Most of his Army career was spent in command and staff assignments and the Army Security Agency. In 1960 he received his masters's degree from Stanford University. His awards included Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Joint Staff Commendation Medal and the U.S. Army Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Margaret Irby Koenig; and their four daughters, and their families, Barbara and Michael Maccini of Albuquerque, N.M. and children Julia and Alexander; Joan and John VanderLaan of El Paso, Texas, and son, Matthew; Patricia and Steven Bruton of Hurst, Texas, and sons, Kyle Chase and Sean; and Mary and Larry Marek of Friendswood, Texas and daughter Jessica. He is also survived by two sisters, Eleanor Carleton of Richmond, Va., and Alice Munson of Baton Rouge, La., as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a grandson, David Maccini.
A memorial mass was held Jan. 2 1997 at the Army Residence Community. Burial was in Arlington Cemetery, at Arlington, Texas.
From the ASA Interceptor Newsletter
Walter T. Brzycki (116/8608 Alumni) passed away in April 1996. Survivors include a son, Robert Brzycki and wife Cynthia of LaFeria; sister, 4 grandchildren, James Robert and Shannon Brzycki of Waller, Melissa Ann Brzycki and Heather and Loren Holland, all of Dallas, and Scotti Von Urguidy of Las Vegas, Nv.; 3 great-grandchildren, Brandy and Derek Brzycki of Waller and Chaison Holland of Dallas; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Florence Denny Burton '45, Burlington, Vt.; March 15. A research analyst for the U.S. Army Security Agency, she volunteered for many public, church, and school libraries. She is survived by her husband, Lester, 1018 Lake Avoca Dr., Tarpon Springs, Fla. 34689.
Darwin D. Dumas and his wife were killed in a motorcycle accident in 1996. Darwin served with 176th USASA 1956-1957.
Donald was a veteran of 328th RR, Vietnam. No further information available.
Mr. Paul Turner expired June 1995 in a tragic boating accident. Mr. Turner graduated from Highlands Hi School in San Antonio,Tx 1972.
Soon after enlisting in the US Army, He attended 33C Electronic Repair training at Ft. Devens in 1973. Mr Turner is survived by his spouse.
Mr. Copper, Paul and I grew-up in the same neighbor hood and were NOT best of friends, but after working with him at the local burger joint, we became real good buddies after all. Shortly there after he quit and disappeared. About 2 years later while I was at the Devens enlisted club I bump into him! What a surprise! He took me under his wings like a big brother and helped me with my studies. I never saw him again until I heard from my mother that he had drown in a boating accident. I never got the chance to thank him for all his help.
Donald Gause was a veteran of 328th RR, Vietnam. No further information available.
Ronald Hesketh was a veteran of 328th RR, Vietnam. No further information available.
Eugene V. "Gene" Peckinpaugh passed away February 3, 1994 in Killeen, TX. He retired in June 1974 after more than twenty years service. He retired as 1SG E8 at Ft. Hood, TX. He left his wife Bonnie, daughter, Vicki and a son, Edward. Bonnie now resides in Gulfport, MS at 2525 17th Ave. 39501. Please come visit or e-mail me.
Bonnie Peckinpaugh bonniemayp@aol.com
(CSM) Karl Kerr was a veteran of 328th RR, Vietnam. No further information available.
(SGT) Raymond Blackburn was a veteran of 328th RR, Vietnam. No further information available.