The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
January 4, 2003ERMA A. CONNERS, 88, of Memphis, dietitian for Memphis Board of Education, died Thursday at Saint Francis Hospital.
She was a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She leaves a daughter, Judith C. Nixon of Nashville; two sons, Robert G. Conners of Bartlett and David A. Conners of Boston, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
77822. Keith Henry W. Churchill
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Keith Churchill
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1918
Death Date: 9 Feb 1978
SSN: 016169818
Enlistment Date 1:22 Jan 1942
Release Date 1: 2 Dec 1947
Branch 2: NAVY
Enlistment Date 2:15 Dec 1972
Release Date 2: 10 Jul 1975
77823. George Harding C. Churchill
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: George Churchill
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1920
Death Date: 9 Oct 1974
SSN: 016185540
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1:19 Feb 1952
Release Date 1: 5 Jan 1955
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
March 29, 2000GARTH R. CHURCHILL, 75, of Huntsville, Ala., retired Civil Service attorney after 30 years, died of heart failure Monday in Huntsville.
He was a World War II Navy veteran and a Mason.
Mr. Churchill, the husband of Nadyne Churchill, also leaves local survivors including a sister, Erma A. Conners of Memphis.
Hartford Courant
May 15, 1942Frank Julius Preston, well-known naturalist and manual training teacher at Hartford Public High School for the last 45 years, died Thursday morning at his home, 1605 Boulevard, West Hartford.
Mr. Preston was born in Chicopee, Mass., November 6, 1873. He was one of the oldest teachers in years of service at Hartford Public High School.
A member of the Hartford Bird Study Club, Mr. Preston lectured frequently on birds and wild flowers, illustrating his talks with colored bird and travel moving pictures which he had taken. He was a member of DeSoto Lodge, IIOP of Springfield, Mass.
He was honored recently when the Mens Faculty Bowling League dedicated its annual banquet to him, Mr. Preston was captain of the winning Hartford High B bowling team.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Edith Clark Preston; a daughter, Miss Doris L. Preston; a son, Donald W. Preston, all of Hartford; two sisters, Mrs. H. C. McKinstry of Bellvue, Colo., and Mrs. Edwin F. Judd of Montclair, N.J., and several nieces and nephews.
He was a member of Fourth Congregational Church, the Arts and Crafts Club, Harford Cinema Club and the Industrial Arts Association.
The Hartford Courant
October 22, 2002Martha (Rode) Preston, 86, of Farmington, wife of the late Donald Preston died Sunday, (October 20, 2002) at Avon Health Center. Born in Meriden, February 27, 1916, she made her home in West Hartford for over 30 years before moving to Farmington.
She is survived by her sister, Alice Yerks of South Yarmouth, MA; two nieces, Norma Rode of Pennsylvania and Margaret Zubic of Maine; and two nephews, Walter Rode of Portland and Kenneth Rode of Newington.
77827. Frederick Van Horne Judd
The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL)
March 27, 2003JUDD Frederick Van Horne Judd, 90, passed away on March 25th, 2003 at home. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey and moved to Jacksonville in 1978 from Long Island, New York.
Mr. Judd graduated from MIT in 1934 with a major in Physics. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, Sigma Xi honor society and won the Wright Brothers Award in 1946 for a research paper on Aerodynamics. He was president and C.E.O of Aeroacoustic Corporation based in Jacksonville.
Mr. Judd was predeceased by his wife of 54 years, Gloria Mitchell Judd.
He is survived by three daughters, Penelope Sandarg of Tampa, FL, Elizabeth Judd of Warwick, Rhode Island, and Judy Judd of New York City, New York; two granddaughters Mitchelle Sandarg Holland (Lee) of Atlantic Beach, and Hannah Judd Kittell of Warwick, Rhode Island.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: Neal P McKinstry
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Wyoming
Enlistment Date: 20 Mar 1942
Enlistment State: Montana
Enlistment City: Missoula
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment:Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component:Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source:Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Semiprofessional occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 71
Weight: 172
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Neal McKinstry
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Jul 1919
Death Date: 30 Apr 2007
Branch 1: A
Enlistment Date 1:11 Sep 1942
Release Date 1: 11 May 1946
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The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO)
May 2, 2007Neal P. McKinstry
July 9, 1919 - April 30, 2007Neal was born to Linda and Harold McKinstry in Jackson, Wyoming on July 9, 1919. In 1926 the family moved to Colorado where his father operated a fox farm and small livestock ranch in Gilpin county. Neal and his two sisters attended schools in Denver-Edison, Skinner and North High. He attended Colorado A&M on a Bonfils scholarship and graduated with honors and a B.S. in Range Management. He worked on temporary appointment to the U. S. Grazing Service on range surveys in Idaho, then received permanent appointment to the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) in Montana working on range surveys.
In 1942 he enlisted in the U. S. Army and completed Anti-Aircraft Artillery Officer Candidate School in North Carolina, where he stayed on another year as an instructor. He then volunteered for the 10th Mountain Division, and trained during the winter of 1943-1944 at Camp Hale, Colorado. He was transferred from Camp Hale to a staging area at Camp Swift, Texas near Austin where he met his future wife Marjorie.
On Christmas day 1944 Neal and his outfit were deployed to Italy where they successfully cracked the German Gothic line and helped bring about the German surrender.
On September 9, 1945 he married Marjorie Widmoyer in Fort Collins, and they returned to Montana to live for two years in Ekalaka and Baker. Returning to Colorado, he was Manager on the Briggsdale LU Project (now Pawnee National Grassland) for six years, then moved to Kremmling where he worked in Grand and Jackson counties for the SCS. The final move with SCS was to Craig, Colorado, as District Conservationist, where he retired in 1974. Following his retirement he and his wife continued to operate their small ranch raising Arabian horses. Although their horses did well in shows, Neal switched from showing to distance riding and successfully competed in competitive trail and occasionally endurance rides for some twenty years. In 1987 the McKinstrys moved to a small acreage in Fruita, Colorado where they stayed active in the International Arabian Horse Association and the North American Trail Ride Conference. In 1993, at the age of 74, Neal won the International Arabian Horse Association Competitive Trail Championship on McKinstry bred and trained Schar Royal. Neal was a life member of NATRC and the John Birch Society.
Neal was preceded in death by wife Marjorie and sister Jeanne. Survivors include his sister Stella McKinstry of Pinedale, Wyoming; son Bruce (wife Patty) of Phoenix; two grandchildren and one great grandson.
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Floyd Clarence Chapman of Bourbon, Mo, passed away Monday, December 23, 1991, at the age of 90 years.
Mr Chapman was born at Cuba on September 19,1901 to the late Clarence Gordon and Mary Melvina Adams Chapman. He lived the majority of his life in the Bourbon area, where he farmed cattle and was involved in Real Estate. His marriage of 68 years began April 11, 1923 when he married Agnes Stevens at Steelville, Mo
Mr Chapman was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bourbon since 1937, where he was Head Deacon until ill health prevented him from serving any longer. He was a former School Board member of the Bourbon School District and the Seventh-day Adventist School in bourbon, as well as the Seventh-day Adventist Academy at Centralia, and Sabath School Superintendent, Missouri Conference Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist.
He is survived by his wife, Agnes Chapman, nee Stevens of Bourbon, one daughter Alyce Huff of Bourbon, 2 grandchildren Donald and Cherly Huff, other relatives and friends. Mr Chapman was preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph and Noel Chapman and two sisters, Anna Vaughn and Blanche Giebler and one grandchild, Dawna Fay.
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Wife of the late Clemens Pozniak; daughter of the late Thomas Stevens and the late Mahala Stevens; mother of Jacqueline (Frederick) Scherer, Thomas W. Brakensiek, and the late Merlin N. Brakensiek; grandmother of 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great grandchildren; sister of the late Bessie Eipper, Edith Weiser, Florence McWilliams, Evelyn White, Ethel West, and Thomas W. Stevens.
She was employed as a Spot Welder at Lee Rowan Wire Product Co.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
October 26, 2005Thomas W. "Bud" Stevens, co-founder of an automobile dealership, died suddenly Sunday (Oct. 23, 2005) at his residence in Des Peres. He was 84.
Mr. Stevens was born in Cuba, Mo. He served as a Marine in World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star.
Mr. Stevens worked for 18 years for Barford Chevrolet in Clayton. In 1963, Mr. Stevens and Mack Yates founded Yates-Stevens Ford in Kirkwood. In 1981, Mr. Stevens sold his share of the business to Mr. Yates.
After his retirement, Mr. Stevens remained active with community organizations. He was a member of Salem in Ladue United Methodist Church.
Among survivors are his wife of 57 years, Norma M. Stevens; a daughter, Janet Stevens Young of Kirkwood; his sister, Noble Pozniak of St. Louis; and three grandchildren.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
October 26, 2005Stevens, Thomas W. 'Bud'on Sunday, October 23, 2005. Beloved husband of 57 years to Norma M. Stevens (nee Reeves); dearest father of Janet Stevens Young; dear grandfather of Angela (Richard) Roy and Howard Lee Young III; dear brother of Noble Pozniak; dear uncle and great-uncle.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
November 21, 2004WHITE, ELSIE RUTH(nee Glazner), on Nov. 19, 2004; beloved wife of the late Willaim E. White, Sr.; loving mother of Bill (Alberta) White of Washington, MO, Clark (Sherrie) White of Owensville, MO; dear sister of Irene Todd; dear sister-in-law of Maurice (Winnie) Cape, John (Pennie) White, Paul (Pat) Ritchie; dear grandmotherof 8; great-grandmother of 2; aunt; cousin and friend.
Three Rivers Publishing Online
Maurice Reyburn Cape was born on February 12, 1911 the son of Jesse M. and Amy P. Cape and passed away July 9, 2007 at the age of 96 years.
He was united in marriage to Kathryn White in 1935 and to this union two children were born, Donna Eaker of Brookfield, Connecticut and Kay Marik of New Hope, Pennsylvania. Kathryn preceded him in death in 1986. He then married Winnie McMillan who passed away in 2005.
Maurice was a member of the Steelville Presbyterian Church for more than 80 years and served that congregation in many capacities including clerk of the congregation, treasurer, elder and was one of the original Groundhogs. During the 1960s he envisioned and coordinated the Lords Herd Project which was instrumental in funding the rebuilding of the Presbyterian Church.
He was employed by the First Community National Bank in 1935 as a teller and janitor and ended his employment in the bank 45 years later serving as vice president and senior loan officer. Subsequent to his retirement in 1980, he became a member of the banks Board of Directors culminating a total of 67 years of service with the bank.
Maurices avid interest in farming began early in his life and he always spent any available hours in the development of his farming projects. During World War II and for a period of years thereafter, he operated a dairy farmmilking, bottling and delivering milk. He then transferred his operation to beef cattle and maintained a large cow-calf herd for many years, staying active in its management until recently.
He was a charter and active member of the Crawford County Farm Bureau, a charter and lifetime member of the Ozark Trail Blazers, a charter member of the National Cattlemens Association, the Missouri Cattlemens Association and the Crawford County Cattlemens Association. He was an active participant in a wide variety of Missouri Agriculture Extension and Crawford County Extension activities. For many years Maurice served on the Board of Directors of the Interstate Producers Livestock Association, a marketing assocation that served farmers in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. During that time he was instrumental in the development of the IPLAs auction marketing center located in Cuba, Missouri. He has been honored with many awards from the University of Missouri for his achievements and contributions furthering agriculture.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two wives; brother, Wilber Cape and sister, Brenda Riebel.
Considering his combined families, Maurice is survived by his sister, Wilma Earls of Steelville, Missouri; daughters, Donna Eaker and husband Thomas and Kay Marik and husband Jaromir; step son, R. Bruce McMillan and wife Virginia of Springfield, Illinois; eight grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
February 8, 2005Retired Col. John A. White, U.S.M.C. Retired, was born on the White farm April 23, 1917, several miles north of the town of Cuba, Missouri. He attended two one-room schools; the Three Mile School on the corner of the farm, and the Big Bend school near Steelville, Missouri. High school followed in Steelville with graduation in 1936. He attended the University of Missouri with the help of a Track and Field scholarship, excelling in hurdles. While at the University he was selected to be commissioned in the Marine Corps upon graduating with a degree in agriculture in 1940. He went back to college years later, earning a Masters in Public Administration from George Washington University in 1965.
During WWII he served aboard the USS Indianapolis from May 1941 to December 1943. Among his many interesting command and staff assignments, two stand out as the most interesting. While at Camp Fuji-McNair in Japan in late 1956, he received orders to take a detachment of Marines into the Red Sea to beach at the Aramco oil fields. When their Navy ships got to the mouth of the Red Sea they received orders to stop. The planned amphibious landing never took place. The ships with the Marines on board turned around and made a "good will tour" of the return trip to Camp Fuji. They stopped at major cities from Karachi and Calcutta, to Singapore and Bankok, meeting with their counterparts in the nations along the way. Col. White treasured the memories of that rich cultural experience. Then ten years later, from August 1966 to July 1968, he was in Taiwan serving as Senior Advisor to Chang Kai Shek's Nationalist Marine Corps. Col. White's last assignment, August 1968 to June 1970, was as Commanding Officer of the Marine Barracks, Naval Station in San Diego.
After 30 years of active duty, he retired, and began an active involvement in Optimist Club work, including a leadership role within his own Kensington Club and as Governor of the Cal-South District of Optimist International, 1978-1979. Col.
White is survived by his wife of 62 years, Pennie, and their two daughters: Nancy of Spokane, Wash.; and Susan, of El Cajon, Ca.; brother-in-law, Maurice Cape of Steelville, Mo; nieces, Donna Eaker of Brookfield Center, Cn; and Kay Marik of New Hope, Pa; and nephews, Bill White of Washington, Mo, and Clark White of Owensville, Mo. He leaves behind many cherished friends, whose support of the family has been immeasurable.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
December 16, 2005Deceased Name: WHITE, PENNIE
May 25, 1917 to December 2, 2005 Born in Detroit, Michigan, Pennie White was adopted as a toddler by Nan and Fred Meyer of Cleveland, Ohio, and given the name Dorothy. Following high school she attended Christian College (now Columbia College) in Columbia, Missouri, graduating in 1939.In 1942 she married Lt. John A. White, USMC, a young man she had dated while in college. They were married in Reno, Nevada in a triple wedding with two other couples. All of the men were young officers assigned to the USS Indianapolis. Ten days later, John returned to the USS Indianapolis and Pennie began her career as a Marine Corps' wife. During her 30 year stint with the Marine Corps she lived in Virginia, Rhode Island, Guam, North Carolina, South Carolina, Hawaii, Taiwan, and finally here in San Diego where John retired.
Throughout those years and up to the day of her death, Pennie had honored her commitment, to give back to the community wherever the family lived. She was a volunteer with the Girl Scouts and Navy Relief. She volunteered with the Red Cross for 47 years, including several years at the Vietnamese refugee camps at Camp Pendleton. While in Taiwan, Pennie was a volunteer English teacher at the Chinese Marine Corps officers and enlisted schools and she taught Taiwanese businessmen in conversational English. She also recorded books for the U.S. Information Service. She spent twelve years here in San Diego reading for the blind and visually handicapped over KPBS radio. For years she supported her husband John's Kensington Optimist Club, and jumped at the chance to join when women were finally allowed to be members. She was honored as Optimist of the Year several times. She was instrumental in getting the club active in Partners in Education with the John Adams Elementary School where she tutored second graders for many years. She was an active tutor at the time of her death. In 2004 the school honored her by naming their new library the Pennie White Library. Pennie
White was preceded in death by her husband, Col. John A. White, USMC Retired. She is survived by her daughter, Susan of El Cajon and her daughter, Nancy of Spokane, Washington, as well as brothers-in-law Maurice Cape of Steelville, Missouri and Paul Ritchie of Columbia, Missouri, and seven nieces and nephews.
77858. Clark Eldon Chapman Jr.
Pilot, 70th Sqdn, 433 T.C. Group, Fifth Air Force
US Navy, WWII
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Eileen Marie Hardwick, 85, of Patterson, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, at her home in Patterson. She was born Dec. 7, 1926, in Cuba, the daughter of Clark E. and Elsie I. Hamilton Chapman. She married Charles Robert Hardwick on May 9, 1948, in Alton.
Surviving are her husband, Charles of Patterson; a niece; and a nephew. Two brothers, Robert Charles Chapman and Clark Eldon Chapman Jr.; a niece; and a nephew preceded her in death.
She was a member of the White Hall Calvary Baptist Church where she served as the church pianist for many years. She had a beautiful voice and loved to sing.