James H. Smith II, 82
James H. Smith II, 82, of Lafayette, died at 12:50 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, at Rosewalk Village.

Born in Detroit on July 1, 1925, to the late James H. and Evelyn Zimmerman Smith, he was raised in Chicago and lived there for 32 years. He also resided in Lowell for 47 years, moving to Lafayette in 2004.

A Navy veteran, he served during World War II in the Pacific on the USS Franklin and Bennington carriers.

He married Carol R. Leitelt on Oct. 5, 1957, in Chicago, and she survives.

Mr. Smith was a graduate of St. Benedict’s College in Atchison, Kan., where he earned a bachelor’s degree in both philosophy and sociology. He worked for the Archdiocese of Chicago in sales for 20 years, retiring in 1987.

Surviving are a son, James H. Smith III (wife: Danielle) of Worthington, Ohio; two daughters, Louise M. Smith and Kathy A. Smith, both of Lafayette; and a brother, D. Benedict Smith of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Services will be held in Lafayette at a later date.

Four grandchildren also survive, James H. IV, David, Olivia and Chandler Smith, all of Worthington. Hippensteel Funeral Home entrusted with care. Share memories and condolences online at Hippensteelfuneralhome.com
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Robert Ulysses Silfies, 77, of Tullahoma, Tenn., formerly of Allentown, died Sept. 23, 2002 in his home. He was married to Jeanette (Kleckner) Silfies for 57 years.
A graduate of Lehigh University with a degree in mechanical engineering, he was employed by AEDC, Tullahoma, from 1958 to 1988.

Born in Bath, he was a son of the late Paul H. and Helen (Fehnel) Silfies.
He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Tullahoma, and its choir and bell choir.
A Navy veteran of the Pacific Theater of World War II, he was a member of American Legion Post 43, Tullahoma.
He was a member of the American Society of Professional Engineers, Lehigh University Alumni Association, USS Franklin CV-13 Museum Association and the 704 Club.
He was a volunteer for the Senior Citizen Center, Tullahoma, delivering Meals on Wheels.
Survivors: Wife; daughters, Joan Silfies O’Neil of Harmony Township, N.J., Jean of Fayetteville, Tenn., Jane Silfies Hay of Lebanon, Tenn.; sister, Ida Derrick of Philadelphia; seven grandchildren.
Services: memorial, 11 a.m. Thursday in the church. Call 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday in the church. Arrangements, Tullahoma Funeral Home.
Contributions: To the church, Hospital Home Health & Hospice, Fayetteville, or American Cancer Society.
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Shires, Franklin Walter (Frank) age 82 of Farragut, formerly of Obion, TN, passed away early Friday morning, June 20, 2003 at Park West Hospital. Frank was retired from T. V. A. hydro power production. He was a veteran of World War II serving with the Navy as a fighter pilot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin in the Pacific. Frank directed the Sheffield, AL, High School Band and Glee Club. He was a former Lions’ Club member. He was a 35 year member of the National Speleological Society. He enjoyed ham radio (his call letters were W4FWS) and was a grateful Friend of Bill. Survivors: wife, Phyllis Shires; daughters, Jill Shires of Chapel Hill, NC, Virginia Marcum of Silver Spring, MD; grandson, Quince Marcum of New York City, NY; sister, Lillian Morehead of Cookeville, TN. The family will receive friends from 3-4 p.m. Sunday followed by funeral services at 4 p.m. in the Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel with Rev. A. J. Crawford officiating. Family and friends will gather at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Tennessee State Veterans’ Cemetery for graveside services with full military honors conferred by the East Tennessee State Veteran Honor Guard and the U. S. Navy. Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel 11915 Kingston Pike is serving the Shires family.
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SANDIFER, JOHN SEAY
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Published: July 18, 2007
SANDIFER–John Seay, September 28, 1919 to June 29, 2007. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, he graduated from Rice University and enlisted in the Navy in 1942, as a Navel Intelligence Officer, where he saw action in both the Pacific and Atlantic campaigns. He was on the USS Franklin aircraft carrier, famous for being the hardest hit ship to survive World War II. His parents, now deceased, were John and Margaret Hamilton Sandifer of Ft. Worth. After the War, John married his fiance, Lucie Dourif, a French woman, with whom he raised five children in Greenwich, CT, and celebrated 61 years of marriage. He also attended Yale University and Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, receiving a degree in Architecture. For many years, he was associated with the design firm Carson Lundine & Shaw that prepared plans for many skyscrapers in New York City. He also received national recognition in 1950 for the design of his Greenwich home. His professional skills were utilized on behalf of his many friends and later in life, he devoted his time to renovating their ancient home in southwest France, called La Tourbeille. He is survived by his wife, Lucie Sandifer, now living in Paris, and his five children Henri Philippe of Guilford, CT; Michael of Greenwich, CT; Claire Tuttle of Paris; John of Paris; and Nicole Burnett of Durham, CT, as well as his sister, Laura McGown of Ft. Worth, TX. 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive him. Funeral services were handled by Pere Lachaise in Paris and a small family religious service was held at the Eglise Reformee du Port Royale in Paris on Friday, July 6. He will be interred on the families French property at a later date.

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Fench Alonzo “Sandy” Sanderson, 72, of Virginia Beach, a retired master chief radioman, died Tuesday, June 7, 1994, at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, after a long illness.
Master Chief Sanderson was born in Dillon, S.C. He retired from active duty in 1979 after 34 years of distinguished service during which he received numerous awards and commendations including the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star and the Navy Achievement Medal. He was a survivor of the bombing of the USS Franklin in the Bay of Japan in 1945.

{REST} Following his naval career, he was a manpower analyst for Technology Management Corporation for eight years. He maintained membership at Bethany Baptist Church, Spartanburg, S.C., and was also a member of the Fleet Reserve Association.

Survivors include his wife of over 50 years, Marie; his brother, Lawton of Darlington, S.C.; his son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Sue Sanderson, and their daughters, Kate and Elizabeth of Norfolk; his daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Dan Mutty, and their children, Maria and Tom, of Portsmouth, R.I.; and his son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Lyne Sanderson, and their sons, Phil and Gabriel of Nags Head.

Services will be held on Sunday at 5 p.m. at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel. The family will remain after the service to greet friends. Burial will be on Monday at 2 p.m. at Arlington National Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association or the American Cancer Society
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Daffy Russell, legendary lacrosse coach, dies at 91
By MARY P. FELTER, Community News Editor

Charles Mason “Daffy” Russell Jr., a lifelong resident of Annapolis affectionately known as the father of Anne Arundel County lacrosse, died yesterday at a local seniors home.
Mr. Russell, 91, started his more than 60-year involvement with lacrosse in 1929 by founding the Annapolis High School lacrosse program while a senior. In 1950, he co-founded the St. Mary’s High School lacrosse program with Ed Coughlin. During his 40-year lacrosse and football coaching career, Mr. Russell won more than 200 games and had just two losing seasons.
“Daffy fathered two sons, but he raised thousands of the them,” said Del. Michael Busch, D-Annapolis, and one of Mr. Russell’s football players.
“If you could count wealth in the number of people on whom you’ve had a positive effect, Daffy was a very rich man.”
As a player, Mr. Russell was a standout goalie who competed well into until his 40s.
Mr. Russell received a number of awards during his career, including the Annapolis Touchdown Club award for excellence in coaching and citizenship, the Hero’s Lacrosse award as the Outstanding Maryland High School Coach and the Governor’s Award for Distinguished Coaching and Service.
In the 1980s, he was inducted into the Maryland Athletic Director’s Hall of Fame and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
Born Aug. 12, 1910, in Annapolis, he was a multi-sport athlete.
During World War II, he enlisted in the Navy and was aboard the USS Franklin off the coast of Japan in 1945 when the ship suffered major damage in a bombing attack. He earned nine battle stars and a Purple Heart.
After the war he worked at the Engineering Experimental Station and transferred to the Naval Academy where he worked as a civilian. He retired from the Civil Service in 1967.
He then became head lacrosse coach and assistant football coach at St. Mary’s, where he became athletic director and physical education teacher.
He retired in 1980, but continued to coach part-time, retiring in 1988.
He was married in 1934 to Vada Russell who died in 1999. His son, John, died in an automobile accident in 1967.
Mr. Russell was living at Atria at Manresa Assisted Living on the Broadneck Peninsula at the time of his death.
Surviving are one son, Rusty Russell of Harwood; one sister, Virginia Russell of Edgewater; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Charles M. Russell Gym at St. Mary’s High School, 109 Duke of Gloucester St. A Mass of Christian burial will be said at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with burial to follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are by Taylor Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Annapolis High School Athletic Department and the St. Mary’s High School Athletic Association.——
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Arthur J. Robidoux, 81, of Buttonwoods Farm Road, died Friday, June 20, 2003, at his home. He was born in Southbridge, Mass., and had resided in Plaistow since 1948. He was a 1940 graduate of Charlton High School and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving as a machinist mate first class aboard the USS Franklin and the USS Albermarle.

Mr. Robidoux was employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a rural carrier in the Plaistow post office and later was a bus driver for Timberlane Regional School District. He was an assistant baseball coach for the Plaistow Little League for many years and had served as the town’s building inspector. He was a member of Holy Angels Church in Plaistow and was a former member of the church choir. He was a member of C.V. 13, the Carl Davis Post of the American Legion of Plaistow, where he had served for several years as the service officer; a life member of the National Veteran of Foreign Wars; and the Holiday Ramblers RV Club of New Hampshire. He was an avid bowler and member of several area bowling leagues.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Mildred B. (Lang) Robidoux; one son, Richard A. Robidoux and his companion, Cecilia Blake of Friendship, Maine; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Barbara A. Robidoux of Sante Fe., N.M., Louise F. and George Comeau of Plaistow, Deborah and Mario Pinheiro and Nancy M. and James “Phil” Murphy, all of Atkinson, nine grandchildren; two brothers, Armand Robidoux of Oviedo, Fla., and David Robidoux of Lakeside, Calif.; five sisters, Claire Sands of Meridian, Idaho, Mildred Silbaugh of Huron, Ohio, Muriel Horansky of Midlothian, Va., and Evelyn Burns and Dorothy Paul, both of Dudley, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Tuesday in Holy Angels Church, Plaistow. Burial was in Holy Angels Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the New Hampshire Association for the Blind, 25 Walker St., Concord, NH 03301 or to the American Lung Association, 9 Cedarwood Drive, Unit 12, Bedford, NH 03110.

Arrangements were by Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home, Plaistow.
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Eugene O. Reed, 79

Anchorage resident Eugene O. Reed, 79, died April 21, 2005, in Lake Clark of natural causes.

At his request, no service is planned. His ashes will be scattered at his retirement home in Lake Clark.

Mr. Reed was born Feb. 6, 1926, in Dover, Idaho. He attended the University of Idaho where he received a Bachelor of Science in agriculture. He was a member of the U.S. Navy and served on the USS Franklin during World War II.

He moved to Anchorage in 1963. After his separation from the military, he worked for State Farm Insurance as an agency manager until retiring in 1989.

Mr. Reed is survived by his wife, Beth Reed; daughters, Connie Shaw and Raelene Helin; son, Jeff Reed; five granddaughters and two grandsons.

Memorial donations may be directed to Timber Pointe Outdoor Center, 20 Timber Pointe Lane, Hudson, IL 61748; or to Rett Syndrome, 9121 Piscataway Road, Clinton, MD 20735.

Family members and friends may leave memorial tributes at http://www.mem.com.

Arrangements were provided by Witzleben Family Funeral Homes in Anchorage.

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Robert Quay, a World War II veteran and an engineer who held patents, died on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Albany. He was 83.

Born in the town of Knox on May 24, 1923, he was the son of the late Daniel Webster Quay and Bertha Bradt Quay. He graduated from Berne-Knox Central School, valedictorian of the class of 1941. He earned a bachelor of electrical engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy in June, 1952 and a master of science degree from Union College in Schenectady in June, 1963.

Mr. Quay was an Aviation Radioman First Class of the United States Navy – Bombing Squadron Thirteen, commissioned in November of 1943. He trained at N.A.S. Wildwood, N.J. until January, 1944 then transferred to N.A.A.S. Oceana, Va. His group was officially attached to U.S.S. Franklin in February of 1944 and sailed from Norfolk in March of that year. After an intensive training period in the Gulf of Paria, Trinidad, the ship returned to Norfolk, Va., in April of 1944.

On May 5, 1944, the ship left Norfolk for San Diego, Calif. and left there June 1, 1944 for Pearl Harbor. They continued to train in Purcene, Maui. The ship made a short stay at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands and then departed for its first combat mission in June of 1944.

Enlisting in the Navy in June, 1942, Mr. Quay was in active duty from October of 1942 to January of 1946 and was discharged with the following awards: Good Conduct Medal; American Theatre; Asiatic-Pacific, three stars; Philippine Liberation, one star; Air Medal; and Victory Medal.

After graduating from RPI in 1952, he worked for the Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Coulee Dam project in Ephrata, Wash. In 1954, he started work at Schenectady General Electric, large Steam Turbine Division. He transferred to EML Division at Malta, N.Y. and retired as manager in 1986 with 33 years of service.

He received two patents while employed at GE. He was a licensed professional engineer in New York.

The then purchased a farm/ranch in San Jon. N.M. in 1991. After much restoration, he and his wife, Ruth, moved there in 1994 from Campbell Ave. in Schenectady.

In May of 2000, they returned to their present home at Weaver Road in Altamont.

Mr. Quay was a former member of Trinity Reformed Church in Rotterdam, serving as elder, deacon, and Sunday school superintendent.

He was interested and active in several veterans’ organizations. A dedicated and life member of the American Legion for 42 years, joining Post 1091. He held many offices in the post, county, district and became 1st Vice Commander of New York in 1989.

He was a life member of Veterans of Overseas Service of America. He presently was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Clovis, N.M.

He was a brother of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 2157 of Rotterdam, a district commander and Historian of Post 77 in Logan, N.M.

He was a current member of GE. Elfun Society; GE. Hall of History; Mensa of New York; National Rifleman’s Association, Whittington Center, Roswell, N.M.; Schenectady Voiture #759 40/8; Sanford World War II Vets; Tau Beta Pi-Electrical Engineering Society; and B-K-W Alumni Association.

Mr. Quay is survived by his wife of 49 years, Ruth Tubbs Quay; two sons, Jeffrey Quay of Texas, John Quay of Schenectady and companion, Denise Gentile; two grandsons, John Robert Quay of Schenectady and Michael Robert Quay of Texas, the son of Susan Quay who died in February of 2002.

He is also survived by one granddaughter, Renee Gentile, of Idaho; three brothers, Thaddeus Quay of Galway, N.Y., Donald Quay of Connecticut, and Richard Quay of Tennessee; two sisters, Helen Coulter and Rosemary Tubbs of Altamont; and one half sister, Bessie Dunleavy of Scotia.

In addition to his daughter, Susan, his brother James died before him in 1971.

A funeral service will be held Saturday at noon at the Fredendall Funeral Home in Altamont. Calling hours are prior to the service from 10 am. to noon. Burial will be in Knox Cemetery in the spring.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Altamont Free Library, Post Office Box 662, Altamont, NY 12009
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SILVESTRO PIRONE, 91, of WEST PATERSON died Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ.
Born in Avellino, Italy, he came to the United States in 1930 settling in Paterson before moving to West Paterson in 1965. Mr. Pirone was a retired dyer in the textile industry in Paterson for many years before his retirement.
He was an US Navy Veteran of World War II he was one of the few surviving crew members on the USS Franklin in the Pacific Campaign. He was also a Purple Heart recipient.
Mr. Pirone was a parishioner of Our Lady of Pompeii RC Church, Paterson.
He was predeceased by his wife, the former Angelina Del Conte, in 1992 and by his two brothers, Vincenzo and Mario Pirone and his two sisters, Virginia Branda and Benedetta Portanova.
Survivors include: his daughter, Linda Markert and her husband, Richard of Little Falls, NJ.
Funeral Services will be 8:45 am Friday from BIZUB-PARKER FUNERAL HOME, 47 Main St., Little Falls and 9:30 am at Our Lady of Pompeii RC Church, Caldwell Ave. and Dayton St., Paterson. Interment to follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa. Visitation on Thursday from 3:00 pm -7:00 pm.
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