Saturday, December 13, 2003

E.J. Nangle Sr., 77, of Berwyn

Edward J. Nangle Sr., 77, of Berwyn, died Nov. 30 at Montgomery County Hospital in Norristown from injuries suffered when his car collided with a pickup truck in West Norriton Township, 15 days after his wife’s death. He was a former member of the Lower Providence Township police force and a retired SEPTA bus driver.
His wife of 52 years, Claire Lauth Nangle, 73, died Nov. 15 of heart failure at Montgomery County Geriatric Center in Royersford, where she had been a resident for six years. He visited her every day.
“They were devoted to each other,” their daughter Trish Luberda said. “The nurses would find them napping together every afternoon.”
Mr. Nangle grew up in Ardmore. At 15, he lied about his age and enlisted in the Navy. During World War II, he served on the USS Franklin and other aircraft carriers in the South Pacific. After his discharge, he was a bus driver for what was then the Schuylkill Valley Bus Co. in Norristown. His future wife was one of his passengers. She was commuting from Norristown to her job at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The couple were married in 1951.
In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for Montgomery County as a radio dispatcher in the District Attorney’s Office, and as a guard in the Montgomery County Prison. From 1964 to 1971, he was a police officer in Lower Providence Township before going back to work as a bus driver for SEPTA. He retired in 1992. Mrs. Nangle, who grew up in Jim Thorpe, worked as a sales clerk for Sears Roebuck & Co. in Norristown and at other part-time jobs after her children were grown. She loved to play Bingo, Luberda said, and to go bowling and dancing with Mr. Nangle.
Mr. and Mrs. Nangle were longtime residents of Trooper before moving to Berwyn in 1992.
The couple are survived by another daughter, Barbara D’Antonio; sons Edward Jr. and Craig; and 11 grandchildren. Mr. Nangle is also survived by three brothers.
A Funeral Mass for Mrs. Nangle was Nov. 19 at St. Colman Roman Catholic Church, Lancaster Avenue and Argyle Road, Ardmore, Pa. 19003. A Funeral Mass for her husband was said Tuesday at St. Colman’s. They were buried in St. Denis Cemetery in Havertown.
Memorial donations may be made to the church.

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Charles B. “Chick” Mosier
Charles B. “Chick” Mosier, 88, of North Platte passed away Dec. 17, 2007, at Sutherland Care Center. He was born June 28, 1919, to Bradley and Rena Kelin Mosier at Blanca, Colo. Charles graduated from York High School and married Hillys “Sally” Dodds on Dec. 21, 1941, at South Mills, N.C.

He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War and in the reserves for more than 34 years. He worked for NPPD for 32 years, retiring in 1981. Charles enjoyed woodworking, and building and refinishing furniture for his children and grandchildren. He was a member of the VFW and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife Sally of North Platte; sons Gary (Linda) of Santa Ana, Calif., and Charles of Orange, Calif.; daughters Marge (Chuck) Stone of North Platte and Laura (Jay) Williams of Meridian, Idaho; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, son Kenneth, three brothers, a sister and daughter-in-law Linda. Online condolences may be shared at http://www.carpentermemorial.com. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Dec. 22 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in York with military honors graveside. Arrangements are with Carpenter Memorial Chapel.

First published in The North Platte Bulletin print edition on
12/19/2007

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Donald R. Mockrud, age 85, died Saturday, May 26, 2007, at City View Nursing Home, Madison. Donald was born on March 28, 1922, in Westby, the youngest child of Oliver and Sara Mockrud. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Stanley, Arthur, Lee, Paul and Harry and a sister, Alice Nimz. He is survived by his special friend of many years, Mary Loui and his guardian, Diane Loui, both of Madison. He is further survived by two sisters-in-law, Mary Mockrud of Viroqua and Carmen Mockrud of West Bend; as well as nieces and nephews. Don served his country honorably as a Navy fighter pilot in World War II. He entered active service on Dec. 15, 1942, in the V-5 Program, Madison. He was commissioned on Feb. 19, 1944, as a fighter pilot. He served on the U.S.S. Franklin from Feb. 9, 1945 to March 19, 1945. His date of separation was May 16, 1946. He piloted one of the Hellcat fighter planes based aboard the U.S.S. Franklin carrier when it was attacked by Japanese bombs on March 19, 1945, off the coast of Japan. He was awarded the Victory Ribbon for World War II, American Theater Ribbon and an Asiatic Pacific 1 Star. He attained the rank of Lt. j.g. A1 in the U.S. Navy Reserves. In later years, Don participated in the Voluntary Service Program at the VA Medical Center in Madison. He was honored in 1998 by the Department of Veterans Affairs in appreciation for his 10 years and 4081 hours of service to fellow veterans. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at 11 a.m. at the CRESS FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 3325 E. Washington Ave., Madison, with the Rev. Bryan Peterson officiating. A time of gathering will be held on Thursday at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. Private burial will be held at a later date in Westby. In lieu of flowers, donations made in Don’s memory to a charity of your choice would be appreciated. Cress Funeral and Cremation Service 3325 E. Washington Ave (608) 249-6666 http://www.cressfuneralservice.com
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Earl E. Miller, 88, died Wednesday, March 2, 2005, at Concord Hospital. He was born in Chicago, the son of Randolph and Gertrude (Seaman) Miller. He was a 1935 graduate of Concord High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving on the USS Geneva and the USS Franklin. He worked for Rumford Press from 1935 to 1956 and for St. Paul’s School from 1965 to 1972. He also worked for Concord Public Library for two years, the Professional Building for three years, the New Hampshire Historical Society for two years and Concord National Bank for four years. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dean E. and Donna Miller.
Services will not be held.
Bennett Funeral Home in Concord is in charge of the arrangements.
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Claytus E. Melcher, 94, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly Clear Lake, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006 at the Laurellwood Nursing Home, St. Petersburg. Funeral services were Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church with the Rev. Diana Hoover officiating. Interment was in the Clear Lake Cemetery with military honors by the Clear Lake V.F.W. Family suggests memorial to the Claytus E. Melcher memorial fund.
Claytus Eben Melcher was born June 19, 1912 in Garner, Iowa, the son of Lewis R. and Mattie M. (Johnson) Melcher. He graduated from Garner High School.
He and Ferne F. Brooks were married in East Orange, N.J. on June 13, 1934. Early in their marriage he was a salesman for the Peoples Gas and Electric Company in Mason City, Iowa. In the opening years of World War II, Claytus worked on the Al-Can Highway in Alaska and on U.S. military construction projects in the Hudson Bay area of Canada.
When he returned to the United States, he joined the Navy and served as an electrician on the USS Stephen Potter in the South Pacific for almost two years. During this time, his ship was engaged in several large naval battles with the Japanese forces in the South China Sea. His ship was in the task force near Okinawa when the USS Franklin and the USS Enterprise were hit by kamikazes in March 1945 and later was engaged in the rescue of survivors from the USS Bunker Hill when it was hit in May 1945.
During his lifetime he was a finish carpenter and a cabinet maker, working for many contractors in the area. He also worked as a millwright on the ICBM missile sites in South Dakota. When he retired in 1979, he and Ferne began spending their winters in St. Petersburg, moving there permanently in 2001.
Claytus was one of Clear Lake’s best known and most successful fishermen for many years, a hobby he later pursued with considerable zeal in Florida. He was also an avid hunter. He enjoyed gardening and spending time with his family. He and Ferne spent many years traveling with their Avion trailer throughout the Midwest. He was a charter member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Clear Lake; a 62-year member of the Masonic Lodge, including a stint as Worshipful Master of Verity Lodge in Clear Lake; a member of El Kahir Temple of the Shrine in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a member of the Order of the Eastern Star; and a member of the United Methodist Church of Clear Lake.
Claytus is survived by his wife of 72 years, Ferne; their daughter, Linda M. Neese, St. Petersburg; a son, Mark L. (Ivy) Melcher, Mt. Jackson, Va.; five grandchildren, Julia Schipper, Thomas Schipper, Mark (Carol) Melcher, Paula (Mark) Johnson, Deborah (Michael) Murphy; and seven great-grandchildren.
Claytus is preceded in death by his parents, Lewis and Mattie Melcher; sister, Leota DeVary and granddaughter, Marsha M. Schipper
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake. was in charge of arrangements.
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McGEE, J.R.Born: 21 Dec 1924 Died: 14 Jan 1985 WWII VT13 SQUADRON USS FRANKLIN
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Walter McCormack
Saturday, July 22, 2006

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Walter Mack McCormack, 83, of the Dogwood community died Thursday, July 20, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born June 18, 1923, in Trimble, Tenn., son of Robert and Wava McCormack Spelling. His parents died when he was 18 months old and he was adopted by C.P. and Mollie McCormack. He first married Elsie Pauline Watts Feb. 6, 1947. She died Jan. 16, 1971. He later married Carol Johnson Miller-Spangberg.

McCormack was a member and deacon of First Christian Church at Matthews, Mo.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving as a gunners mate third class on the USS Franklin McVeigh, USS San Bruno and USS Sutherland.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Kenny McCormack of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Linda Pearson of Pittsburg, Kan., Johnnie Thompson of San Diego, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, with Brian Smith officiating. Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery.
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Pharmacist’s Mate Lyons of Evansville was killed October 30, 1944, as a Kamikaze plane crashed onto the deck of the USS Franklin. He had also served on the USS Houston. His name appears on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
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Obituary: Spencer Le Van Kimball
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Nov 2, 2003
1918 ~ 2003
Spencer Le Van Kimball, legal scholar, insurance lawyer, law professor, husband and father, was born in Thatcher, AZ, Aug 26, 1918. He was the son of Spencer Wooley and Camilla (Eyring). On June 12, 1939, he married Kathryn Ann Murphy. They had six children, Barbara Jean (Thomas L. Sherman), Judith Ann (William Stillion), Kathleen Louise (Ken Sirotnik), Spencer David (Haila), Kent Douglas (Mary), Timothy Jay (Karen); 16 grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren. After 51 years of marriage, Kathryn died in 1990. Spencer married Virginia Barrus Johnson June 4, 1994, when he added two more children to his family, Linda (Keith Morgan), Rick Davis (Debbie); along with seven more grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren.

He received his BS from the University of Arizona. Spen-cer served in World War II as a Lieutenant aboard the U.S.S. Franklin. Following the war he spent two years at Lincoln College, Oxford England as a Rhodes Scholar where he earned a BCL. He received an SJD from the University of Utah Law School. At 35 years of age, he was the youngest Dean of the University of Utah Law School. Spencer served as a Law Professor and Director of Legal Research at the University of Michigan. From there he went to the University of Wisconsin as a Dean of the Law School. Spencer became a Law Professor at the University of Chicago as well as the Executive Director of the American Bar Association Foundation in Chicago. He retired to Salt Lake after he lost his wife, Kathryn, to live by the mountains and his siblings.

Spencer made many notable contributions to the field of law during his lifetime and was recognized both nationally and internationally for his work. He was Director of the Wisconsin Statutes Revision Project and his work remains a model for insurance codes to this day. Kimball was one of the co-founders of AIDA – an international insurance law association. He is also the author of many works on insurance law and regulation.

Surviving are brothers and sister, Olive Beth Mack, Andrew and Phyllis Kimball, and Edward and Bee Kimball.

In lieu of flowers, charitable contributions to the Kathryn Murphy- Spen-cer L. Kimball Scholarship Fund, East-ern Arizona College, P.O. Box 769, Thatcher, AZ 85552, are recommended.

Copyright C 2003 Deseret News Publishing Co.
Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved.

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Virgil E. (Tiny) Johnston KILLED IN ACTION – S-2-C Rdm. V.E. (Tiny) Johnston was killed in action in the Pacific area, according to a telegram received recently by his brother, Ishmael Johnston who is now in the Army at Camp Hood. Johnston had been overseas two years and three months. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist church here. Reared in the State Home here, Johnston was employed at the Corsicana Cotton Mills for a number of years’ Surviving are two sisters Juanita McKenzie of Ohio and Bonita Johnston, Abilene, and a brother, Ishmael Johnston, U.S. Army. Details of how Seaman Johnston was killed have not been received here.
WWII Killed aboard USS Franklin off Leyte, 1944
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