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Obituaries 1 Paul "Pappy" Pettigrew, submitted by Tom Whitlock Col. Paul Ales Pettigrew, USAF Ret, born in Farmington, Ark. died in McLean, Va on Dec 31,2003, from influenza complications. Col Pettigrew will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery at 11 a.m. Jan 15 with full military honors. Expressions of sympathy should be made to the Ann Pettigrew Scholarship Fund, Northwest Florida Ballet, 310 Perry Ave, S.E. Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548" Paul's
wife, Ann, passed away several years ago. I first met Paul at Shaw in 1953. He
was a colonel then and had been in the recce business a long time. He was affectionately
known as "Pappy Pettigrew". "Smiley" Pomeroy by Terry Pomery, by his daughter This morning, Sept. 5, at 7:30 my dad "Smiley" Pomeroy passed away. He had been having treatment for lung cancer and had just finished it - but complications and heart failure ended his battle. He will be sorely missed as you all know but we would not have wanted him to suffer the immobility that would have been his life if he had survived this trauma. His Memorial Service will be Wed. Sept. 10 at 10 AM. My Mom's # is: 602-993-3302 and her cell # is: 602-758-3732. Please let other friends know as I don't have everyone's addresses and number's. John Madrishin by submitted by Mike Alva, Navigator Sad news. John Madrishin passed away early this afternoon (8-17-2003) in Clearwater, Florida. His son, Dale called me, as I am sure he called most of you. Dale says Helen (John's wife) is doing ok, knowing John is no longer suffering all those ailments that kept him from the Nashville reunion last year. Dale says John will be at: Moss-Feaster Funeral Home Belcher Road Chapel 693 South Belcher Road Clearwater, Florida 33764 727.446.2375 Cremation is planned, per Dale. I know his contrail will be one I'll be looking for when I make the big departure. May he rest in peace. Stan Rinaman by Arthur C. Rinaman, his Loving Son This is just a note to pass along that Stan Rinaman died on June 17, 2002. It was nice to see his name again. Robert F. Hoyt from Bill Oney: COL Robert F. (BOB) Hoyt died at Sumter Hospital 3/26/03. He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetary with military honors. His son, Richard is buried there. Robert (Bob) Hoyt is survived by his wife Ruth. A note of sympathy can be sent to her address: 15 Chapel Court., Sumter, SC 29105. She can also be reached at 803-775-1769. William C. Leeper from Chaplain Pierre Allegre: Today I am conducting the military honors graveside funeral of Lt. Col. William C. Leeper, ret., who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his bravery, skill, and valor while flying the EB 66 over North Vietnam. I am honored to bury this hero today. May God bless his family and may God bless the USA. Chaplain Pierre Allegre, USAFR <pmallegre@hotmail.com> Hector P. DeGagne from Lorraine M. Huey: My dad, Major Hector P. DeGagne, was a navigator on an EB-66 and was stationed in Thailand flying missions over enemy territory during the year 1969. On October 9, 1969, he flew a mission for which he later received the Distinguished Flying Cross award. Unfortunately, he died in October of 1985, long before the internet became accessible. In his memory, however, and because I know how much he would have enjoyed all that the internet makes available to the average citizen, I enjoy surfing to web sites that I know he would have found interesting. Obviously, this would be one of them. Thanks for remembering those that served us so well in the VietNam conflict. Lorraine M. Huey Howard Davis passed away on November 13th in Tampa, Florida after a long bout with heart, liver, and other problems. He was a fighter to the end. He was an old recce pilot; a member of the 185th TRS in 1952 at Shaw; one time CO of the 17th TRS, and an advisor to the Meridian ANG in 1961. If anyone would like to call his wife, Bea, and offer condolences, the number is 813-689-6973. -- LaVerne Griffin, Portage, Wisconsin Sad news from Sam Dickens: Red Leader, Colonel Red Morrison, died 18 November 2002 at the Mount Vernon Hospital in Virginia. Red's wife, Sally, called me this morning (25 November) to give me the news. Red died of pneumonia and heart failure. He had been greatly weakened since falling several months ago, breaking a hip. It has been two and a half years since having quadruple heart surgery and suffering a mild stroke. Red was 82 years old. Red's remains have been cremated and funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery have been postponed until 22 April 2003. There will be services at the Old Post Chapel at Fort Myer, Virginia commencing at 1100. Following the services in the chapel Red will receive full military honors with horse drawn caisson to the burial site, where a son was buried. Following the interment a reception will be held in the Ft. Myer's Officers Club. Sally told me how much Red enjoyed the cards sent him and was frustrated in his inability to adequately communicate his thoughts through whispers because of the constant intrusion of a tube down his throat. He fought a brave fight and desperately worked to recover. He had briefly walked just a few days ago. Sally mentioned how he was touched that one of the cards he had received had said that he would always be "Red Leader" to the writer. Red was president of his West Point class of 1944 and also the scribe keeping tabs on classmate's activities. I told Sally that Red was always the warrior and an inspiration to all with whom he came into contact. Sally
Morrison's address is: Nelson Hostetter from Arnie Dahl I was just informed by Alex Underwood that Nelson Hostetter passed away the week after Thanksgiving. As you know he had been in ill health for some time and the doctors just couldn't get things under control. I knew you would want to know since you and he had corresponded for quite some time. I will always be grateful to him for putting me in contact with you and the association. Sadly though, I guess this makes me the new permanent POC for the FE's and gunners. I will do my best. In closing, I want to thank you for the fantastic job you and Laura did with the reunion. Pat and I really enjoyed ourselves and it was great to finally meet the two of you. It was so good to see Rube and Charlotte again as well as Seabrook and Norgaard - my second crew. Well Done!! Looking forward to '04 at Dayton, I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and healthy and prosperous New Year. Warmest Regards, |
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