Field of Stones

A place to remember those friends who have passed away, both recently and long ago.  If you want to add a name and/or story about someone e-mail me.  Also give me help on dates and spellings and most of all if I have someone here prematurally.
Joseph Acker  2/00  Bill Bassett 2/98  John Burton   1984 Joe Cirillo   2/96   Charles Cogan  99      Tom Cooper         E. J. Delery   11/99    A. DiPasquale   99     Karen Durham  8/98        Pete Gross E. V. Ford          Don Holster  97     Ed Johnson  12/99     Jimmy Jones  12/99    Charlie Kirby 12/98    Orlan Lanford       George Lewis  9/83     Fred Lewis  97    Philip Miller  9/96     Helen Rash   98      Al Rathbert  6/98       E. B. Riley   11/98   Frank Robey  2/00   Lou Shook   7/95    Maxine Slade  3/00    Dorothy Spinks 6/00       Joe Taussig   12/99   Alan Turnbull  2/00 Nobu Ushigusa  94    Zack Worsham  1/76  Bill Methvin        John Perez  97     Mary Utterback Donski  Larry Pautler 97 Palmer Ogden 00  Burnie Bodner 9/00    John Jessee  10/00 Ray McGadney 12/00       Ron McFall  12/29/00  Cora Graves  1/24/01  Capt P. A. Gisvold 1/29/01   Perry Gilchrist  3/26/01  Jim Thompson 8/16/00   Cyndee Keltie 12/00   Norm Hill 2/17/01     Ellis Early   Howard Langley  Bill Wahrer   Nell Prusinski 1997    Ray Harrison 8/12/01  Don Simon 90  Marilyn Molinos  10/14/01    Phyllis Kennedy 12/26/001  Ross Evans 3/6/02  Bruce Harrison 4/24/02   Bob Workman  94/95  Mabel Messer Klein Cherry 7/1/02  Harry Saint Germaine  6/20/02  William L. "Bill" Smith 9/00  Izzy Einhorn 3/121/02  Jimmy Griffith 9/11/02William "Bill" Mason 11/19/02  John Whittier  John Goodyard 3/31/03Catherine Thom     Tom Harris  Vince Prantl 12/15/03  Mahala McMillan 2/17/04 Jean Brecht 3/27/04  Joe Wilkinson 6/26/04  Bill McIlhenny 1/1/05 Ralph Reeves 12/23/03  Tommy Taylor 1/6/05  Hal Nelson 2004  Jim Rich 12/2000Charlene Hill 2002  Pat Ross  3/16/05  Tom Muir 5/31/2005  Bill Paz  7/13/0Bill Pankonin 8/12/05  Curt Yant 10.29/05  Owen Russell 12/21/05 Harley Jones 12/05  Jean Marie "Jeanne" Payne  1/21/06  Bill Waterworth 2/1/06  Jim Bigham 11/19/05 Jim Joiner 10/15/05  Carolyn Berry 9/13/06  Sam Demps 9/29/06 Randy Riley 12/15/06 Billy Meacham 12/26/06 Wilbert Bond 2/2/07 Paul Shaver 3/14/07 William Gray 9/07  Beverly Thompson 3/19/07  Claire Phillips 11/18/07 Terry Haycock 11/11/08   Alex Reid 7/2/08 Bill Medlin 7/1/08 Sam Schulman 8/1/08  Clarice Hens 3/16/09Harry Stoutamyer 8/10/08      Hazel Hanback 11/3/08      Len Klein 2/7/09  Carroll Smith 6/25/09  Bob Best 1/4/10  Pat Ciccotello 2/25/09  Roy Lightfoot 8/1/09Bunny Burum 3/20/2010  Dave Hersch 1/10/2010 Dave Green4/19/10Mary Morris 4/27/10  Philip Yaney 7/20/10  Ken Bumpus 11/9/10 Kathy Lane 11/26/10Jeanine Carley 9/15/1 Capt. Bill Price 12/12/10  Dennis Reischl 1/3/11  Bob Fodrey 3/27/11 Jack Trachtenberg 5/6/11 Gene Dahlman 6/5/11 Diddy Kirby 6/22/11 Bob Ostendoff 6/28/11 Vivian Pace 5/27/11 Fran Garman 8/19/11Mary Linda Fealey 8/29/11 Kay Miller 10/10/11  Bob Griem 4/24/12 Conrad Pearson 5/24/12  Eugene Pow Gossett 6/12/12 Bill Carrigan 7/11/12 Larry Held 7/18/12  Gertrude Rook 8/31/12  Harold Harkin 9/2/12 Gloria Jones 9/20/12
John K. (Jack) Wilkerson 1/26/13 Leah Walton 11/2012 Tad Dobbs 2010  Joy Foxworth 2011 Marion Harris 12/2013 Fred Watson 2/17/2014  Bill Jackson 1/1/14  Chuck Denzin 3/11/14 Bill Godwin 10/4/14  Jim Woodside 6/14  Allan Myers 12/14  Judy Eveleth 10/30/14 Rose Zeilman 3/27/15
Lanny Nei 10/20/14 Walt Ware 6/5/15  Hal Boyles 8/5/15  Jesse Noble Smith  8/14/15 Ted Howard 7/22/15  Carmen Walker 9/4/15  Vic Sielski 10/7/15
Bruce Howard 9/20/16  Barry Shaw 10/13/16 John Higgins 11/16   Al Newton  11/15/16  Bob Dwinelle 12/13/16 Mike McGuire 1/17/16
Leo Rickwa 11/03/17  Betty Hambrick 2/9/17 Dess Bickerstaff 5/11/18 Roy Runey 12/5/18  Allen Johnson 8/29/19  Lorenzo Ferguson 9/1/19
Mike Marchesani  8/29/19 Cindy Glenn 10/3/19 Dorothy Gross 2019 John Lopes 12/24/18 Diane Perry 5/1120  Bill Wardlow 10/20/16
Bill DaRosa 5/27/19  Bill Bond 4/8/17 John Burgress Jr 2/20/21  Walt Bagby 2/19/21 George Gunning 1/6/21 Roy McDowell 7/13/22


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Ron McFall former CPD at Keysport WA died December 29, 2000 of a heart attack.  He lived in Poulsbo, WA.  Ron had retired in 1995 on 28 years of service.  He was only 56.  I smart man, a good friend, and a hard roller.   He will be missed by his many friends.
Cora Graves, retired Personnel Management Specialist, with the Secretariat and a friend of mind from CCPO-CC days, died on 24Jan 2001 after an extended bout with cancer.  Always a friendly face, sincerely wanting to help her friends, bosses, and customers solve their problems, she will be remembered all our lives...and missed anytime we gather.  Contributions may be made to Hospice of Northern Virginia, 6565 Arlington Blvd., Suite 500, Falls Church, VA 22280 or the American Cancer Society, PO Box 699, Vienna, VA 22180
Paul Andreas Gisvold, CAPT USN (RET) and former Deputy Director of OCMM died on January 26, 2001.  Capt Gisvold is survived by a son Charlie Gisvold, a former staffer with the OCPM Headquarters unit and a daughter Diane Gisvold.  Services were February 5, 2001 at Arlington National Cemetary.  The family asks that rememberances be made to the American Heart Association.
Jim Thompson died in his sleep on August 16, 2000..  Jim retired from the Orlando CPO on an early-out when the NTC closed.  He had been Head of Classification and Staffing and served virtually as a Deputy CPO for many years.  He had worked in a similar capacity in Memphis in the 1970's, and in Bainbridge before that.  Jim was the kind of staffer every CPO needed.  If he was responsible for it, you could be assured it would be done correctly, legally, and efficiently. His wife, Carolyn lives at 1713 Winddrift Rd. Orlando, FL. Thanks go to Chuck Denzin for reporting the rumor and Phyllis Roddy and Cindy Glenn, HRO JAX, for finding out the facts.  As Cindy said "looks like when you retire they forget about you."  It's up to us to make sure that doesn't happen.
Cyndee Keltie, a team leader with the NAVSEA HRO for a number of years died of cancer in December of 2000.  She had also worked at OCPM, and the Capital Region with Navy.  She was with OPM just prior to her death.
Norm Hill, 88, died in Oxnard, CA on February 17, 2001 following a brief illness.  Norm had lived in Ventura County for the past 58 years.  He was the CPD of CBC Port Hueneme for 39 years until his retirement in 1984.  Norm was also active as an official in football, basketball, and baseball throughout the state of California.
Ray Harrison, 77, of Portsmouth, NH died at his home on August 11, 2001.  Ray had suffered from Lou Gerig disease for some time.  Ray worked for the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake from 1952-1975, except for the years of 69-71 when he was the Director of Personnel at Subic Bay.  Ray was the CPD at China Lake from 61-75.  From '75-80 he was in Washington and retired as the Deputy Director of Civilian Personnel for Navy.  He was a graduate of Boston University with a bachelor's and Master's in psychology.  He received his degrees after serving as a combat veteran in WWII.  He was with the 78th Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge and the capture of the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine, among others actions. 
Marlyn Molinos, the significant other of Rick Schultz and a former Navy person who worked in the office of DASN Tony DiTrapani, in the Western Region, and then came back to DC, but recently with a civilian agency, died on Sunday 14 October 2001.  She had lymph cancer that had been in remission and then returned.  Marilyn was 48.
"Gerry" Fodrey, 79, died in an automobile accident in the Norfolk area on December 11, 2001.  Her husband Bob survives.
Phyllis Kennedy died 12/26/01 at Loma Linda Hospital (CA).  She had been in poor health for some time, but retained her feisty attitude to the last.  Phyllis was a Staffing and Classification Specialist at the Marine base in Barstow in the late 70's and 80's and was with NAD Hawthorne before that.  Reported by Bill McIlhenny.
Ross Evans the first Training Director of the ROCMM San Diego passed away on 6 March 2002 of complications of Parkinson's Disease.  Ross was 85 and had lived the past 70 years in the San Diego  Following retirement Ross became an avid golfer and traveled throughout the world.   Ross is survived by Margie, his wife of 60 years, his two daughters and four grandchildren.  Reported by his friend and co-worker Paul Reeder.
Bruce Clark Harrison, 69, formerly of Silver Spring, MD died April 24, 2002, at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, CO.  Bruce was a personnel management specialist with the Navy for many years, serving all the way back to a Co-op Recruiter in NCPC.   Reported by Ron Willard a friend and co-worker.
Mabel Messer Klein Cherry, 86 died Monday July 1, 2002 in Sonora , CA.  She had been a resident of Daytona Beach, FL from 1976-1995.  She was a former position classifer for the Navy.  Reported by Joe Haydt.
Harry Saint Germaine died at his home in Romona, CA near San Diego on June 20, 2002.  Harry was 81.  He was the Director of the Branch Office of Civilian Manpower and its successors in London for many years.  Harry was a tank commander at the D-Day landings and was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. Reported by Dennis Stewart.
Just learned of the death of Isadore "Izzy" Einhorn on 11 March 2002 in Philadelphia.  Izzy was a pioneer of Navy civilian personnel.  He started at the Navy Yard in Philly in 1935 as a Cu-1 messenger with a salary of $600 a year.  He retired 38 years later as a GS-15 CPO.  He Served at ASO Philly for many years and finished with a bang at Defense Attache Office Saigon, Vietnam.  Izzy would have been 85 this year.  Reported by Billy Meacham via Karen Miller and Herb Dauber.
William L. Bill" Smith passed away in September 2000.  He was 49 years old.  He worked in Navy personnel for well over 20 year, starting at OCPM.  He also worked at PWC Norfolk under Bert Cox as a LMR Spec, and later at NADEP Norfolk and HRSC East.  The conference room at NNSY has been named for him.  Reported by his friend Tom Rinehart.
Jimmy Griffith, Subic Bay, NavFac, NavSup staffer died on 9/11/2 of melanoma.  He was 75.   Jimmy served in the Marine Corps from 1951-58 with the rank of Captain.  He was a graduate of Central Missouri State.  He leaves his wife Connie, seven children, 17 grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild of which he was very proud.  Family requests that memorials take the form of contributions to Hospice of Garrett County,  PO Box 271, Oakland, MD 21550.
William "Bill" Mason died peacefully at his home in Bremerton, WA on November 19, 2002.  He was 80 years old.  A WWII vet he served over 30 years with Navy Industrial Relations posts including Puget Sound, Subic Bay, Washington, and Hawaii.  Bill was an accomplished violinist and also played the piano. First reported by Bill's friend and co-worker of many years, Joe Bamba.
Bruce Howard informs me that John Whittier has died in Arizona of Lou Gehrig's disease.
John Goodyard died March 31, 2003.  John will be missed by his many friends from the Training Command as well as our CivPers veterans of Vietnam.  He was a man who knew the meaning of honor and loyalty.  It was always a pleasure to be in John and Irene's home.  Irene remains at the home address found on the directory page.
Leo Rickwa reports that Catherine Thom, former Classifier with CCPO San Diego and Tom Harris NSC San Diego CPD have passed away.  Anyone having more details let me know.
Vince Prantl age 65 died of cancer at his home in Pensacola 15 December 2003.  Vince worked in the Washington headquarters for many years and had been retired for ten years.
Mahala McMillan former Employee Relations Specialist with CCPO Pensacola passed away at her home on February 17, 2004.  As she wished she was surrounded by her friends and family.  A courageous lady with a great sense of humor.
Jean M. Becht former Wage Section Chief with OCMM and a DOD Policy Staffer Passed away in Silver Spring, MD on 27 March 2004.
I sadly report that Betty Edmundson, my wife of 43 years age 67, died on 22 June 2004.  Betty had been in failing health for over 4 years.  We have 3 children Neil in Pittsford, NY, Libby, in Jacksonville, FL, and Gena, in Austin, TX.  She supported each of the 12 moves we made during our marriage.  Eleven years here in Tennessee was a record.  Thanks to all the friends who have sent messages.
Joe Wilkinson, Director Pacific Field Division, Head of OP-14 Labor organization, Director Southern Field Division, and long time Director Norfolk Naval Shipyard, died 6/26/04.  Joe was 79.  Another legend gone.
Amy Catenaccio, daughter of Frank and Trudy Catenaccio died of an apparent stroke on 12/3/04.  Amy was student at University of Virginia Vet school at the time.
Bill McIlhenny died on 1/1/05 in Leesburg, FL.  Bill was 74.  He had been diagnosed with a blood cancer an had undergone chemo.  It killed the cancer but left him vulnerable to an infection that took his life.  Bill was a native of Hawaii and a graduate of the University of Hawaii.  He worked in Hawaii, Palau, Guam, Philippines, Vietnam, Hawthorne, NV, CA, DC, and Florida.  His wife Roberta survives.
Tommy Taylor former director of CCPO Philadelphia died on 6 Jan 2005.  Tommy was a good friend with always a kind word for everyone.  We shared many pleasant hours together during the quarterly meetings of the 10 independent CCPO's in the '70's.

Ralph Reeves Classifier with ROCMM Philly and ASO died suddenly on 23 Dec 2003.  Reported by Frank Pfeiffer.
Hal Nelson formerly with BIRO Subic died in 2004.  Details unknown.  Reported by Val Herman.
Jim Rich formerly Head of Labor and Employee Relations at Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard passed away in December 2000.  Charlene Hill a former HRO employee at Puget Sound NSY died in 2002.  Rerported by Jacqueline Evans.
Bill Paz passed away 7/13/04 in Los Angeles. Bill had been in failing health since a series of strokes in 1998.  His wife Anita died two months earlier from cancer..  Bill was a giant in our business.  This information was found by long-time friend Bill Meaut and confirmed by Mark Paz.
Pat Ross former special assistant to DASN died of cancer 16 March 2005.  Burial was in Harrisburg, PA.  She was 59.
Tom Muir Passed away on 31 May 2005.  He suffered from lung cancer.  He leaves his wife Diane.  Services will be Friday, June 3 at 11 AM ath the Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home Braddock Road.

Bill Pankonin, former head of the Pacific Command Civilian Personnel program for DOD, died Aufgust 12, 2005 in Tucson, AZ.  Bill held the job with it's heavy emphasis on intergovernmental foreign labor arrangements for 13 years during the height of Vietnam and afterward.  He is survived by his wife Thelma.
Curtis Yant passed away on Oct 29, 2005.  Curt was formerly Director of Civilian Personnel Charleston Naval Weapons Station.  He is survived by his wife Delores and two daughter and a son. 
Owen Russell formerly of Mayport CPO died on December 12. 2005 in Covington, GA.  He was 80.
Harley Jones former CPO at Annapolis, Guam, and NSC Bremerton died December 26, 2005 in Madrid, Spain.
Jean Marie "Jeanne" Payne lost her two year battle with breast cancer on January 21, 2006.  She was 41 years old.  At her death she was with the Office of Civilian Management under the Chief of Naval Personnel working out of the Naval Annex.  She had also worked for NavAir and Pax River.
Bill Waterworth passed away on 1 Feb 2006.  Bill was a long time rep of the NX organization.
Jim Bigham, NWS Charleston, NTC Orlando, Subic, died on November 19, 2005 in Mena, AK.  Reported by Richard Farley.
Jim Joiner formerly of the Portsmouth NSY died on 10-15-05.  Reported by his friend and former subordinate Ron Willard.
Carolyn Berry former PSO and Headquarters staffer died on September 13, 2006.  She had 36 years of service when she retired from the Military Sealift Command in 2003.
Sam Demps long time DEEOO at NAS JAX died on 29 Sep 06.  Sam was 80.
Randy Riley co-inventor of the "China Lake project" died on 12/15/06.  Randy was 69.
Billy Meacham passed away on 12/26/06.  His death was reported by Bill Meaut.
Wilbert Bond, former DEEOO with Navy Memphis, died Feb. 2, 2007.  Wil was President of the Tennessee NAACP from 1977-95.  He was 81.
Paul Shaver, former classifer with Kings Bay Sub Base, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007. Paul was 70 years old and retired from the Navy civpers community in the 90's after 30 years in the field.  He was living in Fernandina Beach and burial is in Bristol, VA.  Reported by Cindy Glenn.
William Gray retired head of Civilian Personel Division of Office of Naval Research died 9/21/07.  He was 79.  Reported by Ron Williard.
Beverly Thompson (Petitmermet) passed away on March 19, 2007. She started a career with DON HR in the 1940's as a classifier and worked shipyards from New York to Charleston.  Later she worked in the west coast AWCOs, and ROCMMs.  She was 85.  Reported by Paul Reeder.
Claire Phillips long time Budget Analyst with OCMM who later served as Financial Officer with the Naval Civilian Personnel Center died on 18 November 2007.

Alex Reid died July 2, 2008 in Fort Myers, FL.  following surgery for a lung tumor.  Alex was 92 and is survived by his wife of 29 years, Liz. Al was a CPD in Washington, DC, retiring in 1974.
Bill Medlin died July 1, 2008.  He was a former labor relations type with the CCPO in Jax.  Bill was 68.  Reported by his wife Cora.
Harry Stoutamyer died August 10, 2008 in Indianapolis.  Harry worked at CCPO Crystal City, NavFacs, OCMM, Sasebo and Hawaii to name a few.  Reported by his friend Wayne Tripp.  
Hazel Hanback died on 11/3/08.  She was 90 years old and had been an employee of BuDocks and NavFac.  Reported by Helene Markoff.
Pat McCauley, wife of Dick McCauley died on January 21, 2009 following a long illness.  Dick and Pat were married for 57 years.
Leonard (Len) Klein died on 7 Feb 2009.  Len was 70 years old and had been a senior CPD with Navy for a number of years before joining OPM.  He had 32 years of service.
Carroll Smith died June 25, 2009.  Carroll was the long time Employment Supt. and Deputy IRO Director at Charleston Naval Shipyard.
Bob Best died January 4, 2010. A native of Memphis, Bob was a star CPD with both Army and Navy at Subic and Hawaii.
Pat Ciccotello, formerly with Pearl ROCMM died Feb 25, 2009.  Reported by George Gunning.
Roy Lightfoot, former LMR head at MCSC Albany died on August 1, 2009 in Sylvester, GA. He was 79.   Reported by Richard Farley
Bernice "Bunny" Burum former CPD at Kaneohe MCAS died March 17, 2010 in Honolulu.  Bunny was 88.  Reported by Deb Young, Hawaii.
Dave Hersch former OCMN West Coast Rep died on January 10, 2010.  Dave was 82.  Reported by Frank Sharkey.
DAVID H. GREEN (Age 84) A retired labor-management relations policy specialist for the Department of Defense, died of natural causes on April 19, 2010 at his home in Great Falls, VA.
Mary Morris age 64 and former head of the awards program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard died on April 27, 2010 following a long bout with cancer.
Philip Yaney who was head of classification for BuShips and then in position management with NavMat died on 20 July 2010.  He would have been 92 in Sep.

Ken Bumpus died November 9, 2010.  Ken was 67.  Reported by Jerry Stewart.
Kathy Lane, long time CPD at NSC San Diego died Nov. 26, 2010.  Reported by Tolly Roehm.
Neil Collins has informed me of the death of two stalwart members of our group that was here to fore unknown by me ...to my embarassment.  Terry Haycock died 11/11/08 and Clarice Hens on 3/16/09.
Dennis Reischl died January 3, 2011.  The former LMR advisor at SFD Norfolk was 64.
Bob Fodrey long time Norfolk Regional Director died March 27, 2011.  He was 93.
Jack Trachtenberg died on May 6, 2011.  Reported by George Gunning.
Gene Dahlman, 84, died June 5, 2011.  He worked for The Bureau of Yards and Docks and then NavFac. in the overseas employment section. He worked with Joe Bamba and Jimmy Griffith.
Robert S. Ostendorff passed away on Tuesday June 28, 2011.  Bob was 79. He was an Employee Developement Specialist at Industrial Relations Office (IRO) at CNSYD and later worked with as a EDS in CCPO, NSC Charleston.
Vivian Pace CCPO Pensacola died May 27, 2011.  She was 63 and retired in 2002.
Fran Garman died in D.C. on 19 Aug 2011.  Reported by John Tomlin her coworker at CCPO Crystal City.  Fran ws 67.
Mary Linda Fealey former employee of Whidbey Island died 8/29/11.  Reported by Frank Sharkey.
Kay Miller, formerly with OCMM, died on October 10, 2011.  Kay was 74.
Dallin Childs led the NUWC Keyport HRO staff in the NorthWest. Dallin Childs died on Sunday, December 18, 2011 after living with multiple myeloma for 11 years.
Bob Griem lawyer and labor advisor in the pacific died 24 April 2012.  Reported by George Wyman.
Conrad Pearson labor relations guru in Hdqtrs and USMC nonappropriated funds field died on 24 May 2012.  Reported by his friend Bob Gilson.
Gene Gossett, wage and classification trainer supreme, died June 12, 2012.  Gene was 88 years old.
Bill Carrigan died 11 July2012. He was a classifier with OCPM Phila and later DCAA.  Reported byFrank Pfeiffer.
Larry Held Passed away July 18. 2012 following a year of fighting brain cancer.  Reported by Herb Dauber and Karen Miller Regnier.
Gertrude Rook, NAS Memphis, died August 31. 2012.  She was one of the first female labor relations spec. in our business.  She was 90.
Gloria Jones former NCPC employee passed away Sept 20, 2012.
Harold A. Harken, 85, of Charleston, South Carolina, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 2, 2012.
John K. (Jack) Wilkerson former employee at BUPERS passed away 26 January 2013.
Sam Schulman former PSO with the Marine Corps, died August 1, 2008.  He was about 92.  Reported by Ron Willard.
Leah H. Walton, Head of Wage & Classification, NAS Pensacola, passed November, 2012 - massive heart attack. She retired about1981.
Thaddeus ("Tad") Dobbs, Head of Wage & Classification, NAS Pensacola  in the 70s, and his date of passing was 2010.
Joy M. Foxworth, several positions in CCPO/HRO Pensacola, her last tenure before retirement in Administration.  Passed after a long battle with cancer - 2011.  These three Pensacola folks reported by Dee Perkins.
Marian Harris, former employee relations specialist before joining Navy Office of General Counsel and who rose to SES rank prior to retiring, passed away December 2013 at age 85. Reported by Neil Collins.
Fred Watson, the Technical Director of NCPDS when we implemented it, died suddenly 17 Feb 2014 from a heart attack at Hague VA.  Reported by Bernie Byrne.
Bill Jackson formerly with CCPO Pensacola, died 1/1/2014 in Gloucester, VA his hometown which is outside of Yorktown, VA.  Reported by Vivian Parker.

Chuck Denzin died on 3/11/14.  He was former PSO for CNTECHTRA and Director, CCPO Memphis.  He could have a good time, but he was deadly serious about his job and our profession.


Bill Godwin past LMR Director at CCPO NSC Charleston died October 4, 2014.  A good man, a poor golfer, we had great times at the Labor Negotiations Seminars.
Jim Woodside, former head LMR in SE Region, died in June 2014 in St. Augustine.
Judy Eveleth former LMR Spec. with Pt. Mugu died October 30, 2014.
Lanny Nei former DAO Saigon vet with multiple tours, ROCMM Jax, Director CCPO GLakes, and CCPO Washington died Oct 20, 2014 in Missoula, Montana.
Rose Zeilman classifer with CCPO Jax died on 29 March 2015.  She was 83.
Walter Ware, Jr. former staff member of CCPO JAX passed away on Friday, June 5, 2015.
Jesse Noble Smith age 87 and former Director/Deputy at CCPO-CC died August 14, 2015.
Hal Boyles OCCM, died August 5, 2015 in Pensacola.
Theodore (Ted) Howard, 82, of Pensacola, FL and Bellwood, IL passed away 22 July 2015.  He was a former member of CCPO Pensacola.
Carmen Walker died from cancer on 4 Sept 2015.  A former SecNav EEO employee, she was 69.
Barry Shaw LMR guy with NWS Yorktown and NWS Charleston, age 76 dird 13 October 2016.  Reported by Sam Bradford.
Bruce Howard, 83 former Director of ROCMM San Diego died on 20 Sept 2016.
Victor MacDonald "Vic" Sielski, 78, passed away on October 7, 2015.  He was a former Position Classification Specialist at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
John Higgins whose last Navy assignment was as Director Navy Civilian Personnel Command died in November, 2016 at his home in NC.
Bob Dwinelle, 92, died on 12/13/16 in Fredericksburg.  A WWII Vet and pilot, he along with Bud Powell, Dan Black and Dave Green ran OCMM's labor relations program in the mid-60s.  The four  of them trained numerous other Navy LMR folks and set the gold standard for LMR expertise under John  Kennedy's E.O. 10988 1962).  Bob left Navy to head the VA's LMR program and retired in 1980. 
Elbert "AI" C. Newton, Sr., age 82, passed away on November 15, 2016, in Orange Park, Florida, after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.
Mike McGuire former Chief of wage adminisrtation OCMM in the 70's and retired from CPMS in about 1995 died on January 17, 2016.  He was 78.
Leo Rickwa, retired Head of Navy Classification, passed away in Oceanside, CA on 11/03/17. Leo was 93.
Betty Hambrick passed away March 9, 2017.  She had beeen involved in the Federal Womens Program in Pensacola.
Roy Runey Head of W&C at CCPO  Charleston died Dec 5, 2018.  He was 79.
Dess Bickerstaff passed away May 11, 2018.  She was former employee of OCMM.
Lorenzo Ferguson passed on 2 Sept 2019.
Allen Johnson former director SE Region passed away on 29 August 2019.
Mike Marchesani passed away in England on 29 August 2019.  He died from cancer and had lived in England for many years.  One of a kind!
Lucinda "Cindy" Glenn died on Oct 3, 2019.  CPO NSA Bermuda, Kings Bay, GA  and staff at JAX and Memphis.
Dorothy Gross ROCMM Pearl died in early 2019.
Mike Cascone died Dec 22, 2019 at age 99.  He retired as CPD NASJAX in 1976.
Diane Perry 30 year staffer at NAS Cecil Field and CCPO JAX died May 11, 2020 at age 78.
John Lopes aka Juan Sepol served Guam, OCPM, Father of Navy's Non-Appropriated funds Personnel system  died 24 Dec 2018.  He was 88 years old.
Bill Wardlow,  NETC Newport died Oct 20, 2016. Bill DaRosa age 89 served with NAVSUP died May 27, 2019. Bill Bond CCPO Pensacola died Apr 8, 2017.  He was 95.

Walt Bagby former Head of LR at OCPM Southeast Region passed on 2/19/2021.John Burgess Jr formerly with CCPO JAX died Feb 20, 2021.  A good young man taken to early.
Roy McDowell  Norfolk, Burmuda, DC passed at 93 on 13July2022.
George Gunning longtime w/ROCMM Pearl and NAVFAC PSO died on Jan 6, 2121 at 88 years.