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USMA 1958

February 2017

 

Classmates—with some luck, you will receive the Class Notes for February 2017.  DO NOT RESPOND ALL TO THIS EMAIL!!  Reply to me with comments or corrections to the Class Notes.  Thanks, George

 Here we go again.  The class and I send hearty thanks to Pete Penczer for doing this task the past few years.  I believe he did 40 issues without deadlines.  For most of the time it required Assembly deadlines to keep my feet to the fire and get them done before handing the reins to Pete.  We will see how I do without deadlines.  I am going to check with our email guru Dick Buckalew to see if I can send these class note via the class email list.  Despite former Scribe Pete Penczer’s instructions along with web-page meister Pete Trainor’s directions, your digitally-challenged former (before Pete) and current (back again) Scribe found it difficult to get to the class notes to read them.  At least it was difficult for me to remember how to do it.  Perhaps sending the verbiage via email may improve class commo and readership.  Worth a try, if Dick will so permit.  No real info on hand for the first edition for this second time around Scribe other than thank you notes to Pete and welcome back comments to me.  To those who sent them, sincere thanks from both Pete and me.

 I will review the too long list of classmates (grads in 1958 or beyond and former cadets who spent formative years with us at our former Highland home) and wives who have died.  Many know that my wife Judy joined the list in Oct 2016.  Tough time for me.  Again, sincere thanks to many of you who sent letters and emails to me about Judy’s death.

 Another reason your friendly Scribe is doing this Roll Call now is there will be no Mini Reunion in 2017.  The class is waiting for April 2018 and our 60th back at West Point.  You will hear more from Garry Roosma about the 60th.  With no real news on hand this is an opportunity to catch-up via this substitute Roll Call (by cadet company) with full name and date of death for classmates.  Wives have full name and date of death and husband’s name added parenthetically.  I have also provided class of graduation for turn-backs and class year of departure for classmates who did not graduate.

 A-1 (12 total): William F Brown 25 Apr 16; Donald A DeJardin 16 Aug 11; Donald O Ellerthorpe (3Cl) 15 Aug 96; Margaret Ann (Marg) Garrett 5 Jan 2017 (our most recent deceased wife); Raymond F Hanson 15 Nov 12; Harry C Kirschner (4Cl) 25 Dec 00; George O Klotzbach 9 Dec 16 (our most recent classmate death); Mary Melnick (Bill) 12 Dec 09; William C Melnick 18 May 15; James M Ryan 18 Jun 15; John B Stone 12 Feb 08; J Barrie Williams 10 Aug 05.

 B-l (11 total): Robert J Bier (3Cl) 7 Jun 11; John B Cook 11 Sep 06; Lorin B Farr Jr 25 Apr 14; Turner D Griffin Jr 10 Sep 11; Gordon L Goodman 22 Apr 15; Floyd L Likins Jr (4Cl) 16 Dec 07; Alfred R Mason 1 Jun 67; John H McKillop 3 Sep 89; Ola R Nelson 28 Dec 92; John B Sampson 14 Nov 95; Theodore F Smith 4 Apr 80.

 C-1 (13 total): Elaine Bons (Paul) 19 Dec 00; Joseph K Brown 26 Feb 88; Joan Collins (Sam) 21 Oct 07; Jane Evans (Sandy) 10 Dec 99; Hugh P Finley Jr (3Cl) 25 Jun 00; Ernest F Geipel 12 May 80; Joanna Gell (Rich) 24 Apr 91; Thomas J Kelly 8 Nov 97; James J Kernan 29 Dec 95; Glenn A Lane 14 Nov 15; James W Peck 7 Nov 16; Mary Ruth Peck (Jim) 9 Apr 13; John F Tierney 3 Jan 10.

 D-1 (11 total): Edward J Burke 31 May 99; Johanna H Burke (Ted) 17 Jul 85; Mary Callaghan (Bill ’59) 7 Mar 08; Mary Jo Crowley (Frank) 18 Oct 04; Douglass S Detlie 31 Jan 09; Joseph A Evans 23 Jun 79; Jack W Lowe (2Cl) 10 Apr 13; Charles A Normington 18 Nov 66; Richard D Osborn 5 Sep 00; Robert H Prater (3Cl) 21 Mar 01; Craig H Shaver Jr 1995 (4Cl -- help with his actual date of death would be appreciated).

 E-1 (9 total): John C Burke 6 Dec 92; Pat Burke (Jack) 8 May 16; Rosalyn Evans (John) 19 Jan 16; Thomas H Harvey Jr 9 Nov 13; Richard H Manning (3Cl) 26 Nov 03; Davies R Powers 16 Nov 12; Charles W Profilet 13 Nov 04; John A Raymond 1 Dec 16; Stanley A Slater 5 Aug 01.

 F-1 (15 total): James H C Ballard 24 Oct 96; Richard E Bauchspies 16 Mar 09; Betty Lee Bean (George) 29 Aug 09; George M Bean 31 Jan 04; Robert A Bethmann 2 May 72; Ben G Crosby Jr 21 Oct 16; Robert F Durkin 14 Nov 04; James A Frick 8 Mar 02; Cookie Hamilton 3 Sep 93; Harvey R Jahn Jr 5 Feb 11; Edward J Jasaitis 3 Apr 00; Richard S Johnson 17 Jan 65; Billie Nadal 21 May 03; Millard L Pedersen 27 May 14; Paul T Schonberger 26 Aug 11.

 G-1 (17 total): John S Andrusko (2Cl) 12 Sep 05; Jerry L Burton 22 Jan 60; Sammy H Cardwell 22 Feb 61; Suzanne Cardwell Meehan (Sammy) 26 Jun 92; Becky Davenport (Bruce) 23 Oct 12; Bruce B Davenport 21 Oct 11; William H Dunning 3 Aug 13; Patricia Garlick (Dick) 3 Nov 11; Lee A J Gaughan 30 Jun 87; Michael W Luck (3Cl) 21 Oct 14; Albert D MacLeod 29 Jun 12; Kathryn Miller (Charlie) 26 May 04; Connie Morrill (Mel) 9 Jan 85; Merwin L Morrill 21 Aug 67; Roderic E Ordway 24 Sep 10; Linda Sedgwick (Doug) 8 Feb 75; Mary Trainor (Pete) 27 Jul 00.

 H-1 (12 total): Gloria Betts (Jerry) 20 Jun 96; William G Ganey 1 Sep 15; Nelle Hall (Glenn) 17 Apr 16; Joseph V Hornyak (3Cl) 13 Jul 00; Willie J Marshall 5 Dec 02; Stanley A Maxson Jr 5 Jan 85; Robert L T Munger 10 Jul 12; Claudia Parker (Bill) 9 Jan 10; Gerald T Rudolph 14 Dec 82; Dennis A Rupprecht 7 Oct 10; Clifford D Victorine Jr 31 Jul 07; Ralph R Wensinger (’59) 21 Oct 68.

 I-1 (11 total): Ronald S Brunner 20 Nov 98; John W Carson 12 Jul 79; Lincoln Jones III (16 Jan 13); Charles E LeMere 2 Sep 12; Earnest Lenart Jr 15 Arp 11; Richard T Lynch 10 Sep 64; Lon A Spurlock II 28 Mar 69; Clifford B Trott 23 Sep 88; George G Wees 12 Feb 95; James R Wessel 2 Jul 15.

 K-1 (16 total): Jo Ann Barker (Bob); Robert T Barker 13 May 13; Frank M Brown 14 Dec 07; John D Buchanan 21 May 09; Gerald C Capelle 1 Apr 65; William A Denson 23 Oct 75; Melville A Drisko 23 Jun 05; James E Emmons Jr 29 May 06; Margaret Groves 15 Oct 16 (Dick); Richard N Groves 6 Mar 06; Peter D Hidalgo 15 Dec 08; Hervette Mason (Tom) 29 Aug 01; Luis M Mirasol Jr 4 Dec 98; Cecil L Shrader 3 May 16; Ronald D Turner 29 Apr 13; Sue Turner (Ron) 6 Dec 13.

 L-1 (14 total): Vivian Boling (Chuck 4Cl); Thomas F Cartwright 6 Aug 02; Ellie Mahler (Mike) 6 Dec 13; Robert J Matsumoto 4 Feb 09; Robert H Miller 11 Nov 14; Joseph A Paes 21 Jun 16; Jeanne Peters (Jack) 22 Sep 15; John W Peters 21 Jan 14; Joseph A Shea 31 Aug 16; Joan Shimerda (John) 7 Oct 15; Joseph C Tirre Jr 29 Dec 14; Marlene Young (Pete); Peter J Young 1 Sep 99; Barry M Zwick 16 Jun 10.

 M-1 (12 total): Edwin N Dodd Jr 22 Mar 15; Karen Kittelson (Dick) 10 Aug 15; Richard D Kittelson 4 Dec 79; David S Kyle 5 Apr 13; JoAnne Lynne (Jack) 28 Jan 01; Gerald W Noga (’59) 20 May 08; Sue Patterson (Walt) 18 Apr 09; Joseph A Scherffius (2Cl) 29 Oct 98; Fran Schneider (John) 27 Jun 08; John W Schneider Jr (25 Mar 75); Frank M Smith 7 Nov 09.

 A-2 (17 total): Hugh A Bauer 10 Jan 71; David G Coury 1 Jan 00; George E Ellis 12 Jan 01; G John Faiola 21 Jan 80; Theodora Faiola Priest (Fi) 9 Aug 96; Leslie Gibbings 11 Dec 06; Gary L Kosmider 26 Apr 05; Mary Kosmider (Gary) 18 Jan 06; George N Lancaster 10 Apr 96; Ingrid Lancaster (Gin) 17 Sep 11; Donald J McCullough 9 Jul 07; Richard H McManigell 6 Oct 15; Glenn K Phillips 4 Dec 14; Donald J Roberts 6 Jul 05; Albert L Sasserville (4Cl) 19 May 11; Willis A Smith 3 Feb 08; Joan Toney (Stan) 4 Feb 92.

 B-2 (13 total): Dan A Brookhart 12 Nov 63; Alan B Claflin 21 Nov 00; Cynthia Claflin (Alan) 9 Nov 03; Joe M Davis 4 Aug 63; Paul D Dean (1Cl) 2 Mar 08; Stanley E Dus 6 Oct 02; Thomas A Forster 12 Jun 07; Antonia Giallourakis (Bill) 12 Apr 04; Robert W Giuliano 2 Nov 71; Patricia Johnson (Don) 22 Oct 13; Walter M Plaue 30 Jul 16; Raymond B Riggan 1 Dec 08; Floyd B Spencer Jr 31 Jan 68.

 C-2 (10 total): Kathleen Bahnsen (Pete) 11 Apr 96; Adam Benjamin Jr 7 Sep 82; Earnest S Collins (4Cl) 6 Jul 02; Patrick J Green Jr (4Cl) 6 Feb 90; Victor J Gongola 13 Apr 13; Alexander J Pensiero 17 May 07; Dianne LeTowt (Jody) 16 May 02; James L Massey Jr (’59) 8 Dec 92; Eugene J Scales 31 Jan 96; Martha Stritzinger (Fred) 10 Jul 12.

 D-2 (19 total): Clark J Bailey II 5 Jul 10; Anne Bowen (Frank) 30 Sep 92; Frank S Bowen 27 Sep 00; Patricia Bowen (Frank) 1 Nov 09; Robert Degen 8 Jan 71; Sylvia Degen (Bob) 15 Sep 06; Fred W Hall Jr 30 Jun 12; Katie McCann (Bob) 15 Jan 09; Burton T Miller 5 Mar 07; Dianne Miller (Burt) 16 May 97; Norma Miller (Ray) 28 Nov 09; William R Miller 18 Aug 09; Robert E Olson 5 Feb 69; Ronald C Olson 27 Sep 02; Sharon Olson (Ron) 19 Feb 05; Garth H Payne Jr 4 Jul 00; Donald R Williams 27 May 14; Evelyn Willis (Stew) 28 Oct 15; Daniel J Yarr 3 May 98.

 E-2 (12 total): William N Bicher 17 Jun 97; Arlene (Peggy) Coleman (Ron) 14 Apr 08; Ronald T Coleman 17 May 03; Donald M G Forney 21 Feb 94; Elizabeth H Gietzen (Roger) 21 Sep 78; Roger C Gietzen 11 Mar 14; Charles T Hatcher 9 Mar 07; Emma Jane Phillips 1 May 96; Franklin D Phillips 16 Jul 81; Edward J Timberlake III 9 Jan 00; William J Wafer 5 Nov 10; James H Weis 5 Jan 15.

 F-2 (16 total): James C Castle 11 Nov 15; Raymond I Coffey 5 Jun 09; Adrienne DiTommaso (Joe) 31 Oct 07; Joseph M DiTommaso 20 Mar 01; Arvid S Doucette 19 May 08; Claude E Fernandez Jr 24 Mar 15; Thomas H Fletcher (’59) 22 Sep 98; James A Godbey 7 Sep 78; David A Hettinger 6 Feb 94; Mary Ann Klempnow 1959 (need help with date of death); Paul Klempnow 19 Apr 13; John A Nowak 16 May 94; Martha Palladino (Don) 25 Mar 09; Karl F Prunitsch 10 Dec 08; Frederick J Schluter 12 Jul 60; Leo E Sheehan 26 Jul 02.

 G-2 (13 total): Robert F Bowers (’59) 25 Jan 93; Virginia Day (Wayne) 21 May 10; Wayne D Day 11 Mar 66; Claude B Donovan 4 Oct 92; Michael F Easley 1 Apr 07; Barry P Eveleth 14 Nov 07; Alice Wakefield Forman (Tom) 15 Nov 91; Thomas A Forman 13 Nov 93; Carol Ann McCauley 29 Feb 92; Hugh W Morgan 10 Aug 16; Peter Shunk 29 Nov 15; Robert E Tierney 17 Oct 08; Kay Wright (Frank) 19 Sep 97.

 H-2 (18 total): Robert E Baker 6 Feb 92; Clyde O Brown 29 Dec 06; Ethel Merle Brown (Clyde) 19 Feb 02; Catherine Clements (Rich) 25 Sep 97; Thai DeChant (Joe) 11 Dec 07; James B Hall 22 Aug 15; George E Hussey 4 May 70; Esther Jackson (Strube) 24 Feb 09; Strube J Jackson 30 Sep 83; Marilyn Linkiewicz (Ed) 10 Mar 12; John J Madigan III 8 Jan 99; William P Marshall 24 Apr 60; Michael W Riordan Jr 27 Oct 09; William A Roosma 29 Apr 11; Fred M Ruffner (3Cl) 5 Mar 08; Judith Cleary Sibert (George) 30 Oct 16; Robert T Stinson (3Cl) 14 May 58; George W P Walker 31 Jan 59.

I-2 (19 total): Olen A Brown 24 Oct 64; Bernard R Card 1 Jun 89; John M Dykes 3 May 12; Roger Q Gaines (’59) 24 May 14; Charles W Glover Jr 12 Oct 02; Gudrun Glover (Charley) 21 Nov 94; Robert R Huskinson 17 Jun 07; Michael S Jones 16 Jan 10; James B Morgan 1 Feb 16; Peggy Morgan (Jim) 3 May 07; James H Ramsden 13 Aug 98; Rae Ramsden (Jim) 5 Sep 08; Warren Rubel 31 Oct 83; Pat Schwar (Joe) 17 Mar 97; R Frederick Seiler Jr 20 Mar 13; Richard E Warner 7 Nov 02; Richard B Webb 7 Dec 98; Barbara Zimmer (Wick) 4 Feb 02; Gerald W Zimmer Jr 21 Jan 10.

K-2 (14 total): Joseph W Brandl 2 Oct 12; John R Deely 1 Mar 10; Jerry Dunn 6 Sep 97; Jackie Howard (Terry) 14 Mar 85; Terrence Howard 13 Dec 13; Daniel L Johnson 2 May 02; Lorna Kirkpatrick Forgit (Roy); Roy S Kirkpatrick 26 Aug 91; Robert L Kirtley 8 May 94; Sue Meyer (Art) 17 Aug 09; Loren D Reid 8 Nov 08; James L Rossetto 22 Dec 08; Richard A Simmers 2 Dec 05; Milton R Wofford 6 Jul 13.

L-2 (18 total): Gary G Durkee 1 Oct 93; Ann Gracy Eliot (Jack) 30 Apr 78; John H Eliot 25 Dec 95; Edward G Hale Jr 8 Jun 66; Hugh P Johnson 20 May 07; Paul Makowski 11 Oct 06; Maria Martin (Cary) 26 Jan 02; James P Mellin 27 Oct 08; Linda Beal Mellin (Pat) 1 Mar 98; John N Meloy (’59) 11 Aug 02; Dewitt T Monroe Jr (’59) 31 Jul 81; Charles S Moore 25 Apr 67; David F Nidever 30 Mar 71; Roland B Peck (2Cl) 21 Nov 11; John R Ream Jr (3Cl) 11 Apr 88; William M Reynolds 20 Oct 14; Carol Snipes (Stan) 4 Mar 98; James D Stanton 22 Nov 09.

 M-2 (13 total): Larry E Burchell (’59) 15 Sep 98; Emily Babb Carpenter (Tom) 3 Apr 15; Kenneth W Clark 3 Apr 83; Bill O Mackey (4Cl) 21 Jul 05; Joyce Malone Del Re (Larry) 4 Oct 01; Lawrence M Malone 7 Jan 68; William J McCaffrey 14 may 08; George R Michael 10 Nov 12; John S Rave 13 Nov 95; Libby Schroeder (John) 21 Sep 08; Robert N Tredway 10 Mar 09; Julie Van Fleet (Van) 18 Dec 13; Neil S Williamson 17 Sep 07.

 I need your help to insure the list above is correct.  Also, I need some help with dates of death.  CCQs please look it over carefully and help with dates of death.  Thus far 214 have died from the 573 of us who graduated in June of 1958 (37.4%).  There are another 9 who spent time with us before graduating with ’59.  And we have 23 former cadets and Chaplain George Bean for a total of 247 classmates.  And we have lost 88 wives which brings the Roll Call total to 335.  The company totals are shown above and these add up to same number -- 335.

 We lost 12 classmates and 5 wives in 2016 and have already lost one wife in 2017.  Our numbers above the grass are going south big time – another reason to attend the 60th Reunion -- while you still can.  Come to thank Garry Roosma for his work on the 60th Reunion.  And, thank him for all the five-year reunions he has managed beginning with the 30th – Garry had done this for THIRTY YEARS!  Come check on Tony Smith’s stewardship of the First Class Club (FCC) which we are turning over to the Class of ’83.  Tony has not quite done this for 30 years, but close enough.  Come see if your company barracks are still extent.  Come check on the status of drill and ceremonies in the Corps.  Too few cadets marched in the Inaugural Parade.  However, they did not compare to ’57 and ’58 marching in President Eisenhower’s parade – was it really in 1957?  Come to check the weather at West Point in April.  Come to let the class EC know whether you want to continue Mini Reunions after 2018 – simpler, as they were in our distant youth at Palm Springs, Bar Harbor and South Padre Island.  Come to check on the Hotel Thayer.  Come up with your own reasons to attend the 60th and share them with classmates to drum up attendance.  COME!