OV-1 MOHAWK ASSOCIATION
Dedicated to All Who Serve

DEDICATED TO ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY

"To fly west, my friend, is a flight we all must take for a final check."
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHO HAVE PASSED
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Ackerman, William A. Member # 1258. Date of passing: 12/11/2019
Adams, David C. Member # 1313. Date of passing: 08/11/2015
Adams, John D. Member # 1506. Date of passing: 12/09/2017
Akers, John E. Member # 599. Date of passing: 5/23/2013
Aldrodge, Max Dean. Member # 631. Date of passing: 07/04/2022
Alton, Gary O. Member # 19. Date of passing: 03/17/2010
Amerault, Richard. Member # 455. Date of passing: 03/12/2002
Anspaugh, Tom. Member # 27. Date of passing: 01/09/2004
Austin, Ronald S. Member #1103. Date of passing: 09/25/2022
Axelson, Fred. Member # 748. Date of passing: 12/05/2003
Babin, Donald L. Member # 1112. Date of Passing 6/27/2015
Bailey, James H. Member # 1048. Date of Passing 2/21/2011
Balanovich, Joseph. Member # 1268. Date of passing: 02/04/2011
Ballagh, Michael. Member # 1385. Date of passing: 02/26/2019
Barkley, James R. Member # 246. Date of passing: 08/07/2016
Bartlett, James T. Member # 289. Date of passing: 04/17/2013
Bassett, LTC, David E. Member # 542. Date of Passing: 12/06/2015
Bassinger, Leo V. Member #1415. Date of passing: 08/11/2014
Bavaro, Ed J. Member # 613. Date of passing: 08/27/2009
Bearden, Hillman. Member # 1088. Date of passing: 07/21/2010
Beckham, Joseph A. “Dirty Joe”, Member #512. Date of passing: 01/28/2023.
Beggs, Franklin. Member # 961. Date of passing: 09/12/2002
Benefield, Bennie. Member # 392. Date of passing: 04/19/2005
Berkely, Cobin Alexander (Alex). Member #935. Date of passing: 03/06/2021
Bezore, Jeffrey. Member # 345. Date of passing: 10/25/2019
Blake, Bruce, Member # 1244.
Bieniek, Norbert. Member # 402. Date of passing: 04/26/1999
Bledsoe, Charles R. “Charlie”. Member # 925. Date of passing: 10/02/2020
Bloom, Stan. Member #573. Date of passing: 01/30/2016
Bohlander, Robert. Member # 293. Date of passing: 10/20/2002
Bovard, Gale L. Member # 759. Date of passing: 05/03/2021
Brand, Jerry A. Member # 765. Date of passing: 12/31/2002
Bratcher, A. T. Member # 571. Date of passing: 12/05/2015
Broadwell, Donald G. Member # 166. Date of passing: 05/30/2007
Brown, A. B., Member # 139. Date of passing: 01/21/2016
Bruggeman, Arthur A. Member # 612. Date of passing: 06/04/2009
Burch, Thomas J "Jack". Member #794. Date of passing: 06/28/2019
Burgers, Len. Member # 300. Date of passing: 11/16/2014.
Burke, Brian. Member # 151. Date of passing: 07/01/1997
Burt, John E "Jack". Member 1046. Date of passing: 02/11/2016
Cain, David L. Member # 565. Date of passing: 05/23/2004
Capps, Gene S. Member # 206. Date of passing: 06/13/2009
Carlile, Cecil O. Member # 410. Date of passing: 09/01/2012.
Cartwright, Lawrence P. Member # 237. Date of passing: 08/24/2003
Casagrande, Tom S. Member # 406. Date of passing: 07/01/2010
Casteel, Marion Keith. Member # 1255. Date of passing; 10/06/2016.
Cavanaugh, Michael D. Member # 481. Date of passing: 04/22/2012
Cavener, Thomas L. Member # 783. Date of passing: 06/16/2008
Cole, Charles "Chuck." N. Member # 1355. Date of passing: 07/19/2013
Cole, William A. Member # 207. Date of passing: 05/20/2005
Coleman, George L. Member # 40. Date of passing: 08/18/2022
Collamore, Jerry A. Member # 1416. Date of passing: 09/11/2019
Conrad, Jack L. Member # 111. Date of passing: 06/10/2002
Conrad, Jr, Blair. Member # 471. Date of passing: 07/22/2005
Cooper, Gordon D. Member #731. Date of passing: 07/16/2022
Cornell, Gerald S. Member # 534. Date of passing: 12/14/2009
Coty, Adrian. Member # 951. Date of passing: 01/31/2016
Couvillion, Don. Member # 196. Date of passing: 12/08/1995
Crawford, Jr., William P. Member # 889. Date of passing: 05/30/2002
Cribbins, Joseph P. Member # 485. Date of passing: 06/14/2002
Crouse, John R. Member # 192. Date of passing: 08/29/2012
Cunningham, Robert E. Member # 1400. Date of passing: 07/04/2013
Curbow, Elmer. Member # 821. Date of passing: 12/14/2009
Cyrus, Wilson. Member # 209. Date of passing: 05/12/1996
Darr, Michael, Member # 944
Darrocher, James J. Member #473. Date of passing 08/28/2017
Davis Jr, Adelbert. Member # 952. Date of passing: 03/24/2010
Davison, Max. Member # 286. Date of passing: 09/30/1998
Delk, Robert (Bob). Member # 1183. Date of passing: 11/20/2009
Demko, Stephen M. Member # 584. Date of passing: 09/03/2007
DiMaggio, Joe Member # 21 passed on 2/15/2025​
Dilman, Melvin D. Member # 1449. Date of passing: 11/18/2015
Dirgins, Richard J. Member # 130. Date of passing: 01/15/1995
Dorsey, John A. Member # 26. Date of passing: 08/12/1999
Douglas, Wilbur L. Member # 361. Date of passing: Unk.
Douglass, Gerald O. Member # 1190. Date of passing: 03/18/2014
Drane, Elbert E. Member # 249. Date of passing: 12/30/2007
Duke, John G. Member # 133. Date of passing: 06/22/2009
Duncan, Dale B. Member # 1022. Date of passing: 10/20/2007
Dunnam, Jack. Member # 1432. Date of passing: 10/16/2019
Edgington, Phillip R. Member # 197. Date of passing: 02/08/2008
Ellison, Wendell N. Member # 1261. Date of passing: 03/02/2021
Eltgroth, Jerome J “Jerry”. Member # 42. Date of passing: 01/14/2023
Enarson, Richard L. Member # 54. Date of passing: 01/28/2007
Enault, James “Jim”. Member # 1539. Date of passing: 07/13/2021
Erickson, James O. Member 336. Date passing: 02/13/2016
Estes, Hugh F. Member # 137. Date of passing: 02/05/2007
Evans, Thomas. Member # 317. Date of passing: 12/26/1994
Fannin, Meacham. Member # 1399. Date of passing: 04/06/2016
Fauci, Joseph. Member # 483. Date of passing: 12/03/2003
Feko, John F. Member # 736. Date of passing: 03/14/2008
Filmer, David. Member # 517. Date of passing: 05/26/2006
Formby, Ronnie R. Member # 63. Date of passing: 05/04/2016
Fix, Thomas M. Member # 774. Date of passing: Unk
Franklin, Charles. Member # 74. Date of passing: 03/0?/1997
Gaissert, George R. Member #1486 Date of passing: 02/14/2023
Giolito, Carl. Member # 1064. Date of passing: 01/18/2009
Gossett, Charlie W. Member # 1433. Date of passing: 07/31/2016
Gulledge, Kenton E. Member #1359. Date of passing: 10/17/2021
Grantham, John T. Member # 72. Date of passing: 05/2016
Gratchner, Joseph R. Member # 648. Date of passing: 01/04/2024
Gresham, Lowell E. Member #1205. Date passing: 06/19/2016.
Griswold, Frank D. Member 730. Date of passing: 12/25/2019.
Haberl, Helmut. Member # 1298. Date of passing: 03/11/2016.
Haddix, Elmer R. Member # 739. Date of passing: 02/03/2003
Hall, Jerry. Member # 438. Date of passing: 02/26/2021
Halliburton, Max Lloyd. Member #279. Date of passing 11/21/2019
Hamlen, Herschel H. Member # 1071. Date of Passing: 08/02/2022
Hanon, Dennis E. Member # 724. Date of passing: 10/10/2006
Hartmann, Robert L. Member # 1323. Date of passing: 04/01/2010
Hensley, James. Member # 171. Date of passing: 09/0?/1996
Herrera, John F. Member # 1059. Date of passing: 10/06/2013
Hermann, Ronald J. Member # 959. Date of passing: 08/05/2003
Hilburn, Felipe. Member # 992. Date of passing: 03/15/2018
Hillgren, Vaughn. Member # 1383. Date of passing: 02/20/2014
Hoadley, Ed. Member # 987. Date of passing: 08/23/2018
Hodges, Terry. Member # 953. Date of passing: 12/09/2001
Hoenhe, Wilbert. Member # 1242. Date of passing: 06/08/2008
Holliday, Arnold L. Member # 1023. Date of passing: 01/23/2016
Irwin, John. Member # 226. Date of passing: 01/01/2015
Jack, Donald. Member # 1110. Date of passing: 09/12/2017
Jacobsen, Paul E. Member # 1. Date of passing: 01/29/2023
Johnson, Clifford. Member # 98. Date of passing: 12/02/2005
Johnson, Robert. Member #339. Date of passing: 10/26/2013
Judy, Jerry. Member # 386. Date of passing: 10/04/2007
Keller, Howard P. Member # 333. Date of passing: 11/11/2008
Kellley, Colonel (Ret.) John Harvey. Member #191. Date of passing: 4/10/2025
Kelsey, Robert K. Member # 574. Date of passing: 10/10/2002
Kennedy, John P. Member # 871. Date of passing: 7/2/2014.
Killacky, John P. Member # 32. Date of passing: 04/23/2005.
Kimmel, David M. Member # 704. Date of passing: 03/31/2021
King II, David B. Member # 314 . Date of passing: 09/20/2012
King, Robert “Bob”, Member # 525. Date of passing: 04/10/2020
Kleiber, Shannon W. Member # 488. Date of passing: 10/09/2001
Kline, Walter R. (Bob). Member # 1168. Date of passing: 10/13/2009
Klosinski, William. Member # 1169. Date of passing: 10/06/2004
Klotz, Wayne R. Member # 535. Date of passing 9/26/2022
Knofs, Nom. Member #33. Date of passing: 08/19/2021
Koehler, Joseph R. Member # 21. Date of passing: 08/01/1998
Kreck, David P. Member # 743, Date of passing: 10/30/2010
Kulmayer, Joseph L. Member # 662. Date of passing: 07/15/2015
Kunz, Kevin C. Member # 617. Date of passing: 12/06/2021
Langer, Mike. Member # 2. Date of passing: 04/26/1998
Langer, Steven L. Member # 270. Date of passing: 07/03/1999
Lapic, Randall C. Member # 1423. Date of passing: 01/2017
Laritz, Richard E. Member # 877. Date of passing: 04/20/2015
Lawrence, Dugan M. Member # 823. Date of passing: 06/09/2009
Lawson Sr.,John E. Member # 541. Date of passing: 12/18/2008
LePore, Charles. Member # 22. Date of passing: 04/04/1996
LeTarte, John R. Member # 755. Date of passing: 11/15/2000
Lewis, Glenn W. Member # 1026. Date of passing: 03/27/2005
Liberatore, Giacomo (Jocko). Member # 1120. Date of passing: 10/25/2009
Litle, Robert. Member # 281. Date of passing: 08/16/2004
Livingston, Thad. Member # 552. Date of passing: 04/11/2005
Lokay, Thomas. Member # 942. Date of passing: 02/09/2001
Macie, Melville "Mel". Member # 1482. Date of passing: 09/11/2014
Manieri, Americo A. Member # 600. Date of passing: 11/16/2004
Masessa, Joseph “Dr. Joe”. Member # 1394. Date of passing: 11/01/2019
McBroom, John. Member # 1061. Date of passing: 12/22/2009
McCarthy, Edward C. (Ichabod) Member # 872. Date of passing: 12/18/2018
McCauley, Norman N. Member # 404. Date of passing: 01/16/2016
McClave, Jack P. Member # 102. Date of passing: 06/02/2013
McCloy, Mike. Member # 205. Date of passing: Unk
McGraw, Jimmy J. Member # 379. Date of passing: 06/10/2018
McMillon, Don. Member # 167. Date of passing: 10/28/2019
McLeod, Ed. Member # 1104. Date of passing: 01/18/2006
Meachum, Rosalyn Foster Fannin. Member #1399. Date of passing: 04/06/2016
Menefee, Maurice Jr. # 375
Merkley, Glade O. Member #1469. Date of passing: 12/04/2017
Messeder, Thomas A. Member #896. Dae of passing: 09/30/2023
Michael, John D. Member # 668. Date of passing: 01/23/2008
Miels, Donald E. Member # 482. Date of passing: 03/31/2014
Mikula, George J. Member # 195. Date of passing: 07/28/2009
Milligan, Robert "Bob" A. Member #588. Date of passing: 09/16/2014
Mills, Jerry C. Member # 278. Date of passing: 06/23/2000
Mitchell, Richard "Dick" R. Member #459. Date of passing: 05/18/2017
Mohon, Danny D. Member # 211. Date of passing: 03/23/2004
Montanez, Victor. Member # 568. Date of passing: 04/04/2006
Morris, William "Bud" J. Member # 129. Date of Passing 03/16/2014
Mozena, Jack. Member # 660. Date of passing: 04/10/2011
Newton, James C. "Curt" Member # 749, Date of passing: 05/13/2012
Nielsen, Edward. Member # 17. Date of passing: 0?/0?/1993
Noble, Charles W. Member #983. Date of passing: 11/25/2006
Norman, Kendall. Member # 1456. Date of passing: 11/04/19
Norris, Roger. Member # 397. Date of passing: 11/15/1995
Nussbaum, Phil. Member #460. Date of passing: 11/11/2017
Obiedzinski, Bruce. Member # 853. Date of passing: 11/24/2003
Odneal, Billy L. Member # 390. Date of passing: 11/06/2006
Olachia, Ramon. Member # 1344. Date of passing: 07/24/2011
Olson, Lawrence A. Member # 562. Date of passing: 07/27/2003
O’Neil, Peter W. Member # 1107. Date of passing: 07/16/2008
Opp, Keith. Member # 372. Date of passing: 02/17/2007
Pachla, Vern J. Member # 797. Date of passing: 07/02/2007
Panicacci, Vernon P. Member # 721. Date of passing: 11/07/2015
Paquette, Edmond A. Member # 680. Date of passing: 02/07/2017.
Peyla, Daniel S. Member # 110. Date of passing: 04/27/2020
Pearce, Kay B. Member # 34. Date of passing: 02/08/2021
Perrin, William, Member # 363
Pfeiffer, John. Member # 29. Date of passing: 05/11/2024
Piersawl, Lloyd C. Member # 1315. Date of passing: 10/17/2021
Pitkin, John P. Member # 837. Date of passing: 04/15/2007
Rackley, Robert L. Member # 24. Date of passing: 05/24/2003
Ratcliff, Walter A. Member # 184. Date of passing: 10-01/2017
Reasor, Charles H. Member # 1301. Date of passing: 11/06/2012
Reid, James S. Member # 846. Date of passing: 11/26/2022
Reed, Jerrel. Member # 95. Date of passing: 05/14/2005
Reed, Paul M. Member #55. Date of passing: 06/13/2023
Ridley, Allen D. Grumman Chief OV-1 Engineer. Date of Passing: 07/23/1999
Riha, Robert A. Member # 1020. Date of passing: 06/13/2023
Richie, James Raymond, Member # 1225
Robertson, Dale. Member # 1228. Date of passing: 02/16/2012
Rogerson, William A. Member # 1365. Date of passing: 4/25/2014
Roxberry, Joseph. Member # 751. Date of passing: 01/17/2003
Rushing, Patrick. Member # 632. Date of passing: 08/21/2021
Rux, William A "Andy". Member # 108. Date of passing: 10/21/2008
Ryals, Kenneth E. Member # 1136. Date of passing: 01/11/2011
Sachs, Steve L. Member # 754. Date of passing: 12/20/2022
Sands, James E. Member # 787. Date of passing: 07/07/2006
Scamahorn, Roderick E. Member # 60. Date of passing: 07/24/1999
Schimberg, Joseph. Member # 873. Date of passing: 11/05/2014
Sewell, James. Member # 201. Date of passing: 01/15/2004
Sharp, Jr., Arthur E. Member # 1034. Date of passing: 05/29/2010
Sheehan, Ken. Member # 808. Date of passing: 04/02/2008
Sheer, Leonard. Member # 480. Date of passing: 07/21/2011
Shereck, Anthony J. Member # 848. Date of passing: 02/09/21
Shirley, Hubert F. Member # 543. Date of passing: 10/02/2011
Short, Merton D. Member # 468. Date of passing: 08/21/2011
Simpson, Charles F. Member # 1279. Date of passing: 07/04/2017
Sirmans, Stan. Member # 510. Date of passing: 06/28/2006
Skibitzke, Herbert E. Member # 792. Date of passing: 06/08/2003
Smith, Bruce M. Member # 1005. Date of passing: 09/21/2007
Smith, Hubert G. Member # 1006. Date of passing: 02/26/2019
Sowa, Joseph S. Member # 1235. Date of passing: 05/02/2010
Spainhour, John M. Member # 960. Date of passing 10/3/2022
Spencer, Robert D. Member # 991. Date of passing: 02/22/2002
Spisak, John J. “Jack”. Member # 14. Date of passing: 03/23/2023
Sprowls, Leigh R. Member #1497. Date of passing: 10/02/2016
Spruill, Benton W. Member # 25. Date of passing: 06/16/1994
Stanford, John. Member # 389. Date of passing: 11/28/1998
Stein, Nicolas P. Member # 1457. Date of passing: 11/22/2018.
Stewart, William P. Member # 1579. Date of passing: 08/03/2018
Stillman, Richard W. Member # 659. Date of passing: 10/19/1998
Stine, Glenn. Member # 127. Date of passing: 02/24/1999
Stinebaugh, Jim W. Member # 694. Date of passing: 08/03/2004
Strickland, Sidney. Member # 435. Date of passing: 08/24/2015
Stroud, David. Member # 391. Date of passing: 2/2/2022
Stumpff, George F. Member # 1044. Date of passing: 06/13/2017
Sussmeier, Richard J. Member # 475. Date of passing: 11/10/2021
Swan, Leonard. Member # 867. Date of passing: 07/14/2004
Swann, Larry. Member # 416. Date of passing: 09/14/2004
Taggart, Jim. Member # 1236. Date of passing: 10/07/2012
Termini, Patricia “Patty” #1238. Date of passing: 07/24/2021
Tomlin, James R. Member #188. Date of passing: 02/21/2015
Towler, Keith M. Member # 505. Date of passing: 02/05/2020
Townsend, Winfred J. "Jerry". Member # 957. Date of passing: 10/31/2012
Trillo, William C. Member # 269. Date of passing: 07/17/2009
Urick Richard E. Member # 322. Date of passing 02/13/2017.
Van Dusen, Gary. Member # 1317. Date of passing: 12/14/2017.
Van Heeren, Harold L. Member #1552. Date of passing: 10/27/2017.
Vaughn, James F. Member # 444. Date of passing: 01/2022.
Vernon, Carl B. Member # 1319. Date of passing: 02/02/2011
Vieau, William "Bill". Member 1252. Date of passing: 08/30/2017
Waldran, Cook Mitch. Member # 914. Date of passing: 10/10/2023
Waggoner, Larry K. Member # 752. Date of passing: 07/18/2006
Walls, Larry W. Member #818. Date of passing: 06/03/2012
Ward, Frederick, Member # 838
Warfel, David T. Member # 61. Date of passing: 06/10/1997
Wilkerson, Harry Michael, Member #1357. Date of passing: 04/17/2015
Wilson, Clark Jay. Member #277. Date of passing: 04/30/2019
Wimpee, Frank K. Member # 805. Date of passing: 06/09/2014
Winebarger, John. Member # 1146. Date of passing: 07/01/2010
Wing, John. Member # 567. Date of passing: 07/07/2015
Wolfe, Richard P. “Dick”. Member #7. Date of passing: 10/05/2022
Wolfe, Sanford B. Member # 1494. Date of passing: 10/9/2022
Woodruff, Larry J. Member # 569. Date of passing: 03/31/2012
York, Tyler. Member # 233. Date of passing: 03/04/2011
2025 TAPS
Colonel (Ret.) John Harvey Kelly, #191, 82, of Lake Texoma, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully Thursday, April 10, 2025, at his home.
Towller, John Member #35 Passed Feb 2025
We said a sad goodbye to Johnny H. Towler USArmyCPT(retired) on Tuesday March 25. Dementia won it's battle but he triumphed over it all. There will be visitation and a worship service at 1 pm on Tuesday March 4 at Meadows Funeral Home in Monroe GA. Military Honors will be provided by troops from Ft. Eisenhower at Graveside in the Towler Family Cemetery, Social Circle Ga. One more faithful Mohawker has soared off into the freedom of clouds and blue sky!