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Testimonials
2009 ►      2010 ►       2011 ►
Name
Unit
Office
 Panel & Column
Date of Death
ABAIR, RITA
01-07
        1-3
Jul-1995
ABEL, ELMER
10-02
        1-2
Feb-1994
ADAMS, ALAN
04-09
        3-1
29-May-2005
ADLER, HELMER (DICK)
10-02
        2-3
Jul-2003
ALCADE, ENID
09-07
        2-1
Jul-1997
ALEXANDER, FAITH
08-11
        3-1
29-Jun-2005
ALLANSON, PATRICK
08-07
        1-2
Feb-1994
ANSON, EUGENE
09-07
        1-2
Feb-1994
ANTICH, WILLIAM
03-09
        3-1
28-Jun-2005
ARNOLD, NORVAL (BUD) F
04-08
        
Mar-2009
ASHLEY, LORENCE
06-10
        
Mar-1987
BAKER, RAY
10-06
        1-1
Sep-1991
BARITEAU, ROBERT
05-02
        
May-2011
BEAN, DAVID
07-06
        2-3
Jul-2003
BECKER, WILLIAM H
05-07
FC
        
May-2011
BENKO, ED
10-06
        1-1
Dec-2011
BENNION, BONNIE
01-09
PDSO-CM
        2-1
1-Aug-1999
BOHANNON, JR, E LEE
10-03
        1-2
1-Jan-1994
BORQUIST, JOHN
06-01
        2-1
Jul-1996
BOUCHE, RICHARD
10-05
        1-3
Nov-1995
BOURN, ROBERT
10-06
        3-3
Aug-2008
BOYDEN, AL
10-03
        3-1
Jan-2004
BRADEN, ROBERT
10-02
PVOC-12
        2-2
Jul-2000
BRADLEY, JAMES
05-01
        2-1
Sep-1996
BRAINERD, JACK
03-07
        2-2
Est. 2000
BRAINERD, JANETTE
03-07
        2-3
26-Jan-2003
BRENNER, DENNIS
08-07
        3-1
Apr-2004
BRIDE JR, ALLAN FRANCIS
08-08
        3-3
25-Oct-2008
BROWN, IRENE
02-03
        2-1
7-Jul-1999
BROWN, LOIS
11-01
        2-1
Feb-1996
BROWN, RALPH W
02-03
        2-2
18-Jan-2000
BRYANT, ELWOOD L
01-05
        2-2
16-May-2001
BUCKNELL, GEORGE
03-07
        1-1
Dec-1987
BUCKNELL, ILAH
03-07
        2-3
11-Mar-2002
BULL, GEORGE
04-09
        2-3
Mar-2003
BULLOCK, JACK
09-06
        1-2
Jan-1992
BURCH, GEROGE
05-02
        2-1
Mar-1997
BURCH, RAYMOND  
06-07
SO-IS
        
23-Apr-2011
BURKHARDT, HANS O
05-05
        
6-Apr-2011
BURNSON, MARTIN
10-04
        1-1
Oct-1991
BUTTERY, HUGH
01-01
        1-2
Mar-1994
CALLAGHAN, GORDON DOUGLAS
01-05
        3-3
20-Feb-2010
CALLOWAY, CLARENCE
03-06
        1-1
Est. 1990
CALOGIANES, PETER
08-08
PDCP
        3-1
Sep-2005
CARMACK, LINDY
04-01
        3-1
22-Mar-2005
CARTER, DURRETT
05-01
        1-2
Sep-1992
CARVER, WILLIAM
07-02
        2-3
Dec-2003
CASSINGHAM, JOSEPHINE
11-05
        1-1
Est. 1985
CASSINGHAM, RONALD
11-05
        1-1
Jan-1975
CHAPMAN, VIRGIL (SKIP) A
03-05
        3-3
18-Mar-2010
CHINLUND, KETAN
01-07
        3-3
16-Jan-2009
CHRISTIAN, ARTHUR
01-02
        1-2
Mar-1994
CHRISTIANSON, ELNORA
03-05
        3-1
9-Dec-2005
CHRISTIANSON, JENS
03-05
        1-1
Jun-1979
CLAMPITT, ROGER
11-05
        3-1
Jan-2004
CLAY, HENRY (JERRY)
06-04
        2-3
Nov-2002
CLENAGHAN, HUGH
06-10
        1-3
Feb-1995
CLYMER, JOSEPHINE
03-05
PDCP
        1-3
Jun-1995
COCKSEDGE, ANN VERONICA
12-91
        
7-Jan-2011
COHEN, MARTIN
11-04
        1-1
Aug-1991
CONWAY, JOHN
09-06
        2-2
Aug-2001
COOK, STANLEY
05-05
        3-3
23-Oct-2008
COONS, WILLARD
06-04
        1-2
Feb-1992
CORDILL, ANDERSON
03-05
PNACO
        1-1
Sep-1983
CORDILL, HELEN
03-05
        1-3
Est. 1995
COURT, MARTHA L
07-03
        1-3
14-Dec-1995
CRAIG, WILLIAM
03-01
        2-1
2-Dec-1999
CRESSEY, DAVID
03-05
        2-2
Oct-1999
CREWS, EARL
07-03
        2-3
Mar-2002
CULBERG, EUGENE
03-05
        1-1
Nov-1991
DALLMAN, VERNON
01-04
        2-1
Jul-1996
DATZ, GEORGE J
12-05
        3-3
26-Oct-2010
DAVIS, ANGELA
10-03
        2-3
Jan-2003
DAVIS, SKEDDA
05-01
        3-1
4-Aug-2005
DAVIS, WALTER
06-01
        1-1
Mar-1991
DAVIS, WALTER (BUD)
12-05
        3-2
9-Jun-2006
DENKHAUS, JOHN
10-04
        3-2
5-Sep-2007
DESMOND, HENRIETTA
10-02
        3-1
13-Dec-2004
DOLAN, THOMAS R
08-07
        3-3
20-Sep-2010
DOUGLAS, LLOYD
05-07
        1-2
Jul-1994
DRUET, ARTHUR
06-01
        1-1
Jun-1991
DUNBAR, HORACE (TED)
04-09
PDSO-LP,OP
        3-1
4-Apr-2004
EDMONDS, BETTY
07-02
        1-3
Jun-1994
EDMONDS, CLYDE
07-02
        3-2
5-Nov-2007
ELLINGWOOD, MARSHALL
03-06
        1-1
Sep-1983
ENTWISTLE , GERALDINE
06-07
        2-3
10-Oct-2003
FISH, ROBERT
08-08
        1-3
Feb-1995
FLEISIG, PHILIP F
10-02
        3-3
8-Jan-2010
FOLLAND, ROBERT D
03-05
        
May-2011
FOSTER, GEORGE
08-03
        1-1
Jul-1991
FOURT, JOHN
03-10
        1-3
Jul-1995
FRASER, GORDON
06-07
        1-3
Jun-1995
FRATER, SALVATORE
01-01
        2-1
Mar-1996
FREDERICKS, EUGENE
03-05
        1-3
May-1994
FREEMAN, BRUCE
10-02
        1-1
May-1991
GABRIEL, AL
09-07
        2-2
May-2001
GALLOWAY, SALLY
03-09
        2-3
Dec-2003
GARCIA, JAMES
05-02
        1-2
Apr-1992
GENEST, WALTER
11-01
        3-3
5-Dec-2008
GENTRY, WILLIAM
03-01
        3-2
Apr-2006
GIBBONS, RUSSELL
05-07
        2-3
Jun-2003
GILLESPIE, BRADLEY
03-09
        3-2
Feb-2006
GILMAN, FRANKLIN
11-03
        1-1
Est. 1990
GINGHER, MILTON  J
01-07
        3-3
7-Jun-2009
GOLDBERG, MARVIN
07-03
        1-3
May-1994
GOLDSTINE, LEE
04-02
        1-2
Jan-1993
GOMES, LEONARD
12-05
        2-3
17-Jun-2002
GOODWIN, LARRY
01-09
        3-2
25-Jan-2007
GOTELLI, RAYMOND
        
GRAVES, ELTON
11-03
        3-3
Oct-2009
GREENBERG, DENNIS
01-09
        1-2
Oct-1991
GREGORY, BARBARA
09-01
        2-2
1-Dec-2000
GUTHMILLER, WALTER
03-10
        3-3
22-Jun-2008
HAGERMAN, GEORGE
01-07
        2-3
7-Mar-2002
HAIRE, WESLEY
05-02
        1-2
Apr-1992
HALBERSMA, SJOERD S
05-05
        3-3
15-Aug-2010
HALL, JAMES
03-09
        2-1
12-Jan-1997
HANLEY, EDWARD
01-04
        1-2
Jun-1991
HANSON, AL
12-05
        2-3
Jan-2003
HEATHER, LESLIE
03-03
        3-1
16-Apr-2005
HENDERSON, BRUCE
06-04
        3-2
26-Nov-2006
HEYL, LEITH E
06-04
        2-2
10-Feb-1999
HICKMAN, HERB
12-03
        3-2
6-Jul-2006
HICKS, NORAL
06-05
        1-2
May-1991
HIGGINS SR, HARMON
09-07
        1-1
Jan-1989
HILDEBRAND, ERIC S
12-01
        4-1
28-Jan-2010
HODGKIN, ANN
09-03
        3-1
Est. 2005
HODGKIN, WILFRED
09-03
PDCP
        2-2
14-Nov-2000
HOLMES, DAVID
10-05
        1-2
26-Mar-1991
HOMFELD, LOUIS
03-05
        1-3
Jun-1995
HOUSTON, AGNES
09-07
        1-3
Jul-1994
HOUSTON, DAVID
09-07
        1-1
Mar-1990
JACKSON, EARL
04-03
        2-1
Nov-1998
JEFFERS, CHARLES
10-02
        3-2
20-Jun-2007
JEFFERS, MARGUERITTE
10-02
        3-1
13-Dec-2005
JENKINS, DAVID
05-05
        2-2
Apr-2001
JOHNSON, AL
03-06
        1-1
Est. 1990
JOHNSON, EUGENE A
10-03
        1-2
May-1993
JOHNSON, GLEN
07-01
        1-2
May-1993
JONES, DANA
10-05
        2-1
Mar-1997
JORN, ERNEST
02-05
        3-1
Mar-2004
KATZ, DAVID
04-02
        2-3
16-Jan-2003
KELLEY, JOHN (JACK) C
01-09
        3-3
Jan-2009
KELLY, KENNETH R
01-05
        2-2
Oct-1999
KINDRED, KATHY
12-05
        3-3
Dec-2008
KING, ARTHUR DAVID
10-03
        4-1
21-Apr-2010
KING, WILBUR
10-04
        1-2
Sep-1991
KIRKBRIDE, BRUCE C
01-09
        2-2
2-Nov-2000
KITCHEN, BERNICE
10-05
        3-1
24-Jun-2004
KOTECKI, CHARLES
05-07
        3-3
8-Aug-2008
KOWALL, RICHARD A
09-04
        2-2
22-Sep-1999
KREPS, ROLAND
10-02
        2-1
Jun-1996
LATIMER, HOWARD
03-05
PDCP
        2-3
22-Dec-2002
LAVOIE, LORRAINE
05-01
        3-2
30-Jun-2006
LAVOIE, RAYMOND
05-01
        2-2
7-Jul-1999
LITTLEFIELD, FRANKLIN
        
LITTLE, EMMOR
03-09
        2-2
27-Dec-2000
LITTLEFIELD, FRANKLIN
07-06
        1-3
Oct-1995
LOCKE, LOUISE ANDERSON
03-09
        
Nov-2010
LOCKE, RICHARD
03-09
        
Nov-2006
LOSEKOOT , WILLIAM
12-21
        2-3
Nov-2003
LOUSTAU, LAURENT
04-02
        1-2
Feb-1992
LOVGREN, JON
06-01
        3-2
17-Feb-2007
LUCAS, JAMES
09-04
        2-1
Jan-1996
LUND, BARRY
03-09
        
07-Jan-2008
LUND, JEANIE
06-07
        1-2
Jul-1991
LYSAUGHT, JOHN (JACK)
01-09
        3-2
Est. 2007
MACHEEL, DOUGLAS
04-01/       03-03
PVCO
        3-3
11-Aug-2009
MALCOLM, CAROL
03-05
        3-2
27-Jan-2007
MANN , MICHAEL
01-01
        1-2
Jan-1992
MAPLES, RUTH
08-08
        3-2
7-May-2007
MARINELLO, GUS
06-07
PDCI       PDSO-GR
        2-2
1-Jun-1999
MARINELLO, LILLIAN 
06-07
        3-2
Sep-2007
MARTIN , DOROTHY
05-07
        3-1
Jan-2003
MARTIN , JOHN
05-07
        3-2
29-May-2006
MARTIN, TOM L
10-06
        2-2
11-Jun-1999
MARTINEZ, JOHN
09-06
        1-3
Oct-1994
MATHEU, VIRGINIA S
01-09
        2-2
23-Dec-1999
MATHEWS, GERALD
03-05
        1-1
Apr-1986
MATTHIAS, EUGENE
10-??
        3-1
1-Jul-2005
MAYLAND, ARTHUR
05-03
        2-1
Mar-1996
MAYLAND, MARGARET
05-03
PDCP
        2-1
May-1998
MCBAIN, HARRY J
03-05
        4-1
8-Jun-2010
MCBAIN, KENNETH
04-06
        3-1
Oct-2005
MCBAIN, YVONNE L
04-06
        
Jun-2011
McCARTHY, VINCENT
01-02
        1-3
Jul-1995
MCCARTNEY, LEON (LEROY)
11-03
        1-1
Est. 1990
MCCLOSKY, NEAL
05-03
        2-3
Jun-2002
MCCOMB, ALLAN
07-02
        3-2
7-Jun-2007
MCDONALD, JAMES
12-21
        3-3
8-Sep-2009
MCDOUGALL, PAUL
10-03
        2-3
May-2002
MCEWEN, DELBERT
12-03
        3-3
26-Jan-2008
McEWEN, FRAN
12-03
        2-3
Aug-2002
MCLEAN, GARY S
03-05
FC
        
1-Feb-2011
MCLENNS, NEAL
01-07
        1-3
Oct-1995
MEADOWS, ALFRED C
09-04
PDCO
        1-2
Mar-1993
MELROY, DAVID
11-03
        3-2
Mar-2007
MERCADO, JEFF
03-03
        3-2
18-Mar-2007
MERTEN, HEINZ
01-09
        2-1
Mar-1996
MEYER, WILLIAM W
09-04
        2-2
Oct-2001
MEZOUI, ZINO EDDINE
08-08
        4-1
24-Sep-2010
MICKELSEN, HENRY
03-07
        1-2
Feb-1991
MILES, JOYCE
05-03
        1-3
Mar-1994
MILLAN, STANLEY P
11-04
        
13-Mar-2011
MILLER, AL
11-05
        1-1
Est. 1990
MILLS, THOMAS
04-03
PDSO-CM
        2-3
1-Sep-2002
MITCHELL, STEVE
10-04
        3-1
Sep-2004
MOISE, KAREN
01-01
        2-1
Mar-1997
MOODIE, GREGORY
01-07
        3-2
Jun-2007
MOONEY, WARREN D
02-05
        2-2
2-Dec-1999
MOORE, HENRY N
03-09
FC
        
Dec-2011
MOORE, THOMAS G
01-04
        4-1
20-Nov-2010
MORITZ, ARTHUR
10-06
        2-1
18-Apr-1998
MYHRE, CHARLES
05-07
        2-3
Mar-2002
NELSON, JAMES
05-01
        3-1
8-Mar-2004
NELSON, SHIRLEY
05-01
        3-1
6-Dec-2005
NELSON, WILLIAM
01-01
        1-3
Mar-1995
NEUMANN, WILLIAM
01-05
        1-3
May-1994
NEWELL, VERLYN
08-08
        
Apr-2011
OAKEY, BETTY HUFF
01-02
DSO-PE
        4-1
25-Mar-2010
O'DELL, RON 
06-08
RCO
        3-3
12-Jun-2008
ODOM, BUD
10-03
        2-2
30-Jan-2001
OGILVIE, HARRY
10-04
        1-3
Jul-1995
OGILVIE, LEILA
10-04
        2-1
Jan-1997
O'LEARY, JOE
03-09
DCP
        
O'LEARY, ROBERT
01-05
        4-1
9-Oct-2010
OLSON, CATHIE
06-07
        2-1
Est. 1996
ORLOFF, EUGENE
01-04
        2-3
Apr-2002
O'SULLIVAN, PHIL
05-07
        2-3
3-Jul-2002
PARKER, LEROY
11-01
        2-1
Mar-1996
PATNUDE, BARBARA  O
04-01
        3-1
Sep-2003
PATNUDE, PHILLIP
04-01
PDCO
        1-1
Mar-1990
PERSON, EVERT B
01-04
DCO
        
Mar-2011
PETERSON, HARRY A
06-10
        
Mar-1987
PETERSON, LAWRENCE
03-09
        2-2
27-Dec-2000
PHIFER, ROBERT
05-01
PNAVCO-P
        2-1
Dec-1996
PHILLIPI, LEO J
05-03
        4-1
4-Jul-2010
PIKE, CHESTER
02-06
        2-2
16-Dec-2000
PIRIE, LESLIE
01-09
        1-1
Oct-1990
POHLSON, DOUGLAS
08-07
FC
        3-3
24-Jun-2009
POPLINGER, CHARLES
08-07
        
24-Jan-2011
PORTER, WILLIAM
03-09
PDCP
        1-1
Est. 1985
POUPENEY, DION F
11-01
        3-3
18-Dec-2009
POWERS, CECIL D
03-03
        4-1
7-Aug-2010
POWERS, WANDA
03-03
        3-3
Nov-2008
PRIESTER, JACK
10-02
        2-1
20-May-1998
PROPHET, GEORGE
02-05
        3-1
Jul-2004
PROPHET, JOANNE
03-05
        3-1
Apr-2003
QUICK, ROBERT B
03-03
        4-1
29-Jan-2010
RABELLO, EILEEN
09-06
        1-1
Jul-1986
RAINES, RODNEY
08-08
        3-1
Sep-2005
RAY, BOB
01-09
        2-3
Dec-2002
RAZEE, ARTHUR
03-05
        1-1
Jun-1986
READING, JR, WILEY
08-07
FC
        
Aug-2011
REGAN, DAN
01-01
        1-1
Dec-1990
REYNOLDS, JACK
07-01
        1-3
Feb-1994
RHODES, HERBERT G
07-02
        
23-Mar-2011
RHODES, ISAAC
03-05
        1-3
May-1994
RIDPATH, CLIVE
06-10
        
Apr-2011
RIZER, JAMES
08-07
PDCP
        2-1
Dec-1997
ROBERTS, BETTIE
08-11
        3-3
20-Apr-2008
ROSE, VERNON
03-05
PDCO 12
        2-2
Oct-2000
ROSS, RICHARD
05-07
        1-1
Est. 1985
ROTH, LESTER (LES)
01-04
        3-1
Jul-2003
RYLAND, LLOYD
12-21
        3-2
Feb-2006
SAYERS, EDWARD
06-01
        3-2
Apr-2006
SCHUTZ, ALEXANDER
06-01
        3-2
22-Mar-2007
SEEBER, WILLIAM
03-05
PDCP
        2-2
4-Apr-2001
SHANK, DALE
07-02
        3-3
27-Oct-2008
SHAPIRO, BERNARD
06-07
        2-2
Jan-2001
SHARP, CLEO
10-06
        1-3
May-1994
SHARP, RUBY
10-06
        2-3
Jan-2002
SHARPE, KEITH
03-06
        1-1
Jul-1967
SHATTUCK, ELLA
08-07
        1-2
Sep-1993
SHILES, CHARLES
10-04
        1-3
Jan-1995
SHOELL, STEVE
07-08
        3-2
24-Sep-2006
SHORT, MYRL
04-03
        1-3
May-1995
SIGFRIED, RODNEY
03-10
PDCO
        1-1
Est. 1988
SIGFRIED, VIVIAN
03-10
        3-1
Sep-2003
SILVERMAN, MICHAEL
03-01
        3-1
29-Jun-2005
SIMPSON, WILBERT
02-06
        1-3
Mar-1994
SMART, GEORGE
08-08
        1-3
Sep-1994
SMITH, JACK
03-07
        1-2
Sep-1993
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4-Apr-2005
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3-Jun-2010
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Jul-1996
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May-1992
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14-Jan-2006
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Dec-1992
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Jul-2009
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Est. 2009
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Jan-1996
YESSON, GERALD 
01-02
DCP
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27-Jul-2007
ZAMPINO, DAVID
12-05
        2-3
Aug-2002
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11-05
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Nov-2002
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16-Nov-2001
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10-Feb-2009
ZYLSTRA, MICHAEL
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13-Mar-2011
Scenic picture of an Auxilirist on the Bow of a Coast Guard Cutter
 
 
Crossing the Bar
 
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea.
 
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark.
 
For though from out our bourne of Time and Place,
The flood may bear me far;
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have cross the bar.
 
Alfred Tennyson



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