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Posted 2026-07-04 3:36 PM (#106144)

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https://www.facebook.com/ussvi.eternalpatrol/
https://ussvi.org/membership/eternal-patrol (USSVI members only)

The above link goes to the USSVI (United States Submarine Veterans, Inc.) Facebook page where their members who have gone on “Eternal Patrol” are noted.

I’ll keep my work here going, trying to get others who were not USSVI members. You’re encouraged to look there as well as here! Obviously, there’ll be some I miss and some I duplicate.

KEEHN .. .. .. Ralph Warner Keehn September 4, 2008, Ralph passed away in Santa Rosa after a brief illness. Ralph was born in Spokane, WA on April 19, 1932, graduated from Adams Grade School in Spokane, WA and Corning Union High School, Corning, CA, in 1950. Several years after graduation, Ralph joined the Navy and served in the United States Naval Submarine Service aboard the USS Tang during the Korean War. After being honorably discharged, Ralph married his first wife, Patsy Souza. In the beginning of his business career, Ralph was employed by several Aerospace firms in California. Before long, Ralph heeded his entrepreneurial spirit to follow in his father’s footsteps and started his own business. First was the soft goods business, Nor-Cal Supply, with customers located in Northern California. After several years, this thriving business morphed into Keehn Scenes, a very successful screen printing business located in Santa Rosa, serving customers across the U.S. Ralph managed this business until retiring several years ago. In retirement, Ralph had several priorities, not necessarily in this order: spending time with his family, traveling with his wife Donna, fishing, painting with oils, and playing golf. Ralph is survived by his wife Donna Keehn; sons Tim Keehn and Craig Keehn; his daughter Diane Cox, all of Santa Rosa; step-daughter Susan Clements of Washington; sister Nadine Drenon of Corning, CA; brother Don Keehn of Healdsburg; and his beloved grandchildren Marshall, Marisa, and Xavier; as well as many friends, neighbors and business associates who will miss him dearly. Ralph chose to be cremated and to be placed alongside Mary Keehn, his beloved wife of 20 years, who passed away in 2005.

MOES .. .. .. MOES, Julian Howard From June 10, 1927 to Oct 1, 2017, Howard Moes worked hard, told jokes, hiked the world, and selflessly helped people. Born in Hyde Park, Chicago, he joined the Navy at 17 where he befriended Lenny Bruce and served on a submarine, the USS Spinax. After the war, he got his BA at Univ. of Illinois, Navy Pier and his MA in Psychology at Roosevelt University, Chicago. At Navy Pier he met June Rose, his wife of 65 years. In 1955 they moved to LA where he worked for Jewish Vocational Services, helping Holocaust survivors who immigrated to America. In 1973 Howard moved with his young family to Santa Rosa to be the executive director of Redwood Empire Industries for 20 years, and proudly spent his career advocating for disabled adults. He was a president of the CA Assn of Rehabilitation Workshop Facilities and a member of the Sonoma County Mental Health Advisory board. After retiring in the early 1990s, Howard made many lengthy visits to England where he could walk the hills and dales and not be limited by our anachronistic private property laws, and writing poems to sheep while perched on ancient vistas. He would bring that passion back to Sonoma County as an avid volunteer for LandPaths, Bay Area Ridge Trail, Sonoma County Regional Parks, and the Open Space District. He was most proud of two hikes that he designed and led: “Market to Mountain” and “Sea to Sonoma.” Howard’s second open heart surgery at age 80 caused a large stroke that handicapped him for the rest of his life. He adapted to his new normal, walking around his neighborhood with a cane and listing to one side in a Chaplinesque manner. He lived with advanced congestive heart failure for the past year. He left behind an extreme love of the outdoors, world history, classic films, and above all, a good joke. Howard’s life is an example of how we can all embrace change in our imperfect lives. We want to thank beloved caregivers Toni and Maria, and Heartland Hospice’s Sharon and Tina, for their care and compassion in this last chapter of Howard’s life. Howard is survived by his wife June and his two sons, Eric and Adam.

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