Master and Commander
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Location: NE Florida | Subject: Tuesday Obits
https://www.facebook.com/ussvi.eternalpatrol/
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.
STEFFAN .. .. .. Brian Steffen, 66, of Elloree, SC, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2025.Brian was born on May 3, 1959, in Detroit, MI.
Brian was a retired U.S. Navy submarine veteran. He was a member of the Palmetto Base U.S. Submarine Veterans group, and a member of the DAV. He was a DAV service officer, helping other veterans with VA claims. He was a member of the Elloree First Baptist Church and was an ordained deacon. He also liked working on computers and would help people with their computer problems.
Brian is preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Janet Steffen, his brother, Harold “Butch” Steffen, and his sister, Bonnie Steffen. Brian is survived by his wife Savannah Steffen.
Memorial service to held at the Elloree First Baptist Church in the Fellowship Hall on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
DENMAN .. .. .. Matthew J. Denman of Bartlett, TN unexpectedly passed away at the age of 49.
Matthew was born in Baltimore MD to James and Lynda Denman and moved to the Memphis, Tennessee area in the spring of 1979. He graduated from Kingsbury High School in Memphis. He was a gifted artist who never realized his true potential.
He is survived by his beloved pet Miniature Pinscher Lucy, two daughters, Linsey Denman of Sand Springs OK, Cleona Denman of Waterford CT, his brother Donald Pennington Jr. of San Diego CA, his father James Denman of New Port Richey FL, his mother and stepfather, Lynda and Don Threadgill of Bartlett TN, and his sisters Yvonne Ginger Hatch and Bernadette Denman Reed both of Gallatin TN.
Matthew proudly served and excelled in the submarine service of the U.S. Navy and was awarded service medals and ribbons including a Navy Achievement Medal for his heroic and gallant actions in saving the life of a drowning crewmember.
In honor of Matthew's life, in lieu of flowers or other expressions of symphathy, please make a monetary or food donation in Matthew's name to your local animal shelter.
DITTLE .. .. .. Frank Dittle was truly a Marinite. Born on December 18, 1945, and raised in Mill Valley, he was the eldest of five sons of Frank Dittle Sr. and Francis Guth Dittle. Frank graduated from Tam High School and enlisted in the Navy during the Vietnam war. He served from 1965 to 1967, traveling around the world on the USS RATON submarine. After receiving a Vietnam Service medal, he returned home to Marin County. As a civilian again, Frank played with the San Francisco Giants minor league team and then entered college at San Francisco State University, where he earned a degree in Physical Education and Business. He then accepted a job with the Richardson Bay Sanitary District. This was a time of great challenges in Marin to provide cleaner and safer water to an ever-expanding population and to discharge cleaner water into the San Francisco Bay. Frank successfully managed the RBSD through all of this and retired in 2006, after 40 years of service.
Frank loved all types of sports and played throughout his younger years. He was an avid fan of all bay area teams, the 49ers were always his favorite. He then turned his hand to coaching, and that is where his life changed . While coaching a women’s softball team in 1982, he recruited a young, talented new pitcher. Her name was Jill, and one look and one pitch was all it took. They tied the knot in August of 1996 in Lake Tahoe. Frank and Jill raised two sons, Sean (Tish) and Craig (Stacey). Frank aka Grandpa Boo Boo, took great joy in being an involved grandfather to Jackson, Kaitlyn, Sloane, and Quinn, attending every one of their sporting events. Frank is also survived by his four beloved brothers, their families, and his circle of extended family and friends.
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