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Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Friday Obits- RN & USN
Royal Navy: GRITT, Ray, 84, SUBMARINER, CMEM Ret., crossed the bar 3rd September 2019. Will be greatly missed by Gosport Submariners Association. Our sympathies to Shirley and family. Funeral at Portchester Crematorium, 13.45, Friday 27th September 2019. Family flowers only, donations if desired, to British Heart Foundation. Resurgam. Published in Portsmouth News on Sept. 13, 2019
BELISLE, David Lawrence, 73, of Lancaster, MA, passed away peacefully on Sept 9, 2019 at the Edith Nourse Rogers VA Hospital. He was the son of the late Lawrence and Alma (LaRoque) Belisle. He is survived by his wife Barbara and daughter Leslie; his sister Susan and her husband Richard Laidley; and their son, Lawrence Laidley and his wife, Laura. He was born in Norwich, CT on September 12, 1945, and was raised in Jewett City, CT. He attended St. Mary's School in Jewett City and graduated from Griswold High School, Class of 1963. He enlisted in the US Navy after graduation and was stationed on the submarine USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) from 1964 to 1969 and was honorably discharge as a torpedo/missile technician. He was employed by Dictaphone, Wang Labs, Analog Devices, Automated Assemblies and NYPRO in various electro/mechanical positions over the years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, rebuilding cars, raising livestock, and restoring his house. He was a resident of Lancaster, MA, for 41 years, and served on the Finance Committee. He was a longtime volunteer for the Lancaster Recycling Center from its beginning. David's funeral will be held on Friday, September 20, 2019 from the McNally & Watson Funeral Home, 304 Church St., Clinton, MA, with a Mass at 11:00 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 80 Union St., Clinton, MA. Burial will follow in Eastwood Cemetery, 330 Old Common Road, Lancaster, MA. Relatives and friends are invited to attend calling hours at the funeral home on Thursday, September 19, 2019, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 309 Waverley Oaks Road, Waltham, MA 02452. Published in Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sept. 17, 2019
SWABLE, Kenneth Richard, was born in Lorain, Ohio to Ken and Jacqueline Swable. He was an alumnus of Fort Lauderdale High School. He served with the US Navy and was especially proud of his service aboard the nuclear submarine USS Abraham Lincoln, (SSBN-602). He worked across the United States as a general contractor, but especially along the US East Coast, South Florida and the Bahamas. He is survived by his beloved wife of 34 years Harriet, his daughter Cinnamon, his grandson Nemo Frawley, his sister and brother in law Leon and Josie Hensen, niece and nephews Jamie and Tim Mullin, great niece and nephew Emma and Austin Mullin. A life celebration will be held in November. In his honor memorial donations may be made to the American Heart of American Lung Association. Arrangements by T.M. Ralph Plantation Funeral Home.
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Friday Obits- RN & USN
