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Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: Obit Messenger results for 10/16/09.
- (Kansas City Star)
Francis Glendale "Frank" Hale, 84, of Linwood, Kan., passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at the Medicalodge Post Acute Care Center. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, October 17, at the Chapel Oaks Seventh Day Adventist Church, 6245 Monticello Road, Shawnee, Kan. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home, 701 N. 94th St., Kansas City, Kan. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to The American Cancer Society or The Disabled American Veterans. Francis was born July 24, 1925, in Downs, Kan., to Denver M. and Julia E. (Miller) Hale. He had lived in the Kansas City area most of his life, working as an Electrical Contractor and Excavator before going to work for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring as Superintendent of Engineering and Maintenance after 20 years. After the Postal Service, Francis was an Electrician for St. Joseph Nursing Home and then for KU Medical Center from 1989 until 1991. He served in the Submarine Force of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy during WW II and Korea, had been Flotilla Commander for Missouri-Kansas Division 30, Flotilla 3, of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, was a member of American Legion Post #58, and a Life Member of VFW Post #6401. He volunteered for Shawnee Mission Medical Center, and he was a member of Chapel Oaks Seventh Day Adventist Church, where he was baptized in December of 2006. Francis enjoyed church, traveling, gardening and "Haleizing" everything mechanical and electric. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Robert George Hale; three sisters, Pauline Rose, Daisy Wagoner, and Ethel Wirthman, and one grandson, Christopher VanBuskirk. Survivors include one son, Robert Hale of Gladstone, Mo.; four daughters, Linda DePew of Kansas City, Mo., Frances Hale of Basehor, Kan., Mary Akins of Kearney, Mo., and Ellen VanBuskirk of Camarillo, Calif.; three sisters, Birdye O'Neill of Colorado Springs, Colo., Grace Guastello of North Port, Fla., and Naomie Lackey of Kansas City, Mo.; 15 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; ex-wife, Edna Hale of Gladstone, Mo.; a special friend, Ethel Hund of Kansas City, Kan., and uncle Jim Miller of Aurora, Colo. Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home, (913) 334- 3366
- (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
William L. Hawk, Sr., 84, of West Mifflin, died Wed., Oct. 14, 2009,. Mr. Hawk was a submariner in the US Navy stationed in the South Pacific during WWII. He retired from Continental Can with 32 years of service and was an Elder in the Lincoln Place Presbyterian Church. Beloved husband of Eleanor (Johnson) Hawk. Loving father of Deborah Hawk, Robert (Cindy) Hawk and the late Eunice Jean Hawk and William L. Hawk, Jr. Papa of William, Bryan, Kara and Tamara Hawk. Brother of Doris Bonga and Darsie Hawk. Friends welcome Sat. 7-9 and Sun. 2-4 and 7-9 at Stathers Funeral And Cremation Services Inc., 1222 Muldowney Ave., Lincoln Place, 412-464-4377. Funeral service will be held Mon., Oct. 19 at 11 AM in the Lincoln Place Presbyterian Church. Family suggests memorial contributions to the Lincoln Place Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund. (www.stathersfuneral.com) Send condolences at post-gazette.com/gb
- (Ventura County Star)
Donald Wayne Monical passed away peacefully on Sept. 24, 2009. He was born Aug. 3, 1947, in Aiea, Hawaii, to Russell and Marietta Monical. Don was a Veteran of the United States Navy Submarine Service, having served in the Vietnam War, and after 37 years, he also retired from the U.S. Postal Service. He is survived by his daughter, Julie Monical and grandson, Nico Velasquez of Long Beach; his son and daughter-in-law, Justin and Tami Monical and their two daughters, Mikaela and Mickenzi of Joshua Tree; his former wife Scoti Soard of Lancaster; and longtime companion, Sandy Evans of Carpinteria. Don was known as the "Candyman" of Nordoff High School (Ojai) football games during the 1990's. In retirement, Don gained immeasurable pleasure traveling, spending time with his dog Koa at the Island Brewing Company and greeting visitors to Carpinteria as a City Host volunteer. As a Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, he was honored as the 2007 Volunteer of the Year. The US Navy Submarine Sailors will honor Don with a celebration of his life on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Island Brewing Company. A friends and family celebration will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Carpinteria Woman's Club. A dish to share would be appreciated.
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Obit Messenger results for 10/16/09.
