In Memorium

It’s a Fifth Friday again and time for an update on seagoing cowboys who have departed from us.

Flora, David Eller, November 5, 2018, Bridgewater, VA. S. S. Harvard Victory to Poland February 22, 1946; S. S. Lindenwood Victory to Yugoslavia via Italy, March 26, 1946; S. S. Pierre Victory to Poland, May 15, 1946.

Hartman, Neil Harmon, February 6, 2018, Medford, New Jersey. S. S. Woodstock Victory to Poland, March 3, 1946; S. S. Virginian to Czechoslovakia via W. Germany, April 11, 1946; S. S. Michael James Monohan to Poland, July 1, 1946 (supervisor);
S. S. Yugoslavia Victory to Poland, August 21, 1946 (supervisor); S. S. Harvard Victory to Yugoslavia via Italy, November 22, 1946 (supervisor); S. S. Woodstock Victory to Greece, December 27, 1946 (supervisor); S. S. Plymouth Victory to China, March 28, 1947.

Hooley, Wesley Walter, February 8, 2019, Indian Cove, Idaho. S. S. Morgantown Victory to Poland, December 11, 1945.

Knechel, Winfield D., December 20, 2018, Allentown, PA. S. S. John J. Crittenden to Poland, March 6, 1946.

Paugstat, Harry, March 29, 2018, Apple Valley, CA. S. S. Wesley W. Barrett to Poland, June 12, 1946; S. S. Wesley W. Barrett to Poland, July 21, 1946.

Richey, George W., February 4, 2019, Norwich, Ohio. S. S. Beloit Victory to Czechoslovakia via W. Germany, June 26, 1946; S. S. DePauw Victory to Greece, August 6, 1946.

Robertson, Jesse Davis, March 8, 2018, Bridgewater, VA. S. S. Samuel H. Walker to Yugoslavia via Italy; August 27, 1945.

Schmidt, Alvin T., December 31, 2018, North Newton, Kansas. S. S. John J. Crittenden to Yugoslavia via Italy, November 28, 1945.

Clarence Stutzman, November 19, 2018, Wooster, Ohio. S. S. Virginian to Poland, January 4, 1946.

Rest in peace, dear seagoing friends.

In Memorium

This is my regular Fifth Friday post to honor the seagoing cowboys who have passed away recently, the ones of whom I am aware.

Bollinger, Galen S., January 4, 2018, Myerstown, PA. S. S. Mount Whitney to Poland, November 30, 1946.

Bollinger, John C., January 13, 2018, Goshen, IN. S. S. Norwalk Victory to Yugoslavia, February 13, 1946.

Fisher, Wallace, March 6, 2018, Wellman, IA. S. S. Morgantown Victory to Yugoslavia, December 2, 1946.

Groff, Mahlon A., January 8, 2018, Seven Valleys, PA. S. S. Carroll Victory to Poland, February 16, 1946.

Kauffman, Theodore G., January 29, 2018, West Brandywine, PA. S. S. Queens Victory to Czechoslovakia, November 2, 1946; S. S. Saginaw Victory to Poland, December 31, 1946.

Klepinger, Wayne Ellis, January 10, 2018, Lehigh Acres, FL. S. S. Pierre Victory to Poland, March 29, 1946.

Longenecker, Harry K., February 13, 2018, Elizabathtown, PA. S. S. John J. Crittenden to Poland, March 6, 1946.

Messamer, Charles Lloyd, February 25, 2018, Avon, IN. S. S. Lindenwood Victory to China, December 19, 1946.

Robertson, Jesse Davis, March 8, 2018, Bridgewater, VA. S. S. Samuel H. Walker to Yugoslavia, August 27, 1945.

Rest in peace, dear seagoing friends.