Eugene (Gene) Fowler Gene Fowler passed away on Dec. 22, 2021. He was born on July 12, 1933, and grew up in San Francisco, Calif. Gene and his brother Richard had lots of adventures there and in Madison, Wisc., and their stepsister Barbara (Bobbie) was like a little mother to them. Gene joined the U.S.…
James Edward Graham James Edward Graham, 79, of SaddleBrooke (Tucson), Ariz., passed away on Nov. 3, 2021, into God’s Grace, after receiving medical procedures and while visiting his daughter and her family in New Jersey. Jim, as he was affectionately known, was born on April 30, 1942, in Freeport, Ill., to Elvin and Ione Graham…
Elaine Lois Stamm Elaine Lois Stamm, born Dec. 20, 1929, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 14, 2021. She is survived by her daughters Shelley Sheehan (Jim), Kim Carlson, Julianne Standish (Jeff), and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by Don, her husband of 64 years, her son Don, and her grandson…
Mary “Caroline” Morrison Mary “Caroline” Morrison was born in 1935 in East Prairie, Mo. to Nancy “Juanita” and Daniel Thomas Attebery. The family moved to Lincoln, Ill. when she was 13 and she later graduated from Lincoln High School. She graduated from Greenville University with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She tried student teaching, but…
Marie Madeleine Fiorino Marie Madeleine Fiorino was born into a French-Canadian family in Edmonton, Alberta on May 8, 1925. She passed away on Aug. 3, 2021 at the age of 96 in Tucson, Arizona. She lived a musically and family-oriented life, and was a deeply spiritual woman who put her faith in God’s love and…
George E. Moore George Moore, a SaddleBrooke resident since 2006, lost his courageous 18-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease on June 22, 2021. George was born on May 22, 1945, a first generation American, his parents having immigrated as children from Lebanon and Italy. He grew up in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, attended Catholic…
Emilio E. (Lee) Fiorino Lee lived a long, healthful, prolific, and vibrant life until his passing on May 22, at age 96. Born of Italian immigrants Emilio Fiorino and Ernestina Tessitore Fiorino in Little Italy, New York City on Jan. 18, 1925, he served with the 204th Combat Engineers in Europe during WWII. After the…
Gordon Bailey “Buzz” Hackett, Jr. Gordon Bailey “Buzz” Hackett, Jr. passed peacefully of natural causes to be with the Lord in the comfort of his home, with his wife of 10 years, Mary-Lou, by his side on April 21, 2021. Buzz was born in Newport, R.I., to Gordon Bailey Hackett, Sr. and Rose Dolores Hackett…
Charles J. Gutekunst Colonel Charles J. “Chuck” Gutekunst USAF (retired) passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021, at the age of 102. Chuck entered the United States Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet, graduating as a pilot from flight training as a 2nd Lieutenant. During his time in what became the United States Air Force, Chuck…
John F. Cobb John F. Cobb, age 77, died on Jan. 30, 2021, in Tucson, Ariz. from complications related to COVID-19. John was born in 1943, in Oakland, Calif. to the late Elvin T. and Annetta (Pauline Carver) Cobb, long-time residents of Durango, Colo., who were working in the naval shipyards during World War II.…