T E G Page 2 VVVTHE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS VVV Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Tuesday, November 10, 2020 VVVTHE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS VVV Page 3 A FAMILY'S LEGACY: SCHMITZ FAMILY CELEBRATES THREE GENERATIONS OF VETERANS

By Adam Blake something that definitely runs in [email protected] the family,” Schmitz said, mention- ing other Army veterans in his fam- While Veteran’s Day can be a ily including his father-in-law Rich- solemn time of remembrance even ard Hladek and brother-in-law, Char- for those without a deep personal lie Nussbaum. “It’s something that’s connection to the armed forces, for a part of our history. We were all so Reading-area resident Lawrence blessed that [Norbert] was with us Schmitz, the holiday marks a cel- for 92, going on 93 years, and I be - ebration and appreciation of family lieve he’s still with us in that way.” legacy. Schmitz remembers being in- Serving from 1975-79 in the U.S. spired by his father’s service to the Navy, Schmitz was followed in ser- country, but was never directly en- vice by his son, Brannon, who en- couraged to join the armed forces listed in the U.S. Air Force from while growing up. In fact, he can 2013-2018 and now continues work still remember the look of apprehen- on matters of national security in sion on his parents’ faces when he Fayetteville, North Carolina. told them he was considering enlist- Both men’s military careers were ing. preceded by that of Schmitz’s father, “[Norbert] was actually rather re- Norbert, who passed away this Oc- luctant about all of it, and I can see tober after having been deployed to why now with it coming near the end of the Vietnam War,” Schmitz Tokyo, Japan for special service dur- COURTESY PHOTO ing the Korean War from 1951-1953. Military veterans (from left), Brannon Schmitz (Air Force), Norbert Schmitz “I guess you could say service is Please see Schmitz, Page 4 (Army) and Lawrence “Larry” Schmitz (Navy). Page 4 VVVTHE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS VVV Tuesday, November 10, 2020

him. It really was a selfless thing.” SCHMITZ In addition to living on through PARADE HONORS 101-YEAR-OLD all the stories and memories he ac- PAGE 3 From cumulated with his loved ones over the years — not to mention in the BLACK WWII VETERAN ROMAY DAVIS said. “I was really encouraged the valuable chapters of life his son and most by one of the upperclassmen grandson have been able to experi- at my high school who talked to me ence in part to his inspiration and The Associated Press about all the job opportunities in age of soldiers in the postal unit had led to encouragement — the spirit of Nor- six-month a backlog of millions of pieces the Navy and stuff like that, but be - bert Schmitz can now be found in MONTGOMERY, ALA. — The boat of mail. Once in Europe, she and the other ing young at the time, I kind of also one his family’s most cherished per- crested a wave that seemed a mile high Black women in her unit processed an av- saw it as a way to travel the world. sonal possessions: a hand-painted and then started to plunge. Romay Davis erage of 195,000 pieces of mail each day That’s really the thing I was most portrait of him in uniform. And al- looked over the edge as the bow dropped. and cleared that backlog in three months. excited about until I realized the though many of the circumstances The trough looked bottomless. Davis had Army Secretary Mark Esper issued a greater importance of everything… behind the creation of the painting never been on the ocean before, now she meritorious unit commendation for her I joined at the early age of 17 which have been lost to time, the lesson it was headed to France to serve in WWII as battalion. The document was presented meant that my parents had to sign carries remains a clear and unchang- part of an all-Black, all-female Army unit. to Davis after the parade and noted the on for me. They did, but there was ing one. Car trips made her sick, but here on the unit’s professionalism and dedication to obviously that hesitancy there. I ac- “Unfortunately, I’m not even sure ocean the nausea never hit. She clung to duty, and their impact on “the morale and tually turned 18 the day I left for ba- the ship and took it all in. “I was just enjoy- welfare” of servicemembers across Europe if I know the exact name of the per- ing it because I had never seen anything during WWII. She was also presented with sic training in San Diego.” son who painted it,” Schmitz said. Never expecting to go through like it,” Davis said. a personal commendation from Gov. Kay “I’m not entirely sure of the circum- On Nov. 4, a birthday parade made up Ivey, and Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed the same process as a father him- stances on when or why it was done self one day, Schmitz now views his of city and state officials, volunteers, neigh- — the city’s first Black mayor – proclaimed either, but I know it was done dur - bors and fellow veterans waved to Davis her birthday Romay Davis Day. son’s enlistment process as similar ing my dad’s time at General Head- as the 101-year-old Montgomery resident After the Army, Davis went on to a to his own. Like Norbert, Lawrence quarters in Tokyo … He and my mom watched, eyes wide over her mask. Still career as a fashion model and artist. She allowed Brannon to pursue a career gave it to me for one of my birthdays taking it all in. earned a black belt in taekwondo in her path on his own terms. back while they were both still alive, “I’ve appreciated everything – every 70s, and took a job organizing shelves “ I think it really became a matter so it helps me remember both of smile, every hand clap, every appearance,” at her local Winn-Dixie grocery store in of the friends and others we associ- them, in a way. It’s just something she said. “… It’s wonderful, really wonder- Montgomery when she was 81. She’s now ated with growing up rather than that I’m really glad to have now to ful. I don’t know how I’m going to sit still.” worked there 20 years. They convinced her some encouragement or some prod- be able to share it with all my nieces Davis’ birthday was last week, but Hur- to limit her work trips to one day a week ding that we needed to join the mili- and nephews and to help them learn ricane Zeta blew through Montgomery during the pandemic and arranged for her tary from our family,” Schmitz said. the importance and meaning behind that day and canceled her celebration. So, to work in the back of the store to keep her “When he was attending Wichita it. volunteers and veteran advocates orga- away from visitors and co-workers. State, Brannon got to know a bunch “I think if you look back at any nized Wednesday’s drive-by parade. Winn-Dixie’s parent company this year of other reservists that were work- of the people that have served in Dozens of residents lined up to join a created the Romay Davis Belonging, Inclu- ing at McConnell [Air Force Base] my family, you’ll find a lot of their procession led by Montgomery police and sion and Diversity Grant to help fund orga- down there. fire/rescue workers, American Red Cross nizations that support minorities. The first attitudes and careers can really be volunteers, and state and local veterans’ recipients were named on her birthday last “Since everything is volunteer summed up by that old JFK quote, groups. Members of the all-Black Buffalo week. nowadays, you’ll see a lot more peo - ‘Ask not what your country can do Soldiers Motorcycle Club rumbled into Davis has fought through scoliosis pain ple involved because they feel like for you, ask what you can do for place behind them. to stay busy but said she felt strong after one of the many career paths they your country.’ That message is so, “She’s seen things that we’ll never ever Wednesday’s parade. She refused a walker can join as a member of the mili- so important even — or especially, I think about seeing,” parade participant and stood on her own for a photo with vol- tary is what they were called to do. should say — today, and moving for- and Vietnam veteran David Payne said. unteers. That’s what appealed to Brannon ward in our country’s history. This Davis served in a battalion with a “I am better right now,” she said. “In my and that’s why we’re all so proud of painting helps remind us of that.” unique challenge during WWII. A short- heart, I’m better.” Tuesday, November 10, 2020 VVVTHE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS VVV Page 5 VIRGINIA MAN RETURNS FRENCH PORTRAIT HE STOLE DURING WWII

By Stacy Parker, keep the tragedy a secret because it would cameras. The Virginian-Pilot destroy morale back home, Waller said. Known as “Janie” when she grew up After the war ended, Waller described in Virginia Beach’s Bay Colony neighbor- what happened in the letter to his mother, hood, Garland is a TV producer and retired VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — John Waller but he never mentioned it again. Boston University professor. Her husband, has lived a notable life in Virginia Beach. “Nobody ever asked,” he said during Barry Nolan, an Emmy Award-winning The architect designed City Hall, several an interview at his daughter’s home re- television journalist and commentator, school buildings and dozens of homes. cently. “I never talked about it.” helped write and direct the documentary, But now, deep in his golden years, A few months after the ship sank, in which has gained acclaim at international Waller’s story centers around secrets, re- the spring of 1945, Waller’s platoon stood film festivals. The film includes scenes of grets and second chances. watch over German Army forces on a Virginia Beach’s North End. The 96-year-old World War II veteran submarine base in France. They noticed With help from a translator and Gar- takes center stage in a new, one-hour a chateau about 200 yards away. Curious, land’s graduate students, the Wallers documentary airing at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 on they went inside, and found the Nazis had tracked down the French chateau and its WHRO. “The Silent Soldier and the Por- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS pillaged it. There were bullet holes in the owners. In the film, Waller meets the son trait,” produced by Waller’s daughter, ceiling and nearly nothing left except for a of a woman who lived in the home. As a Garland, delves into two secrets he kept the English Channel, and the young men safe the size of a refrigerator, Waller said. boy, the son and his grandmother escaped since his war days. sang Christmas carols, a German U-boat The American soldiers tied several from the home after the Nazis raided it. One involves a military tragedy. The torpedoed the ship. It struck the compart- hand grenades together and blew the Mark Lewis, conservator at the Chrys- other stems from how he came to possess ment where Waller’s company was sup- safe’s door off, Waller said. ler Museum of Art in Norfolk, estimated a miniature French portrait. posed to be. He walked away with a picture of the that the watercolor portrait was French The film follows the journey of Waller “The boat shook, and nobody knew chateau, a pair of dueling pistols, which and from the early 1800s based on the sit- and his daughter to France in 2019 to re- what had happened when the torpedo he later sold to buy an engagement ring, ter’s style: an empire waist dress and curly trace his steps as a young soldier. hit,” Waller said. “It was just mass confu- and the miniature portrait. hair. He then found the year, 1813, next to The secrets unfolded three years sion.” “I had a real leaning toward art,” he a tiny signature along the portrait’s edge. ago when Garland was helping her fa- Hundreds of men were able to climb said. The Waller family headed overseas last ther move from their family home to an on a destroyer that came to rescue them, For the rest of the war, he kept the year with the BBC and Garland’s crew in Oceanfront condominium. She found the as the boat was sinking 3 miles off Cher- stolen items in his backpack. When he tow. They visited the site where the SS portrait, a watercolor on ivory, which she bourg, France. returned home, he hid the portrait in his Leopoldville sank off the French coast. had never seen before, in a box of letters But Waller was among those ordered dresser for years. Waller dropped a wreath into the water from the war. to stay back. When the ship’s boilers blew Waller grew up on a farm outside of and went to the cemetery in Normandy “I wiped out a lot of my war years, but up, Waller and the remaining men jumped Lynchburg. He studied architecture at where many of his comrades were buried. some things just didn’t go away,” Waller into the cold water. Waller was wearing a the University of Virginia and moved to After Normandy, they made their way said. heavy overcoat and a life jacket. Virginia Beach in 1953. He founded the through the French countryside. Christmas Eve, 1944. Six months after He almost drowned but thought of his Waller, Todd, and Sadler architecture firm “It really was strange ... going back D-Day. mother getting the news on Christmas. and designed numerous buildings around there,” Waller said. “It did bring back a Waller was 19 and assigned to the Ar- “It would have been easy to die then,” Hampton Roads. lot of memories.” my’s Black Panther Division. They were he later wrote in a letter to his mother. When his daughter asked about the At the end of the documentary, Waller stationed near Poole, England, when they “Every time I would try to open my picture and the portrait three years ago, apologizes to the man who as a young boy got orders to head to the Battle of the mouth to breathe, a big wave would cover Waller, who was 93 at that time, spilled lived in the chateau and returns the por- Bulge. He and his company came back late me up. It would have been easy to sink the beans. He told her about the way he trait. Together, they visit the home, which after partying too long in London and al- out of sight into the peace and quiet away had taken it from the chateau and that it is now a rental property. It’s unclear who most missed the ship, the SS Leopoldville. from all the coming horrors of war.” was weighing on his conscience. the woman in the portrait is, but Waller’s Their punishment: They were as- He prayed until he was rescued. “I always had a guilty feeling about just glad she’s home. signed to kitchen patrol in the galley. It Of the 2,000 men on board the ship, what I had done,” Waller said. “I wanted “You want to make it good,” he said. “It ended up saving their lives. 800 of them died that night. someday to take it back.” was a relief.” Around 9 p.m., as they traveled across The Army ordered the survivors to Garland got the ball rolling — and the Page 6 VVVTHE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS VVV Tuesday, November 10, 2020 AREA VETERANS

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Ralston, Clarence Andrew, Navy Rhoads, Randall Dean, Navy Rodriguez, Cristobal Sipriano, Air Force Sayre, Merle Lee, Army Ramsey, Richard K., Army Rice, Floyd John, Air Force Rodriguez, Domingo M., Marines Schaefer, Jake Ryan, Army Airborne Rangel-Harwood, Lena Marie, Navy Rice, Randy J., Army Rodriguez, Lamar Albert, Marines Scharenberg, Ellis William, Army Air Force Ratch, Robert, Air Force Rice, Richard L., Marines Rodriguez, Pedro M., Army Scharenberg, George Carl, Army Rathbone, Mark Larue, Air Force Rice, Sr., Richard Lee, Marines Rodriguez, Robert Joseph, Air Force Schartz, Kenneth J., Army Rathke, Allen C., Air Force & Kansas Air Rich, John C., Army Rodriguez, Simon, Army Schemm, Ralph William, Army Air Force Guard Rich , Leonard F., Army Rodriguez, Simon P., Army & Reserve Scheve, Clarence C., Army Rathke, Carl W., Army Richard, Dan L., Army National Guard Scheve, Frederick J., Army Rathke, Edward John, Navy Richard, John “Jack”, Navy Rodriguez, Socorro M., Army Scheve, Glen J., Air Force Rathke, Larry, Army Richard, Jr., Paul E., Navy Roper, Ken, Air Force Scheve, Vincent B., Army Rathke, Oscar “Al”, Army Richardson, Glen Arthur, Army Rose, Ralph Earl, Marines Schiesser, Dennis Dean, Army Rathke, Stanley, Marines Richardson, James Boyd, Army Rosenquist, Edwin L., Army Schiesser, Donald E., Army Air Corp & KS Rathke, Walter “Walt”, Army Richardson, Lyle, WWII KIA Rosenquist, Floyd E., Navy National Guard Rathke, William Albert, Army Richardson, William Jack, Army Rosenquist, Larry F., Navy Schindler, Darci Ann, Army Reserve Raykiewicz, Richard A., Navy Riddle, Alfred Mike, Army KIA Rosenquist, William Franklin, Army Schlesener, Belinda Sue, Air Force Rayl, Charles Robert, Army Rider, John Allen, Marines Roslin, Stephanie, Navy Schlesener, Jr., Martin August, Navy Reber, Jason “Terry” Lee , Air Force Rider, Keith Columbus, Navy Ross, Elmer Ellis, Navy Schlup, Theodore Earl, Navy Reber, John, Army KIA Rider, Jr., Keith C., Navy Ross, Mike, Marines Schlup, Walter Dale, Navy Redick, James J., Army Rider, Thomas D., Army National Guard Ross, Richard “Dick” Gordon, Navy/Seabees Schmidt, Darrell Albert, Army Redick, Jay Anthony, Army Rife, David Andrew, Navy Rossillon, Jerome Joseph, Naval Reserve KIA Schmidt, Glen Ray, Marines Rediker, Gerald Arnold, Air Force Rincon, Richard L., Army Rossillon, Joseph P., Army Schmidt, Melvin Kenneth, Army Rediker, Gerald M., Army Ringler, Darrell D., Army Rossillon-Moore, Rosanne, Navy Schmidt, Jr., Melvin Kenneth, Air Force Redman, Donald Charles, Air Force Ringler, Lawrence, Army Rouse, Michael Dean, Navy Schmidt, Michael L., Air Force, Air National Guard & Reserves Reed, John Albert, Army Riondy, Frank, Marines KIA Rowlands, Roscoe R., Marines Schmidt, Robert P., Navy Rees, Emlyn William, Navy Robberson, Anita S., Army Rowlands, Thomas Wayne, Army Schmitz, Lawrence George, Navy Rees, Everett John, Army Roberts, Anthony “Tony” J., Army Rowley, Harley G., Air Force Schnakenberg, Norman “Bud” E., Army Rees, Harold L., Army Roberts, Harold Edward, Army Rumford, Donald “Don” Lee, Army Reeser, Wilbur E., Army Roberts, Lynn M., Army National Guard Rumford, Elbert A., Navy Schneider, Emil Joseph, Army Reiber, Michael Lawrence, Army Robinson, Dwane E., Navy Runkle, Jerry Michael, Navy Schoenberger, Russell F., Army Reichardt, Harold Wallace, Army Robinson, Floyd Edward, Navy Russell, Ronald Dean, Army Schoenborn, Fred R., Air Force Relph (Cannon), Martha Helen, Naval Robinson, Hal Lynn, Army Russell, Warren, Navy Schrader, Jackie “Jack” L., Navy Reserve Robinson, Jim Dean, Army Russell, Willis Clayton, Army Schreck, Sr. , Charles C., Army Reno, Gary Hubert, Air Force Robinson, John Lionel, Navy/Seabees Rust, Richard Dean, Air Force Schrock, Brenton Eugene, Air Force Rensing, Joseph David, Army Robinson, Kenneth Wayne , Navy Sadowski, Gary L., Navy Schrock, Christian Allen, Air Force Resch, James Edward, Army National Guard Robinson, Lawrence Leroy, Army Salazar, Joe D., Army Schulte, Bill H., Navy Reser, Larry Dean, Army Robinson, Tyler Duane, Navy Sanders, Donald Eugene, Army & Air Force Schultz, Charles E., Navy Reynolds, David Osborne, Army Roblez, Hector J., Army Sanders, Norton Winston, Air Force Schulze, Joseph “Joe” M., Army Reynolds, William A., Army Robohn, Harold R., Army Sanders, Philip, Air Force Scofield, Bill H., Army Air Corps Rhoades, Curtis Monroe, Navy Rodgers, Leland D., Air Force Sanders, William F., Army Scoggin, Larry, Army Rhoads, Gary Douglas, Marines Rodriguez, Arthur Phillip, Marines Sanderson, John O., Army Scott, John Ronald, Army Rhoads, Merle A., Air Force Rodriguez, Christopher Michael, Marines Saueressig, Bill D., Navy Scott, Larry N., Army Tuesday, November 10, 2020 VVVTHE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS VVV Page 21 AREA VETERANS

Seastrom, Earl Ralph, Army Slater, Matthew D., Army States, Joe Eugene, Army Air Force Stuck, George C., Navy Seguin, Armand, Coast Guard Slaymaker, Ron L., Army Stauffer, Richard L., Army Stueve, Arlen S., Marines Selby, Lyman Lewis, Army Sleisher, Everet James, Army Stauffer, Robert Lee, Air Force Stultz, Clayton, Navy Selby, N. LeRoy, Army National Guard Sloan, Robert, Marines Stead, Allen Dale, Air Force Stutesman, Carl, Marines Sellers, William Edward, Army & Air Corps Sloat, Frank Blair, Marines Steele, Kevin H., Marines Stutesman, Roy L., Navy Air Corps Senn, Frederick N., Army Smith, Donald Eugene, Army Steeves, Forrest A., Navy Suchy, Kenneth L., Army National Guard Senn, John Henry, Army Smith, Joseph M., Army Stefan, Gilbert Leon, Army Suddock, Dwight E., Air Force Senn, Rose Mary, Army Smith, Lloyd D., Army Steffes, Gerald Eugene, Army Summa, A. Ray, Army Sensintaffar, Jack Dean, Army Smith, Mark A., Navy Steinel, Conrad P., Navy Summa, Richard A., Navy Seymour, Richard Sherman, Army Smith, Marland, Army Steinkuhler, Rudy Edward, Navy Summers, Dana P., Navy Shafer, Kermit M., Army Smith, Paul W., Navy Stevenson, Andrew W.A., Air Force Sweetman, Paul E., Air Force Sharrai, Marshall, Navy Smith, Robert Eugene, Army Stevenson, Brian P., Army Sweetman, Robert K., Air Force Sharrai, Robert, Navy Smith, Robert W., Air Force Stevenson, Chiron “Bud” Jr., Army KIA Swint, Charles F., Army Shaw, Austin, Army Smith, Ron D., Army Stevenson, Delbert F., Army Switzer, Floyd L., Air Force Sheely, Rebekah Annette, Army Smith, Ronald Joseph, Air Force Stevenson, Francis L., Navy Symmonds, Robert N., Army Shellenberger, Dale B., Army Smith, Warren Ralph, Marines Stewart, Chris Lee, Army Tabares, Donnie J., Army Shellenberger, Jr., Virgil Roosevelt, Army Smith, William B., Navy/Seabees Stewart, Clifford Eldon, Army Tabares, Edward, Army Shepherd, Paul H., Army Air Corps Smith, Jr., William Earl, Navy Stewart, Max R., Army Air Corps Tabares, Frank, Navy Shepherd, Robert Hershel, Army Snyder, William H., Army Air Corps Stiner, Bill, Army Tabares, Jr., Frank, Navy Sherraden, Robert C., Army Sobke, Charles W., Army Stock, Larry Edward, Air Force Tabares, James, Air Force Shook, Harry L., Army Soetaert, Thomas John, Marines Stockton, Gerald E., Air Force Tabares, Tony J., Air Force Showalter, Robert T “Tommy”, Marines Soetaert, Tom, Marines Stockton, Gerald M., Army Taber, Paul Lane, Navy Shown, Warren Robert, Army Air Force Soetebier, John R., Army Stockton, Kevin L., Army Taber, Roy Eugene, Army Shulley, George Andrew, Navy/Seabees Soller, Sr., Ronald L., Air Force Stockton, Larry D., Navy Talizferro, Howard, Navy Shulley, Lawrence Edward, Merchant Sommers, Stanley O., Army Stockton, Thomas J., Navy Talkington, Brett, Army Marines Spade, Grayson M., Army Stolfus, James Christian, Army Talkington, Brett, A., Army Shulley, Robert Keith, Navy Sparks, Ned L., Army Stolfus, Lee R., Army Talkington, Roger Lee, Army Shulley, William “Bill” D., Navy Sparks, Ronald E., Army Reserve Stolfus, William Arthur, Army Talkington, Wilbur M., Army Shumate, Frank William “Bill”, Marines Specht, Justin R., Army Stone, Lloyd A., Army Tally, Arthur Eli, Army Shupe, Edmund Ariel, Army Air Force Spellman, Junior M., Marines Storrer, Francis Gene, Army Tarrant, Wilbur L., Army Siebenaler, Leo “Jim” James, Army Air Force Spence, James E., Army Storrer, Jerry Leon, Air Force Tatman, Warren, Army Siebuhr, Louis John, Navy Spencer, Harold F., Navy Storrer (Philabaum), Donna Elizabeth, Air Taylor, Charles Edwin, Navy Siegele, Milton H., Air Force Spencer, Jesse L., Army Force Taylor, George Edward, Navy Sigle, Lawrence “Larry” A., Navy Spencer, Will W., Air Force Stotts, Dennis K., Army Taylor, James W., Army Sill, Ralph, Navy Spielbusch, Edward Raymond, Marines Stout, Dennis W., Marines Taylor, Rex E., Army Silva, Louis, Army Stack, Robert Lee, Navy Stovall, Dijion E., Army National Guard Taylor, Robert C., Navy Simkins, Charles A., Marines Stair, Donald Leroy, Marines Stuart, Randy E., Marines Taylor, Robert Kerry, Navy Simkins, Lois Jean, Navy Nurse Corps Stair, Frank Theodore, Navy Stuart, Robert W., Marines Taylor, Rodney C., Army Simons, Hobart Eugene, Navy Stanley, Bud B., Marines Stubbs, Charles Frederick, Navy Tebbetts, Daniel F., Army Sirico, John P., Air Force Stapp, John N., Air Force Stubenhofer, Howard J., Army Terp, Carl, Navy Sirico, Michael W., Navy Stapp, Richard G., Army Stubenhofer, James A., Army Thill, Ronald Edward, Army Page 22 VVVTHE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS VVV Tuesday, November 10, 2020 AREA VETERANS

Tholen, Thomas Edward, Army Trear, John M., Army Vehige, Dan Thomas, Marines Walters, George K., Navy Thomas, Aletha Pearl, Army Trowbridge, Steven, Army Verlin, Albert F., Army Walters, Herman William, Army Thomas, James M., Army Trowbridge, Jerry F., Army Verlin, Bobby D., Navy Waltz, Herbert Robert, Marines Thomas, Justin C., Army Trowbridge, Lowell E., Army Air Corps Verlin, Edward F., Army Wamser, Donald C., Army Thomas, Keith A., Navy Tucker, Garry Ray, Army Verlin, Gary J., Army Wamser, Preston E., Marines Thomas, LeRoy Edward, Air Force Tucker, Lee Everett, Army Verlin, Gerald F., Navy Warren, Bill, Navy Thomas, Marc A., Army Turner, Harry LeRoy, Navy Verlin, Lonnie E., Air Force Warren, James L., Navy KIA Thomas, Terry Lee, Army Turner, Terry Dale, Army Voorhees, Brandon Joshua, Army Warren, Russel, Navy Thomas, Warren W., Army Turpin, Richard C., Navy Voorhees, David, Army Watson, Myron “Mick” Walter, Army Thomas, Wayne, Army Tuxhorn, Larry E., Navy Voorhees, Donald E., Army Watson, Richard Lee, Navy Thomas, William Howard, Army Umholtz, Willard K., Army Voorhees, John Lee, Navy Wayman, Charles William, Army Thomas, William John, Army Unruh, Carl Eugene, Air Force Voorhees, Kyle Ray, Army Weaver, Nane M., Marines Thomas Sr., Kenneth B., Army Unruh, Frank E., Army Voorhees, Mike G., Army Weaver, Richard “Dick” L., Army Air Corps Thomas, Jr., Kenneth B., Army Unruh, Howard Lyle, Marines Voorhees, Raymond Jarrod, Army Weaver, Steven C., Army Thomson, Harold K., Navy Unruh, Richard Lee, Air Force Voorhees, Walter, Army KIA Weaver, Timothy, Marines Throm, Allen L., Navy Utley Jr., Llyod Ashford, Navy Voorhees Jr., Warren Edward, Navy Webb, Charles E., Army Tietz, Herbert Ross, Navy Uttinger, Lowell Allen, Navy Voorhees Sr., Warren Edward, Navy & Webb, Jason Arthur, Navy & Army National Tietz, Wendell Walter, Army Uttinger, Wallace LeRoy, Army Air Force National Guard Guard Timbrook, William Kenneth, Army Vahsholtz, Gary, Army Voorhees, William H., Army Webb, Timothy Lee, Air Force Timmerman, Grant F., Marines KIA Vahsholtz, Melvin Carl, Army KIA Wade, Brent, Army Wecker, Francis John, Army Timmerman, Kenneth M., Marines Vahsholtz, Milton Edward, Army Wagner, Bryan E., Air Force Wecker, Glen F., Army Timmerman, Robert D., Army Vahsholtz, Rhinehart, Army Wagner, Cleo Craig, Army Air Corps Wecker, Leo Joseph, Navy Timmons, Lawrence Dale, Navy Vahsholtz, Verner, Army Wagner, Douglas E., Army Weidner, Charles Calvin, Marines Tincher, Eric Jon, National Guard Valburg, Lawrence D., Army Wagner, Earl E., Navy Tobin, George Edward, Army Weigand, Francis G., Army VanGundy, Myron L., Army Wagner, James E., Air Corps Tobin, James J., Army Weimer, Fred Dean, Navy VanGundy, Wayne W., Air Force Wagner, Leland J., Air Force Weller, Frederick J., Army Air Corps Torrens, David Junior, Army VanderVelde, Jay Wesley, Army Wagner, Ronald E., Navy Weller, Lela Grace, Women Army Corps Torrens, John David, Air Force VanderVelde, John Jacob, Air Force Torrens, Leonard R., Air Force Wagner, Wayne F., Air Force Weller, Leslie Samuel, Navy Vandervelde, Stanley L., Army Medical Wagner, William F., Army Torrens, Marion Francis, Navy Corps Weller, Terry James, Air Force Torres, Fulgence C., Navy VanSickle, Coburn Eugene, Army Wagoner, Sammy K., Army Weller, William F., Army Torres, Guadalupe Perez, Air Force VanSickle, Doris Junior, Air Force Waidley, Joseph Allen, Navy Wellnitz, Frank, Army Torres, Lupe P., Air Force VanSickle, Edwin Lee, Army Walburn, Kenneth Dale, Army Wells, Hal P., Army Toso, Arnold Alexander, Army VanSickle, James Maurice, Army Air Corps Walker, Clifford Irving, Army Weltha, Cindy Allison, Air Force Toso, Dale, Navy VanSickle, Loy Thomas, Navy Walker, Eugene H., Army Wendling, Delbert Nicholas, Army Toso, Raymond, Army VanSickle, Raymond Lee, Air Force Walker, William H., Air Force Wendling, Joseph J., Army Trahen, Jacob, Army VanSyoc, Donald Gary, Navy Wallace, Kerry L., Army Wente, David Allen, Army Traw, Richard Dennis, Navy VanVickle, Edward L., Army Wallace, Ralph C., Army Werner, Leonard Lee, Navy Traw, Robert Wayne, Army Vaughn, James H., Navy Wallace, Robert Eugene, Navy Wessel, Donald L., Army Traw, Steven Paul, Air Force Veatch, Dianna, Army National Guard Walters, Albert Frank, Marines West, Gaylord Eugene, Marines Trayer, Harold D., Army Veatch, Harry Carl, Army Walters, Arnold Martin, Army West, Scott Caleb, Marines Tuesday, November 10, 2020 VVVTHETHE GAZETTE,GAZETTE, EMPORIA,EMPORIA, KANSASKANSAS VVV Page 23 AREA VETERANS

West, Willard Wallace, National Guard Wilhite, Leonard, Navy Windsor, Carl W., Navy Wyatt, George W., Army West, Gary Leon, Marines Wilhoite, Jr., Fred L., Army Winkler, David D., Army Wyda, Charles Michael, Air Force Whitaker, Frederick H., Army Air Corps Willard, Johnnie E., Army Winter, Paul B., Air Force Wygle, Leonard L., Army Whitaker, James F., Army Willard, William, Navy Winter, Robert “Bob” F., Army Wygle, Ralph William, Army Whitaker, Wayne Wade, Army Air Corps Williams, Donald Lewis, National Guard & Winterbower, Thomas Lee, National Guard Yevak, Robert E., Army White, Gerald E., Army Army Wise, Ellis Rex, Army Young, Wilbert Franklin, Army White, Glenn Franklin, Marines KIA Williams, Larry, Marines Witten, Gerald L., Air Force Youngblood, Benjamin L., Army Reserve White, Lewis Edward, Army Williams, Steven Joseph, Air Force Wolf, Harlan L., Army Younger, Jerry, Navy White, Michael William, Army Williams, Jr., Adrian, Navy KIA Wood, William W., Navy Youniacutt, Ronald Lee, Army White, Wilbur Robert, Army Williams, Sr., Rex Aaron, Air Force Woodruff, Billie Wayne, Coast Guard Zeigler, Jewell Theodore, Army Whitney, Ronald E., Army Williamson, Duane A., Navy Woolary, Andrew Howard, Army Zeiner, Lowen “Bud”, Air Force KIA Whittington, Jacob E., Navy Williamson, Randall D., Army Wooton, Jack C., Army Ziesmer, Albert Frank, Army Whittington, James Louis, Navy Wilson, Gene E., Navy Worcester, Estle Orville, Navy Zimmerman, John Joseph, Army Whittington, Louis Benjamin, Navy Wilson, Newton “Buzz” Fred, Army Worcester, Ronald Dean, Army Reserve Zimmerman, William Harrison, Army Whittington, Richard Eugene, Navy Wilson, Owen B., Army Workman, Leland C., Navy/Seabees Zumbrum, Walter Albert, Army Air Force Whittington, Rodney Lee, Navy Wilson, Richard Tom, Army Wright, Richard Warren, Army Whittredge, Ben F., Navy Wilson, Robert Wayne, Army Wullschleger, Howard, Army CMYK

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VETERANS DAY HONORING OUR HEROES 2020 WE ARE PROUD OF YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND OF YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you EMILY ROBERT DAVIS, RICHARD TRENTON FORBECK CRNA, MSNA RUST FAY Medical Laboratory Emporia Anesthesia Facilities Management Security department Technician Associates President Served 22 years with the Served as a combat Served 7 years with the US Air Force culminating Served 5 years with the US medic for US Navy and the Kansas his career as a Master Air Force, and 5 years with 6 years with the Army National Guard Sergeant the Air National Guard US Army National Guard

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you JENNIFER STACEY JIM KATY VASQUEZ BATTENFIELD, PRITCHARD WILSON Nutritional Services LPN Security department Skilled Coordinator/ department Activities Director Newman Regional Health Served 7 years with the KS Served Medical Partners Army National Guard as a Served 8 years with the 4 years with the US Army Served 22 years in the US Army and Sergeant and as a US Army Army Reserves and recently retired with the Second Lieutenant rank of Sergeant First Class

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you MOLLY BRYCE ROLAND TIMOTHY MILAKOVICH, RN HEITMAN, DO DAREY, MD HARRIS, DO Molly enlisted in the US Army Reserves Newman Regional Health Emergency Room Newman Regional Health Medical Backfill Battalion Medical Partners Medical Partners Served as an Emergency Department Served 10 years with Served 11 years with the Served 4 years in the Medic Shift Leader Critical Care Nurse, the US Air Force and and while in Kuwait, as a Platoon US Army. He deployed to US Navy. He was fleet graduated from the US Air Sergeant for an ambulance unit. In Afghanistan with the 101st surgeon for 5 ships and February 2019, Molly was promoted to Force Academy Captain and her mother Belinda, Airborne from 2009-2010 Chief Surgeon at Naval USAF, had the honor of pinning her Station Rota

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you SHANNON CATHERINE DOMINGO NICHOLAS STANDARD, RN GROTE, DO VASQUEZ BACON Hospitalist Registered Respiratory Women’s Life Center Medical Laboratory Technician Served as a nurse for ten years, Served in the US Army for 6 Therapist Served in the US Army for 5 years in MASH unit with the Missouri Army National Guard, years and was deployed to both Served 8 years in the nearly 5 years a Nurse Practitioner in Internal Iraq and Afghanistan. Domingo US Army Medicine, and 6 months in a also served with the 44th ESB field hospital in Honduras. She in Germany and the 1st Space holds the rank of Major and was Battalion in Colorado an Army brat in her youth

1201 W. 12TH AVE., EMPORIA, KS Newman Regional Health wishes to extend sincere appreciation and 620-343-6800 • NEWMANRH.ORG gratitude to all veterans for their sacrifice, bravery, and commitment. Thank you for your service!