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Offspring Issue 2, 2019 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 OFFSPRING The National Newsletter of the SONS and DAUGHTERS of PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS, INC. “Pearl Harbor ~ December 7, 1941 ~ Lest We Forget” Always Remember... Photos by Eric “Rick” Miller 1 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 ANNOUNCEMENTS Membership Report 11-15-2018 thru 7-15-2019 National President, Deidre Kelley PLEASE WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS! P.O. Box 1022 Yulee, FL 32041 PH: 904-225-0013 (H) NEW LINEAL MEMBERS E-Mail: [email protected] Vernon Robert Nine Fort Mill, SC National Vice President, Mary Haessig Michael G. Dwyer Chelsea, MA Schiano Drew Justin Anderssen Atlanta, GA 3200 Osborne Road Carol Ann Gimesky Novato, CA Chester, VA 23831-1946 PH: 804-796-2971 (H), 804-263-1950 (C) Lauren Elizabeth Knoblock Chapin, SC E-Mail: [email protected] Brooke Deanne Prevedel Wellington, CO Shawna Denise Prevedel Wellington, CO National Secretary, Carol Gladys 1122 Fox Run Audrey Elise King Dickinson, TX Grafton, OH 44044 Stephen Lee Watson Magnolia, TX PH: 850-867-0645 (C) Brendan Jay Watson Magnolia, TX E-Mail: [email protected] National Treasurer, Mary Purifoy NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 7846 Hastings Street PHS Thomas H. Ryan, Sr. Chapin,SC Jacksonville, FL 32220 Mary Kathryn Griffin Albuquerque, NM PH: 904-786-0045 (H), 904-545-5843 (C) E-Mail: [email protected] William K. Quigley Columbus Junction, IA Paul Murphy Omaha, NE National Trustees James Edward Hoose Omaha, NE Carolyn Sparks [email protected] Carlos Valenzuela League City, TX Lois Heineken Ana Fernandez League City, TX [email protected] Kathy S. Erlandson Greenfield, IA National Registrar, Linda Hooks Melissa R. Delarme Jacksonville, FL 1414 Woodville Road Mansfield, OH 44903-9478 PH: 419-526-0079 (H), 419-571-2003 (C) DID YOU KNOW... The Offspring is the official newsletter of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl E-Mail: [email protected] Harbor Survivors, Inc. It is published for the benefit of dues paying members three times a year with a separate Ballot Issue published on even years to coincide with our National elections. National Historian, Jason Ockrassa E-Mail: [email protected] Please send any editorial content to Eric”Rick” Miller: [email protected] PHS Archivist, Gordon Sparks Next Issue 2019 #3 Deadline: November 15th E-Mail: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS Website Coordinator, Barbara Ford Page 833 Travis Drive 2 National Officers /Announcements /Membership Report Carson, NV 89701 3 Presidents Message PH: 775-781-3555 (H) 4 Finance Report /Donations E-Mail: [email protected] 5 Death Notices 6.7 State Reports: TX, IL, IN and OH Editor, Eric Miller 8-9 Pearl Harbor Remembered Ceremonies - Memorial Day and 4th of July 751 Countryside Hwy 10-11 Pearl Harbor History - Strangers in the Night Mundelein, IL 60060-2503 12 Jim Taylor in Memoriam. PH: 847-566-1670 (H) 13 In Loving Memory.... E-Mail: [email protected] 14-17 April’s E-Board Meeting Minutes, Reports, SDPHS merchandise Storekeeper, Deidre Kelley 18 SDPHS Small Store 19 Dues form / Message from temporary Editor 2 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 Message from the President Deidre Kelley Hope everyone celebrated Memorial Day with family and friends honoring our Pearl Har- bor Survivors and other war veterans. It’s very important that we remember the sacrifices made by these heroes to keep America free. With this in mind, I would like to announce that Richard Hugen, SDPHS 3rd District Director, is compiling a reference library of books having to do with the attack on Pearl Harbor. A list of books and other printed mate- rial with a synopsis of each will be posted on the SDPHS website and people will be able to contact Richard for more information. This will not be a lending library. Richard will make portions of the books available to academic enquiries and those researching details of the attack. If you have any books about the December 7th attack, please contact Richard directly at [email protected]. He would love to hear from you. Since our approval as an IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, we have received dona- tions from the ILWU Credit Union in Wilmington, CA and the Nicholas J. & Anna K. Bouras Foundation in Summit, NJ in memory of PHS John Mathrusse. We are very appreciative of these donations. If you know of an organization that would like to donate money to our organization, please have them contact me directly. The Executive Board would like to collect enough funding for a memorial bench to be constructed and located at one of our National Cemeteries or Museums in the next two years. As promised, we have added some new items to the Small Stores to include Tervis cups, thank you cards, lapel and flag pins, and challenge coins. Check out the items in this issue of the Offspring. Please feel free to order as many items as you would like. I am still working on having the Small Stores available on the SDPHS website. Our next Offspring will be coming out after Veteran’s Day. Plan to do something special by marching in a parade, taking a Pearl Harbor Survivor or veteran to lunch, or visit a home for veterans and let them know how much you ap- preciate them. Above all else, Remember Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, Lest We Forget! Thank you, Deidre Kelley CHILD SURVIVOR HISTORY PROJECT Please send articles and photos to: Richard Hugen, 5334 Owens Street, Arvada, CO 80002. Phone: (303) 570-7400 e-mail: [email protected]. If you are a child survivor of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, contact Richard Hugen and be recognized. Also, send an account of your memories leading up to, during & after the attack . FROM OUR PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR ARCHIVIST GORDON SPARKS I need some help. I have finished listing the deaths from all of the Grams. I have 13,000 names listed and about 300 errors not counting the dates of deaths. If anyone has old Pearl Harbor Survivor rosters, death listings, either state or national I would appreciate your sharing them with me. Some of the errors are: states, stations, membership numbers, etc. I really want to make as complete a list as possible so any copies or originals would be greatly appreciated. In addition, I currently have 4,500 names listed of their New Member Sheets from the Grams. You can contact me at: Gordon Sparks email: [email protected] 549 Chadford Road, Irmo, SC 29063 3 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 FINANCIAL REPORT We thank our Donors for their January 1, 2019 - June 30, 2019 Mary Purifoy, National Treasurer Kindness and Generosity! BEGINNING BALANCE, 01/01/2019 GENERAL FUND 17,564.38 Donations 2/16/19 – 7/15/2019 MEMORIAL FUND 1,394.00 GENERAL FUND SCHOLARSHIP FUND 224.34 Bernard R. Tillery CONVENTION FUND 713.56 PH/CHILD SURVIVOR HISTORY 580.00 Russell Grogan Outstanding Check #2486 619.13 Josie Rapacz Donna Hosse TOTAL .......................................... $21,095.41 Income James E. Armstrong Annual Dues $6,620.00 Wallace E. Scott Donations to General Fund 3,805.75 Stephen A. Kallis, Jr. Donations to Memorial Fund 150.00 Michael Mason Donations to Scholarship Fund 35.00 John Campbell Donations Convention Fund 0.00 Child Survivor History Project 95.00 Mary L. Reed New Member Fees 160.00 Gary A. Chabot New Chapter Fees 0.00 Frank Bland Small Stores 895.75 J.R. Givens Offspring Ads 25.00 Donald Dvorak Miscellaneous 46.54 Donna Kaplan TOTAL INCOME......................... $11,833.04 Matthew Zaborsky Expenses Florida Dept. of State 70.00 E-Board Meetings 8,801.02 MEMORIAL FUND Memorial Wreaths 0.00 Russell Grogan Offspring: Printing/postage 1,024.45 Merri J. Loker Small Stores Inventory 3,858.03 Martha Hodnett Miscellaneous 416.86 Barry Reyelts New Chapter Start-up 0.00 Chapter Membership Awards 550.00 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Stamp, Postage, Office Supplies 1,007.71 Bank Fees (Returned Check) 42.00 Brittania Herbold Website Support 1,413.15 Kathryn Rulison Trademark Expense 0.00 Memorial Fund 0.00 CHILD SURVIVOR/HISTORY FUND Scholarship Fund 0.00 Dr. C.N. Johnston, Jr. Convention Fund 3,790.36 Gerald C. Chebetar TOTAL EXPENSE....................... $20,973.58 Jack Goldenberg Ending Book Balance 6/30/2019... .$11,954.87 T. Brien Haigley Outstanding Checks #2516 $100.00 Donna Fiveash #2517 $100.00 Ending Bank Balance 6/30/2019..... $12,154.87 “In Memory/Honor of” ads: Include survivor’s name & duty station on Dec. 7, 1941 & name/ relationship to survivor of person placing ad. “In Support of” ads: Include SDPHS supporter, Your your name, title (if an officer), Chapter, City & State. Ad Here Send ad information and check to National UP TO 4 LINES: Treasurer, Mary Purifoy. Check should be 1 issue - $ 8.00 clearly marked - Offspring Ad. 4 issues - $25.00 4 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 Offspring Issue 2, 2019 Our survivors who have recently passed. NAME DUTY STATION DATE of DEATH LONNIE COOK (OK) U.S.S. Arizona 07/31/2019 LISTON A. COOMER (FL) Wheeler Field 02/21/2018 JAMES ELBERT GARNER (CO) U.S.S Helena 05/14/2019 AL B. CORY (FL) U.S.S. Tennessee 09/12/2018 EVERETTE HYLAND (HI) U.S.S. Pennsylvania 07/23/2019 PAUL SMITH (FL) 3rd Defense Battallion 01/18/2017 JOSEPH ISCOVITZ Fort Shafter 07/10/2019 WILLIAM O. RANEY (FL) U.S.S. Sacremento 03/20/2019 HOMER L. ALLEM (FL) Schofield Barracks 04/27/2019 VERE GARDNER (CA) Naval Base Pearl Harbor 03/02/2019 CRAIG M. KIRKPATRICK (NC) U.S.S. Castor 01/13/2018 BILL COBB (FL) Schofield Barracks 04/01/2009 THOMAS REINHARDT (NC) Schofield Barracks 03/19/2019 WILLIAM LEE BENNY (FL) U.S.S.