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COL William(Bill) Miller

A dedicated business and community leader, a decorated military veteran of World War II, an 80 -plus years volunteer leader to the Boy Scouts of America, and a loving husband, father and grandfather has passed away. William J. Miller (Bill), the middle son of Arthur and Edith Miller, died September 9, 2021. He passed away…

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LTC Ronald Girard

LTC Ronald Girard died April 14, 2021. He was born in New Orleans, LA on November 16, 1936 and was a 26 year resident of Akron. He was a career U.S. Army military intelligence officer, specializing in signals intelligence and counter intelligence, retiring December, 1994. He received the Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army…

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IlT Ernie Stadvic

Ernie Stadvec, 95, passed away April 6, 2021. He was born June 13, 1925 to the late Albert and Rose Stadvec in Sharon Center, Ohio. Known as “Captain Ernie” to most of Akron and the aviation world, his passion for flying began as a young boy. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the…

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Minutes of 15 October 2020 OWRC (MOAA) Annual Business Meeting

Minutes of 15 October 2020 OWRC (MOAA) Annual Business Meeting The annual business meeting of the Ohio Western Reserve Chapter of MOAA was convened at 1900 hours by the chapter president, Donald Bratton.  The meeting was conducted via Zoom.  The president opened the meeting with a welcome statement, announcements and introductions.  The first agenda topic…

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AUGUST 2020 PERSONAL AFFAIRS

This partial article by Patricia Kime, with contributions from Oriana Pawlyk, originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.   More than 600,000 Tricare users in the military health system’s East Region received emails Friday asking them to consider donating blood for research as “survivors of COVID-19.”  But…

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MARCH 2020 PERSONAL AFFAIRS

March 2020 Personal Affairs From the Feb 20 edition of the MOAA Newsletter, approximately 84,000 active duty family members and 110,000 military retiree beneficiaries will be impacted by military treatment facility (MTF) downsizing proposed in a DoD report to Congress released Feb. 19.  In a phone call the morning of the release, senior DoD officials…

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Captain James Roberts USN Retired

James Edward Roberts Jr. (a.k.a. Jim, or Deak to family and close friends), age 80, of Canton, Ohio, since 1968, died January 2, 2020 at Santé of Surprise Rehab, Surprise, Arizona. Born in Charleston, West Wirginia, on January 24, 1939, and raised in Vienna (on the Ohio River north of Parkersburg, West Virginia), where he…

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LtCol Robert C. Schiesswohl USNC (ret)

Lt Col. (Ret.) Robert C. Schiesswohl, 94, of Bath, OH passed away peacefully December 28, 2019 surrounded by family members. He was born in Chicago, IL on May 19, 1925, Bob graduated from Point Loma High School, Point Loma, CA. He served honorably in the United States Marine Corps in WWII and Korea making landings at Okinawa, Japan and…

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Lt Cdr Oliver J Schneider

Oliver J. Schneider, 91, of Brimfield Township, died Saturday, July 1, 2017, at home in Brimfield Township. He was born January 31, 1926 in Ravenna, OH to the late Frank and Margaret (nee Trepanier) Schneider. Graduate of Ravenna High School, Bachelor degree from Kent State University and Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Case Western Reserve University…

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DECEMBER 2019 PERSONAL AFFAIRS

Personal Affairs Hello everyone! I have volunteered as the OWRC Personal Affairs Officer. Serving the chapter in this capacity has been on my mind for some time. I will serve as the primary point of contact for issues associated with military rights and entitlements, with special emphasis on survivor benefits information. To that end, I’ll…

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