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 […]
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
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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Colonel Edward P. Mazak, Jr., 90, died peacefully at Ohio Living Rockynol in Akron on May 24, 2019 with his loving wife, Marcia at his bedside. Col. Mazak was born on July 2, 1928 in Akron, Ohio to Edward P. and Julia Mazak. Upon his graduation from Buchtel High School (Akron, Ohio), he attended the
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