Kenneth James Godwin
Age 94, Michigan
Lost on Apr 27
He could spit a watermelon seed halfway across a double lot
Daniel James Callahan
Age 90, Massachusetts
Lost on Apr 27
He was a master of all tools
Kenneth K. Skoog
Age 90, Fargo, N.D.
Lost on Apr 24
Served in the Korean War and the Berlin airlift
Margaret Skaliotis
Age 92, Boston
Lost on Apr 24
High school library aide and a teacher’s aide
Allen Francis Tinkham
Age 91, Newington, Conn.
Lost on Apr 23
Served as interim pastor to churches during difficult transitions
Paul Edward Herbst
Age 92, Vernon, Conn.
Lost on Apr 22
Cheerful, upbeat, thankful person
Suzanne Raynal Gijsbers
Age 93, Michigan
Lost on Apr 21
France was always first and foremost in her heart
Richard F. Fenno Jr.
Age 93, Rye, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 21
Political scientist and congressional scholar
Mary Ann Scata
Age 90, Wethersfield, Conn.
Lost on Apr 20
Her gardens flourished
Shirley Eileen Zimmerman
Age 92, Dearborn, Mich.
Lost on Apr 15
Work was a big part of her life, and she derived much satisfaction from it
Margit Buchhalter Feldman
Age 90, Somerset, N.J.
Lost on Apr 14
Survivor who taught about the Holocaust
Norman Gulamerian
Age 92, New Providence, N.J.
Lost on Apr 13
Art supply businessman with a romantic streak
Theodore Gaffney
Age 92, Washington, D.C.
Lost on Apr 12
Photographer of the Freedom Riders
Maclear Jacoby Jr.
Age 93, Washington, D.C.
Lost on Apr 11
Inspiring math teacher
Faralyn Havir
Age 92, Minnesota
Lost on Apr 7
Her favorite thing was meeting new people
Lloyd Paul Leftwich
Age 91, Louisiana
Lost on Apr 3
Inveterate harmonica player
Richard Passman
Age 94, Silver Spring, Md.
Lost on Apr 1
Rocket engineer in the early days of supersonic flight
Beryl Bernay
Age 94, New York City
Lost on Mar 29
Actress and children’s TV host
Alice Chavdarian
Age 92, Michigan
Lost on Mar 28
Loving, generous and adventurous spirit
Sandy Pratt
Age 92, Bellevue, Wash.
Lost on Mar 26
Engineer forever chasing the wind
Rocco Patrick Ursino
Age 90, Bellevue, Wash.
Lost on Mar 26
Preceded in death by his wife of 65 years
Irvin Herman
Age 94, Indianapolis
Lost on Mar 25
Army man modest about his service in the Pacific
Gerald Anthony Morales
Age 91, Louisiana
Lost on Mar 25
An encyclopedic knowledge of old Hollywood
Romi Cohn
Age 91, New York City
Lost on Mar 24
Saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo
Harold L. Upjohn
Age 91, Burlingame, Calif.
Lost on Mar 24
Conducted clinical research at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Walter Robb
Age 91, New York
Lost on Mar 23
Former General Electric Co executive
Varsenik “Vi” Morse
Age 93, Dearborn, Michigan
Lost on
Frances A. Orsini
Age 91, Brick, N.J.
Lost on May 15
Sketched advertisements for large department stores
Jean D. Tobin
Age 91, Bucks County, Pa.
Lost on May 13
Happiest when she was barefoot in her flower garden
Russell D. Green
Age 92, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Lost on May 12
Attended electronics schools in the Navy
Duane G. Vock
Age 92, Mission, Kan.
Lost on May 12
Proud Army veteran who served during WWII
Ronald R. Erdman
Age 90, Novi, Mich.
Lost on May 11
67-year member of Pipefitters Local 636
Irene S. Allen
Age 93, Ambler, Pa.
Lost on May 11
Enjoyed trying her luck in the casino
Margaret MacVeagh Schweers
Age 93, New Jersey
Lost on May 10
Had a passion for decorating and an artistic streak
Mary Ann Bregar
Age 91, Ohio
Lost on May 10
Liked golfing and sewing, but loved spending time with family and friends
Elizabeth N. Updegrave
Age 91, Reading, Pa.
Lost on May 9
We will forever remember her saying, “Keep the water in the pool!”
Roberta Gulick
Age 90, Wrentham, Mass.
Lost on May 7
Advocate for the Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Betty Jo Barney
Age 91, Green Valley, Ariz.
Lost on May 5
Very active in the support of 4-H clubs
Wilma Ruth Montgomery
Age 91, Phoenix
Lost on May 5
Feisty and fun to be with
Hildur T. Stanton
Age 91, New York
Lost on May 5
Always trying to better herself and family
Juanita Sanchez-Valdez
Age 90, Glendale, Ariz.
Lost on May 5
Champion for the rights of Hispanic women
Elaine Jeannette Beaulieu
Age 90, East Hartford, Conn.
Lost on May 4
Enjoyed crafts, crocheting, playing cards and board games
Patrick Conran
Age 91, Riverside, Ill.
Lost on May 3
Two-time Purple Heart recipient
Muriel E. Lundgren
Age 91, Haverhill, Mass.
Lost on May 3
Talented tennis player
Raymond Geraci
Age 91, Highland Park, Ill.
Lost on May 2
Former mayor, sportscaster
Irvin Alder
Age 91, Novi, Mich.
Lost on May 2
Loved traveling in an RV
Rosemary Ann Hughes
Age 90, Danbury, Conn.
Lost on May 2
Worked in libraries for over 20 years
Edna Saikkonen Alve
Age 92, Spencer, N.Y.
Lost on May 2
Worked beside her husband to transform a rundown dairy farm into a flourishing business
Helen Sutton
Age 93, Rocky Hill, Conn.
Lost on May 1
Enjoyed winters in Florida and traveling with the Aircraft Campmates
Wee Chu Wong
Age 90, Worcester, Pa.
Lost on May 1
Worked long, hard hours and still made time for everyone
Jean Marie Hazelwood
Age 93, San Mateo, Calif.
Lost on May 1
Child of San Francisco who walked across the Golden Gate Bridge on opening day
Corinne Rhodes
Age 93, Oxford, Pa.
Lost on Apr 30
Bowled for over 50 years in various leagues
Jean Munson
Age 92, Plainville, Conn.
Lost on Apr 30
Enjoyed traveling throughout New England
Elsie Rossitto
Age 92, Portland, Conn.
Lost on Apr 29
Ran Brownstone Amusements Carnival with her husband
Nicholas Modugno
Age 91, New York
Lost on Apr 29
Mainstay of the Valhalla School District
Charles Walter Calhoun
Age 93, Alexander City, Ala.
Lost on Apr 29
Served in the Army Air Corps as an aviation electrician
Jean Adele Walkins
Age 92, Whitman, Mass.
Lost on Apr 28
Fashionista
Earl Avers
Age 92, Oregon, Ohio
Lost on Apr 28
Enjoyed golfing
Asela E. Gejo
Age 92, New Jersey
Lost on Apr 27
Excellent cook, though she hated the task
Joan M. Hackney
Age 91, West Chester, Pa.
Lost on Apr 27
Portrait oil and landscape watercolor painter
Clarence Robert Ellis
Age 93, Rochester, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 26
Enjoyed gardening, camping and making people laugh
Eva Charlotte Julewitz
Age 91, Woonsocket, R.I.
Lost on Apr 26
Swam over one mile each week
Richard J. Rome
Age 91, Roslindale, Mass.
Lost on Apr 25
Loving father
Barbara J. Norris
Age 90, Weymouth, Mass.
Lost on Apr 25
Actively involved in the United Methodist Women
Raymond W. Wilkinson Sr.
Age 91, Weatherly, Pa.
Lost on Apr 25
His greatest accomplishment was serving as an ordained deacon
Patricia Rowe
Age 94, Buffalo
Lost on Apr 24
She helped immigrants and refugees get on their feet
Norman Leslie Jenkins
Age 91, Hingham, Mass.
Lost on Apr 22
Loved seeing the full moon rise over the ocean
Alma M. Carney
Age 91, Florida
Lost on Apr 22
She and her husband were pioneers in industrial catering
Barbara Ann Loreck
Age 90, Pikesville, Md.
Lost on Apr 21
Taught at several Baltimore-area schools
Louis B. Bernstein
Age 92, Roseland, N.J.
Lost on Apr 21
Served in the US Army
Billie Jean Michael Habermehl
Age 90, Manassas, Va.
Lost on Apr 21
Loved dancing, opera, art, British mysteries and animals of all kinds
Barry Kaye
Age 91, Boca Raton, Fla.
Lost on Apr 21
Insurance salesman famous for his self-help books
Edith Costanzo
Age 93, Wethersfield, Conn.
Lost on Apr 20
Highly successful Avon representative
Henry Burk Sullivan
Age 90, Haddonfield, N.J.
Lost on Apr 20
Professor of English and philosophy at Gloucester County College
Norma Jean Knight
Age 93, Des Moines
Lost on Apr 19
Survived by her husband of 70 years
Myrtha Celifie
Age 91, McHenry, Ill.
Lost on Apr 19
Modern-day renaissance woman
Stephen J. Clinton
Age 94, Rockland, Mass.
Lost on Apr 19
Cancer survivor at 88 years old
Herbert Nygren
Age 91, Carol Stream, Ill.
Lost on Apr 18
Formidable professor, amiable pastor
Arthur Winthrop Barstow
Age 93, Hadley, Mass.
Lost on Apr 17
There is not a Louis L’Amour Western he had not read three times
Charles Donald Neal Sr.
Age 91, Broken Arrow, Okla.
Lost on Apr 17
Helped establish many credit unions
Angeline Michalopulos
Age 92, Des Plaines, Ill.
Lost on Apr 16
Was never afraid to sing or dance
Ina Shaw Mirviss
Age 93, Stamford, Conn.
Lost on Apr 16
Would hold scientific discussions over dinner
Ida Esposito
Age 92, Melville, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 15
Worked as a secretary for Grumman Aerospace for nearly 25 years
Philip A. Scardilli
Age 91, Colonia, N.J.
Lost on Apr 15
Gained notoriety for his freeform dancing at family functions
Lee Konitz
Age 92, New York City
Lost on Apr 15
Saxophonist and master of “cool” jazz
Benjamin DiGiovanni
Age 90, New York City
Lost on Apr 15
His “all in the pot” cookies will remain a family tradition
Nancy M. Allen
Age 91, New York City
Lost on Apr 15
Loved to read and play bingo
Anita Robinson
Age 94, Minnesota
Lost on Apr 13
Shared her knowledge and love of reading
William U. Roulette III
Age 93, Stroudsburg, Pa.
Lost on Apr 13
Enjoyed being a waterman on his work boat on Chesapeake Bay
Margaret Laughlin
Age 91, Massachusetts
Lost on Apr 11
Had a mystic’s direct sense of wonder and oneness
Mary M. Desole
Age 93, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 8
Member of the Literacy Volunteers of America
Antoinette Marie Lutz
Age 91, Chester, Conn.
Lost on Apr 6
Candy striper at St Raphael’s Hospital
Maxwell M. Mozell
Age 90, Syracuse, N.Y.
Lost on Mar 28
Founded the Association for Chemoreception Sciences
Dolores M. Madera
Age 91, Oceanport, N.J.
Lost on May 19
Lived in many places as an Army wife before settling in New Jersey
Dorothy Spanos
Age 90, Orangeburg, N.Y.
Lost on May 14
Her authentic Greek cooking and dancing was second to none
Mildred W. Blough
Age 92, Wooster, Ohio
Lost on May 11
Sunday school teacher
Mary A. Cole
Age 93, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Lost on May 10
Enjoyed golf and watching the Hawkeyes
Nita Pippins
Age 93, Manhattan, N.Y.
Lost on May 10
Mother to a generation of AIDS patients
Ellen Marie Pauze
Age 94, Londonderry, N.H.
Lost on May 9
Loved to spend time at the beach soaking in the sun
Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite
Age 92, Taylor, Mich.
Lost on May 4
Last living woman member of the WW II Monuments team
Mary T. King
Age 94, Dorchester, Mass.
Lost on May 4
Talented knitter, a voracious reader, a current events aficionado
Anna Elizabeth Pearson Lugg
Age 90, Hillsborough, N.J.
Lost on May 4
Held membership in genealogy societies too numerous to mention
Edward J. Bridgeford Jr.
Age 90, Albany, N.Y.
Lost on May 4
Navy veteran and the proprietor of Ed’s Variety Store in Selkirk
Mae T. Roser
Age 92, Manchester, Conn.
Lost on May 3
Skilled artist, professional wedding cake decorator and quilter
Jeannette M. Brown
Age 94, Amesbury, Mass.
Lost on May 2
World War II defense worker
Ralph W. McGehee
Age 92, Falmouth, Maine
Lost on May 2
Agent who turned on the CIA
Gertrude Clemmer
Age 91, Sandston, Va.
Lost on May 2
Longtime member of the Sandston Garden Club
Arthur Rogers
Age 93, Mooresville, N.C.
Lost on May 1
Served on the Manhattan Project
Janet M. Brown
Age 91, Greece, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 30
Hobbies included sewing, knitting, crafts, puzzles, painting, golf, bowling and euchre
Yu Lihua
Age 90, Gaithersburg, Md.
Lost on Apr 30
Writer who captured the Chinese experience abroad
Alyce Gullattee
Age 91, Washington, D.C.
Lost on Apr 30
Psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse
Edith Gallo
Age 94, Palos Heights, Ill.
Lost on Apr 29
Strong-willed enough to keep her family in line
Marie Virginia Leto
Age 92, Kennett Square, Pa.
Lost on Apr 29
Enjoyed planting perennial flower beds
Helen Wall
Age 91, Lawrence, Mass.
Lost on Apr 29
Author of children’s stories
Virginia Bettencourt
Age 92, Peabody, Mass.
Lost on Apr 28
Her greatest joy was spending time with her family
Pierina D. Borsoi
Age 90, Bethlehem, Pa.
Lost on Apr 25
Accomplished artist
Anibal Francisco de Brito
Age 90, Philadelphia
Lost on Apr 24
Former merchant marine from Cape Verde
Calvin Tompkins Lucy Jr.
Age 93, Virginia
Lost on Apr 24
Organized his Class of 1943 high school reunions through the 70th in 2013
Lillian Kimura
Age 91, Albany, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 23
Was 13 during World War II when she and her family were incarcerated at Manzanar
Ethel Hamburger
Age 92, Elkins Park, Pa.
Lost on Apr 23
Educator who said: “I didn’t teach a subject I taught children”
Bette Allred Weatherly
Age 93, Pleasant Garden, N.C.
Lost on Apr 22
Member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church
Stephen J. Chamberlin Jr.
Age 91, Worcester, Mass.
Lost on Apr 21
Inducted into the Aircraft Engine Hall of Fame
Dorothy Cembrano Jay
Age 92, East Windsor, Conn.
Lost on Apr 20
Proud of her Italian heritage
Peter Laker
Age 93, Chicago
Lost on Apr 20
“adventurer and a charmer”
David Toren
Age 94, New York City
Lost on Apr 19
Patent lawyer who recovered a family painting looted by the Nazis
Alice Fraher-Mason
Age 91, Weymouth, Mass.
Lost on Apr 19
Her sarcastic sense of humor always made everyone smile
Audrey L. Ercha
Age 92, Beverly, Mass.
Lost on Apr 19
Stayed home to raise her children
Gerry Ellis
Age 91, Philadelphia
Lost on Apr 18
Stylish dancer who could lead or follow
Yuet Ming Wong
Age 91, Chicago
Lost on Apr 18
Immigrated from Hong Kong
Robert Bruce Harrell
Age 90, Carbondale, Ill.
Lost on Apr 16
Championed desegregation
Cathryn Wood
Age 94, Detroit
Lost on Apr 16
Great-great-grandmother
Manda Klancir
Age 90, Brookfield, Ill.
Lost on Apr 15
Volunteered for her parish, hand-making rosaries
Frank Miszkiewicz
Age 94, Aurora, Ill.
Lost on Apr 15
Brakeman for the Chicago and Northwestern railroad
Onielo De Luzio
Age 90, New York City
Lost on Apr 15
Longshoreman for New York piers
William H. Gerdts
Age 91, New York City
Lost on Apr 14
Distinguished scholar
Ella King Russell Torrey
Age 94, Philadelphia
Lost on Apr 14
Dedicated her life to peace, diplomacy and human rights
Michael Wrotniak Jr.
Age 92, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Lost on Apr 13
Brought the family to church every week
Shirley S. D’Stefan
Age 90, Florham Park, N.J.
Lost on Apr 13
Reader of books on birds and other wildlife
Ann Sullivan
Age 91, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Lost on Apr 13
Animator for Disney films, including “The Little Mermaid”
Delia Regina DiTullio
Age 91, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Lost on Apr 13
Always put her children first
Joyce Posson Winston
Age 93, North Bergen, N.J.
Lost on Apr 12
Editor at the Ladies’ Home Journal
Irene Gasior
Age 94, Pennsylvania
Lost on Apr 11
Great-grandmother with a flair for pizzelles
Estelle Kestenbaum
Age 91, Leonia, N.J.
Lost on Apr 9
Secretary to a New Jersey judge
Clara Louise Bennett
Age 91, Albany, Ga.
Lost on Apr 8
Sang her grandchildren a song on the first day of school each year
Peter Kafkis
Age 91, Chicago
Lost on Apr 8
Worked mostly factory jobs to support his family
Morris Loeb
Age 90, Northbrook, Ill.
Lost on Apr 7
Endlessly curious, never really finished
Reuben Gutoff
Age 92, New York City
Lost on Apr 6
Founded Strategy Associates
Helen Kafkis
Age 91, Chicago
Lost on Apr 3
Known for her Greek chicken and stuffed peppers
Samuel Kramer
Age 91, Potomac, Md.
Lost on Apr 2
Congregation’s founding member
Mary Minervini
Age 91, Oak Lawn, Ill.
Lost on Apr 1
Sign-language interpreter
Bucky Pizzarelli
Age 94, Saddle River, N.J.
Lost on Apr 1
Master of jazz guitar
Muriel M. Going
Age 92, Cedarburg, Wis.
Lost on Apr 1
Taught her girls sheepshead and canasta
Sidney Siegel
Age 92, Woodbury, N.Y.
Lost on Mar 29
Pioneer in the promotional products industry
Marion Lucille Kujda
Age 92, Royal Oak, Mich.
Lost on Mar 28
Would use chalk and oil paints to capture family portraits
Huguette Dorsey
Age 94, Somerville, N.J.
Lost on Mar 27
Coached several championship-winning junior high girls basketball teams
Roger Lehne
Age 93, Fargo, N.D.
Lost on Mar 26
Could be a real jokester
Larry Rathgeb
Age 90, West Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Lost on Mar 22
Engineer behind the first 200-mph stock car