CLASS NOTES for the July/August '01 Issue of ASSEMBLY Magazine

Col (Ret) Francis R Sullivan
2662 SE Gowin Dr
Port St Lucie, FL 34952-5576
800-GRAND40(Recorder)  -  My home phone: (561) 337-1626
e-mail: franksul@aol.com
Class e-mail address: classof40@aog.usma.edu
Class Home Page on the web: http://www.aogusma.org/class/1940/

    Let’s start with a repetition of presently planned future events:
          Mini Mini at Coronado CA  - 14-18 Aug 01 Host Bill Porte and Sherry Denno.
    DC Contingent’s Fall dinner, Belle Haven CC on 9 Dec 01—out of towners are invited but let Kerm know your plans!
          Cocoa Beach FL Mini - 12-16 Nov 01 - Host Jack Dibble
          Bicentennial Mini, Palm Desert CA - 11-15 Nov 02 - Host  Bill Porte
    Heard from Sam Patten that he and LG Jack Norton ‘41 were vying for the podium at the Shepherdstown WV WPS Founders day dinner 21 Apr. Jack is two weeks the elder, but ‘40 precedes ‘41!  No doubt both speakers gave inspiring words to  the group. The Cases and the Dibbles were the only class representatives at the Spacecoast WPS Founders Day event at Patrick AFB 24 Mar as the Devlins had to cancel at the last minute! Bill Porte  advises he attended the 24 Mar WPS Founders day at Air Force Village West along with Jack Wright who resides there. Ruth & Dale Epley and John Wohner attended the WPS Founders’ day affair at Ft Monroe. Bill and Kathy have kept me informed of his efforts on the Coronado Mini mini and the Palm Desert Mini. Despite a couple of stints in the hospital since the one in Australia, he and Kathy are off this Apr for a three week cruise tour of France!


    Glad to learn that Jim Maedler is now on the class net through his son Rick  at rmaedler@home.com. Also that the Mary Jean & Frank Mandell have a new Internet address: MaryJeanMandell@msn.com   Betty Parker has persevered to solve her computer problems and now can send mail! For some time she had to be a reader only. Even so she has enjoyed the reading especially the many interesting anecdotes from Jeanne & Allan Crockett on their expatriate life in Mexico. They will be off the net for a few weeks of relaxing in a Condo at an undisclosed location but reachable by heavily packed car. Looks as if we can expect more interesting installments in the Crockett adventures! Prez Kerm reports 42 of DC contingent attended the Spring luncheon at the Belle Haven CC set up by perennial host George Mayo. After lunch John McLean gave his views garnered from his just completed trip to China.


    Those of you on the class net probably have read Bob William’s  E of 27 Apr 01 giving suggestions on what to do if you have the misfortune of having a wallet and/or credit cards stolen. I have extracted (I think!) the essence of what his personal taught him: WHAT TO DO IF YOU LOSE YOUR PURSE OR WALLET 1. Cancel all credit cards immediately. 2. File a police report ASAP in jurisdiction where loss/theft occurred. 3. Call the three national credit reporting  organizations to place a fraud alert on your name and SS#; these are: Equifax 1-800-525-6285, Experian (formerly TRW) 1-800-301-7195, Trans Union 1-800-680-7289. Social Security Admin also  has fraud line 1-800-269-0271. MOST IMPORTANT: Keep the toll free and credit card numbers handy so you know whom to call! Handy means a place you (and your spouse) know and can find readily to avoid further stress than the loss has already caused!  Thanks Bob for sharing.


    ADDRESS CHANGES: JEAN LANE( widow of Bert) 11101 Oakmont Court (Shell Point Village), Fort Myers FL 33908, tel 941-415-2726;  Alyse  M Krauss (widow of Paul), 717B Wooton Court, Manchester NJ 08759 not a location change just PO and Zip).


    TAPS: Joseph Richard Couch( Beloved husband of Mary)  DOD  31 Mar 01, Ft BelvoirVA, funeral services at the Post Chapel, Ft B3lvoir VA with burial at Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington VA, classmates in attendance were the Noseks, Oseths, Rosens, Vaughans, Cassibrys, Mayos, McKenneys, Ray Shoemaker, Burt Haesly and Joe Donohue; Pauline Belt (beloved wife of Dick) DOD  11Mar 01 at home at Patriots Colony Drive, Williamsburg VA, funeral at Arlington Nat Cem,  21 Mar 01; Frank A deLatour, Sr. ( beloved husband of Lois) DOD 24 Apr 01 at Arlington VA, funeral Mass at. Our Lady of Lourdes Church Arlington VA 28 Apr with burial at Arlington Nat Cem  3 May, he is also survived by four sons and a brother;   Ann King McCroskey (beloved wife of 32 years and widow of  Joseph L McCroskey) DOD 24 Mar 01 at Austin TX after a lengthy battle with lung disease, after cremation her remains were scattered among  the beautiful wild flowers in Texas Hill Country , she is survived by two daughters three grand daughters and two great grand sons, additional survivors include her two sisters and  a brother.
Another death of interest to many in our class is that of MG John F Fruend. Class of 40 USNA who served his full active duty as an Army officer; he was buried with full military honors in Arlington 5 Apr 01.

        Best to all and especially my successor , your scribe Sully.
 
 
 

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