In Memoriam

This page is dedicated to the lasting memory of our laryngectomee members, acquaintances, friends, and family and the ones for whom our caregiver members have given their loving care …. May God bless and keep them all!

GONE FROM MY SIGHT

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white
sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an
object of beauty and strength and I stand and watch her until, at
length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky
come down to mingle each other.

Then someone at my side says, “There! She is gone!”

Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large in
mast and hull and spar and just as strong in beam as she was when she
left my side. She is just as able to bear her load of living freight to
the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her; and
just at the moment when someone at my side says, “She is gone!” , there
are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the
glad shout, “There she comes !”.

And that is dying

– Henry Van Dyke –

WebWhispers Members Who Have Passed On

2024

Ernest King – Maysville, KY. – February 2024
Mike Roberts – Roosevelt, UT – February 2024

2023

Neil Bookspan – Hackensack, NJ – January 2023
Gina Chiofolo – Mesquite, NV – August 2023
Stephen Cornell – Tioga, PA – August 2023
Paul Dietemann – Saint Louis, MO. – January 2023
Joe Frank – Elverson, PA. – January 2023
Helen Grathwohl – Chesapeake, VA. – July 2023
Gary D. Gray – Gilbert, AZ – May 2023
Joel Jackson – Panama City, FL – December 2023
Carol Karschnik – Round Rock, TX. – December 2023
Robert McQueen Sr. – Norfolk, VA – January 2023
Arthur Radice – Gambrills, MD – February 2023
William Royse – Blairsville, GA – February 2023
Gary Sada – Santa Rosa, CA – December 2023
Mark Sensanbaugher – Dacula, GA – September 2023
Craig A. Szeliga – Whiting, NJ – December 2023
Tim Thompson – Sun City West, AZ. – July 2023
George Wiersbicki – New Cumberland, WV – December 2023
Larry Zaback – Vancouver, WA – April 23, 2023

2022

Peggy Balle – Argyle, NY – June 2022
Majella Best – Havelock, ON – January 2022
Charles Brashears – Naperville, IL – July 2022
Donald Brown – Kearney, NE – August 2022
Lyn Church – Independence, CA – September 2022
Glynn Chancy – Moultrie, GA. – November 2022
Jack Craig – Sedona, AZ – May 2022
Charles DeNapoli – Dunmore, PA. – June 2022
Tom Dittmer – Tomahawk, WI – October 2022
Lisbeth Friedman – Pacific Palisades, CA. – April 2022
Barbara Gehring – Akron, OH – January 2022
John B Grant – Virginia Beach, VA. – June 2022
Mark Haddock – Port St Joe, FL – April 2022
Betty Haywood – Norfolk, VA – February 2022
Branton Holmberg – Wauna, WA. – April 2022
Betty Lamppa – Wyoming, MN – May, 2022
Jack Leng – Tacoma, WA. – March 2022
Allen Maddox – Cordele, GA – July 2022
Donna McGary – Durham, ME – May 2022
Sheila Pomeroy – Winona, MN – January 2022
John Ready – Redwood City, CA – January 2022
Barry Schiess – Port Townsend, WA – May 2022
Sheldon Schultz – Manteca, CA – October 2022
Suzy Erlich Seed – Salina, KS – November 2022
Mike Simpson – Somerset, KY. – April 2022
Jim Stewart – Fostoria, OH. – January 2022
Narayan Thakur – Augusta, GA. – August 2022
Steve Verngren – Downingtown, PA – July 2022
David Walton – Ocean Isle Beach, NC. – October 2022
John Williams – Carver, MA – May 2022

2021

Bob Andrews – Whippany, NJ. – November 2021
Dorothy Belling – Valley City ND – January 2021
Sharon Congdon – Fairfield, TN – June 2021
William Cross – Visalia, CA. – November 2021
Elizabeth Finchem – Tuscon, AZ – March 2021
Peter Hartman – Newton, NJ – October 2021
Robert Hogan – Victoria, BC. – August 2021
Emanuel Hostetler – Henderson, TN. – February 2021
Carol Johnson – Richland, WA – February 2021
Gregory Kaumeyer – York ME. – February 2021
Rick Kitchen – Louisville, KY – August 2021
Julie Laver Kowalski – Harriman, TN. – July 2021
Chuck LaBreche – Avery, WI – January 2021
Paul Laugavitz – Sandy, OR. – February 2021
Robert Mason – Lebanon, NJ. – May 2021
Robert (Bob) Megrey – Brunswick, OH – March 2021
Debi Moore – Commerce, GA – July 2021
Rosemarie Nielson – Virginia Beach, VA – July 2021
Michael Notzen – Sonora, CA. – March 2021
Gloria Oberholtzer – Puyallup, WA – October 2021
Phillip O’Connell – Florissant, MO. – March 2021
Lisa O’Farrell – Chicago, IL – January 2021
Barbara Reyes – Miami, FL – November 2021
Mark Reichenbacher – Hedgesville, WV – August 2021
Gregg Smith – Aurora, MO – June 2021
Georgina Wharton – Tampa, FL – February 2021
Karen White – Arlington, VA – March 2021
Gary Williams – Flintville, TN. – April 2021

2020

Sheryl Avery – North Ridgeville, OH – March 2020
Rose Ball – Grayson, KY – June 2020
Marc Browning – Mount Pleasant, SC – November 2020
Gabe Ciuciu – Philadelphia, PA. – December 2020
John Clark – Wilton, NH – March 2020
Melvin Clark – Everett, PA. – June 2020
Dennis Conerly – Columbus, MS. – May 2020
Peter Dickson – Evanston, IL. – May 2020
Randy Drew – Newport News, VA. – November 2020
James Duggan – Sioux City, IA – January 2020
James Eskew – Hillsboro Beach, FL – December 2020
Joan Frame – Los Osos, CA. – January 2020
Ed Harrow – Tucson, AZ. – December 2020
Joseph Heitzler – Rolling Hills, CA. – October 2020
Levi Hester – Jacksonville – March 2020
Beth Herndon – Palm Bay, FL – October 2020
Karen Hill – Acworth, GA – April 2020
Michael Jackson – San Diego, CA. – August 2020
Jack Keane – Charlotte, NC – March 2020
Bruce Kenny – Surprise, AZ – March 2020
John Kerr – Scottsdale, AZ. – May 2020
Richard Lucas – Parkersburg, WV – January 2020
Terry Mitchell – Bovey, MN. – July 2020
Don Moren – Flemington, NJ – June 2020
Axle Oakley – Howe, IN. – March 2020
Richard Royle – Strongsville, OH – September 2020
Diana Rupert – Enola, PA. – June 2020
Robert Sarver Jr. – Friedens, PA. – March 2020
William Schmalz – Whitesboro, NY – April 2020
Debbie Sharer – East Liverpool, OH – February 2020
Lewis Trammell – Chicago, IL. – March 2020
Walter Trudeau – Kelowna, BC. – August 2020
Edward Weiner – Boynton Beach, FL – August 2020

2019

Iain Anderson – Buckie, UK – 2019
Dan Avery – Elmira, ON – February 2019
Elaine Baker – North Huntingdon, PA. – November 2019
Donald Blaisdell – Shortsville, NY – November 2019
Gary J. Blake – South Beloit, IL – March 2019
Perry Borkholder – Nappanee, IN – May 2019
Dennis Bryant – Maumee, OH – August 2019
James Bryant – Hartsville, SC. – July 2019
Peter Burke – Clogherhead, Louth IRL – May 2019
James Case – Coconut Creek, FL – October 2019
Richard Cobb – Shunk, PA. – January 2019
Richard Crum – Jeffersonville, IN – February 2019
Danny Elder – San Ramon, CA – August 2019
Robert Foster – Loxley, AL – November 2019
Harry Gindele – Haddon Heights, NJ – March 2019
Clifton Glaze Jr – Houston TX – March 2019
Michael Gribaudo – Lodi, CA – May 2019
Wade Hampton – Norwood, NC – March, 2019
Jack Henslee – Stockton, CA – May 2019
Kevin Hoover – Topeka, KS – January 2019
Virginia “Ginny” Huffman – Atlantic Beach, FL – November 2019
Bob Hurd – Germantown Hills, IL – May 2019
Reg Hutchings – Charlottetown, PE – April 2019
John Janda – Clearwater, FL – September 2019
Roger Johnson – Richland, WA. – April 2019
Gerald Kamprath – Plano, TX – October 2019
James Kelly – Lyndhurstu, NJ. – January 2019
Michael Kish – Ennis, MT. – March 2019
Steven Koski – Marquette, MI – April 2019
Ashley Kuzma – Erie, PA – September 2019
Randy Lemster – Las Vegas, NV – June 2019
Daniel Leonard – Pembroke, MA – March 2019
Pamela Lodal – Boise, ID. – December 2019
Nancy Loridon – St. Clair Shores, MI. – May 2019
Hank Luniewski – Earlysville, VA – January 2019
Gary Maloney – Iron Station, NC. – August 2019
Sue Mitchell – Cranesville, PA – May 2019
John Mulvaney – Jackson, MI – October 2019
Al Novak – Brainerd, MN – March 2019
Cynthia Raines – Spartanburg, SC. – January 2019
Robert Reichelt – Inverness, FL. – April 2019
Amanda Roberts – Tucson, AZ – March 2019
Anthony Russo – Lakeworth, FL – May, 2019
Addie Shaw – Greenbelt, MD – September 2019
Rosalba Torres – Hialeah, FL – August 2019
Steve Wolowitz – San Jose, CA – March 10, 2019
James Yarbrough – Wonder Lake, IL – April 2019

2018

Dave Aitchison – Espanola, ON – May 2018
Sheila Bogulski – Rolling Meadows, IL – August 2018
Donald Brach – Boynton Beach, FL. – March 2018
Don Brewer – Clinton, IL – July 2018
Frederick Buck – Gloucester, MA. – February 2018
Donald Buisson – Sunrise, FL. – March 2018
Ian Currie – Tauranga NZL. – March 2018
Ted DeCoste – Edmonton, AB. – February 2018
Bob Eimer – Hot Springs, AR. – December 2018
Richard Farnham – Hollister, CA. – May 2018
Lynn Foti – Akron, OH – April 2018
Billy Gossage – Methuen, MA. – May 2018
Glenn Halliday – Keizer, OR. – August 2018
Edward Hannan – Surprise, AZ. – March 2018
Steven R Heuser – Rich Hill MO – April 2018
Henry Holden – Toms River, NJ – December 2018
William Holifield – Portland, OR. – March 2018
Kevin G. Hoover – Topeka KS. – January 2018
Peter Humphrey – Cornish, ME. – November 2018
Leo Lohse – Campbellsport, WI – July 2018
Don Mallard Layton – Riverside, CA. – May 2018
Rick Mettler – Albion, IN – March 2018
Carlos Moncada – El Monte, CA. – December 2018
David Louie – Los Angeles, CA. – September 2018
Chris Mason – Edinboro, PA. – September 2018
Carol McCaskill – Bend, OR – February 2018
Sean McGuckin – Owosso, MI. – April 2018
John Miller – Festus, MS. – March 2018
Gary Miner – Jacksonville, NC – July 2018
Mark Moore – Adairsville, GA – March 2018
Dan Morley – Traverse City, MI. – July 2018
Barbara Nitschneider – Cary, IL – October 2018
Dan O’mara – Dearborn, MI – April 2018
Don Palin – Calgary, AB – January 2018
Michael Pettit – Houston, TX – July 2018
Dave Ransom – Bangor, PA. – September 2018
Brad Riley – Parkville, MO – January 2018
Mike Rosenkranz – Plantation, FL. – December 2018
Janet Shears – Virginia Beach, VA – November 2018
Deb Shukert – Chesapeke Beach, MD – April 2018
Mike Stovall – Quinlan, TX. – January 2018
Scott Sysum – Concord, CA. – August 2018
Carson Wilson – Kingsport, TN. – March 2018
John Wolfe – Southern Pines, NC – September 2018

2017

Kay Allison – Mason, MI. – July 2017
Angela Alvarez – Jacksonville, FL – April 2017
Bruce Anderson – Martinez, GA – August 2017
Dr. James Chester Gibson – Carrollton, GA – April 2017
Steph Bannon – Glasgow, UK – March, 2017
Mike Barlas – Lititz, PA. – September 2017
Phillip Benadum – Galt, CA – March 2017
Carl Betzler – Lake Worth, FL – November 2017
Richard Boles – Salinas, CA – September 2017
John Cox – Ocean Ridge, FL – January 2017
Ed Dougherty – Havertown, PA. – November 2017
Richard Drogos – Mebane, NC. August 2017
Craig Evans – Orlando, FL. – March 2017
Tracey Feeney – Islington, ENG – October 2017
Richard Fritzell – Philadelphia, PA – 2017
Barbara Gagas – Tamarac, FL. – September 2017
Dave Greiwe – Columbus OH – March 2017
Roy Harrah – Chattanooga, TN. – February 2017
Leonard Hynds – Newtown, Kent UK – August 2017
Bobby Jones – Weare, NH. – September 2017
David Kelsall – Abertillery, UK – December 201
Dave Kennedy – Rotherham, ENG. – November 2017
William Kinnicutt – Scottsdale, AZ – January 2017
Maureen Kolenski – Manchester, NH. – September 2017
Edward Krisiak – Saugus, MA – January 2017
Betty Labigang – Quapaw, OK – December 2017
Andre Lengacher – Carmel Valley, CA – March 2017
Brenda Paur Lorenzo – Port Moody, BC – February 2017
Janine Mattoon – Des Moines, WA – December 2017
Brenda McAloney – Southampton, NS – July 2017
Bob Meister – Arlington, TX – June 2017
June Geraghty Moffat – Hamilton, South Lanarkshire UK – November 2017
Ron Nagel – Yerington, NV. – July 2017
Steven Nettles – Chesapeake, VA – September 2017
Frank O’Brien – Portsmouth, VA. – October 2017
Karen Packard – Van Etten, NY – February 2017
Henk Pijper – Tynaarlo, NLD – April 2017
William Alexander Schadel Jr – Tucson AZ – April 2017
Louis Schipp – Ferdinand, IN – November 201
Justine Shrider – Huntsville, AL – November 2017
Barry Simpson – Wasilla, AK – October 2017
Dennis Smith – Watchet, Somerset, ENG – September 2017
Harold Smith – St. Catharine’s, ON – September 2017
Brian Stamm – Cashton, WI. – December 2017
Norman Starks – Bishop, CA. – July 2017
Frank Uhl – Lancaster, OH – September 2017
Thomas Watt – Hercules, CA – July 2017
Sandy Holman Wilson – Winchester, KY – May 2017

2016

Roy Adler – Chappaqua, NY – July 2016
Brian Scott Anthony – Fishers, IN. – August 2016
Artis Babers – Houston, TX – July 2016
Roy Stanley Boyd – Hackettstown, NJ. – September 2016
Larry Byers – Yakima, WA. – December 2016
Cathi Bourassa Carpenter, Aurora, Colorado(non WW)- Jan 2016
Ed Chapman – West Richland, WA. – February 2016
William Warren Coman – Monroe, WA – December 2016
John Davis – New Braunfels, TX. – March 2016
Charles Donaldson – Asheville, NC – December 2016
Dan Grogg – Grasonville, MD – January 2016
Richard Harris – Lake Villa, IL. – January 2016
Judy Hice – Lancaster, CA. – May 2016
Frank Hunter – Medford, OR. – July 2016
Keith Hurst – Plantation, FL, – February 2016
Larry Jenkins – South Hill, VA. – March 2016
Donald C LeCompte – East Stroudsburg, PA. – March 2016
Ray Leonard – Prineville, OR – June 2016
Cleavin Mungin – Homosassa Springs, FL. – November 2016
Ed Pascocello – Brookfield, CT – January 2016
George Perdew – Summersville WV – December 2016
Bruce Rosswurm – Woodburn, IN – February 2016
Paul Ryan – Hudson, FL – April 2016
Pat Sanders – Birmingham. AL – April 2016
Marilyn Schlossberg – Providence, RI – May 2016
Robert Simons – Pompano Beach, FL – April 2016
David Stout – Richmond, IN – August 2016
David Strong – Marietta, SC. – May 2016
Mark Studer – Walton, KY – October 2016
Frederick Traettino – Hammonton, NJ – April 2016
Brenda Widenhouse – Greenville, SC – March 2016
Barbara Wilson – Newport News, VA – November 2016
Scott Wilson – Sandown, NH – April 2016
J. Harry Wintemberg – Ormond Beach, FL – May 2016
Don Wright – Memphis, TN – notified 2016

2015

Bob Ahrens – Port Orange, FL – May 2015
Lee Allard – Great Bend, PA – March 2015
Gailen Allen – Ashton, NE – February 2015
Robert Hillman Alston – Los Angeles, CA – March 2015
Randy Baker – Beecher City, IL – March 2015
William A. Barnes, III, Birmingham, AL – February 2015
Richard Berg – Clinton Township, MI – April 2015
William Scott Brandt – Benecia, CA. – July 2015
Mike Burton – S. Northampton Shire, ENG – October 2015
Andy Cavaliere – Barnegat, NJ – October 2015
Braide Coplestone – North Taranaki, NZL – March 2015
Dolores Corneiller – Lansing, IL – April 2015
Margaret Cox – Bloomingdale, IL – December 2015
Dennis Ewald – Niles, IL – July 2015
Libby Fitzgerald – Sherman, CT – March 2015
James Galburth – Little Rock, AR – April 2015
Ron Giese – Montgomery, IL – June 2015
Edwin Glasgow – San Mateo, CA – December 2015
John Graddy – Hilltop lakes, TX – July 2015
Ed Hartman – Palatine, IL. – September 2015
Steven Hipps – Maple Shade, NJ – June 2015
Roy Huber – Kenosha, WI – April 2015
Patricia Joseph – Las Vegas, NV – November 2015
Arthur Kohout – Kissimmee, FL – January 2015
Louis Lagattuta – Woodside, NY – June, 2015
Charles Maloney – Port Orange, FL – December 2015
Cindy Meagher – Allentown, PA – December 2015
Irwin Metz – Haverford, PA – November 2015
Anthony Migliaccio – Clifton, NJ – April 2015
Jim Miller – Spokane, WA – March 2015
Ed Mitchell – Salisbury, MD – April 2015
William Oliver – Panama City, FL – January 2015
Stephen Piccolo – Buffalo, NY – February 2015
Jim Plum – Albia, IA – April 2015
James Puyear – DePue, IL – January 2015
Mary Jane Renner, Indianapolis, IN – May 2015
Joe Robinson – Douglasville, GA – July 2015
Ronald Rock – Santa Rosa, CA – October 2015
Dean Rosecrans – Nampa, ID – May 2015
Donald Spicer, Jr – Grandhaven, MI. – February 2015
Frances Stack – Worth, IL – September 2015
Gary Sunshine – St. Louis, MO – June 2015
Maria Taylor – Abington, MA – September 2015
Dennis Thurman – Roanoke, VA – August 2015
John Vivoda – Chicago, IL – March 2015
Gary Wainwright – Pasadena, MD – 2015
Katie Westhoff – Chatham, IL – May 2015