PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) For the time since the war, Alvis Taylor returned to Pearl Harbor and recalled the surprise Japanese air attack that plunged America into World War II. He was serving as an Army medic when the Dec. 7, 1941 attack began. His superiors, who were doctors, rushed to hospitals to care for the wounded. He went to Pearl Harbor, about 18 miles south of his Army post at Barracks, with dozens of ambulances.
remember everything that happened that the 90-year-old Davenport, Iowa, resident said. Taylor decided to return to Pearl Harbor for the time since the war because the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America paid for him and his wife to make the trip. He was among about 50 survivors of the attack and some 2,500 others who gathered Saturday on the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese air raid. Up to 2,500 survivors They honored those who were killed, those who back, those who rescued the burned, and those who went on to serve during the war. Roughly 2,400 sailors, Marines and soldiers were killed at Pearl Harbor and other military installations on the island of Oahu in the attack.
Of the tens of thousands of servicemen who survived, about 2,000 to 2,500 are still living. Delton Walling, who was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania at the time of the at- tack, said the twilight come back to be with my comrades meet the ones who are still alive, and going said Walling, who is 92 and lives near Sacramento, Calif. The crowd observed a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the bombing began 72 years ago. Attendees sat in a grassy spot overlooking the memorial to the USS Arizona battleship that sank in the attack. A vintage World War II- era airplane a 1944 North American SNJ-5B overhead to break the silence.
The Hawaii Air National Guard has used its jets and helicopters to perform the for many years, but federal budget cuts prevented it from participating this year. The Navy and National Park Service co-hosted the ceremony, which was open to the public. The current U.S. Fleet commander, Adm. Harry B.
Harris said the U.S. remembers Pearl Harbor and is vigilant. United States is and will remain a power. But we also remember the warning from those who survived Pearl Harbor, and we are increasing our vigilance Harris said. we are focused as we listen for the sound of the Former U.S.
Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, choking back tears at times, spoke of his father who served in the Navy during the war. was my Cleland said in his keynote address. all the Pearl Harbor survivors, thank you for teaching us all how to Cleland said. to not just survive but how to strive, to turn things around.
And how to ultimately thrive in Cleland, who lost both legs and his right arm in the Vietnam War, is currently secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission. The commission is responsible for managing overseas cemeteries for fallen American troops. Press Enterprise Monday, December 9, 2013 5 OBITUARIES William L. Bromley A son, William Lee, was born to Joan Bromley of Berwick on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital.
Maternal grandparents are Lucina and Charles Hurley, Berwick, and Edward Willis and Melissa Cline of Nescopeck. BABY Sylvia Gros is recuperating at her home following surgery. Cards and get-well messages may be sent to her Merline Boone 811 E. Second Nescopeck, PA 18635. NOTE: If you know someone in need of cheer, call in a card-shower request to Linda Dancho, ext.
1303. CARD SHOWER Mechanical engineer worked in nuclear Harry L. Linsinbigler Jr. Harry L. Linsinbigler 66, beloved husband, son, father, Pappy, brother and friend, of Martzville Road, Berwick, departed this life early Friday evening, Dec.
6, 2013, at his home after a two-year courageous battle with esophageal cancer. He was born on Dec. 18, 1946, in Berwick. Also raised in Berwick, he was a son of Ruth A. Flynn Linsinbigler, of Berwick, and the late Harry L.
Linsinbigler Sr. Harry graduated from Berwick High School, and Penn State University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Sampson.
After the Navy, he worked for DuPont, and in 1974, took a job in the nuclear industry building, then maintaining and eventually the demolition of power plants with a hydro and co-gen plant in the mix. In 2005, he took a job at a federal bomb site in Colorado. Rocky Flats was taken back to green years ahead of schedule. Retirement in 2005 brought him back to Berwick and the home that was rented out for 30 years. Restoration took close to a year with a great deal of family help.
He liked to race go-carts in younger years and open wheel as a young adult. He was a Boy Scout, wrestled in high school and played baseball on many teams through his life. He was a member of the Elks, Ranger Hose Ridgerun- ners, Hunting Club, enjoyed old cars with wheels and engines and the tinkering that went with them. Throughout the years, he had enjoyed RV-ing, hunting, boating, tractors, Corvettes, riding his Harley and working with family was at the top of his list. In addition to his father, he is preceded in death by a father- in-law, Richard P.
Belles. The family Harry held dear and who survive him are his wife, the former Randee Belles; they had celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary on April 12, 2013; a daughter, Kriste Linsinbigler Nelson and her husband, Craig, of Trenton, son, the Rev. Dr. Harry Lewis Linsinbigler III and his wife, Pani Carrie Able, of Dover, grandchildren: Harry, Alexis and Elisabeth Linsinbigler; a brother, Gary Linsinbigler; a brother-in-law, Rich Belles and his wife, Cathy; sister-in-law Jan Belles Laubach and her husband, Dick; mother-in-law, Doris Haines Belles, and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning, Dec.
12, 2013, at 10 a.m. from Holy Annunciation Russian Orthodox Church, 1228 Second Berwick, with the Rev. Michael Demko, his pastor, Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Walnut Street, with Military Honors. Visitation for friends will be held Wednesday evening, Dec. 11 from 6-8 p.m.
at the James L. Hinckley Jr. Funeral Home, 1024 Market Berwick. Parastas will be held at 7:30 p.m. Contributions in his memory may be made to Holy Annunciation Russian Orthodox Church, 1228 Second Berwick, PA 18603, or Most Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church, 3820 Moores Lake Road, Dover, FL 33527.
Funeral arrangements to be announced Jordan M. Sult Jordan M. Sult, 18, resident of Shickshinny, passed away Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Funeral arrangements are pending from the Clarke Piatt Funeral Home, 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek.
Complete obituary to be published Tuesday James J. Cerase Sr. James J. Cerase 84, of Berwick died suddenly Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in Allentown.
A full obituary will be published in edition of the Press Enterprise. Frances Etta Beattie Avid reader enjoyed cards, Berwick football Frances Etta Beattie, 85, of Berwick passed away Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. She was born in Berwick on June 29, 1928, to the late Ralph L. and Ruth Kishbaugh Smith.
Frances graduated from Berwick High School Class of 1946. She was a 25-year employee of Bell Telephone (Pioneer), Bloomsburg, and a retiree of Wise Foods. We are all comforted knowing that her strong faith in God guided her to His open loving arms; she was of the Baptist faith. Frances was an avid reader, enjoyed puzzles, playing cards, Berwick football, and most of all, spending time with her family. She touched the lives of everyone she met with her sense of humor and good-hearted nature.
Her greatest joy and light of her life were her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; she treasured every minute spent with them. In addition to her parents, Frances was preceded in death by her brother, Charles Henry Smith. She is survived by her son, Jim Smith and his wife, Janet, Herndon, her daughters: Cecilia Pegarella and her husband, Tony, Hunlock Creek; Colleen Seigfreid, Berwick; Linda Price and her husband, Paul, Wilkes-Barre; eight grandchildren: Russell Smith and his wife, Liz; Erin Giesy and her husband, Adam; Derek Pegarella and his wife, Barb; Taylor Beattie, Jordan Seigfreid, Tyler Pegarella, Evan Sicurella and Nicholas Price; six great-grandchildren: Grady Smith, Madison Pegarella, Ethan Runkle, Isla Smith, Morgan Parker and Sophia Frances Pegarella, as well as a niece and nephew. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m.
at the James L. Hinckley Funeral Home, 1024 N. Market Berwick. Burial will be in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery, Market Street, Berwick. Visitation for friends will be held Tuesday from 1-2 p.m.
at the funeral home The family wishes to extend a special thank-you to Geisinger-Danville, Dr. Panikkar and the entire medical team for their exceptional compassion and care. Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1408 W. Front Berwick, PA 18603. Linda D.
Lockard Avid reader was seamstress at Milco Industries Linda D. Lockard, 60, of Clyde Road, Benton died early Sunday morning, Dec. 8, 2013, at Geisinger Medical Center. Born Dec. 17, 1952, in Corry, she was a daughter of Arleta J.
(VanOrder) Johnson, of Lightstreet, and the late Elwin A. Johnson, who died May 20, 1999. Linda was a 1971 graduate of Benton High School and had been employed as a seamstress at Milco Industries for many years. She had also worked as a home health aide. Her hobbies included crocheting, and she was an avid reader.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by three children: Stephanie L. Williams and her husband, Cortnee, Orangeville; Shelby L. Holdren and her husband, George, Benton; Corey H. Lockard and his wife, Carrie, Benton; her longtime companion, Gail A. Farver; 11 grandchildren: Rodney, Katarina, Kylie, Ethan, Mason, Chelsea, Emily, Jadin, Isaac, Chloe and Elaina, as well as a great-grandson due to be born in March.
Also surviving are her three sisters: Sally Hippenstiel and her husband, Steve, Stillwater; Terri Lazar and her husband, Steve, Berwick; Lori Farver and her husband, Wayne, Orangeville; a brother, Buddy Johnson and his wife, Teri, of Merritt Island, Fla. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Eliese Faith English, on Nov. 10, 2001. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the McMichael Funeral Home, 4394 Red Rock Road, Benton, with Pastor Mike Delp Burial will be in the Waller Cemetery.
At the request of the deceased, there will be no viewing. In lieu of contributions may given to the family to help defray expenses, Shelby Holdren, P.O. Box 65, Benton, PA 17814. For online condolences or for additional information, please visit our website: www.mcmichaelfuneralhome.com circa 1960 Retired draftsman for Kennedy Van Saun Paul E. Tanner Paul E.
Tanner, age 86, 105 Columbia Hill Road, Danville, died unexpectedly at his home early Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. He was born in Valley Township on Aug. 11, 1927, a son of the late Clyde and Maude (De- Green) Tanner. Most of his life was spent in Valley Township.
Paul was last employed by the Kennedy Van Saun Danville, as a draftsman, last working in 1984. A member of St. Lutheran Church, Frosty Valley, and the American Legion, he enjoyed woodworking and built his own home. He also enjoyed traveling throughout the United States in his motor home. Paul served with the U.S.
Navy during World War II. He was preceded in death by a sister, Frances Miller, and by a brother, Howard Tanner. Surviving are his wife, the former Dolores A. Shipe, with whom he celebrated his 53rd wedding anniversary on June 24, 2013; two sons: William Paul Tanner, Allentown, and Scott E. Tanner, Selinsgrove; a daughter, Carol wife of Timothy Sones, Millville; two grandchildren: Kayla Tanner and Eric Tanner; and twin brothers: Carl Tanner, and his wife, Pat, Riverside, and Clyde Tanner, and his wife, Ginny, Harrisonburg, Va.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Roat-Kriner Funeral Home, 1715 Bloom Road, Danville, with his pastor, the Rev. Rebecca L. Horn, Interment will be in Cemetery, Frosty Valley, with military honors by American Legion Post 40, Honor Guard. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.
The family will provide Memorials may be sent to St. Lutheran Church, Frosty Valley Road, Danville, PA 17821. Condolence messages and photographs may be posted at: www.krinerfuneralhomes.com Associated Press PEARL HARBOR survivor Alvis Taylor waits for the start of the ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu on Saturday. sufferer is shot to death in Georgia mishap CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. (AP) The last walk that Ronald Westbrook took began as early as 1 a.m.
when he slipped unnoticed from his North Georgia home with his two dogs. It ended three hours later when Westbrook, a 72-year- old who suffered from disease, knocked in the dark on a door last month. Police said a man inside that home, 34-year-old Joe Hendrix, got a handgun, went outside to investigate and shot Westbrook in a horrible mistake. The unlikely collision between two strangers one deeply confused, another perceiving a threat illustrates both the that caregivers face in keeping loved ones with safe and the consequences of miscalculation in a state that celebrates its gun culture. widow struggles to comprehend how she lost her husband of 51 years and discussed what happened in an interview in her house this week, sitting on her couch beside her Bible.
imagine him feeling threatened by my husband, what surprises said Deanne Westbrook, 70. Ron like that. He probably, I think he was so cold. He was looking for help when he was ringing that doorbell at their place. I think he just wanted somebody to help Hendrix declined to comment because of the ongoing investigation.
His attorney, Lee Davis, described his client as distraught. The local district attorney has not yet decided whether to press criminal charges against Hendrix for what happened on Nov. 27. is not a gun-toting rights activist saying, off my Davis said. a man who thought he had to take action because of what he believed to be a real and imminent Cage aux director dies PARIS (AP) Edouard Molinaro, nominated for an Oscar for directing Cage aux a French farce about a gay couple that struck a chord with a broad range of audiences, has died at 85.
French President Francois the death in a statement of condolence Saturday, praising Molinaro as appealing and and a director who the public and the admiration of his peers at the same The statement provide further details. career spanned six decades, including crime and historical adaptations. He was best known for Cage aux which was nominated for several Oscars. The movie, about two men with a transvestite club in St. Tropez who try to temporarily pretend straight, was remade as in 1996.
EDOUARD MOLINARO Pearl Harbor survivors meet, remember Press Mahon AITING FOR ANTA Mia Yohey, 9, wears a festive hat during the Millville American Legion free Christmas party for children Sunday at the post home near Millville. Santa later visited the children, and they made crafts..
