Resolution No. 2: In Memoriam
WHEREAS, it is fitting at each Convention that we pause to remember our sisters and brothers who were instrumental in advancing our Union to its current position of power and prestige, but who have passed away since our most recent Convention; and
WHEREAS, words alone are never adequate to eulogize those who gave so much towards the establishment and continued progress of our Union and whose lasting contributions to the USW and to the Labor Movement serve as monuments to their memories; and
WHEREAS, since our Union's convention in 2014, we were saddened by the deaths of; former USW Vice President John W. Sellers, former IWA Vice President Wilfred McIntyre, former USW Directors Edward Zeuch, Harry E. Lester, Homer E. Wilson, and Eldon D. Kirsch, former R/PIC Director Leonard G. Bruder, and former PACE Director Vincent W. Dinardo.
WHEREAS, we are also saddened by the passing of the following members of our international staff and retired staff employees who have passed away since our 2014 Convention:
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Juan Aranda Jr. |
Paul Markonni |
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Gabriella Villa |
Clayton Perry |
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John Meszaros |
Richard Humphreys |
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William J. Hocvar |
Kenneth Hennick |
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Herbert E. Stottler |
Jimmy Roan |
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Stephen J. Newman |
Edythe Earlene Patterson |
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Andrew Chesnes |
Jimmy Colston |
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Patsy A. Ballinger |
Pauline C. Stanovich |
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Ronald MacDonald |
Howard Jenkins |
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Paul Holifield |
Lisette Denis |
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Bill McGough |
Donia Ruel |
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Gerald Edwards |
G. Daniel Dunlap |
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James Bergeron |
Charlyne Lewis Duncan |
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Paul E. Thompson |
Barbara Wilson |
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James R. Wyle III |
Arlette Gatewood |
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Isaac Hardman III |
Alfredo Montoya |
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Julia Doolittle |
James A. Riley |
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Fred Baggett |
Steven Gentry |
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Lewis Toole |
Dorita Mendizabal |
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William E. Fuller |
Arthur Harris |
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Harry J. Waisgalss |
Eugene John Laye |
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Eli Mitchell |
Robert McKay |
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Blanche Roush |
James C. Austin |
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John Sgroi |
Georges Leduc |
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Andrew Bury |
Ventress Dates Smith |
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Kenneth Test |
Frank Leone |
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James M. Thompson |
Waymon Free |
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Coolidge B. Hatton |
Louis "Ray" Taylor |
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Gerald P. Johnston |
Nannie Aldridge |
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Samuel Feldman |
Joyce Terris |
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Philip C. Leonard |
Paul T. Lindgren |
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Robert G. Flannery |
Ronald Schmidt |
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Donald Hall |
Elaine Giannetta |
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Robert Catlin |
Goldie Eagle |
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John L. Casparriello |
William L. Caldwell |
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Charles K. Brooks |
Karen L. Keller |
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Loretta May |
Donald Schmitt |
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Rhae Hill |
Leslie Schmuhl |
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Frank Kuzemski |
Andrew L. Toth |
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Paul J. Gross |
Dean T. Alexander |
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Robert E. Jackson |
William J. Woodcock |
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Margaret R. Higgins |
Kenneth H. Ramage |
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Wendy Griffin |
Albert L. Goudy |
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Valarie Hill |
Thomas W. Lynn |
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Joseph F. Wippick |
Donna Parry |
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John E. White |
Rita G. Bauer |
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Guy Farrell |
Andrew J. Lavoie |
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Elizabeth Aires |
Iris LaFayette |
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Jean W. Davis |
Willard E. Weaver |
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Joan D. Tingley |
Arthur G. Potthoff |
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Harold Jenkins |
Margaret W. Yernberg |
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Donald P. Fuller |
Norma Boshard |
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Frank D. Anness |
Jeanette Walker |
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Robert Kovacevic |
George G. Myers |
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Gerald Somody |
Alfred E. Lawson |
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Grace Walsh |
Michael Bolt |
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Carroll W. Floyd |
C. Timothy Neal |
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Ray T. West |
Peter R. Oliveri |
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Diane Petitpas |
DeLaurse Jones |
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Darlene Woodall |
William Elliott |
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Harry J. Osborne |
Robert E. Gallagher, Sr. |
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Barbara Jarrett |
Carmen Tanguay Guerin |
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Margaret Jeffries |
Hugh C. Henderson, Jr. |
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Robert Saumure |
Patrick F. Meehan |
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Peter J. Cassidy |
Frederick A. Casaia |
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Delia Storch |
Billy D. Boyce |
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Thomas Patterson |
William R. McConnell |
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Michael Krivosh |
Frank Burger |
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Carl H. Atkins |
Richard C. Eckenroth |
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Oliver Montgomery |
Mathew L. Contessa |
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M. Joyce Campbell |
W. Ken Massengill |
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Alfred Capone |
Floyd O. Chambers |
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Mildred Ranich |
William B. Miklos |
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Alfred Madrigal, Jr. |
Jesse Arredondo |
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George Prenatt |
Ruth Jurella |
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Dwight Jett |
Robert Labrie |
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John E. O'Connor |
Robert Navarretta |
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Charles G. Gretz |
Jacques Wuichet |
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Patrick Glenn |
Dorothy J. Akeson |
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John G. Chamelot |
Arlene V. Wood |
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Joseph S. Dragas |
Beverly J. Whitaker |
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John D. DiSciullo |
Curtis Peterson |
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Clifton T. Stitt |
Edna Jenca |
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Alice Young |
James R. Thomas |
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William Shlapack |
David L. Caldwell |
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Marion B. Iski |
Thomas C. McLane |
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William T. Mitchell |
John E. Penney |
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William M. Morton |
Mary Ann Sullivan |
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Ines Stocco |
James R. Jones |
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Anna Branton |
Michelle Reavley |
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John Haser |
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Roland Sampson |
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Kevin Harper |
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Ray Silenzi |
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Erwin Mertz |
George Daniel Lawson |
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we offer this memorial tribute to all of those Union leaders and members who have passed away since our 2014 Convention. They have passed away, but will never be forgotten.