DESERT STORM TAPS No 3, 4,5 for June09
With all prayers. NAVY(2), ARMY and AF service(1)
The Veterans of Desert Storm are dying too young! Another 38 year old! And if they had not had exposures wonder what ripe old age the other two would have lived to enjoy!
Again a call to the White House and VA! We want a Desert Storm Death Registry public on the internet now!
TO include Name, Rank, unit in the Gulf, Age, Cause of Death.
And we call on any member of the Hill to Draft the Bill
to make this happen and also a registry for Diagnosed Illnesses of the Desert Storm Veterans.
WE also want Policy statement from the President on where he stands on Gulf War Illness.
NOW WITH ALL HONORS! SALUTE-21 Guns-TAPS
3. Ristow, Betty A. Commander U.S. Navy She served her country for 27 years as a nurse in the US Navy. June 5, 2009, in Burlington, Washington—Pewaukee, Wisc funeral service
4. JEFFERSON, G. NEIL, 75,AL, passed away June 5, 2009 He served in the 82nd and 11th Airborne Divisions and a tour in the U.S. Air Force. A veteran of the war in Southeast Asia, Mr. Jefferson was called back to active duty during Operation Desert Storm and served with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
5. Mr. Scott Andrew Sweet, 38,SC, of 3 Charlotte Street in York, died Friday, June 5, 2009. He was U.S. Navy veteran, having served in Somalia and Desert Storm
FULL obits follow:
3. Betty A. Ristow
Ristow, Betty A. Commander U.S. Navy. Formally of Pewaukee, WI. Joined her heavenly Father on Friday, June 5, 2009, in Burlington, Washington. She is survived by her husband Gale Lowell, step-children and step-grandchildren. Also survived by mother Elizabeth (nee Jekel); siblings Carolyn (Richard O’Neill), John M. (Judie), Robert, Merry (Kirk Imse), Paul H. (Sunshine); and many friends and family in the Pewaukee Area. Betty was preceded in death by her father, Martin E. Ristow and first husband, Martin Rachlin. She served her country for 27 years as a nurse in the US Navy, where she received numerous awards and citations including distinguished Navy person of the year award and several for activities in Desert Storm. She was also named by Who’s Who in Outstanding Young Women of America. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Christ Lutheran Church on Hwy 164 in Pewaukee. Betty will be buried at sea with full military honors by the US Navy she loved and served. Betty we love you!
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G. Neil Jefferson
4. JEFFERSON, G. NEIL, 75, passed away June 5, 2009. He was preceded in death by parents, William and Anna Rose (Taylor) Jefferson; infant brother, James David Jefferson; and brother, Charles Robert Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson was born and reared in Jefferson County, AL. He was a graduate of Samford University. He served in the 82nd and 11th Airborne Divisions and a tour in the U.S. Air Force. A veteran of the war in Southeast Asia, Mr. Jefferson was called back to active duty during Operation Desert Storm and served with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. Mr. Jefferson is survived by his wife, Carolyn Johnson Jefferson; sons, Mark Jefferson, Birmingham, AL, Michael Jefferson, Birmingham, AL, Patrick (Julie) Jefferson, Hoover, AL; and grandchildren, Joshua Jefferson and Sarah Grace Jefferson. Funeral service will be Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 11:00 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church, Birmingham, AL. Visitation will be Monday from 5:30 – 7:30 PM at Ridout’s Valley Chapel in Homewood. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The First Lutheran Church, 2507 Highland Avenue, Birmingham, AL 35205, Big Oak Ranch, P.O. Box 507, Springville, AL 35146 or TEARS Animal Rescue, 226 Glasgow Road, Birmingham, AL 35224. Services under directing of Ridout’s Valley Chapel, 205-879-3401. www.al.com/obituaries/birmingham
5. Scott Andrew Sweet
CHESTER – Mr. Scott Andrew Sweet, 38, of 3 Charlotte Street in York, died Friday, June 5, 2009.
The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Concord Presbyterian Church in Blackstock, S.C., conducted by the Revs. Peter Rambo, Dennis Ayers, Joseph Beale and Richard Davis. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Sweet was born in Gainesville, Fla., on September 19, 1970, a son of George Montgomery Sweet Sr. and Janie Kellams Sweet. He was a graduate of Lewisville High School and attended Winthrop College, where he lettered in track. He was U.S. Navy veteran, having served in Somalia and Desert Storm and was a devoted member of Grace Covenant Church of God.
Surviving are his parents, George Montgomery Sweet Sr. and Janie Kellams Sweet of Chester; one brother, George M. Sweet Jr. of Greenville, S.C.; and one sister, Amanda Catherine Sweet of Alexander, N.C. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie Street in Chester. Memorials may be made to Grace Covenant Church of God, 2869 Chester Hwy. 321, York, SC 29745. Condolences may be made to the family at wwwbarronfuneralhome.com. www.heraldonline.com
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