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Dennis Michael Hamilton August 25, 1940 ~ November 21, 2021 (age 81) Dennis Michael Hamilton, 81, passed away on Sunday, 21 November 2021. Dennis, who preferred the name Mike, was born on 25 August 1940, in Dodge City, KS, and was the youngest of Helen and Herschel Hamilton’s three children. Growin...

Frederick Weilminster, 96, of Stuttgart passed away Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, at Baptist Health-Stuttgart. Mr. Weilminster was born Dec. 19, 1924, in Long Island, New York. He was a World War II Navy veteran retiring after 32 years of service to his country. He then worked for the State of California ...

Ronald David Binder, age 78, passed away on May 30, 2021 in Agawam. Ron was born in Pensacola, FL, December 24, 1942 to the late Abraham and Freida Binder. He graduated in 1962 from Lafayette High School in Alabama. Ron was a submariner in the United States Navy for five years. He received his bach...

Michael Manohar Ramadas Network Engineer Michael Manohar Ramadas, 34, who was a network engineer for the American Institutes for Research in Washington since 1999, died of a heart ailment May 7 2002 at his home in Alexandria. He had lived in the Washington area since 1995. Mr. Ramadas, a native of ...

Edwin Godbold LeGette, 70, of Seneca, SC, died peacefully at his home on March 8 2017 after a 6 year fight with cancer. Ed is survived by his wife Elizabeth Hudson and daughter Rebecca Jones of the home, daughter Corryn Fassino of Seneca and son Trevor Jones and his wife Tina of Cologne, MN. Ed was...

The World's Best Dad, Daniel M. Beaudry, passed away peacefully at home on February 8th, 2021 hours after gleefully watching Tom Brady win his 7th Super Bowl. He was born in Glasgow Montana on August 26, 1942. He graduated from Glasgow High School with the class of 1959. Dan enlisted in the US Navy...

Age 61, of St. Paul Passed away unexpectedly Dec. 27, 2020 Survived by wife, Geneva; daughter, Athena Whetham; step children, Ruby Touki, Roseann Miranda and Robin Gonzales; grandchildren, Isabelle Whetham, Lillie, Angelo and Suki Gonzales; sisters, Kay Evenson, Janet (Ronald) Sinkler and Kathy (Co...

INDIANAPOLIS - William T Conner, Jr (“Bill”) passed away surrounded by loved ones at home on November 29th, 2018. He was 80 years old. Bill was the son the of William T. Conner, Sr and Maudames Conner and was born on March 7th, 1938 in Evansville, Indiana. He graduated from Burris High School in Mu...

NOV. 14, 1955 — NOV. 11, 2004 Joe Halstead a Navy veteran, Known as "Cadillac Joe" has Gone to be with the Lord. He passed peacefully with Family and friends around him. If you knew Joe, you knew a worker. He worked in vending, "Little Debbie" and Seyferts Potato Chips. His true ...

Fred entered USNA from Drexel Hill, PA after two years at Penn State.  After graduating, he served aboard the carrier LEYTE before reporting to Submarine School.  He qualified in submarines earning his “Dolphins” while serving aboard BASHAW prior to assignment to nuclear power training.  Thereafter,...

There's been some recent noises about folks moving to different social media platforms due to an unhappiness with some of the current big names. That's all well and good. Early in the 21st century, former James Madison sailors were communicating on a Yahoogroup. From that Yahoogroup grew the efforts...

Saddened to share that we have received word that shipmate Joe Battista (1965-1968, Blue Crew) has passed 7-Jul-2020 following an automobile accident. We'll share more as we learn it.

THE 2021 REUNION HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE The USS James Madison Reunion Association has scheduled our next Reunion for March 24-28, 2021 in Galveston, Texas. In view of world events, including the Coronavirus and economic impacts, we are trying to provide a maximum of flexibility to ...

FRED FERDINAND MAPHIS was born in Leignitz, Germany on February 28, 1944 and passed away on December 27, 2019 after a long 20 year battle with cancer. The son of German parents, Fred came to the United States as a small child after his mother met and married his step-father during the American occu...

Fayette Millard “Frank” Thornal Jr., 72, of Kingsland died Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, 2020, at St. Vincent’s Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, after a brief illness. Mr. Thornal was born in Port Arthur, Texas, to the late Fayette Millard Thornal Sr. and Mary Grace White Thornal and had ma...