Friends remembered: Joseph R. Sowers
Joseph R. Sowers, 96, of Kingston, Tenn., died Dec. 8, 2015. At age 23 in 1942, Sowers, then an automobile mechanic, saved an 8-year-old boy from drowning in the flooded …
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Friends remembered: Marvin E. Panch
Marvin E. Panch, 89, of Port Orange, Fla., died Dec. 31, 2015. One of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers, Panch was involved in a fiery crash at Daytona International Speedway on …
Friends remembered: Randell Ranson
Randell Ranson, 44, of Heber City, Utah, died July 1, 2015. An Army veteran of Operation Desert Storm, where he was an instructor and drill sergeant, he worked as an …
Friends remembered: Raymond F. Gooch
Raymond F. Gooch, 93, of Evansville, Ind., died Sept. 16, 2015. In 1941, he was awarded the Carnegie Medal for helping to save three friends from drowning in the Ohio …
Friends remembered: Paul H. Olson
Paul H. Olson, 92, of Anoka, Minn., died June 9, 2015. At age 38 on March 13, 1961, he saved a woman from drowning in the Mississippi River at Minneapolis. …
Friends remembered: Howard R. Giles II
Howard R. Giles II, 73, of Henderson, Nev., died June 28, 2015. Giles was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1955 in recognition of his actions of Aug. 26, 1954, by …