Obituary:
Kelowna Capital News, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Lovin, Clarence Brady, Sunday, 23 Aug 2009.
Clarence Brady Lovin passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, August 23, 2009. He was born in Dallas, Texas on November 25, 1919. Clarence was well known for opening a one of a kind Pisces Tropical Fish store on Leathead Road. People came from all over the province to shop here. Clarence served in World War II driving a tank for the British Columbia Dragoons Army from January 7, 1941 until December 8, 1945. It was during this war that Clarence met the love of his life, Ann, who predeceased him October 12, 2008. Clarence and Ann were married in Prince Rupert, BC in December 1946. Clarence will be forever loved and remembered by his daughter Jean Sandham (Fred), hisgranddaughters Terry Day (Mike), Lori Nicholls (Paul Gervais), great granddaughters, Deziree, Kassidy and Kennedy Day and his only great grandson Dakoda Gervais and newborn great granddaughter, Averee Gervais.
The family wishes to extend sincere gratitude to all of the ladies at the Dogwood Unit and Ethel Glen Cottonwoods for the extra care you have given to both Mom and Dad over the last 10 months. There will be no service by request. Arrangements have been entrusted to Springfield Funeral Home. Condolencew may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com (250-860-7077).
Dad, now you can go meet Mom on Princess Street, like you two planned, between the railway tracks and the garden where you shared your first kiss.
Obtained via ancestry.com through Canadian obituary records.
Phyllis Fisher, 88, of Hot Springs, died on April 28, 2012, peacefully in her sleep. She was born in Medford, Massachusetts on December 20, 1923, second daughter of DeMelle and Mildred (Holman) Garey . She was married to Colonel Coy Fisher who predeceased her in 2007.
As a young woman, she traveled through Europe after World War II returning to the states to enter the professional world as a nurse for 16 years, then turning to her passion for social work. As a pioneer in the employee assistance program area, she focused on alcoholism and addiction services. Of special note, she developed the first Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Policy for employees of Ford Motor Company worldwide. She was an instructor at the University of Detroit, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California, Berkeley; teaching Counseling of Alcoholics and Their Families and Community Responses to Alcoholism. In retirement, she joined the Peace Corps where she continued her caring for others through serving as a Consultant to Division of Mental Health in Honduras in areas of Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies.
She traveled for work and for pleasure, visiting 45 different countries. She was on all the great rivers of the world yet loved the Amazon Basin best. Phyllis took up residence in Arkansas at the Hot Springs Village in 1992, enchanted by the gorgeous green trees, beautiful hills and blue lakes. She was drafted out of retirement to counsel as a social worker for the Arkansas Employee Assistance Program.
She is survived by her sister Barbara, and husband, Richard, Moody of Andover, Massachusetts, and her brother DeMelle, and wife Marion, Garey of Peabody, Massachusetts. She is predeceased by her sister Priscilla Nelson of Wiscasett, Maine. She will be missed by her many nieces and nephews, but especially by her niece Pat Anderson of Tucson, Arizona with whom Phyllis shared daily phone conversations. She will be remembered by many friends and especially missed by her best friend Bill Foggo.
In honor of Phyllis' faithful membership, Holy Eucharist and burial rights will be held at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 199 Barcelona Road, Hot Springs Village on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 at 10am. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 199 Barcelona Road, Hot Springs Village, AR, 71909.
Joseph S Tate Jr. was the son of Joseph Scranton Tate and Alice Sargent Tate. Joseph grew up in a military family. He had two brothers and a sister.
He graduated from The USMA at West Point in 1941 and was commissioned upon his graduation. Joseph and his brother, Frederic H Tate, attended USMA during overlapping years. Frederic H Tate graduated from USMA in 1943.
Joseph served in the Army Air Corps in the 8th Air Force 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron in Hardwick, Norfork, England where he was on the crew of a Consolidated B-24. Joseph also served in the 9th Air Force, 93rd Bomb Group Heavy, 328th Bomb Squadron in Africa. He is listed as Command Pilot on a B-24 on the 1 Aug 1943 raid of the Ploesti oil fields in Romania.
Joseph Tate had a short but distinguished military career that ended when he died during WWII. According to the Missing Air Crew Report, MACR, for the mission which took his life and those of eight other crew members, the plane was hit by enemy flak on a mission to Osnabruck. The crew was originally MIA until later when it was determined that they all perished. Lt Col Tate's wife was listed as the contact person in the papers of the MACR.
There is a memorial page for Lt Col Joseph S Tate Jr on the WWII Memorial site. His awards are listed, which include: Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart, and the French Croix de Guerre.
Lt Col Joseph S Tate Jr is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in Cambridge England.
Additional information below was provided by contributor John Early Andrews # 47525492:
Black '41: The West Point Class of 1941 and the American Triumph in World War II:
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Ever the rascal of Company K, Joseph Scranton Tate, Jr., was born in Marfa, Texas while his father, Joseph Tate, Sr., who had just graduated with the Class of April 1917 [West Point], was busy chasing Pancho Villa across the Mexican-New Mexico border with General John J. "Blackjack" Persing.
POLO IN THE UNITED STATES: A History
by Horace A. Leffaye
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In preparation for the Olympic Competition, a team was selected to travel to England from occupied Germany. After a series of travel matches in Coblenz, Col. John C. Montgomery, Cavalry... were selected to represent the United States. Col. Montgomery as Chief of Staff, was unable to make the journey and was replaced by Lt. Joseph Scranton Tate, from the Cavalry branch.
Class Of 1942 USMA
Brother of Joseph S Tate Class of 1941
Tate Rink, Home to the Black Knights hockey team, West Point is named after brothers, Frederic & Joseph Tate, both pilots killed in combat in World War II. The Tate's were both three-sport athletes during their four years at the Academy, each earning letters in hockey. Frederic captained the 1942 Black Knights.
St. Johns County School District, St. Augustine, Florida recogbizes both Tate brothers as former students killed in war.
365th Fighter Squadron flying a P-47 Thunder bolt serial # 42-27341.
Daniel Lisle Tate passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2001, in Pembroke Pines. He was born Aug. 6, 1922, in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to a military family with a long history of West Point graduates.
''Danny'' Tate also has a long family history in the St. Augustine area.
His mother, Alice ''Boo'' Tate, maiden name Sargent, passed in 1959; his father, Joseph Scranton Tate in 1963. His two beloved brothers, Joseph Scranton Tate Jr. and Frederick Homer Sargeant Tate (Honie) both bravely gave their lives in action for their country in the Army Air Corps during World War II, not many years after their graduation from West Point in 1941 and 1942. His only sister, Janet, died at age 3 of illness.
All three brothers attended Kent State Prep School before being accepted to the USMA. His father, Joseph Scranton Tate, graduated from West Point in 1918 and was a teacher there. Grandfather Daniel Tate graduated in 1880 from West Point, as well as his great-uncle who graduated in 1896.
''Danny'' Tate returned to St. Augustine over 20 years ago, having worked in Detroit for 23 years in advertising for Time, Inc., magazine, Sports Illustrated. His years in St. Augustine were spent mostly as a Real Estate salesman/broker.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Dr. Jeff Batkin, rector, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m., Sunday, at Craig Funeral Home chapel.
Mr. Tate is survived by his daughter, Regan Wallace Tate-Roberts; his granddaughter, Natasha Lee Tate; a son, Daniel Lisle Tate Jr.; and a grandson, Daniel L. Tate.
Having so deeply missed his brothers for so many years, as well as his mother and many friends who had passed before him, ''Danny'' Tate has finally gone to his resting place surrounded by those who loved him and whom he missed so completely.
(St Augustine Record, 04/07/01.)