Resolution No. 2: In Memorium

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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 2017, we were saddened by the deaths of; former URW President Milan Stone, former PACE President, Boyd Young, former UPIU President Wayne E. Glenn, USW Directors Joseph M. Coyle, Edward Sadlowski, Robert LaVenture, Jack R. Golden, Lovell Prewitt, Alex Q. Lopez, Harry Hynd, Jean Gérin-Lajoie, Frank J. Valenta, John P. DeFazio, John M. Breaux, former PACE Vice Presidents James K. Phillips, Jr., Donald L. Langham, James E. Pannell, and former USW Executive Vice President of R/PIC Ronald Hoover.

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 2017 Convention:

Vincent W. Dinardo
Thomas C. McLane
Mary Ann Sullivan
James R. Jones
Anthony Basile
James T. Matheny
Frances L. Berman
Wilburn T. Davenport
John F. Haser, Jr.
Anna L. Marzullo
Roland Samson
Melvin G. Anglin
Edward G. Hardy
Lloyd H. Lawrence
John H. King
Edgar Platel
Richard J. Critelli, Sr.
Esther Troio
Geraldine Timczyk
Raymond J. Silenzi
George Daniel Lawson
Francis J. Mack
Gayle Cody
Eugene D. Skraba
Mildred I. Lucas
Florence Labossiere
Thomas Lind
Francis J. Pothier
Paulfred Jones
Steve F. Badylak
Francis C. Melancon
John K. Smith
Harry C. Lazorchak
Margaret M. Echelbarger
Melena R. Barkman
Ronald G. Varley
Darrell A. Monroe
Manuel Mirailh
John Courtney
Herman Brammer
Lewis E. Johnston
Larry W. Pepper
Audrey J. Lawnizak
Patricia McCann
Carole J. Strange
Sue Hollingsworth
Mary E Reed
Christine DeMao
Vallie M. Seekford
Jean Gariepy
Fred A. Shepherd
Linda C. Tweedy
John McGowan
Sadie Verutis
Sharon Johnson
Patrick M. Fagan
Richard J. Christie
Olive M. Walsh
Dorothy M. Palana
Kenneth J. Reichett
Sheryl E. Cox
Anne Aitcheson
Francis F. McLean
Gerald D. Thiel
Marvin M Wright
Harvey Fisher, Jr.
Marian Siuta
Rose M. Jones
Anthony Santo
Carlo J. Simone, Sr.
John Sheehan
Nancy Sheehan
Domenic A. DiPilato
Joseph Gruber
Frank Taylor
Patrick Hydrick
Richard A. Panella
Joseph Mitchell, Sr.
Brent Petit
Violet A. Blateric
Howard Wells, Jr.
Wayne R. Flowers
Donald Eugene Bowman
Dennis Kmit
Evelyn C. Randall
Charles R. Kelly
Louis Regenwetter
William H. Greenlee
Mary F. Elkins
Robert F. Means
Alexander T. Powell, Jr.
Margaret A. Halpin
Emily A. Weber
Joseph H. Wiedemer
Herman A. Merritt, Jr.
Raymond E. Kizzee
John C. Ciptak
Harry M. Burk
Arthur L. Markham
Lorraine Langlois
Richard J. Bennett
Charles Barsony
Maurice Walls
Raymond W. Long
George W. Carver
Marcia McGee
Marjorie Morscheiser
Raymond Michael
Robert L. Tinker
C. Lee Edwards
Bernadette Cassidy
Lionel Camara
Stanley J. Daniels
Richard A. Blackburn
Charles Armstrong
Drulain (Dudy) McCall
Peggy D. Reynolds
Santo Santoro
Glenton Gant
John L. Wilson
Ronnie L. Hicks
Sam C. Dawson
Betty E. Miller
Rheal Lemoine
Florence Verbich
Robert C. Low
Freeda A. McDaniel
Mary Jane Farrell
Deborah Buckley
William Steep
Paul Hanson
James H. Johnson
Sandra Pelkey
Eugene Shelton
Beverly A. Colandrea
Edward Coppedge
Montgomery Alton
Marion R. Thurmond
Virgil F. Coragliotti
George Furek
Harry L. Moore
Marie-Louise J'Espere
Jackson M. Miles
Richard P. Wildes
Shirley S. Brown
George Tussey
Donna Dobos
William Parsons
Harry Spedden
Dominick D'Ambrosio
Shirley H. Kearns
Anne Dmytruk
Rito G. Valencia
Frank E. Willey
Robert J. Burdick, Sr.
Thomas G. Burkholder
William H. Barido
Gordon Murchie
Tessie Noeth
Martha Berry
Jocelyn Sevigny
Garry Pennington
Patricia Hansen
Martha Bentz
Donald Clifford
Elizabeth Dreyer
Robert L. Carter
Shirley Tunnat
John D. Prior
Cal Luedee
Harvey Martin
Regis L. Sager
Constance Kanz
Jonathan Comer
Howard Ligon
Harry J. Piasecki
John B. Fitzpatrick
William Martin
Mary E. Simms
Janet Campbell
Earline Moody
Elystra Cust
Judith Fortis Dominguez
Rahshawn Hansford
John Signoretti
Geraldine Fisher
Ruby R. Torrance
Kenneth D. Thompson, Sr.
Georges Poirier
Betty L. Wolfangel
Claude Hall
Marie C. Malagreca
Donald Lemmon
James L. Johnson
Elaine A. Terreri
Come Delisle
J. Aurele Ferlatte
Norbert J. Liss
Wallace E. Dodson
William J. Trella
Fred R. Bedford
Carol Peitzmeier
Maurice Keck
Wilbert VanderHeyden
Frank J. Brandao, Sr.
Robert L. Mellars
Lynda Moore
Martha M. Hall
Esther Mercurio
William Scandlan
Henry A. Wong
Joseph Guiliano
Russell Dollard
Alice J. Clark
Ian K. Levack
Doris Gunther
Wesley M. Royster
Robert L. Kellerman
Pamela J. Carnahan
Norman Jardine
Richard A. Mohr
James H. Peek
June Klaserner
William Gibson
Nancy Dobbie
Laura K. Koloss
Edward Lucente
Kenneth Valentine
Judith Wazny-Piche
Janet Pidcoe
Fred Norris
John E. Thomas
Antonio Bruno
Bernard Reilly
Dorothy Forde-Fisk
Michael Gabriel
Betty E. Howard
George Sirolli
John "Jack" T. Cavanaugh
Ridsy Calderone
Gerald Griffin
Stacia Moore
Dan C. Edwards
Pauline J Morgan
John W Kitchen Sr
Alberta Zawalish
Diana Binder
Reginald Shaw
Ernest Cooper
John McClaren
Paul Glavin
Jean Marc Ringuette
Robert F. Doyle
Robert Rosser
John Milam
Margaret Lubbert
Carl N. Morris
Phillip R. Oakes
Jimmie Dixson
Joe C. Chapman
Gerard LaChance
Joan H. Riley
Mary R. Catanzarite
Jean Gerin-Lajoie
William H. Andrews, Jr.
Monica Hewitt
Johnny Long
Patricia Clunk
Della Dawso
Dorothy J. Griffin
Catherine Hatch
Michael Nassar
Linda S. Newton
Carlos Rosario
Louis H. Simpson
Kathryn A. Wingert
Lee Coleman
Donald Marzec
Kenneth R. Finley
Donald K. Harper
Beverly Langley
John B. Patrick
Richard A. Ross
William Cubitt Sr.
Edward D. Duffy
John R. Sefchik
William P. Summers
Charles A. Talley
Josephine Z. Chavez
Norma Yonker
Patricia Benedict
William G. Anderson
Thelma Loret-De-Mola
Charles W. Rogers
Robert P. Arndt
Stephanie Goble
Edwin A. Gomes
Gerald T. Parks
E. B. Rich
Janice K. Wetzel
Merle Kaneko
Louis D. Ridley
David Pratt
Millard J. Lamb
M. L. Ellis
Tommy McFalls
Glenn B. Goss
Milan Racic
Marsha J. Stanley
James D. Allen Sr.
Marvin E, Riley
Yvonne A. Leggett
Awanda Koval
Roy E. Brockman
Stephen E. Freeman
James Buchanan
Olga Lomoth
Wallace H. Gilmore
David Welty
Gloria F. Campbell
Wendell R. Stone
Albert Blandin
Freddie Sanchez
William E. Lloyd
John R. Molovich
Joyce G. Schumacher
Curtis Hawkins
Ruby A. Greathouse
Lester D. King Jr.
Robert J. Seal
James R. Rodgers
William J. Braman
Troy Word
Dennis Wenske
Lewis Calvin Moore
John W. Allen
Maurice J. Goyette
Evelyn M. Carroll
Stanley R. Biggus
Thomas Johnson
James A. Flores
Peter Nicora
Edward Zinser
David T. Conlan
Anna M. Wunderly
Robert E. Brown
Clarence Annen
James G. Archuleta
Horatio N. Demarest, Jr.
Robert J. Grajeda, Jr.
Walter P. Kurkowski
Joan Smith
Jimmy O. Ash
Edgar E. Barton
John M. Breaux
Silas Gonzales
Kenneth Kovack
Dennis Latus
Claude Levesque
Emmanuel S. Mason
Gordon Ringuette
William J. Solarski
Lucille R. Bartholomew
James E. Pannell
Jo-Elaine Robinson
Laura Jones
Becky A. Fisher
Kathleen A. Jahn
Delano D. Lords
Robert L. Smithson
James E. Alleman
Casondra L. Maryanski
Daniel Sciarro
Anthony Viren
James A. Pepitone
Curtis E. Reed
Nessie Norma Golden
Martha Snezek
Frieda M. Barnette
Margaret M. Weitzel
Eleanore M. Michel
Yvonne C. Shields
Jeanne Doty
Ernest F. Shock
Wilma A. Diffly
Daniel A. Janssen
Bernadette E. Summers
Ola Belle Martin
Pearl Jones
Paul Falkowski
Mary E. Timmons
Pasquale V. Grasso
Flora Elizabeth Waring
Thomas Jenkins
Raymond E. Valdez
Gloria Santos Eperthener
Rose Publick
Patricia B. Stone
Kenneth J. LeFever
Gletta Medenhall
Doris J. Galisin
Jack J. Williams