In Memorium
This page is dedicated to the memory of USS Caperton Sailors. Many of these tributes have been provided by family members of the Sailors. If you would like to provide a tribute to a sailor who has passed on, please email it to me at donald@caperton.info and I will add it to this section.
My father, Robert Simpson, passed away on September 27, 1996 at the age of 71. He was a Plank Owner of the Caperton and served from 1943-46 as a Radioman. He was truly a member of the robert simpson greatest generation who had to be prodded to speak of his experiences during the war.
Robert E. Bodoh, age 95, a retired regional insurance Vice President, was reunited with his wife Mary in heaven on December 21, 2020. Robert E. Bodoh, age 95, aREB2 retired regional insurance Vice President, was reunited with his wife Mary in heaven on December 21, 2020.
Earl Hawkins, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. I had the honor of discussing his life aboard the USS Caperton on many occasions, and he was a constant cheeleader for this website and will be greatly missed.
My Dad, Vernon Follett passed away on April 7th from complications after a fall he took. He leaves behind my mother, Marilyn Follett, seven children, nineteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
We will Miss you Fred...
661856I was just notified by his wife of the passing of Fred Bandy, former USS Caperton Sailor, and Editor of the USS CAPERTON Newsletter.
R. L. Godfrey stationed on the USS Caperton during WW II, passed away on December 26, 2001. Suffered a heart attack when he was 53 and another at 75, and dies at age 79.
Salvatore D. Bonnano who served in the American and Asiatic-Pacific Theather of Operations aboard the USS Caperton DD-650 from 7-30-1943 to 9-11-1945 passed away on December 12, 1992.
Donald F. Francis, 88, of Hudson, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at Whittier Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Ghent.
Paul Ehrenfried, 87, from San Carlos, California, on April 18, 2008. B.A. in economics/journalism and a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, Maine Masque, orchestra, Student Senate, Radio Guild, band, and worked on the Maine Campus.
Nicholas Bernard Mangione Sr., of Hunt Valley, died from complications of a stroke at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center on Sunday. He was 83.
Herman W. Gullett, a snipe on the U.S.S. Caperton during WWII, passed on April 24, 1999 of giloblastoma Grade 4 (invasive brain cancer).
GILMORE, JR., JOSEPH H., 80 -of Longport, died Friday, October 1 after a long illness. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA before moving to Ventnor in 1930.
To glimpse the character of Frank Joseph Vodhanel, who died of Leukemia on Saturday at age 81,
consider this story:
Just a brief note to inform you that my Dad, Walter Bucklad, passed into final peace this past Sunday, November 27th, 2005, after a long struggle with complications due mainly to Diabetes.
On behalf of myself & three brothers, It is with regret I inform you of my father’s (Carmen Romano) passing on August 20, 2006, losing his battle with lung cancer. My father proudly served on the U.S.S. Caperton between the years 1943-46.
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Walter Brady who served on the USS Caperton in 1957-1958.
Martin W. Jensen from Westbrook, Maine. He served on the Caperton from 1951-1955 during Korea. He passed away in October of 2010 from pancreatic cancer.