2014 News

Reports Received Since Oct. 2013 through Sept. 2014:

Merry Christmas to all our Shipmates who enjoy and appreciate celebrating this season for the true meaning of it! Also, Happy Holidays to those who appreciate this time of year for whatever your reasons.
Please keep in your thoughts and/or prayers, our fellow shipmates John Kachur and Lee Bostic. Both are having serious health issues to deal with during the holidays.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2014 Reunion an enjoyable event! For those of you who could not make it this year, we really missed enjoying all the fun with you, and hope to see you next year.
We want to wish you and your family and friends a joyous and thankful Thanksgiving. The way things are going in this world now days, we still have so much to be thankful for in this U.S.A. country that we all love.
Jim Schurmack report hearing from the son of our fellow shipmate and Association Member, Ellis E. Alcorn, BM2, Aboard 1962-68. Sadly Ellis passed away this month on Nov. 8th. Our Sincere thoughts and prayers go towards family and friends of Ellis, he will be missed by many of us.

Don't forget, this is the month of the 2014 USS Kennebec Association Reunion! It will be held in Charleston, SC on October 16, 17 & 18. Please check the Reunion section in the Membership area for more details and updates. See you there!!

Our Secretary Erv Remmele, put out an email inquiry for known deceased shipmates, so they can be remembered during out next reunion in Oct. If you notice in the Shipmate section, any shipmates that have passed away and do not have a American Flag marking them as deceased, please let us know.
Life Member #055, Carl Olinger, CS2, Aboard 51-53, passed away on March 15, 2014. This news was passed on to us by his family. We are saddened by Carl's loss, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
Richard L. Abel, SK3, Aboard 1961-62, passed away on March 26, 2000, following several heart attacks. He was a police officer in Prince William County, VA, for 32 years. This information was provided by his widow, Barbara Abel.
We heard this sad news this month, from shipmate Billy Moss: Harold L. Burgess, SN, Aboard 1961-62, at age 68, of Norwalk, Ohio, died Friday, March 8, 2013 in Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, Ohio.

If you haven't yet, don't forget to register in the membership area, for the 2014 Reunion in October!

We hope you had a Happy 4th of July celebration with your family and friends!
A PDF Registration Form is now available for download in the Membership Area for the 2014 USS Kennebec Association Reunion at Charleston, SC on October 16, 17 & 18. We also have more information for this event posted there. Please Register for this event with the Association ASAP. Thanks!

Great time to go fishing! We at the USS Kennebec Assoc. are hoping you each have an enjoyable summer!
Don't forget, the 2014 USS Kennebec Association Reunion will be held in Charleston, SC on October 16, 17 & 18. Please check the Reunion section in the Membership area for more details and updates.

Our Assoc. Secretary, Erv Remmele reported reading in the May (2014) issue of the Fleet Reserve Assc. magazine, that Chief Claudio R. Martinez, MMC, aboard 1966-68, was listed as having passed on. At what time was not stated, but our sincere simpathly goes to his family and friends.
Our Assoc. Pres. Gary Schlagel, received sad news from Mike Vodak, that fellow shipmate and Assoc. Life Member, Tom Wilkerson, MM3, Aboard 1963-67, passed away from cancer on Memorial Day, May 26, 2014.

Spring is finally here! We hope you have an enjoyable spring and summer with your family and friends. We will be busy arranging our next USS Kennebec Reunion in Oct. Be sure to register, more information is available in the membership area.

Mark your calendar! The 2014 USS Kennebec Associate Reunion will be held in Charleston, SC on October 16, 17 & 18. Please check the Reunion section in the Membership area for more details and updates.
We received sad news that fellow shipmate Fredrick “Rick” Jay Auville, ETR3, Aboard 1967-69, passed away on March 23, 2014. Rick's son Nathan provided this information. Our sympathy goes to Rick's family and friends.

Happy Valentines Day! To all who love someone and visit our website.
And speaking about "Love", we just love it each time we get a new Life Member. So, please "Welcome!" our newest Association Life Member, Melcolm Bless, PO3, Aboard 1950-52! You will find Melcolm's contact info in the membership area, and by the way, wish him a "Happy Birthday" on Feb. 14th too!

Happy New Years! To all who visit our website. May you each have a happy, healthly, and prosperous year.
Our next USS Kennebec Association Reunion is to be held in 2014 at Charleston, SC during October, dates to be announced by Spring.
Our fellow Association Member and Shipmate Lloyd Howard, F1c, Aboard 1946-47, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1013. This information was from his daughter Debbie DeHoff. Our Sympathy goes to this good man's family and friends.