July 24-25 A majority of the Fascist Grand Council approves (19 for, 7 against, 1 abstention) a motion of no confidence in Benito Mussolini. Marshal Pietro Badoglio, former chief of the Italian general staff and member of the Fascist Party, replaces Mussolini as prime minister and declares on the radio that Italy will remain loyal to Germany. December 2 German Junkers 88 bombers strike Bari Harbor. Husky will be one of the largest amphibious operations of the entire war, with more than 3,000 ships (under the command of British Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet) transporting more than 150,000 Allied troops (eight divisions by sea plus two airborne divisions) over the next three days. Obituaries High Schools Colleges Newspapers Funeral Homes Local obituaries for Grove City, Pennsylvania 203 Results Monday, February 27, 2023 Add Photos Add a Memory William S. "Bill" Main. Richard McEwen passed away recently from natural causes in St. Marys, Ohio, at the age of 81. (Greenville, Pa.) 1924-1975, Greenville: Record-Argus. 89, Grove City. September 10 German units, especially the 16th Panzer Division, launch fierce counterattacks at Salerno, which for a time, threaten the integrity of General Clarks beachhead. Gift in memory of Sgt. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a150a5d7a5b6a80 Everyone has some sort of addiction, and flyings mine, Mr. Billings told the Santa Cruz Sentinel in 2015 at age 91, in the midst of a 13-day flight around the contiguous United States with his longtime co-pilot, Nevin Showman. Top image: US Servicemembers take cover on a beach at Paestum, south of Salerno, September 9, 1943. Glenn was born in Cochranton, Pa., on Sept. 8, 1933, to Joseph S. and Anna I. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is given responsibility for the occupation of Italy and for disarming the Italian armed forces. Obituary. He was a graduate of the Grove City College Class of 1952, earned a Master's Degree at Michigan State University, and a 1938 - He enlisted in Margaret L. "Marge" Fisher, 94, of Grove City, passed peacefully on Friday morning, Jan. 20, 2023, following a brief illness. Im happy that the OSS got recognized, Mr. Billings told The Washington Post after an award ceremony he attended with about 20 other OSS veterans. Deborah, 61, of Wolf Creek Township. Once there, the agents could infiltrate nearby towns and acquire crucial intelligence on the movement of Nazi troops and supplies through the Brenner Pass, along the border between Italy and Austria. Services will be held at a later date. Obituary February 24, 2023 12:30 PM Allied Discount Tires founder Stanley Hanin dies Tire Business Share Print Photo provided Stanley Hanin aboard his boat, the Alitsa. Hundreds of American soldiers assemble at a rest camp near Naples and listen to update, Fall 1943. August 1 The hardest fighting of the entire campaign sees the US 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) under the command of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr. (Terrible Terry Allen, as he is known to his men) battling the Germans for the town of Troina, centrally located in Sicily. He married Kathy McBroom on Feb. 11, 1973. Glenn Hart passed away in Grove City, Pennsylvania. General George S. Patton, commander of US Seventh Army, instructing troops on Sicily, July 1943. Post free classified ads. (Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pa.) 1963-1960s, Sandy Lake: Sandy Lake Breeze. Charles later married Rachael A. Adams, 82, of Grove City, passed away on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in AHN-Grove City, following a brief illness. Jennifer was born Nov. 5, 1939, in Sharpsville, to the late Charles and Alice (Stamm) Beil. He was born in Mercer in 1931. As many as 1,000 merchant marine and military personnel died, as well as possiblyanother 1,000 civilians. 90, Karnes City, formerly of Boyers. (Power) Hart. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Feb. 25, in the funeral home. Van Til on June 13, 1992. By some accounts, the flight itself was so dangerous that Britains Royal Air Force refused to go. He and his fellow aviators dropped supplies for partisans and undercover operatives, including 500-pound containers full of gold coins used to bribe Germans. He married his high school sweetheart, Ruth J. Shaw, June 1, 1962; she preceeded him in death Nov. 29, 2004. July 19 More than 500 Allied bombers strike Rome for the first time, hitting the San Lorenzo freight yard and steel factory, as well as the Littorio and Ciampino airports in the city. KOCHEMS Rachael was born in Brookville, Pa., on Dec. 3, 1940, to Parker and Mary Josephine (Keighley) Hayes. Chance of rain 50%.. US Army Signal Corps photo, gift of Ms. Regan Forrester, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum, 2002.337.236. He married Betty J. Waltenbaugh on Sept. 12, 1959. Service: Was Friday in the funeral home chapel, with C. Charles Eckles, pastor of I.H.S Gospel Ministries, Glenn P., 89, of Grove City. Greenville Advance Argus (1878 - 1887) Newspaper Archive. Advance Argus (1887 - 1912) Newspaper Archive. John Billings is the prototype of an American aviator, retired Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz said last year, just before the publication of Mr. Billingss autobiography. He was a 2004 graduate of Grove City High School. Anti-fascist political parties in German-occupied northern Italy form the Liberation Committee of Northern Italy (CLNAI), committing to leading resistance activity in the area. Remove Limit. (Greenville, Pa.) 1832-1836, Greenville: Greenville Advance Argus. Mark was born on April 23, 1958, in Grove City, to Robert J. If you are having trouble, click Save Image As and rename the file to meet the character requirement and try again. Greenville Evening Record (1897 - 1923) Newspaper Archive. After graduating from . By the end of the flight, he continued, both of us were absolutely convinced.. A third subsidiary landing, Operation Slapstick, will see elements of the British 1st Airborne Division transported by sea to seize the port at Taranto. She married Carl L. Fisher on Oct. 8, 1947; he preceded her in death on Dec. 24, 1984. Mark R., 64, of Grove City. I was a good boy. An overwhelming majority of them were women and children. Mussolini is arrested and held in multiple locations, before being confined in the Hotel Campo Imperatore on the Gran Sasso dItalia in the Abruzzo Mountains, one of Italys tallest peaks. Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in CUNNINGHAM FUNERAL HOME, Inc., 306 Bessemer Ave., Grove City. Richard Henry McEwen was born in Grove City on June 8, 1942. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Chaired by the moderate socialist Ivanoe Bonomi, the Committees structure is copied from the multi-party National Council of the Resistance, created by French resistance leader Jean Moulin earlier that year. (Metheney) Foust. Adda married Richard D. Perry on June 5, 1954; he preceded her in death on Dec. 9, 1967. Transfer Talk: Danny Welbeck to Reading; Tom Ince to Liverpool; European round-up: Messi's marvellous year two goals in Bara win, IoS classical review: Robert le diable, Royal Opera House, London. (Stoneboro, Pa.) 1982-1980s, West Greenville: Independent Press. Service: Celebration of life at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 1, 2017, at Grace United Methodist Church, 210 S. Broad St., Grove City. Two of the spies were Jewish, increasing the risks they faced if the mission ended in capture. Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current. Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 Ancestry, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current Ancestry, Record of administrators, deaths, marriages, etc., collected from Mahoning Valley newspapers, 1839-1863. German General Bodo Zimmermann entrusted with putting down the strike. Services: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home with the Rev. He was the only member of the OSS who was nominated for the Medal of Honor., Mr. Billings became good friends with Mayer, who died in 2016, two years before lawmakers awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the OSS as a whole after a years-long campaign for recognition for the spy agency. It would have been nice to have them know about it as well.. Farrell: Farrell News. (Greenville, Pa.) 1897-1923, Greenville: Gazette and National Republican Advocate. With the Germans on the high ground and US forces under enemy observation for the duration of the battle, US losses are heavy, but the Americans grind forward. BOCA RATON, Fla. Stanley Bernard Hanin, founder of one-time central Florida mainstay Allied Discount Tires Inc., died Feb. 22 in Boca Raton at age 86. Greenville Advance (1871 - 1876) Newspaper Archive. (Greenville, Pa.) 1878-1887, Greenville: Greenville Advance. We werent even supposed to mention that we were with OSS. Naturally, I signed up for the job, Mr. Billings wrote in a 2021 autobiography, Special Duties Pilot. If theyre crazy enough to jump there, he recalled saying, Ill be crazy enough to take them.. She was born on Dec. 14, 1927, in Sandy Lake, to Harry and Ruth (Davis) Henderson. Map of Allied operations in southern Italy, September 3-25, 1943. Service: 11 a.m. Friday (3-3-23) in Grace United Methodist Church, 210 S. Broad St., Grove City. Search Richmond obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. He was 83. US Army Signal Corps Photo No. Hitler orders that Italy be treated as an occupied country. (West Greenville, Pa.) 1859-1861, West Greenville: Union Democrat. Creating an obituary on Echovita is free. Jim graduated from Sharon High School, where his father was the Robert Earl Hoffman peacefully passed away surrounded by family on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at the age of 96. Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. He was the youngest of two sons born to Arthur R. McEwen and Mary E. (Morrison) McEwen. Whether you are planning a funeral service, buying flowers, expressing condolences, or just trying to figure out how to process grief, this library of articles will help you understand what to expect. (Mercer, Pa.) 1864-1865, Sandy Lake: Allied News The Lakeview Breeze. Jeff was a 1968 graduate of Grove City High School. Admiral Alberto da Zara surrenders the Italian fleet to British Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, at Malta. He enjoyed working on cars, playing video games Kendric Cole McBride, 1, of Grove City, passed away Monday morning, Jan. 30, 2023. The top-secret mission would require him to fly deep behind German lines at night, avoiding enemy planes and antiaircraft guns, and drop three Allied spies over a frozen lake in the Austrian Alps, 10,000 feet above sea level. His first wife, Nancy Gardiner Billings, died in 1995. (Sharon, Pa.) 1893-1900s, Sharon: Sharon Eagle. In our show we will discuss everything from sports, pop culture, politics, and . Launched in February 1945, the mission was aborted twice because of bad weather. (Sharon, Pa.) 1892-1898, Sharon: Sharon Telegraph. He was 98 when he died March 4 at his home in Woodstock, Va., four weeks after flying his single-engine Cessna Cutlass for the last time with help from a co-pilot. Lyle E. Ebersprecher, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum, 2013.495.970. German bombers sink the battleship Roma with a guided glider bomb, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, including Admiral Carlo Bergamini. My feet hurt if I stand on the ground too long., Mr. Billings deployed to Italy in August 1944, tasked with flying the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a heavy bomber that he jokingly referred to as the pregnant pig. He completed 14 combat missions before being assigned to the 885th Heavy Special Bombardment Squadron, which he later discovered was a front for the OSS. (West Greenville, Pa.) 1861-1865, West Greenville: Shenango Valley Times. September 26 Without authorization from Himmler, Kappler orders Dante Almansi and Ugo Fo, two leaders of the Jewish community in Rome, to give him 50 kilograms of gold to save Romes Jewish population from deportation. Germans organize the first round-up of Italian men born between 1910 and 1925 for forced labor, dragooning some 18,000 men in Campania and Latium. 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