Update on LCpl Paul G Madden, USMC

26 June 2004: Paul Grady has been in Iraq since mid/end of February 2004. He is stationed at Al Asad airbase some distance west of Baghdad. His duties so far include convoy security and maintenance of water-related equipment. Though he volunteered for a year's tour, the USMC may limit it to seven months per a recent article in the Camp Pendleton weekly newspaper. Paul Grady reads about a book a day, calls when the phone lines are up, and writes infrequently; Daphne writes daily and sends packages frequently to Paul Grady and other Marines in his unit.

She was one of my friends ...

The Daily Star
Hammond, Louisiana
Monday, 31 May 2004

BEVERLY ANNE BURTON

Beverly Anne Burton, 50, died Friday, May 28, 2004, at North Oaks Medical Center.

She was a native of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and a nurse for Prime Care Network Home Health of Hammond. She was a 20-year volunteer for the Louisiana Special Olympics and a 15-year volunteer for the Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross in Baton Rouge.

Survivors include her mother, Audrey Brunett Burton, Hammond; her sisters, Cynthia Burton Johnson, Ponchatoula, and Kathy Burton, Monroe; and her brother, David Burton, Hammond.

She was preceded in death by her father, Richard Burton; and her grandparents, Fred and Heland Estelle Davis Burton and Charles Joseph and Epha Force Brunett.

Visitation will be Monday [07 June 2004] at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 9 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. The Rev. Jaime Diaz conduct a Mass of Christian burial at 1 at Holy Ghost Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Dominic Catholic Church Cemetery in Husser.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, 837 Gravier St., New Orleans, LA 70112; the March of Dimes, 1275 Mamaroneck, Ave., White Plains, NY 10605; the Louisiana Special Olympics, 1000 E. Morris St., Hammond, LA 70403; or the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, Ohio, 44720.

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