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In memoriam

Names remembered by the OCU-MEL community.

Members of the OCU-MEL listserv, the patient and family mailing list, kept this roll of people lost to ocular melanoma. It is reproduced here as they wrote it.

Photo: Allyssa Sayers

I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me. Psalm 120:1

  • Mike Tustison
  • Matthew Gyetvay
  • Jeff Baker
  • Deb Brahmon
  • Dr. Robert Doherty
  • Anne Wilkinson
  • Mathew Connor
  • Vernon Kehres
  • Frank Satlow
  • William Jempty Sr., father of Bill Jempty Jr.
  • Patricia Costic
  • Russell Aucoin Unruhe
  • Sandy McNinch
  • Diana Ashby (Founder of The Melanoma Research Foundation)
  • Lydia Montrosse
  • Walter Albrecht
  • Dennis Read, father of Mike Read
  • Bonnie Yerke's cousin, Bruce Sutherland
  • William Walsh, Lisa Farmer's father
  • Bill Gavers
  • Jerry Diehl
  • Katy Fitzpatrick
  • Thomas V. Friedman, Robin Koriakin's father
  • Jack Friel
  • Ben Evans
  • Irene Thorpe
  • Michael Thode
  • Janet Bower
  • Cindy Blanc
  • Cathy Horton
  • Dan Trondsen
  • Hannah Gauthier
  • Joel Hurd
  • Stewart Evans
  • Frank Brady
  • Richard Spencer, MD
  • Kathryn and Alan Sadoski
  • Dr. Richard Spector
  • Lynn Evans Marshall
  • Judy Newton
  • Bob Youman, father of Robbie & Courtney
  • Kay Brown
  • Duke Powers
  • Roy Bowers
  • Bill Riopelle
  • Lucy Weicz
  • George MacDonald
  • Bob Netting
  • Zvi, Ron Iospe's father
  • Jan Willem Hartman
  • Jake
  • Robert Seapy, Andrea's fiancĂ©
  • Paul Onslo, Elaine Schoepf's friend
  • D.J. Isaacson, Gerry's friend
  • Robin (AOL Skin Cancer B. B.)
  • Mary Lou Smits
  • Stacey Hessong, Jill Moore's friend
  • Russ Piombino
  • John, Steve Kann's father-in-law
  • Isidoro Mindez, Leonardo's father
  • Edward Purcell
  • Paul Danner
  • Richard H. Johnson
  • Holly Giles
  • Chris Michael, Lori McCullough's father
  • Ed Haxby, Bob Haxby's nephew
  • Laura Knutson
  • Mark Beatty
  • Sara Nolte
  • Pat Hardy
  • Lee, Astrid's friend
  • Ron Griffith
  • Ricardo Schmidt
  • Wayne Cunningham
  • Kim Benn
  • Anne Lindbergh
  • Charles B. Morrow
  • Kelly Leigh Coniam
  • Louis Gross, Patricia's husband
  • Linda Dunnett
  • Theola (Tina) Dorsey - Honorary
  • Denise, Andy & Mariam's daughter
  • Bill Kamrath
  • Francine, Mark Mandeles' mom
  • Paolo Lagorio, Amedeo's brother
  • Klaus von Freiesleben
  • Rick Souza, Patty's husband, dad to Wendy, Tiffany, Ray & Bear
  • Diane Lachance
  • Geoff Armstrong
  • Tina Quake
  • Curtis Rice
  • Dawn Grima, Sandro's daughter
  • Nicole Mitskog
  • Angel Howse - Honorary
  • Bob Warfel, Sandy's husband
  • Peter Anderson
  • John Bannister, Lee's husband
  • Shirley Deli
  • Derek Dunn
  • Christine Jelley
  • Jane L. Chase
  • Gary, Maureen's friend
  • Dacquiri
  • Terry Davidson, Penny's husband
  • Daniel Clouser, Barbara Baumgardner's brother
  • James K. Parker, Penny Benson's father
  • Jean Hooper
  • Kim Leventry
  • Joel Harmon
  • Laura Koszarek
  • Pat Marsh
  • Harold, Diane's husband
  • Patricia Kirkham
  • Gary Kaplan
  • Marcus John Dryfuse
  • George Keaton, Paige Baker's father
  • Sue Palmquist's brother
  • Lynn Whiffen
  • Diane's husband, Jacklyn's friend
  • Robert Dyer
  • Sally Sue Hughes
  • Ken Hannigan
  • Lorraine Salino
  • Hans den Haring
  • Rick, Katie's husband
  • Robert Gillholm
  • David DeVore
  • John O'Sullivan
  • Angie Aldridge
  • Evenelle Person
  • Robert Sickler
  • Alyssa Matus
  • Maureen, Dorothy's sister
  • Cathy Riggins, Cheryl's sister
  • Judy Smit, Robert's wife
  • Larry Edwards
  • Marion Loomis
  • Marshall Gerads, Pam's husband
  • Cathy Overa
  • David Bewley
  • Keith Souval
  • Abraham Rosenthal
  • James E. Rowe
  • Bob Lee
  • Tommy, Sharon Miller's son
  • Scott Tharp
  • MaryBeth, Jim Van Hefty's wife
  • Howard McDowell
  • Dr. Tony Dowling
  • David H. Smith
  • Shayna Mary Kowarsky
  • Gary Cunningham
  • Tom Lawrence
  • John Lord, Colleen's husband
  • Cathy Tartikoff Fifer
  • Edward Donohue
  • Howard Jelks
  • Arthur Catt, Lynne Ellen Kaiser's father
  • Eric Schmidt
  • Arthur G Pitts, Cathy's dad
  • Frank Onstot
  • Alison Trumpy Bodinetz
  • Martha Kohanov
  • Mike Hahn, Sherrie's friend
  • Dan Henzler, Arlene's husband
  • Sabra Rightmire
  • Dickey Stilwell, Sally's husband
  • Deborah Jayne Denton, Del's wife
  • Skye Ksander
  • June Tensfeldt
  • Gary Costigan, Debbie's friend
  • Harry V. Edwards, Audrey's father
  • Chuck Stapp
  • Irvin Leonard Raymond
  • Jaimie Snyder
  • Orville Strickland
  • Maurice Stribling
  • Ronald T. Richhart, Dolly's husband
  • Nathan Fullerton, Nicole's fiancĂ©
  • Michele Wolterman
  • Bob McCalley
  • Jay Cohen
  • Cynthia Lea (Shelton) Smith
  • Leo Virgil McKitchens
  • Joan Olson Hartenstein
  • Mark Molloy, Niamh's brother
  • Kitty Molloy, Niamh's grandmother
  • Leta Cates
  • Charlie Kritz
  • Sol Rusen, Megan Paul's husband
  • Barbara Zekausky Patton
  • Sarah Norvall
  • Samuel Dean Olson
  • Jackie Stephens
  • Wanda Powell
  • Yu LiZhu, Samuel's mum
  • Pam Tate, Michele Poitras' friend
  • Dottie Thorson
  • Susan Noonan
  • Joe Gilly
  • Kenneth Lamott
  • Paula Cravero Honorary
  • Pat Green-Cunningham
  • Linda Heavey
  • Hughie A. Mayer
  • David Carruthers Hansen
  • Dennis Vittore
  • Jonathan Thomas
  • Amy Pincus
  • Teri Miner, Pam Farmer's sister in-law
  • Mike Sommers
  • Steven Elliott
  • Ken Mullins
  • Jack Schroeder
  • Larry Siverly
  • Jim Moss
  • Susan Riggs
  • Tim Abbott
  • Jud Lee Burrows
  • Marla Kale
  • Margaret Charleston
  • Don Davis
  • Jonah Goobic
  • Nancy Beth Fox
  • Del Gilbert
  • Mildred Liggett
  • Elaine Antonelli Lindsay
  • Stan, Nana's husband
  • Richard Alan Barfield
  • Robert C. Shepardson
  • Deirdre Mark
  • Thelma Praeger
  • John Massey
  • Deborah Morley
  • Troy Craig Haney
  • Vera Signorelli
  • Lois Clement
  • Chris Schwerdt
  • Leah Rabin
  • Gaynor Bradley
  • Rob Hearn
  • Dragan Krsulic, husband of Dr. Nancy Davis
  • Donna Marie Kilcullen
  • Gary Bergman
  • Pamela A. Parker
  • Polly Anne Schofield
  • Bob Ritson
  • Richard LeBlanc
  • Doug Ormiston
  • Barbara Taylor
  • Mark A. Brennan, DMD
  • John Richards
  • Kathleen Dahlinghaus
  • Cardinal John O'Connor
  • Michael Sikeritzky
  • Chris Foot
  • John S. Morley
  • Dennis Feeney
  • Shirley Hsu
  • Rob Brittigan, Betsy's son
  • Paula, Betty Westmoreland's daughter
  • Mary Jane Brown
  • Paul Lankford
  • Bert Hayes, Helene's husband
  • Nigel Robertson, Sylvia's husband
  • Kathleen Applegate
  • Maryanne Regan
  • Michael Gates
  • David Vergo
  • Bill Edwards
  • Judy Briggs
  • Elizabeth Baumgarten
  • Ben Viret
  • Katherine Webster
  • Pamela Hutchins
  • Darren Lee Farwell
  • Jim Sharp
  • Kim, Lori Moreau's niece
  • Brenda McCown
  • Jim Stevens
  • Robert W. Kelson
  • Aura
  • Beverly J. Tanner wife of Gregory L. Tanner
  • Philip Bell
  • Robert Ripley
  • Ruth Schneider
  • Gary Beckie
  • Roger Kent
  • Rex Brooks
  • Deborah M. Sandry
  • Jeff Cisler
  • Jim Van Wie
  • Linda Reilly, wife of Bob Reilly
  • Roger Olejniczak
  • Tony Dale Roetzel Jr.
  • Patricia Ann Breningmeyer Landis Cline
  • Jerry Krieger
  • Gary J. Young Jr.
  • Joe Dougherty
  • Dr. Dave Markwell
  • Stephen Drawbridge
  • Tali Twersky, Zichrona L'Bracha
  • Lisa Mann
  • Jim Pranke
  • Robert Shengold
  • Michael Dustin "Dusty" Strawn
  • Judy Endsely
  • Gwen Evans - Honorary
  • Kevin, Pat Wilson's husband
  • Vicki Atkin
  • Jonathan Levine
  • Christine Root
  • Linda Stancil
  • Reid Thompson
  • Kerry Daveline
  • Charles Austin Weeks
  • Andrea Izoldi Maraucci
  • Ronald Kirkpatrick
  • Mary Ann Eisner
  • Mark Ice
  • Tom Turner
  • Dorothy Mason
  • Bob Knowles
  • Ruth Tuite
  • David Wilson Long
  • Warren Whitney
  • Holly Welliver
  • Woodie Page
  • Lawren Hugh Daltroy
  • Wayne A. Dixon
  • Margalit Warszawski
  • Jenni Rohr
  • Shelton Parsons Nesbit, Doris' son
  • Ed O'Donnell
  • Kelly Lynn Griesmann
  • Kim, Maureen's friend
  • Mark Sheldon
  • Mary Beth Ruddick
  • Eric Dunham
  • Suzanne I. Verville
  • Phil Rogers
  • Peter Markens
  • Jane Moore, Fred Spoor's wife
  • Mary Weidle, Tim's wife
  • Andy Kilpatrick
  • David Lorch
  • Owen Jones
  • Lawrence K. Tudhope
  • David Schieb, Ruth Stiff's brother
  • Lil Trimboli
  • Julia Rose "Julie" O'Reilly
  • Glenn, Barbara's husband
  • Mary Johnston
  • William Law
  • Ali Futter
  • Kami, Rani Naseer's brother
  • Stuart Gorman
  • Dean J. Smith
  • Stuart Gorman
  • Richard G. Long, Jr.
  • Jan Carrothers
  • Levi Jardine
  • Randy Ehinger
  • Daryl Howard Rutherford
  • Rebecca May
  • Raya Tarab
  • Kim Wheeler
  • Pamela Conine Holt, sister of Mike Conine
  • Bill Campbell, Joel Harmon's grandfather
  • Janet Eileen Van Wie
  • Jay Lindsey
  • Joseph Valley
  • Chrystal Eshelman
  • Sheila Keatly
  • Joanne Lambrect Peck
  • Joanne Fusca
  • Reg, husband of Anna
  • Nick Schmittroth
  • Doug Welsh
  • William E. Reimann
  • Joseph R. Kletzel II (CMNC)
  • Kenneth King
  • Jaime Regen
  • James Burton
  • Charles Zurn, Jr.
  • Norman F. Eldridge
  • Ruth Porrey
  • Arnold Gardner
  • Maurice Heller
  • Carol Wolfe
  • Don Davis
  • Patricia Puckett
  • Mark Fairchild
  • Rosa Cunningham
  • Todd LeRoux , husband of Glenda
  • Gloria Friedman, Zichrona L'vracha, mother of Marsha Fingles
  • Gordon James Turnbull, husband of Erica Weick
  • Judy Glassberg, mother of Jessica Glassberg
  • Cyndy Schmitt
  • Jill Moore
  • Lilli Doberstein Ray
  • Donna Blackburn
  • Jann DeLee
  • Ed Bracken
  • Becky Moeller
  • Suzanne Harnevious
  • Jack Mann
  • Mike Allen
  • Marshall, husband of Linda Bell
  • Will, son of Linda Bell
  • Kevin Durkin
  • Ed Pardini
  • Phyllis Dixon
  • Mark Roloff
  • Lloyd Pence
  • Marilyn Bertrand, loving mother of Tim Bertrand
  • Steve Holly
  • Carol F. Meunier
  • JoAnne Patricia Hubers
  • Frank Worman
  • Leni Ann Byrne
  • Carol Degener
  • Kim Vermeire Lang-Josh's Wife and Ann & Joe's Daughter
  • Kim Clark, wife of Jay
  • Jackie Hill, wife of Jim
  • Pete Christopher, husband of Carolyn
  • Richard Smith
  • Richard Heimlich, husband of Marlene
  • Ellen Buchanan
  • Dan Indorf
  • Billy Shenk
  • Theodora Nelson
  • Ralph "Bud" Ochsner
  • Stacy Lahcen
  • Mike Grace
  • Rosemary Nieters
  • Gary Macomber, husband of Martha
  • Joy Ham
  • Dana Hallin
  • Melanie Adamczyk
  • Karen Ness
  • Dina Maria Price
  • Maureen Gordon
  • Henry, husband of Sherril
  • Tom McNally
  • Andrei Nicolai, husband of Bev Sandalack
  • Margaret Walker, wife of Tom
  • Bernard Jouhet, brother of Manuelle Diamond
  • Max Berg
  • Dimitris Lamprineas
  • John David Hensley III
  • Eddy Kuhne
  • Michael Lutz
  • Leigh O'Neal
  • Dmitry B. Zhuravel
  • Marye Martha Read Tuttle
  • Michael G. Kasa
  • Ann Hammer
  • Calogero Caruso
  • Mike Kasa
  • Donald Hohman
  • Tiffany Blair
  • Nancy Shaffer
  • Graham Major
  • Tom Kelly, husband of Sandy
  • Antonio Moukarzel, friend of Patsy Knox
  • Peggy H. Knox
  • Virginia Bloodsworth
  • David Krohn
  • Bill Darker
  • Rosemary Davino
  • Jonathan Shoham
  • Joyce Dunn
  • Gary Long
  • Norman Elliot
  • Julie E. Branch
  • Jan Eaton
  • Annette Livas
  • Mary Jean Sampson
  • Willard Bryant
  • Marcia Diehl
  • Michael B. Greene
  • Judy Bradshaw
  • Shirley Stoffa
  • David Farrell Powell
  • Bob Onsted
  • Ingrid Snijkers
  • Dan Bailey
  • Meredith Brody
  • Shari LeClair
  • John Barkham
  • Donna Heil
  • Dave Griffiths

493 names. To add a name or correct one, write to info@ocularmelanoma.org.