August/September Obituaries
AEP Service Corporation
Robert Jurgensen, 89, retired, AEP Headquarters, died Sept. 19.
Filiberto Perez, 91, retired, AEP Headquarters, died Sept. 12.
Leonard Smith, 87, retired, AEP Headquarters, died Sept. 23.
William Zink Jr., 80, retired, died Sept. 5.
Appalachian Power
Sterling Boggess, 85, retired, Mountaineer Plant, died Sept. 6.
George Doak, 76, retired, Amost Plant, died Sept. 2.
Robert Miller, 58, Amos Plant, died Sept. 25.
John Ragalyi, 78, retired, Amos Plant, died Sept. 22.
Robert Runion, 85, retired, Pineville Service Center, died Sept. 6.
Columbus Southern Power
Merritt Lindig, 83, retired, 850 Tech Center, died Sept. 7.
Leon Summers, 77, retired, 850 Tech Center, died Sept. 25.
Richard Selleck, 97, retired, Athens Service Center, died Sept. 6.
Miles Trout, 90, retired, Gallipolis Service Center, died Sept. 8.
Indiana Michigan Power
Frank Boyle, 87, retired, Spy Run Service Center, died Aug. 31.
Richard French, 81, retired, Tanners Creek Plant, died Sept. 22.
Harold Long, 92, retired, Mishawaka Hydro, died Sept. 24.
Lucyann Lovas, 88, retired, South Bend Service Center, died Sept. 20.
Barbara Ray, 85, retired, One Summit Square, died Sept. 10.
William Wheeler, 84, retired, Cook Nuclear Plant, died Sept. 4.
Kentucky Power
Jack Stevens, 65, retired, Big Sandy Plant, died Sept. 8.
Ohio Power
Alan Antolak, 68, retired, Cardinal Plant, died Sept. 3.
James Foster, 86, retired, Steubenville Service Center, died Sept. 11.
Helen Franklin, 78, retired, Canton Eastern Regional Office, died Sept. 10.
Mary Jackson, 71, retired, Canton Eastern Regional Office, died Sept. 16.
Kenneth Russell, 52, Cardinal Plant, died Sept. 22.
Harry Staley Jr., 83, retired, Canton Eastern Regional Office, died Sept. 15.
Luther Tucker, 86, retired, Gavin Plant, died Sept. 5.
Jerry Vaninwagen, 65, Gavin Plant, died Sept. 14.
Michael Wise, 68, Steubenville Service Center, died Sept. 15.
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Barbara McGauvran, 79, retired, Tulsa General Office, died Sept. 22.
Kenneth Rowland, 71, retired, Tulsa General Office, died Sept. 4.
Claude Tinsley, 85, retired, Tulsa General Office, died Sept. 22.
Southwestern Electric Power
Elaine McLemore, 84, retired, Shreveport General Office, died Sept. 16.
Charles Taylor, 76, retired, Shreveport General Office, died Sept. 8.
Texas Central
Clark Davis, 86, retired, Corpus Christi Office, died Sept. 7.
Robert Huff, 93, retired, Corpus Christi Office, died Sept. 3.
Reed Kennedy Jr., 79, retired, Corpus Christi Office, died Sept. 26.
Oscar Kneupper, 80, retired, Joslin Power Station, died Sept. 15.
Texas North
Amos Ray, 85, retired, Abilene General Office, died Sept. 1.
Merritt “Shorty” Lindig was the driver/operator on my first line crew when I started at Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co. as a groundman in 1972. Rest in peace, Shorty.