John Niehaus, former partner in Lewis & Clark Marine of Granite City, Ill., died August 20 after battling ALS for two years. Originally from Reading, Ohio, he earned a football… Read More
Obituary Notices
Capt. Joseph McCager “Joe Mac” Hamilton, 71, of Battletown, Ky., died August 10. He graduated from Meade County High School in 1967 and attended Western Kentucky University. His river career… Read More
Charles F. Fisher, 80, died at Worthington Healthcare Center at Parkersburg, W.Va., on August 13 after an arduous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Fisher enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in… Read More
Capt. Graydon “Bub” Crain, Cranberry Township, Pa., one of the founders of C&C Marine (which today is Campbell Transportation Company), died July 26. He was 86. He was the middle… Read More
Jack Fowler, 85, the long-time executive director of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center in Point Pleasant, W.Va., died August 10 at the Hospice House of Huntington, W.Va. Read More
Capt. Jimmy Dale King, 85, of Tiptonville, Tenn., died July 20 at his residence. He was a retired towboat captain for Mid-South Towing, member of Tiptonville First Baptist Church, a… Read More
Steven L. Beal, 46, CEO of National Railway Equipment (NRE), died July 11 at his home in Ladue, Mo. NRE, a global manufacturer in the rail, marine and power industries,… Read More
Larry Edward “Butch” Granger Jr., 58, who worked for Glendale Boat Works for the last seven years and in the marine industry for his entire career, died of COVID-19 on… Read More
Capt. Otis Leroy Blasingim Jr., 66, a longtime harbor pilot in the Hartford/Wood River, Ill., area, died July 2 at his home after a long battle with cancer. A U.S. Read More
James “Pritch” Pritchard, president and co-founder of North American Marine Consultants LLC, St. Louis, Mo., died suddenly June 27 due to complications related to his cancer treatment. He was 74… Read More
