Dudley Yeomans, St. Charles, Mo., retired surveyor, died April 24. He was 96. A World War II Marine Corps veteran wounded in the Battle of Pelelui, he started in the… Read More
Obituary Notices
Peter C. Merrill, a renowned marine surveyor and appraiser who started in the river business when he was 20, died April 10 at Marymount Nursing Home, near St. Louis, Mo.,… Read More
Capt. Larry Mason Smith, 91, of Rogers, Ark., a longtime towboat captain, died at his home on March 29. He started in 1957 with Rose Barge Line, and in the… Read More
Marvin Ferguson, 92, longtime commissioner of the Ports of Indiana, died at his home in Indianapolis on March 1. Ferguson, who founded Ferguson Steel Company and served as president of… Read More
Stanley Machovec, 88, of St. Paul, Minn., former operator of Machovec’s Food Market in St. Paul, died January 27. The market, which was founded by his grandfather in 1893, provided… Read More
Lovencie “Vince” John Gambarella Jr., 83, of Houma, La., the owner of G&B Marine Inc. and other businesses, died February 7. He was a third-generation captain who quit school in… Read More
“Billy” Roy Baker, 73, of Clifton, Tenn., died in an automobile accident January 2 in Savannah, Tenn. He worked for American Commercial Barge Line for 38 years and was a… Read More
Capt. Donald H. Summers, 95, of St. Louis, Mo., a former captain for the excursion steamers Admiral and President, died December 26. Summers served in the U.S. Navy during World… Read More
Thomas F. Maloney, 81, of St. Louis, Mo., barge line executive, died November 14. He retired as president of Peavey Barge Lines at the age of 51. Prior to that,… Read More
Ken Novak, 95, originally from St. Louis, died November 18 of natural causes secondary to Parkinson’s Disease. He was a longtime employee of Mississippi Valley Barge Line…. This content… Read More
