I found a different obituary that has a little more information and I also found a picture on the funeral homes obituary site: http://www.flanner-buchanan.com/photos/Original/3737057.jpg http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62987&archive=true Former Stripes writer, editor Ron Hatcher dies at 60 Stars and Stripes Stars and Stripes online edition, Monday, June 23, 2008 Ronald P. Hatcher, a staff writer, copy and features editor with Pacific Stars and Stripes from 1977-82, died last Thursday in Indianapolis. He was 60. Cause of death was not immediately known; he had been battling intestinal cancer in his later years. Hatcher, a retired Army master sergeant, served as a journalist and journalism instructor for 23 years, including his time at Stripes. His Stripes duties included stints as the Japan and Korea news bureau chief and on the Tokyo desk. Hatcher later worked as a freelance sports writer for the Anderson Herald in Indiana, and for the last eight years was a systems analyst with Eli Lilly & Co., a global pharmaceutical company based in Indianapolis. Hatcher is survived by his wife of 39 years, Toshiko; his children, Emiko Kreklau and Ryan Hatcher; his grandchildren Keiko and Curtis Kreklau III; his brothers Ralph, Randy, Roger, Rex and Ragan Hatcher and sister, Lisa Sato. A service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Servants of Christ Lutheran Church, 7650 Oaklandon Road, Indianapolis. Burial will be later at the Camp Butler Cemetery in Hatcher's hometown of Springfield, Ill., where he was born Dec. 11, 1947. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lilly Foundation, (317) 428-1130 or lillygrants@ksmcfs.com, or the Indiana University Cancer Center, http://cancer.iu.edu. On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:45 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: DorisPetty87 > Surnames: Hatcher - Kreklau - Sato - > Classification: obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.hatcher/1867/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Published the Indianna Star - June 22, 2008 > Ronald P. Hatcher 60, of Indianapolis, passed away June 19, 2008. He was a journalist and journalism instructor in the U.S. Army, retiring after 23 years of service and also was a freelance sports' writer for the Anderson Herald. For the past eight years Ron was a system analyst with Eli Lilly & Company. He also served as the Editor of the European Pacific Stars and Stripes Association and was an active member of the Indiana Chapter Defense Information School Alumni Association. Ronald is survived by his wife of 39 years, Toshiko Hatcher; his children, Emiko Kreklau and Ryan Hatcher; his grandchildren Keiko and Curtis Kreklau III; his brothers Ralph, Randy, Roger, Rex, and Ragan Hatcher and sister Lisa Sato. Services will be Tuesday, June 24, 11 a.m. at Servants of Christ Lutheran Church, 7650 Oaklandon Rd., with calling at the church one hour prior to the service. Friends may call Monday, June 23, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Center, Washington Pa! rk! > East. Burial will be later at the Camp Butler Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lilly Foundation or the IU Cancer Center. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HATCHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- http://hatch.blogspot.com