“The faults of our Brothers we write upon the sand, their virtues upon the tablets of love and memory.”
Real Sons
These three brothers were “Real Sons” of Union Veterans of the Civil War as their fathers served with the Union army during the Civil War. These sons held our direct link to those who served to preserve the Union.
Charles R. Cooper
Real Son of Pvt. Charles R. Cooper
Co. H, 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment
Charter member, Department of Kansas
Charter member, Joseph Gaston Camp 3
Joseph Gaston Camp 3
Died December 15, 1997
Victor E. Tullar
Real Son of Charles M. Tullar
Pvt., Co. F, 130th New York Infantry Regiment
Charter member, Joseph Gaston Camp 3
Joseph Gaston Camp 3
Died April 4, 2001
[S.P. Vol. 2001-2002 No. 1]
Robert C. Warner
Real Son of Pvt. William C. Warner
Co. B, 9th Indiana Cavalry Regiment
Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died December 12, 2009
Brothers of the Department of Kansas whom we have lost since 1996.
(in order of date of death)
Thomas E. Wright
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died January 31, 2003
W. Dennis Gamble
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died April 4, 2004
Clyde M. Reiter
Member, Joseph Gaston Camp 3
Died September 9, 2004
Norman R. Kimrey
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died September 9, 2005
[S.P. Vol. 2005-2006 No. 2]
Richard E. McIntosh
Charter member, Mine Creek Camp 6
Died September 9, 2005
Kenneth D. Strader, PDC
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died December 12, 2005
[S.P. Vol. 2005-2006 No. 3]
Bill L. Elzea
Member, Sgt. Samuel J. Churchill Camp 4
Died March 3, 2007
Robert M. Brooks
Member, Sgt. Samuel J. Churchill Camp 4
Died April 4, 2007
Phillip W. Bernstorf
Life Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died June 6, 2007
Lowell B. Davis
Charter member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died October 10, 2007
[S.P. Vol. 2007-2008 No. 3]
Marine L. Wolf
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died October 10, 2007
[S.P. Vol. 2007-2008 No. 2]
Ray Elwick
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died September 9, 2008
John H. Spencer, PCC
Charter member, Mine Creek Camp 6
Died January 1, 2009
[D.O. 9 (2008-2009)]
Jesse E. Earnest
Charter member, Mine Creek Camp 6
Died March 3, 2009
Robert J. Enright
Charter member, Franklin Camp 5
Died March 3, 2009
Boris N. Bulatkin, PCC
Life Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died April 4, 2009
[D.O. 10 (2008-2009)]
Kenneth G. Regennitter
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died November 11, 2009
Dean K. Speaks, PDC, Emeritus
Charter member, Department of Kansas
Charter member, Joseph Gaston Camp 3
Life Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died March 8, 2010
[D.O. 14 (2009-2010)]
Ervin W. Work
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died August 8, 2010
Delton M. Gilliland, PCC
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died September 9, 2010
[D.O. 7 (2010-2011)]
Michael W. Anderson, PCC
Member, Sgt. Samuel J. Churchill Camp 4
Died December 12, 2010
[D.O. 8 (2010-2011)]
John H. Hartford
Life Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died June 22, 2013
Thomas L. Page
Life Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died August 4, 2013
Wesley A. Hogan
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died August 13, 2013
Phillip W. Blake
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died November 12, 2014
David P. Tollefson, PCC
Member, Franklin Camp 5
Died January 9, 2015
[D.O. 2 (2016-2017)]
Jeremy Stephens
Associate, Humboldt Camp 9
Died May 24, 2015
Ethan A. Schmidt
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died September 14, 2015
Brent A. Lawrence, PCC
Member, Franklin Camp 5
Died February 8, 2016
Martin J. Hazen
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died May 13, 2018
Kenneth P. Bradley
Member, Corporal Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died October 7, 2018
Harold E. Goss
Charter member, Mine Creek Camp 6
Member, Franklin Camp 5
Died January 2019
William E. Webster
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died January 4, 2019
Wayne T. Nighbert, Sr., PCC
Life Member, Sgt. Samuel J. Churchill Camp 4
Died November 2, 2020
[D.O. 3 (2021-2022)]
Verle L. Olson
Charter Member, Franklin Camp 5
Died November 12, 2020
John M. McCoin
Member, Sgt. Samuel J. Churchill Camp 4
Died January 13, 2021
Stanley P. Sutton
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died September 26, 2021
Dennis M. Dailey
Member, Sgt. Samuel J. Churchill Camp 4
Died January 3, 2023
Franklin C. Bergquist, PDC, Emeritus
Life Member, Corp. Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died February 23, 2023
[D.S.O. 1 (2023-2024)]
James E. Bradley
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died July 21, 2023
Loren L. Taylor
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
(last known member of original Department of Kansas and Old Abe Camp 16 which disbanded in 1973)
Died November 6, 2023
Douglas G. Smith, PCC
Life Member, Corp. Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died December 23, 2023
[S.P. Vol. 2024-2025 No. 4]
Roderick A. Hathaway
Charter Member, Pvt. John N. Eckes Camp 10
Died September 26, 2024
[S.P. Vol. 2024-2025 No. 4]
Robert D. Boyd II, PDC
Charter Member, Humboldt Camp 9
Died April 25, 2025
[D.S.O. 1 (2025-2026) & S.P. Vol. 2025-2026 No. 2]
D. Darrel Gilliland
Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died April 28, 2025
[S.P. Vol. 2025-2026 No. 2]
Douglas E. McGovern, PCC, Emeritus
Member, Corp. Patrick Coyne Camp 1
Died July 21, 2025
[D.S.O. 4 (2025-2026) & S.P. Vol. 2025-2026 No. 3]
Conrad M. Fisher, PDC
Charter Member, Old Abe Camp 16
Died September 13, 2025
[D.S.O. 5 (2025-2026) & S.P. Vol. 2025-2026 No. 4]
Sources:
D.O. – Department Order
D.S.O – Department Special Order
S.P. – The Sunflower Picket
Department of Kansas SUVCW 