Senior Recruit Todd Thomas Tatham was one of 47 sailors killed when 550 pounds of gunpowder exploded inside the No. 2, 16-inch gun turret on the battleship USS Iowa off Puerto Rico.
Born in Utica, April 29, 1969, Seaman Recruit Tatham was a son of Thomas R. and Joyce Manning Tatham. Before moving to Wolcott in Wayne County, he and his family had lived in Sodus and Poland, NY. While living in Poland, his father coached and taught at Poland Central School and at
Holland Patent Central School.
Todd graduated from North Rose-Wolcott High School in 1988. While in high school, he participated in volleyball and soccer. He was also an avid skier and a talented artist. Todd enlisted in the U.S. Navy Iast September and has been stationed at Norfolk, Va. He was training to be a gunners mate.
Besides his parents, who live in Wolcott, Todd is survived by a sister, Jessica Tatham, at home, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Manning, of Remsen and his paternal grandfather, Cyril Tatham, of Rome.
Interment will be in French Road Cemetery, East Steuben. Boonville Herald, April 26, 1989
Born in Utica, April 29, 1969, Seaman Recruit Tatham was a son of Thomas R. and Joyce Manning Tatham. Before moving to Wolcott in Wayne County, he and his family had lived in Sodus and Poland, NY. While living in Poland, his father coached and taught at Poland Central School and at
Holland Patent Central School.
Todd graduated from North Rose-Wolcott High School in 1988. While in high school, he participated in volleyball and soccer. He was also an avid skier and a talented artist. Todd enlisted in the U.S. Navy Iast September and has been stationed at Norfolk, Va. He was training to be a gunners mate.
Besides his parents, who live in Wolcott, Todd is survived by a sister, Jessica Tatham, at home, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Manning, of Remsen and his paternal grandfather, Cyril Tatham, of Rome.
Interment will be in French Road Cemetery, East Steuben. Boonville Herald, April 26, 1989
Senior Recruit Todd Thomas Tatham was one of 47 sailors killed when 550 pounds of gunpowder exploded inside the No. 2, 16-inch gun turret on the battleship USS Iowa off Puerto Rico.
Born in Utica, April 29, 1969, Seaman Recruit Tatham was a son of Thomas R. and Joyce Manning Tatham. Before moving to Wolcott in Wayne County, he and his family had lived in Sodus and Poland, NY. While living in Poland, his father coached and taught at Poland Central School and at
Holland Patent Central School.
Todd graduated from North Rose-Wolcott High School in 1988. While in high school, he participated in volleyball and soccer. He was also an avid skier and a talented artist. Todd enlisted in the U.S. Navy Iast September and has been stationed at Norfolk, Va. He was training to be a gunners mate.
Besides his parents, who live in Wolcott, Todd is survived by a sister, Jessica Tatham, at home, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Manning, of Remsen and his paternal grandfather, Cyril Tatham, of Rome.
Interment will be in French Road Cemetery, East Steuben. Boonville Herald, April 26, 1989
Born in Utica, April 29, 1969, Seaman Recruit Tatham was a son of Thomas R. and Joyce Manning Tatham. Before moving to Wolcott in Wayne County, he and his family had lived in Sodus and Poland, NY. While living in Poland, his father coached and taught at Poland Central School and at
Holland Patent Central School.
Todd graduated from North Rose-Wolcott High School in 1988. While in high school, he participated in volleyball and soccer. He was also an avid skier and a talented artist. Todd enlisted in the U.S. Navy Iast September and has been stationed at Norfolk, Va. He was training to be a gunners mate.
Besides his parents, who live in Wolcott, Todd is survived by a sister, Jessica Tatham, at home, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nancy Manning, of Remsen and his paternal grandfather, Cyril Tatham, of Rome.
Interment will be in French Road Cemetery, East Steuben. Boonville Herald, April 26, 1989
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