REST IN PEACE..
MAJOR US ARMY..VIETNAM..
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE..
Funeral for Major James N. Atanasoff, 71, of Hartselle will be Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at 7 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Father Joe Ramke officiating. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., with Full Military Honors to include pallbearers, horse drawn caisson, marching unit, band, firing party and bugler.
Major Atanasoff died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at his home in Hartselle. He was born Dec. 3, 1936, in New York to Nelson Atanasoff and Hilda Kobuski Atanasoff. Major Atanasoff, a hobby farmer, retired from the United States Army on Jan. 1, 1975, after 20 years of military service. He enlisted in the Army in 1954 as a Private. In 1965, Commissioned through Officer Candidate School, he earned the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. As a commissioned infantry officer in the Spring of 1966, he commanded the Special Forces A Team, 5th Special Forces Group Airborne in Vietnam. In November of 1966 he became the Operations Officer, B Team Detachment Command. He served his 2nd tour in Vietnam in 1969 through 1970 MACV. During his military career, he served in other duty stations including Germany, Alaska and Hawaii. Major Atanasoff was preceded in death by his parents; by his wife, Patricia Cryer Atanasoff; and by a brother-in-law, Joseph Coates.
Survivors include his son, James Nelson Atanasoff II, and wife, Judy, of Joppa; daughter, Jamie P. Gist, and husband, Keith, of Moulton; four brothers, Arthur Atanasoff and wife, Betty, of Utica, N.Y., Burlin Atanasoff and wife, Anne, of Clarkes Summit, Pa., John Atanasoff and wife, Dorothy, of Utica, N.Y., Mark Atanasoff and wife, Marilyn, of Goose Creek, S.C.; three sisters, Catherine Leachfeldt and husband, George, of Pattersonville, N.Y., Margaret Coates of Chicago, Ill., Marianne Conte and husband, Joseph, of Oneida, N.Y.; two grandsons, Alan Gist and wife, Ashley, of Town Creek and Kevin Gist of Moulton; two great-grandchildren, Alexis Brook Gist and Kason James Gist, both of Town Creek; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 9/15/2008
MAJOR US ARMY..VIETNAM..
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE..
Funeral for Major James N. Atanasoff, 71, of Hartselle will be Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at 7 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Father Joe Ramke officiating. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., with Full Military Honors to include pallbearers, horse drawn caisson, marching unit, band, firing party and bugler.
Major Atanasoff died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at his home in Hartselle. He was born Dec. 3, 1936, in New York to Nelson Atanasoff and Hilda Kobuski Atanasoff. Major Atanasoff, a hobby farmer, retired from the United States Army on Jan. 1, 1975, after 20 years of military service. He enlisted in the Army in 1954 as a Private. In 1965, Commissioned through Officer Candidate School, he earned the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. As a commissioned infantry officer in the Spring of 1966, he commanded the Special Forces A Team, 5th Special Forces Group Airborne in Vietnam. In November of 1966 he became the Operations Officer, B Team Detachment Command. He served his 2nd tour in Vietnam in 1969 through 1970 MACV. During his military career, he served in other duty stations including Germany, Alaska and Hawaii. Major Atanasoff was preceded in death by his parents; by his wife, Patricia Cryer Atanasoff; and by a brother-in-law, Joseph Coates.
Survivors include his son, James Nelson Atanasoff II, and wife, Judy, of Joppa; daughter, Jamie P. Gist, and husband, Keith, of Moulton; four brothers, Arthur Atanasoff and wife, Betty, of Utica, N.Y., Burlin Atanasoff and wife, Anne, of Clarkes Summit, Pa., John Atanasoff and wife, Dorothy, of Utica, N.Y., Mark Atanasoff and wife, Marilyn, of Goose Creek, S.C.; three sisters, Catherine Leachfeldt and husband, George, of Pattersonville, N.Y., Margaret Coates of Chicago, Ill., Marianne Conte and husband, Joseph, of Oneida, N.Y.; two grandsons, Alan Gist and wife, Ashley, of Town Creek and Kevin Gist of Moulton; two great-grandchildren, Alexis Brook Gist and Kason James Gist, both of Town Creek; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 9/15/2008
REST IN PEACE..
MAJOR US ARMY..VIETNAM..
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE..
Funeral for Major James N. Atanasoff, 71, of Hartselle will be Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at 7 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Father Joe Ramke officiating. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., with Full Military Honors to include pallbearers, horse drawn caisson, marching unit, band, firing party and bugler.
Major Atanasoff died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at his home in Hartselle. He was born Dec. 3, 1936, in New York to Nelson Atanasoff and Hilda Kobuski Atanasoff. Major Atanasoff, a hobby farmer, retired from the United States Army on Jan. 1, 1975, after 20 years of military service. He enlisted in the Army in 1954 as a Private. In 1965, Commissioned through Officer Candidate School, he earned the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. As a commissioned infantry officer in the Spring of 1966, he commanded the Special Forces A Team, 5th Special Forces Group Airborne in Vietnam. In November of 1966 he became the Operations Officer, B Team Detachment Command. He served his 2nd tour in Vietnam in 1969 through 1970 MACV. During his military career, he served in other duty stations including Germany, Alaska and Hawaii. Major Atanasoff was preceded in death by his parents; by his wife, Patricia Cryer Atanasoff; and by a brother-in-law, Joseph Coates.
Survivors include his son, James Nelson Atanasoff II, and wife, Judy, of Joppa; daughter, Jamie P. Gist, and husband, Keith, of Moulton; four brothers, Arthur Atanasoff and wife, Betty, of Utica, N.Y., Burlin Atanasoff and wife, Anne, of Clarkes Summit, Pa., John Atanasoff and wife, Dorothy, of Utica, N.Y., Mark Atanasoff and wife, Marilyn, of Goose Creek, S.C.; three sisters, Catherine Leachfeldt and husband, George, of Pattersonville, N.Y., Margaret Coates of Chicago, Ill., Marianne Conte and husband, Joseph, of Oneida, N.Y.; two grandsons, Alan Gist and wife, Ashley, of Town Creek and Kevin Gist of Moulton; two great-grandchildren, Alexis Brook Gist and Kason James Gist, both of Town Creek; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 9/15/2008
MAJOR US ARMY..VIETNAM..
THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE..
Funeral for Major James N. Atanasoff, 71, of Hartselle will be Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at 7 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Father Joe Ramke officiating. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., with Full Military Honors to include pallbearers, horse drawn caisson, marching unit, band, firing party and bugler.
Major Atanasoff died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at his home in Hartselle. He was born Dec. 3, 1936, in New York to Nelson Atanasoff and Hilda Kobuski Atanasoff. Major Atanasoff, a hobby farmer, retired from the United States Army on Jan. 1, 1975, after 20 years of military service. He enlisted in the Army in 1954 as a Private. In 1965, Commissioned through Officer Candidate School, he earned the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. As a commissioned infantry officer in the Spring of 1966, he commanded the Special Forces A Team, 5th Special Forces Group Airborne in Vietnam. In November of 1966 he became the Operations Officer, B Team Detachment Command. He served his 2nd tour in Vietnam in 1969 through 1970 MACV. During his military career, he served in other duty stations including Germany, Alaska and Hawaii. Major Atanasoff was preceded in death by his parents; by his wife, Patricia Cryer Atanasoff; and by a brother-in-law, Joseph Coates.
Survivors include his son, James Nelson Atanasoff II, and wife, Judy, of Joppa; daughter, Jamie P. Gist, and husband, Keith, of Moulton; four brothers, Arthur Atanasoff and wife, Betty, of Utica, N.Y., Burlin Atanasoff and wife, Anne, of Clarkes Summit, Pa., John Atanasoff and wife, Dorothy, of Utica, N.Y., Mark Atanasoff and wife, Marilyn, of Goose Creek, S.C.; three sisters, Catherine Leachfeldt and husband, George, of Pattersonville, N.Y., Margaret Coates of Chicago, Ill., Marianne Conte and husband, Joseph, of Oneida, N.Y.; two grandsons, Alan Gist and wife, Ashley, of Town Creek and Kevin Gist of Moulton; two great-grandchildren, Alexis Brook Gist and Kason James Gist, both of Town Creek; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Published in the Decatur Daily on 9/15/2008
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