 KILLEEN
— Services for Vernon R. Stover, 81, of Belton will be at 10 a.m.
Tuesday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Killeen with Capt (Chaplain)
Dasha Samaratan officiating.
Burial will be in Killeen City Cemetery with military honors.
He died Thursday, Aug. 24, in a Temple hospital.
Mr. Stover was born and educated in Santo. He joined the U.S. Army
in 1943 and retired in 1988, serving in World War II and Korea. His
awards include Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze
Star, World War II Victory Medal, German Occupation Medal.
European-African-Mediterranean Medal with Bronze Service Arrowhead and
three Service Stars, Combat Infantry Badge, Parachute Badge. Expert
Rifle Badge and Belgium Fourragére. He worked for FedEx and B&G Auto
Supply in Killeen. He was a member of DAV Chapter 37 and Military
Officers Association of America.
His first wife, Verdia, preceded him in death.
Survivors are his wife, Mildred Stover of Belton; a son, James R.
Stover of Little River; a daughter. Carolyn Reed of Killeen; a stepson.
Michael Snelgrove of Tallahassee, Fla; two step-daughters, Wanda Collins
of Colorado Springs. Colo., and Rita Cunningham of Miles City, Mont.,
two brothers. Harvey Hardy of Guthrie, Okla., and James K Stover of
Santo; a sister, Maxine Hoffman of Ponca City, Okla.; 13 grandchildren;
and 16 great-grandchildren.
Visitation is 8-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to American Heart Association. |
(courtesy of Kelley Bean)
Grave marker for Vernon R. Stover in the Killeen City
Cemetery, Killeen (Bell county), Texas.
Pvt Stover was transferred
to Company E, 508th from the 11th Replacement Depot on 10 August 1944.
He was promoted to Pfc less than 2 months later.
He parachuted into
Nijmegen, Holland on 17 Sept, 1944 and was late awarded the Bronze star
Arrowhead device for the Holland campaign and Airborne operations.
Pfc Stover was wounded in
action on 31 January 1945 in Belgium and was evacuated to a field
hospital. He rejoined the unit on 18 March 1945.
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