Fred Peck, renaissance man, passes after lengthy illness

Fred Peck and Joanne Schilling, the dynamic duo and life members.

Colonel Frederick C. Peck died on February 20, 2021, at Cambridge Senior Living in Rice Lake, WI, after battling Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia. 

Fred was a remarkable and gifted man – a “Renaissance Man.”  Athlete, scholar, intellectual, author, sportsman, humorist and great storyteller, and loving father, brother, and husband.  He mentored and inspired others to be the very best they could be.  Many Marines, friends and family have remarked that he was one of the best they’d ever had the honor and pleasure to serve with or know. His humor was as quick and subtle as Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin, and his smile radiant albeit a bit mischievous.

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Photographer Bob Bowen passes

Robert "Bob" Bowen

Robert “Bob” Bowen

Robert “Bob” Lee Bowen passed away on November 25, 2020, after a long struggle with COPD. He was born January 12, 1941 in Huntington, W. VA. 
He enlisted in 1960 and served tours at Quantico, the Armed Forces Radio and Television Station on Okinawa and Leatherneck Magazine.

While at Leatherneck, he served three tours as a combat correspondent in Vietnam. He was selected to attend a special graduate-level, two-semester program (1967-68) in photojournalism at Syracuse University, where he graduated first in his class.

His reward was another tour as a combat correspondent in Vietnam, this time with the First Marine Division. He was selected for warrant officer in 1969 and promoted in 1970. While serving as Chief, Photojournalism Instruction at the Defense Information School in Indianapolis, he was selected for the Limited Duty Officer program and promoted a first lieutenant.

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