|
|
Robert Allen Vendetto (1936-2010)
 |
Surrounded by his family, Chief Petty
Officer Robert Allen Vendetto, a retired Navy diver, lost his courageous battle
with cardiopulmonary disease Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Houma, La.
Bob, fondly known as "Guinea" among his
military brothers, served our country with pride and honor for 23 years.
Throughout his years of military
service, he spent time aboard the following Navy vessels: USS Albany, USS
Skylark, USS Sunbird and the USS Lipan. While stationed in San Diego, Bob
was a diving instructor at the 2nd Class Diving School. Following this duty,
Bob served in Vietnam with the Harbor Clearance Unit One. Bob's last tour at
sea was aboard the USS Seawolf (SSN) 575 attached to Submarine Development
Group One Detachment Mare Island, Calif. He honorably retired from
|
|
service as the project manager of the EX-14 and MK-11 Underwater
Breathing Apparatus at the Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) in Panama
City, Fla. In that position, he was a key team member of a 1,000 feet of
sea water experimental saturation dive. |
He was awarded the coveted Legion of
Merit for his valiant service to our country. After his retirement from the
Navy in 1979, Bob cherished his time as an Offshore Saturation Supervisor at
Santa Fe Underwater Services. Later, he plunged into the world of sales with
Santa Fe. Being a natural born salesman, his charismatic personality brought
him success at Sonat Subsea, American Oilfield Divers, Stolt Offshore,
MADCON, and finally Triton Diving Services.
Chief Vendetto was born in New London,
Conn. on Sept. 4, 1936 to Ellen Sullivan Vendetto and Michael Vendetto. He
was a graduate of New London High School, Class of 1955.
He was the proud father of Beth
Vendetto Walters (Mark) of Winter Springs, Fla., JR Vendetto (Judy Moore) of
Baton Rouge, LA, John Vendetta (Connie Bergeron)of Houma, LA, and Joe
Vendetto (Mariana Soard)of Houma, LA. His grandchildren will miss their
Papa: Joel Michelle Vendetto, Tyler Walters, Hannah Walters, Destin Vendetto,
Bre' Vendetto, and Vincenza Vendetto. He is also survived by the mother of
his children and caregiver, Elizabeth Ann Dolan. He leaves behind his
brother Wayne Vendetto and sisters Patricia San Juan, Phyllis Bartelli,
Maureen Thompson, Joan Laycock, and Donna Vendetto. He will be sadly missed
by his companion Maureen Bodron, dear friend Frank Mantell, military
shipmates, and his civilian family. The funeral and burial were be
celebrated on Friday, Jan. 28/29, 2010, at the Cathedral of St. Francis de
Sales. A receptions for relatives and friends was held at the Ramada Inn
following both services. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that
donations be made to: Mark V Monument Project, 3830 Patrick Road, Southport,
FL 32409 or on-line in Bob's name at www.markvmonumentproject@comcast.net. A
Celebration of Life will be held during the summer in New London, Conn. The
Mark Five Monument Project has presented the Vendetto Family with statuette
serial # 089-300 .
The following people made
donations to the Mark V Monument Project in honor of “Guinea”.
| |
JOSEPH P BUCKLEY
JOHN WOODS
FRANK DE LA OLIVA
DAVID BALL
JIM MCCARTHY
RICHARD C. BIRD
DON RODOCKER
JAY B LEVIN
BUD MILLS
DUKE MILLER
FRANK MANTELL
WAYNE KRAUS
KEVIN KELLY
TOM ANGEL
JENNIFER & EDWARD J SOLARI
KAREN MILES
JEFF WILLSON
RAY DOLAN
DAVE MOORE
JACK READY
PAUL A JARRED
DAVE & JUDY SULLIVAN
JOSEPH VENDITTO
VIRGINIA L ROMANO
GAIL DIEHL LAMPERELLI
DIVERS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
KANABUS & HOULE ATTYS. AT LAW
SUSAN AND WILLIAM SNYDER
SUBMAR INC.
ANDERSON T SMITH
EDWARD & LINDA TRAHAN
QUALITY RENTAL TOOLS
JOHN L RITTER
EARL & SALL BARNES
JIM & ALISA HALWACHS
KAREN BARTELLI
PHYLLIS & WILLIAM BARTELLI
RONALD E JARVI
STEVE GIESING
|
Other people who made donations to the Mark V Monument Project:
|
DONOR |
IN MEMORY OF |
|
LCDR John W. Ackerman |
Frank Buski & Bill Gholson |
|
Fred Aichele |
all who have gone before me |
|
William E. Ary |
|
|
David Baiss |
|
|
Capt. David Balk |
|
|
David J. Ball |
|
|
Bob Barth |
|
|
Albert Beebe |
my friend, shipmate & brother diver
"Ragman" Richard Radecki |
|
R. C. Bird |
|
|
James C. Bladh |
|
|
Capt. Alfred N. Briggs III, USN (Ret) |
|
|
James D. Caldwell |
|
|
Scott M. Cook ENI(OU) Ret |
|
|
Craig Cooper |
|
|
Robert J. Crapo |
|
|
Harold "Rocky" Criger |
|
|
Raymond Curran, LCDR, MSC, USN, Ret. |
|
|
Alan J. Dietrich |
Capt Charles A Black Bart Bartholomew |
|
Bill Dover |
|
|
G.A. (Don) Draper |
|
|
Evan Evans MMC (DV) Ret. |
|
|
Capt. James M. Evans, USN (Ret.) |
|
|
Edward T. Flynn, Jr. M.D. |
|
|
Joseph R. Fowler |
|
|
Pat Fowler |
|
|
Charles R. Fulkerson |
|
|
Jim Gardner |
|
|
Ray Goodson |
|
|
James Goodwin |
|
|
Dale D Green |
|
|
James E. Halwachs |
|
|
John F. Hatcher |
|
|
Capt. Mark T. Helmkamp |
|
|
Gad Hitchcock |
|
|
William B. (Byron) Howle |
|
|
F. Thomas Ingersoll |
|
|
Kellard Jansen BM1(DV/PJ) USN Ret. |
|
|
David G. Johnson Capt USNR |
|
|
Ronald E. Klepper, HM1 DV USN Ret |
|
|
Chuck Lambert |
|
|
William R. Leibold Ret. HTCM/DV |
CDR Norval E. Nickerson, USN (Ret'd) |
|
William Loudermilk |
|
|
Diann Karin Lynn |
|
|
Malcolm MacKinnon III |
|
|
Frank Mantell |
Earl Maughmer, Frank Buski and Bob Driscoll |
|
Alan May ENC (MDV), USN (Ret) |
|
|
James J McDermott |
|
|
M. Kevin McEvoy |
|
|
Bill Milwee |
|
|
William I. Milwee |
Ragman, my shipmates, Navy Divers in
the Oil Patch,
my shipmates NEDU 1968-1973 |
|
Nyle C. Monday |
|
|
F. B. Montague |
|
|
Charles H. Moser |
|
|
Frank H. Munger |
|
|
Tom and Doris Neuman |
|
|
Dan Orr |
|
|
Neil Patterson HTCS (Ret) |
|
|
Peter Pehl II, Lt USN (Ret) |
|
|
David I. Peterson |
BMCS (DV) Charles (Chuck) McMahon |
|
Linda Pratschner (for Brian Pratschner) |
|
|
James Pratt |
|
|
James Pratt - DC-2 (DVI) 1963 thru
1970 |
|
|
John M. Ringelberg |
BMCM/MDV Richard Radeck |
|
Don C. Risk |
|
|
Glen Rubin |
|
|
Peter M. Ruden |
|
|
William J. Schleigh |
|
|
Willard F. Searle |
|
|
Kemp L. Skudin |
|
|
Capt. Timothy B. Stark, USN, Ret. |
|
|
Larry Stokes |
|
|
Dave and Judy Sullivan |
|
|
William Tageson |
|
|
Tony Thomas |
|
|
Dave Thompson |
|
|
Jack Tomsky |
Ken Ploff |
|
C. J. Tuckfield |
|
|
James Vorosmarti Jr |
|
|
Paul A. Walker |
|
|
Kenneth Wallace |
|
|
Nicholas J. Waters, Master Diver, US
Navy, Retired |
|
|
Dorothy & Arthur Webb |
|
|
Sylvester Wilson |
|
|
William W. Winters |
|
|
E. Lee Wolford |
|
|
William C. Woodward |
|
|
Michael Zinszer |
|
|
Amron International |
|
|
Aqua Lung America, Inc. |
|
|
Aqua Scuba Dimensions in Diving |
|
|
Assoc of Diving Contractors Intl |
|
|
Dive Lab, Inc. |
|
|
D. C. Divers |
|
|
Harry Pepper & Associates |
|
|
Steve Kennedy |
|
|
Michael C. Herb |
|
|
Martha E.G. Herb |
|
|
SUBDEVGROUP DIVERS |
|
|
Al & Mary Porteous |
|
|
CHARISSA DUFF |
MARK V MONUMENT PROJECT SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER |
|
|
NAUI MILITARY DIVER CERTIFICATION
DONATOR |
|
DAVE CHANDLER
JOSEPH MATTIE
ROBERT COELLO
ROBERT COELLO
LEWIS ROANE
STEVE VAZ
STEVE KENNEDY
BRIAN MIZELL
ANDREW SWARTWOOD
RAY BOLDEN
ALAN ATKINSON
BLAKE POWELL
ANTHONY DERCZO
DAVID FOGEL
JAMES C SPANGLER X 7
TIMOTHY ISAAC MARTIN X 5
TRAVIS BOURNE
ALLAN J MANCO
BILL MORRIS
DANIEL W CHANG
ROGER D O'GORMAN
MIKE HERB
MARTHA HERB
RICK PELTON X 2
MICHAEL D COATS
JOSHUA A COLE
CHRISTOPHER STEARNS
FREDERICK W KILLINGBECK
CLINT BRUNER X 4
DANIEL LOPINTO
TODD SLAYDEN
MIKE WATSON
ANDERSON TICE X 4
WILLIAM R LESNOCK X 6
DARYL W WALDRUP X 2
COLLIN KELLY X 4
NATHANIEL COX
ROY G JONES X 6
JORDAN J GREEN X 2
JASON HAY
ANDREW GATTI ROBERT O'HARE
KATHY BORKOSKI
CHRIS MURRAY
KYLE MARTIN
JAMES RIFE
TROY LAWSON
ROBERT O'HARE
DAN LOPINTO
RANDALL ROBILLARD
KEVIN SWANSON
ANTHONY S HABLE III |
|