September 18, 2023 | News, Obituary, Top News
Retired BLET General Chairman Dennis “Denny” E. Penning, who served the Union Pacific-Central Region GCA for many years, passed away on September 7, 2023. He was 75 years old. Brother Penning hired out on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1967 and earned promotion to...
December 28, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, December 28 — Funeral arrangements have been confirmed for former BLET Vice President Don L. Moates, who passed away on December 23. A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 29, 2022 at St. Therese of Lisieux (900 Clingan Ridge...
December 24, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, December 24 — Former BLET National Vice President Don L. Moates passed away on December 23, 2022. He was 76 years old. He served the Brotherhood in numerous roles throughout his 51 years of continuous membership. Brother Moates began his railroad...
December 7, 2022 | News, Obituary, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, December 7 — Brother Charles Ray Rightnowar, former General Chairman of the BLET’s Union Pacific-Central Region General Committee of Adjustment, passed away on December 5, 2022. He was 73 years old. Brother Rightnowar proudly served his country in...
July 29, 2022 | Memorials, News, Obituary, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 29 — Brother Keith W. Bass, a member of BLET Division 48 in St. Louis, Missouri, died on July 27 from injuries sustained in a crew van accident on July 26. He was 46 years old. A Union Pacific locomotive engineer, Brother Bass hired out in...
June 8, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 8 — A viewing and funeral arrangements have been announced for Brother Paul Wingo, retired International and National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET)....
June 6, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 6 — Paul L. Wingo Jr., retired International and National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, passed away on June 6, 2022. He was 78 years old. Brother Wingo served as...
June 3, 2022 | News, Obituary, UP
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 3 — A BLET member is being remembered as a hero after giving his life to help save a group of small children from drowning on May 28, 2022. BLET member Zackary T. Stine, age 36, of Division 182 (North Little Rock, Ark.), bravely and selflessly...
May 26, 2022 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 26 — Timothy T. Price, Chairman Emeritus of the Ohio State Legislative Board, passed away on May 15, 2022, after a battle with cancer. He was 53 years old. A Norfolk Southern locomotive engineer, Brother Price was a member of BLET Division 607...
