November 30, 2020 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 30 — Harold A. Ross, long-serving General Counsel of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, passed away on November 26, 2020. He was 89 years old. He served as the union’s General Counsel from 1967-2011. In more than four...
November 4, 2020 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 4 — Brother Pat J. Williams, former General Chairman of the BLET’s BNSF (former AT&SF) General Committee of Adjustment, passed away on October 29 from complications related to a blood infection. Brother Williams was 68 years old....
January 24, 2020 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, January 24 — Onita Wayland, former President of the Grand International Auxiliary (GIA) to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2020. She was 91 years old. Her husband Tony Wayland, a retired member of BLET...
October 31, 2019 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 31 — Former BLE General Chairman Morris Royal Sr. passed away on October 29, 2019. He was 97 years old. Brother Royal was born November 16, 1921 in Texarkana, Arkansas. He was a World War II Veteran of the United States Navy and a Union...
June 19, 2019 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 19 — Former BLE First Vice President and Alternate International President James L. McCoy passed away at the age on 81 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, on June 17, 2019. He served the Brotherhood for many years as General Chairman of the...
April 24, 2019 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 24 — Former BLE General Chairman William G. (“Bill”) Hausleiter, Jr. passed away at the age of 72 on April 16. He was the inaugural General Chairman of the Amtrak General Committee of Adjustment when it was first established in the mid 1980s....
April 11, 2019 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 11 — Former BLET District Chairman John W. “Sonny” Kertesz passed away on February 18, 2019, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 79 years old. Brother Sonny started his railroad career with the Central Railroad of New...
April 9, 2019 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 9 — Daniel M. (Danny) Knorek, former General Chairman of the CSX Northern Railroad Lines General Committee of Adjustment, passed away on April 1, 2019 with Cheryl, his wife of 49 years, by his side. He was 71 years old. Brother Knorek hired...
December 22, 2018 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, December 22 — Willard E. Knight, former National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2018, following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Brother Knight, 67, was born...
November 23, 2018 | News, Obituary
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, November 23 — Thomas George Hucker, former BLE International Vice President and National Legislative Representative-Canada, has passed away. He was 75 years old. Brother Hucker began his railway career in 1966, working as a yardman for the Canadian...