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Important Dates
2023 PGI CONVENTION
Oshkosh, WI - See Convention Page
August 12-18, 2023
The May 2023 PGI Bulletin No. 231 has a deadline of APR 15, 2023.
The 2024 PGI Calendar Photos have a due date of Oct 15, 2023.
Submit PGI Bulletin items or PGI Calendar photos to: VPComm@pgi.org
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The 2023 Convention
location is:
Sunnyview Expo Center - Oshkosh, WI
500 E County Rd Y, Oshkosh, WI 54901
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PGI Necrology
The PGI Necrology lists our PGI members that have passed away. This list is in their
honor and to celebrate their accomplishments and our shared interest in fireworks.
PGI Necrology (last updated 8/31/2022)
| Bill and Sue Hoyt | Alex Pilozzi | Deb Pfaff | John Frederick Sellick | Mike Horvath |
| Thomas “Pop” Dutcher and | Bill Marky | Jim Martyniak | Jeff Bartl | Steve Johannessen |
| Irene Edge Dutcher | Louis Alonzo | Nick Marchio | John Blogin | Tom Wenke |
| Max P. Vander Horck and | Tom Lehrman | John Sturgeon | Lloyd Scott Oglesby | Neal Swanson |
| Ruth “Super Chick” Vander Horck | Keith Obie | Lino Silvio Nivolo | Michael M. Oetken | John Childs |
| Orv Carlisle | Leland “Jim” Murray | Bruce Snowden | John Emkovik | Pencho Dimitroff |
| Dave Penshorn | Larry Crump | Jill Salverson | Lou Czaplewski | Daniel O’Brien |
| S. Robert Kellner | Will Kissel | Owen Jerome | Allan Patrick O’Byrne | Bill van Fassen |
| Al Anzalone | George Ames Plimpton | Mike Beyer | Thomas “Doc” Miller | Richard Frisch |
| Vito Presutti | Patti Linn Walth | Ralph Sherrow | Larry Norman Cornellier, Sr. | Jim McCulla, Jr. |
| Bill Laybourn | Jack Soos | Pete Cermak | Rade W. Parker | Jim Sheldon |
| Dennis Manochio | Brian Kelly | Dr. John Ilko, Jr. | Paul C. Bregel | Rick Fullam |
| Norm Hoyt | Joseph A. Pascale | Joe Brunner | John Rowland | Randy Ballard |
| Roby Olson | Thomas Charles Shaynock | Mike Korbylo | Joyce Ellen Cox | Cindy Ballard |
| W.R. Withrow | Joseph Rozzi | Ed Kolisek | Ralph Degn | Mark Webb |
| Bill Lyman | Richard Schmidt | Gene Cunningham | Dan Peters | Robert Shipp |
| Roland Krecker | Lau Pak Ying | Teresa Cornellier | Sam Droganes, Sr. | Jeff Duerwachter |
| Wayne L. Cook | Richard Booth | Don and Nadine Rowe | Roger Powell | Bruce Blom |
| Skip Hamblin | Ray H. Anderson | Ed Gnau | Chet Wilbar | Fred Hopper |
| Jim Froehlich | Bill Scales | Dorothy Drewes | Gary Graham | Mark Mara |
| Vern Thompson | Bob Hanselman | Larry Gretz | Mike Smith | Spider H. Draves |
| Jerry Fliedner | Betty Hanselman | Steve Thome | David Carlson | Margaret Rothchild |
| Robert J. Young | Mark Simmerman | Janet Busdosh | Bob Cleveland | Gena Olson |
| Richard W. Slemmer | Richard Maturo | Tim Weigand | Deborah Draves | Diane Purrington |
| Frederick J. Lesniak | Kevin McCarthy II | Flo Sieglein | Tom Sans Souci | Mike Marketzh |
| Sam and John Bartolotta | Jessica Wrona | Chuck Hart | Mike Fricke | Lou Marciella |
| Donald F. McCaulley | Dawn Maerz | Tim Lang | Brad Isely | Rob Silverman |
| Jerry G. Taylor | Ralph Chamberlain | Mike Merlino | Diana Schaefer | Ed Astrauskas |
| J.C. “Corky” Stretch | John Monchilov | Larry Savin | James “Jim” Gittings | Kent Zimmerman |
| Pat “Big Pat” Monaghan | Richard Perkins | Steve Cofield | Gary Markly | Tim Canny |
| Robert and Patricia Slayton | Gerard ( Jerry) Dominic Mignano, Jr. | Jim Gabrisch, Jr. | Octavio Aguiar | Mark Mead |
| John Valenti | Tad Kolwicz | Cam Starr | Howard Carle | Debra Smith Odasso |
| Fred Ianarone | Fred Johnson | Douglas (Doc) Hillary | Jon Schufman | Marilee Strasser |
| Sparky Bement | Gerald L. ( Jerry) Marino | Sam Bases | Richard Cole | Frank Bolek |
| Norman Cornellier | James Marcus Cook | Randy Feldman | Bill Elias | John Nieminski |
| Fred Ellis | Leonard S. Thier | Dwight Walters | Catherine Carroll Cronin-Folino | Sam Anderson |
| Ralph Semenza | Gerry Gits | W.C. “Doc” Barr | Charlie Negley | |
| Louis Semenza | Roger O’Neill | Daniel Howlett | Norm Cowan | |
| Theodore Kaye | Lee Eshleman | Tony Petro | Thomas Edward Boyd | |
| Nick d’Ambrosio | Richard Dolan | Cathy Miles | Jack Drewes | |
| Mel Decker | Robert O’Neil | Jack Slaybaugh | Rich Wolter | |
| Len Wilcox | Scott Anderson | Mark Scofield | Larry Mattingly | |
| Ed Schneitter | Wally Bethel | Mike Stewart | Donald Rohde | |
| Rick Schneitter | Keith Heller | Bill Sprague | Otto Walth | |
| Mark C. Gerlach | Mark Ahern | Kurt Johnson | Earl Cassorla | |
| Dewey Holton | Jerry Leggio | David Harris | Bernadette Marino | |
| Paul Geremia | Margaret Cornellier | Dan Spillane | H.L. “Jim” Freeman | |
| Roy Medlin | Jim Treble | Ruth Miller | Edward Soprych | |
| Michael E. Klothe | Valerie Paukowits | Ray Medley | Tom DeWille | |
| Mark Hopkins | Jack Harvey | Tony Pantanella | Skip Meinhart | |
| Cleatis Tragord | Eric Johnson | John Reilly | Dave Moore | |
| Don Immerman | Gary Brotherton | William “Wild Willi” Rieken | Garry W. Hanson |