To absent friends!
FIAV notes with sorrow the death of the following vexillologists:
Ladislav Hnát of Pilsen, Czechia (ČVS) on November 9, 2024
Dr Günter Mattern of Liestel, Switzerland (SSV) on March 9, 2024
Jože Lajevec of Ljubljana, Slovenia (HS) on December 26, 2023
Doreen Braverman of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (NAVA, CFA) on August 25, 2023
Michael Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs of Copenhagen, Denmark (NF) on August 18, 2023
Cdr Bruce Nicolls RN, FF of Derbyshire, United Kingdom (FI) on July 2, 2023
Gerald Naughton of Wellington, New Zealand (FSA) on May 27, 2023
Pavel Fojtík of Prague, Czechia (ČVS) on March 26, 2023
Kevin Harrington of Toronto, Canada (CFA, NAVA) on February 19, 2023
Martin Thurmer of Rotterdam, The Netherlands (NVvV) on February 7, 2023
Edwin L. Jackson of Athens, Georgia, USA (NAVA) on January 10, 2023
Robin Ashburner of Exmoor, England, UK (FI) on October 11, 2022
Ben Zaricor, Santa Cruz, California, USA (NAVA) on June 8, 2022
Henry W. (Skip) Moeller of Long Island, New York, USA (NAVA, CFA) on December 26, 2021
Hiroyuki Innami of Japan (JAVA) in December, 2021
Hank Gigandet of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (CFA) on November 21, 2021
Dan (Dani) Biran of Nes Ziona, Israel on October 22, 2021
Akira Kumagai of Japan (JAVA) in May, 2021
Gerhard P. (Gary) Grahl of New York City, New York, USA (FRC, NAVA) on February 5, 2021
Baron Hervé Pinoteau of France (SVF) on November 24, 2020
Willem A. van Ham of the Netherlands (NVvV) on June 3, 2020
Rev. Richardson A. Libby of Annapolis, Maryland, USA (NAVA) on April 2, 2020
David F. Phillips of San Francisco, California, USA (FHF, NAVA) on March 26, 2020
Michael J. Rudolf of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, USA (NAVA) on December 22, 2019
James T. Liston of La Porte, Texas, USA (VAST) on December 4, 2019
Alfred Znamierowski of Górki Wielkie, Cieszyn, Poland (FRC, FDC, CFZ, PTW, IHW) on October 23, 2019
Peter Edwards of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (BDA, NAVA) on July 25, 2019
Voron Xarya of Edgewater, Maryland, USA (CBFA) on July 16, 2019
Frederick G. Brownell of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa (SAVA) on May 10, 2019
Michael A. Faul of York, England, United Kingdom (FI) on January 1, 2019
Arnold F. Rabbow of Berlin, Germany (DGF, NAVA) on August 28, 2018
George F. Cahill of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA (NAVA, NFF) on July 2, 2018
Anton Warnies of Purmerend, Noord-Holland , The Netherlands (NVvV) on January 7, 2018
Steve Duke of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (FSA) on September 21, 2017
Roger E. Harmignies of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium (SVB) on May 29, 2017
James W. Ritchie of Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA (NAVA) on March 25, 2017
K.V. Singh of New Delhi, Delhi, India on November 18, 2016
Whitney Smith of Peabody, Massachusetts, USA (FRC, NAVA) on November 17, 2016
Peter J. Orenski of New Milford, Connecticut, USA (NAVA) on August 13, 2016
Pascal Vagnat of Strasbourg, France (SVF) on May 30, 2016
Truman G. Pope of Oxford, Ohio, USA (NAVA, GWAV) on May 24, 2016
Mario Montagna of Genoa, Liguria, Italy (CISV) on April 25, 2016
Emmet V. Mittlebeeler of Washington, District of Columbia, USA (NAVA) on October 28, 2015
Jiří Louda of Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic on September 1, 2015
Arthur Zachary Hirsch, Jr. of Prescott, Arizona, United States (NAVA) on August 7, 2015
Elaine Peters of Melbourne, Australia (FSA) on November 20, 2014
Magnus Banck of Stockholm, Sweden (NF) on June 9, 2014
Kirk Bradbury of Ballarat, Australia (FSA) on March 1, 2014
Eveline Brugghe of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands on August 12, 2013
Mark S. Ritzenhein of Okemos, Michigan, United States (NAVA) on July 6, 2013
Aldo Ziggioto FF of Torre Pellice, Piemonte, Italy (CISV) on February 18, 2013
Михаил Ревнивцев [Mikhail Revnivtsev] of Engels, Saratov Oblast, Russia (RCVH) on December 23, 2012
John Collier of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (FSA) on June 26, 2012
John Edwards of Nelson, New Zealand (FSA) on June 23, 2012
John M. Purcell FF of Cleveland, Ohio, United States (NAVA, GWAV) on June 15, 2012
Chrystian Kretowicz of Rubidoux, California, United States (FOTW) on June 5, 2012
Ludvík Mucha FF of Praha, Czech Republic (CVS) on May 13, 2012
Martin A. Francis of San Leandro, California, United States (NAVA) on September 23, 2011
John M. Hood of Portland, Oregon, United States (NAVA) on September 18, 2011
Dov Gutterman of Haifa, Israel (FOTW) on February 16, 2011
Jarig Bakker of Flevoland, The Netherlands (FOTW) on January 29, 2011
Ethel Clingman of Johannesburg, South Town (SAVA) on November 15, 2010
Roger Denille of Liège, Belgium (SVB) on August 13, 2010
Raúl Jesús Orta Pardo of Caracas, Venezuela (AVS) on July 17, 2010
Miru Takano FF of Zama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan (JAVA) on April 10, 2010
Kumaran Fernando of Panadura, Sri Lanka (FRCSL) on March 21, 2010
Christian Fogd Pedersen FF of København, Denmark (NF) on January 20, 2010
Gerd Vehres FF of Berlin, Germany (DGF) on October 7, 2009
Harold A. Diceman of Fallbrook, Ontario, Canada (NAVA) on September 5, 2009
Douglas Lynch of Portland, Oregon, USA (NAVA) on April 17, 2009
Harry Felix Manogg of Boston, Massachusetts, USA (NAVA) on March 31, 2009
Norma M. Bartlett of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (FSA) on December 28, 2008
Woodrow W. Ridgway of Lenexa, Kansas, USA (NAVA) on November 8, 2008
Linda Hall of Northamptonshire, England, UK (FI) on September 9, 2008
André P. Burgers of Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa (SAVA) on August 31, 2008
Stefanie Vehres of Berlin, Germany (DGF) on August 9, 2008
Kerry Capstick-Dale of Cape Town, South Africa (SAVA) on May 28, 2008
Harry Oswald of College Station, Texas, USA (NAVA, VAST) on March 1, 2008
John R. B. Szala of New Hampshire, USA (NAVA, NEVA) on January 4, 2008
Norman Van Russell of Victoria, Victoria, Australia (FSA) on January 2, 2008
Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. of Nashville, Tennessee, USA (NAVA, CSVA) on December 29, 2007
Bruno Jensen of Rostock, Germany (DGF) on October 6, 2007
Howard M. Madaus on July 21, 2007
Klaes Sierksma FF on March 21, 2007
Teodoro Amerlinck y Zírion FF on February 28, 2007
Barrie Kent FF on February 13, 2007
Jordi Pérez Ibáñez on February 1, 2007
Bernard Le Brun on January 16, 2007
Juergen Rimann on December 23, 2006
Jürgen-Waldemar Rimann on December 23, 2006
Jiří Tenora on March 29, 2006
Kari K. Laurla on February 10, 2006
Maria Dogaru on January 2, 2006
Grace Rogers Cooper of Great Cacapon, West Virginia, USA (NAVA) on November 25, 2004
William C. Spangler of Cumberland, Tennessee, USA (NAVA) on April 11, 2004
* Representatives of the members are encouraged to provide updates, corrections, and additions to the data presented here.
This list provides data on deaths of notable vexillologists as reported by FIAV members.
Last Updated on September 10, 2025