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Date of Passing Aug 28, 2008
Location of Interment Lake View Cemetery - Hillsdale, Michigan
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Navy Master Chief Starr retired in 2007 and returned to Dam Neck as a civilian employee.
He was a native of Hillsdale, Hillsdale H.S. Class of '79 and began his Navy career in 1981.
He was survived by his Wife, Mother and Step Parents along with all the normal range of people from extended families.
A celebration of life service with full military honors was conducted August 26th at the Chapel by the Sea - NAS, Virginia Beach and one near the water at Owens Memorial Park at Baw Beese Lake on Sept 6th.
Ashes to be scatter from the Pensacola, Fl bridge.
On 1 September 2005, in response to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, Truman set sail for the devastated U.S. Gulf Coast. She arrived in the Gulf of Mexico on 4 September and served as the flagship for the Naval task force. While the ship's strike group (Carrier Strike Group 10) commander, Rear Adm. Joseph Kilkenny, was appointed deputy commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) Gulf Coast (also known as JTF Katrina & Rita), the ship remained anchored in the gulf and provided fresh desalinated water for the relief effort via helicopter (the actual command hub for the JTF was USS Iwo Jima). The carrier also provided support to JRB New Orleans in the form of aviation boatswain's mates and cooks to keep that station in operation.[21]Harry S. Truman returned to home port in October 2005 after five weeks of relief efforts.
