MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FORMER COAST GUARD COMMANDANT

Published Sep 22, 2006 12:01 AM by The Maritime Executive

WASHINGTON - Adm. J. William Kime, who served as Coast Guard commandant from 1990 to 1994, will be honored at a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on September 29 at the Memorial Chapel at Ft. Myer.

The memorial will be followed by burial with full military honors on Coast Guard Hill in Arlington National Cemetery. Adm. Kime died Sept. 14. The chapel is located at Building 480, McNair Road, Ft. Myer, Va. 22211. Directions to the base and the chapel are available at the following links:

http://www.fmmcmwr.com/directionsmyer.htm
http://www.fmmcmwr.com/images/myermap.pdf

Letters of condolence be may be sent to: The Kime Family, c/o COMDT (G-IPA-3), 2100 Second Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20593.

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to any of the following charities:

Coast Guard Mutual Assistance
4200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 610
Arlington, Va. 22203-1804
Donations should be marked in memory of Adm. J. William Kime.

Hospice of Baltimore
Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care
6601 North Charles St.
Baltimore, Md. 21204
Donations should be marked in memory of Adm. J. William Kime.

The National Cancer Institute
Building 31, Room 11A16
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Md. 20892
Donations should be marked for Walter Reed Cancer Research in memory of Adm. J. William Kime.