Paying Respects to Members We Have Lost
Local 600 would like to pay our respects to the recently deceased members who have left us. Our hearts go out to their loved ones and those who knew and worked alongside them. For obituaries and memorials, please see below.
As featured in the February 5, 2025 newsletter:
Bobby Hatfield
Western Region DIT
Passed in January 2025
Carol McCullough-Wexler
Western Region Still Photographer
Passed on February 4, 2025
Rexford Metz
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on January 15, 2025
Roger Pratt
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on December 31, 2024
Mike Proudfoot
Western Region Operator
Passed in December 2024
Will Van Hazel
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on January 3, 2025
As featured in the January 8, 2025 newsletter:
Karsten Gopinath
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on December 12, 2024
Robert Menschel
Western Region Sports Photographer
Passed on December 12, 2024
As featured in the November 6, 2024 newsletter:
Brian Keith Banks
Western Region 1st AC
Passed on July 12, 2022
Thomas Burney
Central Region 1st AC
Passed on October 14, 2024
Colin Crane
Western Region 2nd AC
Passed on October 23, 2024
Carl Gibson
Eastern Region Operator
Passed on September 23, 2024
As featured in the October 2, 2024 newsletter
Edgar Colon Cruz
Eastern Region Operator
Passed on September 28, 2024
Allen Merriweather
Western Region Operator
Passed on September 23, 2024
James McCoy
Western Region Operator
Passed on September 19, 2024
Steven Suggs
Western Region Operator
Passed on August 16, 2024
As featured in the September 4, 2024 newsletter:
David Harp
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on August 6, 2024
As featured in the August 6, 2024 newsletter:
Christopher Gee
Western Region Film Loader
Passed on July 26, 2024
William Klages
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on July 18, 2024
Richard Price
Western Region Camera Operator
Passed on July 2, 2024
Yasha Sklansky
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on May 16, 2024
Scott Smith
Central Region Director of Photography
Passed on February 16, 2024
As featured in the July 3, 2024 newsletter:
Terrence C. Burke
Eastern Region Camera Operator
Passed on June 4, 2024
Ernie Reed
Western Region Camera Operator
Passed on May 15, 2024
As featured in the May 1, 2024 newsletter:
Mikhail Suslov
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on March 5, 2024
Petr Litomisky
Western Region Camera Operator
Passed on March 11, 2024
Robert Paone
Eastern Region 1st AC
Passed on March 14, 2024
As featured in the April 3, 2024 newsletter:
Donald Cohen
Eastern Region Director of Photography
Passed on February 28, 2024
George Pattison
Eastern Region Operator
Passed on March 27, 2024
Alan Reed
Western Region News Photographer
Passed on March 24, 2024
As featured in the March 6, 2024 newsletter:
Michael Doyle
Western Region Video Controller
Passed on February 17, 2024
William Tobin
Central Region 1st Assistant
Passed on February 22, 2024
As featured in the February 7, 2024 newsletter:
Kirk Bachman
Western Region 1st Assistant
Passed on January 15, 2024
John Nielsen
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on February 6, 2024
James Hair
Eastern Region 1st Assistant
Passed on January 19, 2024
David Diano
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on January 22, 2024
Martin Beazell
Western Region 1st Assistant
Passed on January 10, 2024
Louis Niemeyer
Western Region 1st Assistant
Passed on December 30, 2023
Quinn Donoghue
Western Region Publicist
Passed on December 28, 2023
As featured in the January 10, 2024 newsletter:
Tom Conkright
Western Region Operator
Passed on November 4, 2023
Sheldon Lubow
Central Region Assistant
Passed on November 23, 2023
Selvyn Price
Western Region 1st Assistant
Passed on December 27, 2023
As featured in the December 6, 2023 newsletter:
John Bailey
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on November 10, 2023
Victor Kemper
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on November 27, 2023
Melissa Moseley
Western Region Still Photographer
Taraja Ramsess
Central Region Digital Utility
Passed on October 31, 2023
Joel Schwartz
Western Region Director of Photography
As featured in the October 4, 2023 newsletter:
Diane Biederbeck
Western Region Operator
Passed on July 25, 2023
Stephen Confer
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on August 20, 2023
Jeffrey Mydock
Western Region Operator
Passed on September 15, 2023
Craig Sjodin
Western Region Still Photographer
Passed on September 15, 2023
As featured in the September 4, 2023 newsletter:
David Devlin
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on August 15, 2023
Jessica Burstein
Eastern Region Still Photographer
Passed on April 24, 2023
As featured in the August 2, 2023 newsletter:
James Lieu
Eastern Region Assistant
Passed on July 20, 2023
David Fiske
Western Region 1st Assistant
Passed on May 7, 2023
As featured in the July 12, 2023 newsletter:
Gavin Alcott
Western Region 1st AC
Passed on June 24, 2023
Arthur Botham
Western Region Director of Photography
Robert Dalva
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on January 27, 2023
Jerry Pantzer
Eastern Region Director of Photography
Passed on April 27, 2023
Andrew Sobkovich
Western Region Director of Photography
As featured in the June 7, 2023 newsletter:
Dale Myrand
Western Region Operator
Passed on May 23
David Butkovich
Western Region Operator
Passed on January 22
Jacques Haitkin
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on March 21
Jamie Jacobson
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on March 13
Corey Kimball
Western Region Operator
Passed on July 8, 2022
W Steven Peterson
Western Region First Assistant
Passed on March 30
Robert Wilson
Western Region Second Assistant
Passed on October 1, 2022
Richard Woodard
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on September 26, 2022
Douglass Hart
Eastern Region First Assistant
Passed on May 16
Amber Rosales
Central Region Second Assistant
Passed on May 9
Thomas Houghton
Eastern Region Director of Photography
Passed on May 4
As featured in the April 5, 2023 newsletter
William Orcutt
Western Region Operator
Passed on February 28
Erik Daarstad
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on March 13
As featured in the March 1, 2023 newsletter:
Jeffrey Burroughs
Central Region Operator
Tim Guinness
Eastern Region Director of Photography
Passed on February 22
Larry Haynes
Western Region Operator
Passed on February 9
Oliver Wood
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on February 13
As featured in the February 1, 2023 newsletter:
David Griffiths
Eastern Region Director of Photography
Passed on January 15, 2023
Hector Ramirez
Western Region Operator
Passed on January 11, 2023
David Heckman
Western Region Operator
Passed on November 17, 2022
Geoffrey Schaaf
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on January 22, 2023
Bob Vergara
Eastern Region Still Photographer
Passed on January 23, 2023
As featured in the January 11, 2023 newsletter:
David Galbraith
Central Region 1st AC
Passed on December 16, 2022
Jay Nefcy
Western Region Operator
Passed on December 8, 2022
Leigh Nicholson
Western Region Operator
Passed on November 28, 2022
Owen Roizman
Western Region Director of Photography
Passed on January 6, 2023
Ron Zarilla
Western Region 1st AC
Passed on January 6, 2023