Area Korean War veterans were recently honored at a service held at Christ United Methodist Church.
\nState Rep. Jerry Stern presented medals and certificates to over 100 veterans throughout this area, or a member of their family, as a way of saying, \u201cThank you for your service to our country.\u201d
\nThe service included patriotic music and a salute to all branches of the Armed Forces.
\nThose honored by Rep. Jerry Stern included:
\nARMY: Margaret W. Forrest, John W. Gorman, Robert J. Monahan, Donald M. McCahan, Russell David Ball, John H. Nearhoof, Charles DeArment, Joseph J. Scordo, Warren H. Wilson, Robert J. Larson, James L. Williams, Cloyd Anderson, Fred LeCrone, Dalton D. Dobbins, Wilmer G. McManigal, C. Elton Crider, William E. Delozier, Bruce R. Gwin, Grant E. Russell, Charles S. Fleck, Charles Curtis Hoover, Walter Morris, George Stever, E. Jackson Sleeth, Charles Nulton, Harry S. Dillon Sr., Francis Gurekovich Sr., Daniel McMonagle, Leonard M. Miller Sr., Daniel Thomas, Charles G. Ofiesh, Sherwood A. Burger, George P. Papas, Everett W. Slagle, Paul E. Rickard, Charles A. Dobbins, Samuel D. Waite, Frederick X. Steele, Ernest E. Keller, Jack W. Hoover, Sidney N. Hamer, Donald R. Dillon, Clarence Edwin Mills Jr., Wilmer R. Frye, Thomas R. Muir, Ray Fasick, Joseph C. Stouffer, Joseph F. Croyle, Joseph C. Diehl, Donald Kimberling, Thomas J. Tingle, Ray E. Clark, Gary I. Crownover, Daniel P. Wyles, David B. Wyland, James C. Dengler, Vincent J. Frank, Frank Friedenberger, Harry E. Bennett, Cloyd L. Smith, Kenneth L. Black, James R. Feathers, Frank P. Ferrara, James Andrew Fisher, Ray J. Funicelli, Charles B. Hauser, James M. Schmidt, Wilson D. Catherman, Ronald P. Schreiber, Herbert S. Taylor, Nelson R. Catherman, Dennis Patton, Ronald McCleary, Robert Erb, Donald Blazier
\nARMY AIRBORNE: Kenneth D. Kurtz
\nAIR FORCE: William R. Lewis, Raymond Amato, George Frederick, Henry Schirmacher, Michael Macovitch, George J. Gill, Andrew M. MacMillan, Robert R. Rajnish, Joyce Amato, Anne Sukala, Homer E. Leaper, Bernard J. Bookhammer, Arthur T. Colyer, William L. Gilliland, Gordon Cox, Frank M. Laird, John E. Morder, James A Calvert, Richard C. Brown
\nNAVY: Robert D. Grazier, William Hunter, Thomas L. Bookhammer, Dolores Greenawalt, Walter E. Chihon, Kenneth Edward Wilkinson, Samuel W. Lewis Jr., Leon Collins, David L. Cowher, Donna J. Nearhoof, Thomas J. Sault II, R.J. \u201cJack\u201d Sloey, Ronald Zimmerman, Budd I. Lucas Jr., Herbert Carn, Richard J. Allen, Donnie W. Bonsell, Richard E. Hewel
\nNAVY AIR FORCE: Donald A. Ruggery Sr., Calvin W. Miller Sr.
\nMARINES: George E. Lehman, Walter Edwards, Daniel V. Altiero, Richard Lightner, Alfred E. Woomer, Thomas R. Price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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