Beginning in the 2010 Membership year, all sickness and death notices received at State Headquarters will be listed below:

Date Item
January 19, 2012 Edith Pritchard, mother of Patricia Donovan, District 29 President, died on Wednesday, January 18, 2012...click here for dtetails
January 17, 2012 Roy Swogger, son of Charlotte Swogger, Department Veterans and Family Support Chairman, died on Saturday January 14, 2012...click here for details
January 13, 2012

Betty Henry, Past Department President who served from 1967-1968 passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2012...click here for details

January 12, 2012

Ott Thomas, husband of Verna Thomas, Past Department President who served from 1986-1987 passed away on August 2, 2011...click here for details

January 5, 2012 Betty Kraszewski, Past Department President from District 11, recently had surgery...click here for details
January 3, 2012 Helen Nalewajko, former District 11 Auxiliary President and Wilkes-Barre VA Hospital Deputy passed away...click here for details
December 21, 2011 We have received information that Past State Commander Norman Rettig who served in 1993/94 was in the hospital before Thanksgiving and has completed rehab...click here for details
December 16, 2011 National Guard Colette Bishop’s mother-in-law passed away...click here for details
December 9, 2011 Robert Middlesworth, husband of Nancy Middlesworth, District 12 Auxiliary President, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2011...click here for details
December 5, 2011 Joseph J. Harkins, husband of Faith Ann Harkins, District 9 Auxiliary President, passed away on December 4, 2011...click here for details
December 5, 2011 Evelyn Thompson, Southeastern Veterans Center Deputy fell and was taken to a hospital in the Philadelphia area...click here for details
December 2, 2011 Helen Duprey, the mother of retired Dept. Sgt.-at-Arms Harry Laughman, passed away on Dec. 1...click here for details
November 23, 2011 Past Department President Dorothy K. Zenzer passed away on Monday, November 21, 2011...click here for details
November 10, 2011 Past Department President Edythe M. Gassert, recently underwent surgery for the removal of a plate in her arm...click here for details
November 2, 2011 Doyle Souders, husband of Past National President Mary Souders passed away...click here for details
October 26, 2011 Past National/Department President Helen I Harsh has been diagnosed with a cancerous lump...click here for details
October 17, 2011 Betty Musselman, Past Department President, and mother of Past Department President Lynn Musselman, passed away...click here for details
October 12, 2011 Dawn Myers, Past District 21 President and Central Area Cancer Chairman companion Billy Palmer passed away on Sunday October 2, 2011...click here for details
September 12, 2011 Our beloved Judy Johnson has passed away...click here for details
September 8, 2011 Don Bracken, father of Past National President Virginia Carman, passed away...click here for details
August 31, 2011 Sandy Wilder, District 25 Auxiliary President and Butler VA Medical Center Representative, recently underwent out-patient surgery...click here for details
August 29, 2011 Arlene Milchak, Department Cancer Chairman, lost a grandson in a shooting in Utah on Sunday, August 28...click here for details
August 10, 2011 John Biedrzycki, Past State Commander, recently underwent heart by-pass surgery...click here for details
June 29, 2011 Bill Mankey, State Assistant. Sgt-At-Arms is recovering quite well ...click here for details
June 27, 2011 Dorothy L. Giffin, mother of Past Department President Bonnie K. Eichelberger and Grandmother of Donna K. Mills, passed away...click here for details
July 19, 2011 Clara Reeger, Mother-in-Law of Margie Reeger and mother of Louis Reeger, passed away...click here for details
June 10, 2011 We have a good report on Gary Anders, State Jr. Vice Commander...click here for details
June 3, 2011 Gary Anders, State Jr. Vice Commander will be undergoing some medical testing...click here for details
June 1, 2011 Martin J. “Marty” Donovan, husband of District 29 President-Elect Patricia Donovan, passed away suddenly on Monday, May 30, 2011...click here for details
May 20, 2011 Mary Ann Kane, Past District 16 Auxiliary President, wife of District 17 Commander John Kane, passed away unexpectedly...click here for details
May 5, 2011 Louise Gerhart, Department Historian, underwent hip replacement surgery on Monday, May 2, 2011...click here for details
April 19, 2011 Robert Snook, Father-in-law to Georgia Snook, Secretary to the State Commander, passed away this past weekend...click here for details
March 24, 2011 Ronald Nardell, brother of Sandy Germany, Past National President and Department Secretary of Alabama, passed away...click here for details
March 16, 2011 Debra Wade update...click here for details
March 11, 2011 Debra Wade had her surgery and it went well...click here for details
March 4, 2011 Several sickness and death notices...click here for details
February 23, 2011 Rita Iannucci Frye, Past District 8 President, Past PAC Chairman in 1995-1996 and Past Publicity Chairman for District 8, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2011...click here for details
February 18,2011 Bill Mankey, State Assistant-Sgt-At-Arms must undergo another angioplasty procedure...click here for details
February 17, 2011 Mary Getz, wife of State Quartermaster John B. Getz, Jr., underwent replacement knee surgery...click here for details
February 7, 2011 Merle Reeger, Father-in-Law of Margie Reeger, passed away...click here for details
January 26, 2011 Doris V. Fries, mother of Doris Mae Holt-Kennedy, Department Cancer Chairman, passed away...click here for details
January 6, 2011 Leroy Peiper, husband of Patriotic Instructor Chairman Patricia Peiper, passed away...click here for details
December 23, 2010 Past National President Jane Bingham passed away...click here for details
December 1, 2010 Kelley Sanelli's father, Thomas R. Etters, passed away...click here for details
November 29, 2010 Kelley Sanelli's father was hospitalized on Friday, November 26, 2010...click here for details
November 19, 2010 Glenneta Vogelsang, Past National President recently had knee replacement surgery...click here for details
November 17, 2010

Sara Lively, Past District 16 Auxiliary President, passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2010...click here for details

November 2, 2010 Christine Milchak, daughter of Arlene Milchak, District 26 President, passed away unexpectedly...click here for details
October 29, 2010 Roberta Garn has been in an auto accident...click here for details
October 8, 2010 Helen C. Kosanovich, mother of Deborah Mock has passed away...click here for details
October 6, 2010 Julia Dever, Department Chaplain, underwent hip replacement...click here for details
October 4, 2010 At the request of the Department President, we are sending the following information...click here for details
September 17, 2010 Mary Eagan has passed away....click here for details
September 15, 2010 Dorothy M. Koons, Past Department President 1980-1981 passed away...click here for details
September 1, 2010

Joan Katkus, Past National President, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2010...click here for details

August 19, 2010 Betty Morris, Past National President 2002-2003, passed away...click here for details
August 4, 2010 A Memorial Service will be held for Karen Eiler at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 14, 2010...click here for details
July 29, 2010 Karen Eiler, wife of Past State Commander Robert C. Eiler, passed away...click here for details
July 23, 2010 Frank Mills, immediate Past State Commander of the VFW, recently underwent surgery...click here for details
July 14, 2010 Doris Lynch, daughter of Nancy Hippensteel, Fall Conference Registration Worker, passed away recently..click here for details
June 24, 2010 Myrtle Caracci, mother of Department Chaplain Julia Dever, passed away on Tuesday...click here for details
June 27, 2010 Mary Lou Miller, Past Department President, 1993-1994, passed away on Friday, June 25...click here for details
July 2, 2010 Florence Taylor, Past National President 1982-1983, passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2010...click here for details