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The O RIER C JANUARY 2020 he Marden Memorial Center MPR Twas turned into a winter wonderland during the holiday season. Members, volunteers, pet therapy, staff and their families were able to enjoy the sight, have hot chocolate and had their picture taken with Mr. and Mrs. Clause. WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING Home News Tammy Servatius Wisconsin Department WVH-King Commandant of Veterans Affairs Secretary Mary M. Kolar Wisconsin Veterans elcome to 2020... When moving into a new year you should always Home at King Wfirst look back. What can you do today that you were not capable of 12 months ago? Did you challenge yourself over this past year to learn one new thing? Did you step out of your comfort zone to try or Commandant experience something new? What goal will you set for 2020? So many Tammy Servatius times a person sets too lofty of a goal that they become overwhelmed and they give up. If you could pick one small thing and accomplish Ainsworth Hall that change, wouldn’t that be great? Executive Director A new year. A new fresh start. New goals. Feel the fear of trying Douglas Wamack something new or different and do it anyway. 365 new days. 365 new chances to get it done. MacArthur Hall and Stordock Hall I look forward to this fresh year at King with all of you. Together we can achieve anything we put our minds to. Together we will accomplish Executive Director the best possible outcomes and environment for our Members. Let’s Greg Reichenbach do better than we did in 2019 and continue to move forward with Service Excellence in mind. Olson Hall Executive Director Rhonda Kozik Marden Administrator Shelley Jandt 2 Commandant’sHome News Column WISCONSINWISCONSIN VETERANS VETERANS HOME HOME AT AT KINGKING Upcoming Getting Major Events Team to know our Education Seminar Wednesday, January 29 Carol Anderson Volunteer Banquet Meet Tuesday, April 21 i, I’m Carol and I have been Hvolunteering at King Veterans Home Semi-Annual in many capacities for 20 plus years. I Commemoration Service retired as a CNA after 24 years right here Saturday, May 2 at King. I love our veterans so much that I felt I never really left! As of this date, Memorial Day Program I have racked-up over 5,500 hours of Monday, May 25 volunteer time. Flag setting will be on I’m a mother of two. One of my daughters Thursday, May 21 @ 6pm just retired as a CNA from King and my other daughter Sue still works at King in the Medical Supply For more events, Department. I am a Guardian for two of our Vets and was also please visit a Guardian for several vets over my years as an employee. Over www.WisVets.com the years, my volunteer work included doing personal laundry for up to 15 members on a weekly basis; making thousands of boutonnieres and corsages for the Spring Gala, which included buying silk flowers at many rummage sales, and helping with Ramp Bowling League. Aside from volunteer work at King, I volunteer at the Waupaca Food Pantry. In my spare time, I love to read, bowl, enjoy the outdoors and I am a member of the quilting group at TLC in Waupaca. Due to injuries, I haven’t been able to give many hours for the Hours: last two years, but I’ll be back at it as soon as possible. I miss the members and the atmosphere at King. Monday - Friday 7:30am - 3pm Saturday and Sunday 8am - 2pm 3 WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING Home News The King Rec Committee held their Christmas party at the Marden Memorial Center last month. The committee volunteers their services to King and donates funds to King for member activities. Thank you for all that you do and for your continued support. Members, family and staff of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King came together to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Chuck Davis, a member at King, is a survivor of Pearl Harbor. A big thank you to American Legion Post 161 and the Waupaca High School Band for attending and participating in the program. 4 Donations WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING On behalf of the members, we sincerely Thank Everyone for their generous donations. 4Imprint AMVETS Post 190 Sons of the American Legion Central Elementary School - Non-MonetaryOshkosh, WI Spooner, WI Squadron 38 Morgan Furton Appleton, WI Menominee, MI Aaron & Alissa Mitchler Amy Malach Appleton, WI Two Rivers, WI Bob Steidl Central Wisconsin Insurance - Waupaca, WI Jason Dombrowsk ALA Plymouth #243 Local 2020 Wittenburg, WI Plymouth, WI Plover, WI Bonnie & Charles Gaier Greenville, WI Chuck Ostermeier Alice Younger Aniwa Rockets Manawa, WI Stratford, WI Birnamwood, WI Bonnie Beck Neenah, WI Cindy Boudry Allan & Kathryn Larson Anna Mae Petrusha In memory of Art Baier & Brent Fond Du Lac, WI Wisconsin Rapids, WI Green Bay, WI Vruman Clay Lamberton School American Legion Auxiliary - The Art of Encouragement Boy Scout Troop 660 Berlin, WI 6th District Oklahoma City, OK Rhinelander, WI Green Lake, WI Craig Bilderbaek Holy Family School Byron & Sharon Hass Oshkosh, WI American Legion Aux. #306 Green Bay, WI Shawano, WI Green Lake, WI Crivitz Youth, Inc Badger Mining Campbellsport Elementary Crivitz, WI American Legion Post 436 & Berlin, WI School Aux. Unit 436 Campbellsport, WI Cutty Shark Tavern Wrightstown, WI Barb Coenen Clintonville, WI Shawano, WI Carol Remer American Legion Post 501 Omro, WI D & D Dairy Madison, WI ALA In memory of Don, Wayne, & Mark Stratford, WI In memory of William Kalrath Menasha, WI Remer D. Nate American Martial Arts Barbara Rowland Cathy & Jim Tratz Reedsville, WI Academy Appleton, WI Oshkosh, WI Wild Rose, WI In memory of Jim Casper Dale Linzmeier VFW Aux Post 6007 Milladore, WI AMVETS Aux Post 45 Plainfield, WI A&W New London, WI Oshkosh, WI DAV & DAVA Bernie & Gerri Knippel Waupaca, WI AMVETS Post 7 Weston, WI Pick’N’Save Oshkosh, WI Oshkosh, WI David & Brenda Wenberg Betty Heckman Waupaca, WI Amvets Post 51 Nekoosa, WI Silver Creek Meat Specialties Sturgeon Bay, WI Oshkosh, WI continued on page 6 St. John’s Church Kellner, WI 5 WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING Donations Donation continued from page 5 Dawn Skiba Fox Cities Unit 153 of Military Honey Creek Elementary Judy Grosskopf Lynnwood, WI Women Across Nation - Pam School - Amy Hagenow Redgranite, WI Pamperin Milwaukee, WI In memory of Greg Grosskopf Debbie Wherritt Appleton, WI Plover, WI In memory of Valerie Flanagan Marlene Marsch and Horicon VFWA 659 Legion Auxiliary Ladies Manitowoc, WI United Health Care Fox Lake Public Library Horicon, WI Green Bay, WI Fox Lake, WI VFWA Dept. of WI Jan Bormann Kaukauna, WI Dennis Kanewski / Gabel Waupaca, WI Sid Krueger Baraboo, WI Karen Kennedy Townsend, WI Janet & Terry Misich Niellsville, WI In memory of Dennis Kanewski Gary Schwersinske Alexandria, VA In memory of Jack S. Kennedy King, WI Diane Peebles Oakhill Correctional Karen Stanley Brookfield, WI Gene Jenson Institution Rothschild, WI Waupaca, WI Mt. Horeb, WI Don & Donna Jorgenson In memory of Phillip Jenson Karen Wenzel Jean Nicolet Chapter - DAR Oshkosh, WI Don & Kathy McGowan General Federation of Green Bay, WI In memory of Doug Wenzel Shawano, WI Women’s Clubs Amherst Junction, WI Jeanne Johnson AMVETS Singer Barnes Post & Don & Sharon Riske Hancock, WI Aux. 3 Manawa, WI MCL Racine, WI George Bongert Jeanne Walczak Dorene Zuege and Carol Oshkosh, WI York, PA Crystal Lake United Marhold In memory of Michael Walczak Methodist Church Manawa, WI GFCW Rhinelander Woman’s Waupaca, WI Club - Cindy Goll Jim Lackner Dryden Terrace Appt. Rhinelander, WI Shawano, WI Ken Weitz Madison, WI Neshkoro, WI Girl Scout Troop 2116 - Deb ALA Post 107 Eagle River Elementary Calabria Mosinee, WI Kim Heltemes School - Christine Fuller Fremont, WI Pine River, WI Eagle River, WI ADI - D&D Amusement Girl Scout Troop 2141/2107 Waupaca, WI Kindness Rocks Club - De Pere Elderon Aux. Post 8068 Neenah, WI In Honor of John “Jack” Gengler High School Elderon, WI De Pere, WI Glenbrook Elementary School John & Kathy Hren Generations Pulaski, WI Appleton, WI Kiwanis Club of De Pere Shawano, WI In memory of Norbert Crabb De Pere, WI Old National Investments Florence Johnson & Family Stevens Point, WI John Muir Middle School - Laraine Zoromski Friendship, WI Perry de Jong Plover, WI In memory of Everett Johnson Herman Taylor Funeral Home Wausau, WI Wisconsin Rapids, WI Lincoln Hills School Forest Lane Elementary Kings Men of King MCL Irma, WI School - Sue K. Jackie King John Mundt Montello, WI King, WI Oshkosh, WI 6 continued on page 10 In Memory of/VSO Meeting Times WISCONSIN VETERANS HOME AT KING In Memory of “Our country is in mourning, a veteran died today.” Charles W. Washburn Carl H. Mapps Douglas C. Jacoby Theresa M. Demmert Kum Cha Dalby Obert A. Sperstad Joanne E. Leibold James E. Seim Vladislov J. Legner Duane Dubey Michael E. Seim Marshall W. Jackson George B. Wallis Michael E. Rosio Zain R. Woodring George M. John Bruce D. Brant James J. Orvedahl VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION MEETING TIMES AMERICAN LEGION POST 161 Meets second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. POST meets in the Marden Memorial Center meeting room. AUXILIARY meets in the Marden Memorial Center Multi-Purpose room. AMVETS POST 1887 Meets last Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m. in the Marden Memorial Center Multi-Purpose room. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHAPTER #53 Meets fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the New London Community Center - 600 Washington Street.