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Veterans Open House
County partners and friends,
Please find attached a flyer for our Feb. 14, 2018, Veterans Open House that we will be holding in Building 17 at Lebanon VAMC from 10AM-2PM. The Open House features our Veterans Information and VA Health Care Enrollment Fair. We will be offering tours of the facility at 11AM & 1PM and Miss Pennsylvania will be making an appearance from 1PM-2PM.
Please share widely with your Veteran contacts. As our director Mr. Callahan and his assistant Mrs. Umberger have explained, our continuing goal is to get more Veterans in the door at Lebanon and our clinics and these events (and the ones we will be holding in each county in our service area later this year) are aimed at helping to accomplish that.
Thank you for your continued support.
Regards,
Ted Nichols IIPublic Affairs Specialist
Office of the Director, Lebanon VA Medical Center #595
717-272-6621 x6855 (Office)
717-304-4026 (Mobile)
Lt Col Robert Martin
Sad to post of the passing of Lt Col Robert “Bob” Martin.
Robert E. Martin, 74, died Sunday, December 18, 2016 at home. He was the husband of Carole L. (Moyer) Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were married for 51 years on August 21, 2016.
Born April 18, 1942 in York, he was the son of the late Robert C. and Mable I. (Plymire) Martin.
Bob retired from federal civil service (Department of Defense) after 35 years of service in January 1999. He is also a retired U.S.A.F. Lt. Colonel by virtue of serving more than 36 years in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. At his retirement from the Air National Guard, he was Commander of the 193rd Mission Support Squadron, based in Middletown. Bob is a member of the NMRA (since 1972), PRRT&HS, Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Friends of the East Broad Top, NMRA, and the York County Heritage Trust.
An accomplished modeler, Bob’s freelance HO scale Central Pennsylvania Railroad (with a slight PRR &WM flavor) is known throughout central Pennsylvania, Maryland, northern Virginia, and West Virginia. The CPRR has been on many model railroad layout tours including PRRT&HS national conventions and NMRA division, region and national conventions. He held open operating sessions on the CPRR every month at his home.
Bob was a 1960 graduate of William Penn Senior High School. He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, James R. and his wife, Tammy Martin of York; a grandson, Derek Martin of York; and two granddaughters, Kaitlyn and Sarah Martin, both of York. He is also survived by his brother, Ronald and his wife, Hope Martin of Zephyrhills, FL.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Etzweiler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 1111 E. Market St., York, with Chaplain Richard E. Denison officiating. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery with graveside military rites conducted by the York County Veterans Honor Guard. A visitation will be held Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association
, 610 Community Way, Lancaster, PA 17603.
Arrangements by the Etzweiler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, York. – See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/york/obituary.aspx?n=robert-martin&pid=183164548
Born April 18, 1942 in York, he was the son of the late Robert C. and Mable I. (Plymire) Martin.
Bob retired from federal civil service (Department of Defense) after 35 years of service in January 1999. He is also a retired U.S.A.F. Lt. Colonel by virtue of serving more than 36 years in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. At his retirement from the Air National Guard, he was Commander of the 193rd Mission Support Squadron, based in Middletown. Bob is a member of the NMRA (since 1972), PRRT&HS, Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Friends of the East Broad Top, NMRA, and the York County Heritage Trust.
An accomplished modeler, Bob’s freelance HO scale Central Pennsylvania Railroad (with a slight PRR &WM flavor) is known throughout central Pennsylvania, Maryland, northern Virginia, and West Virginia. The CPRR has been on many model railroad layout tours including PRRT&HS national conventions and NMRA division, region and national conventions. He held open operating sessions on the CPRR every month at his home.
Bob was a 1960 graduate of William Penn Senior High School. He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, James R. and his wife, Tammy Martin of York; a grandson, Derek Martin of York; and two granddaughters, Kaitlyn and Sarah Martin, both of York. He is also survived by his brother, Ronald and his wife, Hope Martin of Zephyrhills, FL.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Etzweiler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 1111 E. Market St., York, with Chaplain Richard E. Denison officiating. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery with graveside military rites conducted by the York County Veterans Honor Guard. A visitation will be held Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association
Arrangements by the Etzweiler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, York. – See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/york/obituary.aspx?n=robert-martin&pid=183164548
Three Central Pa. African-American Civil War veterans given proper burial
This was received from one of our members and I thought it was worth sharing.
Mike,
Here are several photos that I captured today at the Huntsdale, Pa. service for three Civil War Buffalo Soldiers who were buried there 150 years ago. The black men in the crowd are from a motorcycle club located in Harrisburg. They wear “Buffalo Soldier” back patches on their vests. I spoke with several of them – they are some really cool men! They served as an Honor Guard and they carried the caskets of the three civil war veterans. I estimate there were over 100 people in attendance which included a black woman who is related to one of the deceased soldiers. After the Huntsdale service, the Pa. State Police provided escort service to Ft. Indiantown Gap Cemetery where final burial with full military honors was conducted. See the links below for more information.
Enjoy,
Bill Shulenberger
http://local21news.com/news/local/veterans-to-be-re-buried-today
Connie Aungst Obituary
Col (retired) Constance L. Aungst “Connie” was a flight nurse with the 140th Air Transport Squadron starting in 1965. She was the Chief Flight Nurse during 1968 when the 140th Aero Medical Airlift Group was mobilized to speed seriously sick or wounded service personnel to hospitals around the world during the Vietnam War. Her group flew 510 missions, and airlifted 11,947 patients in seven months. Connie accumulated 4,204 hours of flight time in 16 types of military aircraft. She was one our heroines and was elected to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Hall of Fame in 2009.
Rest in peace Col Aungst!
Obituary for Connie Aungst