Veterans Home honors volunteers at Appreciation Night

Volunteers with at least 24 hours of service during 2004 were honored at the annual Volunteer Appreciation Night recently at the Cape Girardeau Missouri Veterans Home. The volunteers served, combined, approximtely 24,184 hours in 2004.

Volunteers of the Year

Dorothy Klein, Jewell Lincecum, Doyle Mouser and "Pete" Rhodes were named volunteers of the year.

Rhodes was selected for his outstanding performance on the golf tournament committee and his hard work on the annual employee appreciation night.

The VFW Ladies Auxiliary Department of Missouri home representative since 1999, Jewell Lincecum has 3,107 hours.

New program

Dorothy Points, who started during 1994 as home representative of the Missouri State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, has 184 hours. The new DAR program recognizes the growing number of female resident veterans with various activities, especially on Mother's Day for those who are mothers.

Volunteer milestones

Two volunteers nearing 10,000 total hours have served since the home's opening: Euil Trickey, home representative of the Masonic Service Association with 9,496 hours and Barbara Yallaly, home representative of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Department of Missouri with 9,480 hours.

Serving 6,727 to 2,000 hours are Vergie Templeton, Naomi McClard, Louis Birkman Jr., Frieda Howard, Lillian Birkman, Jim Tindall, Betty G. Cato, Dorothy Klein, the late James "Rex" Haynes, Doyle Mouser, Bob McLemore, Al Mason, Jim Foster, Mildred Foster, Shirley Welter, Claude Estes, John Sonderman, Don Adams and Laverne VanWeelden.

Volunteers serving 1,999 to 1,000 hours are Jim Harnes, Gary Estes, Chester Herrington, Fern Schlimme, Fern Shultz, Ginger Beaudean, Lois Woodford, Gladys Lawrence, John "Doc" Yallaly, Betty Hahs, Margaret Kracke, Neal Edwards, Glenneta Vogelsang, Robert W. "Bob" Harper, Charles Hutson, "Pete" Rhodes, Charles Shultz, Rupert Fiehler and John Powers.

Those serving 999 to 600 hours include Charlotte Hecht, Jim Englehart, Barbara Slinkard, Clinton Gerler, Betty J. Myer, Shirley Porter, Paul Bell, Robert "Bob" Landgraf, Caryn Michel, the late Carlton "Cotton" Meyer, Myrna Powers, Eddie Schreiner, Marie Brantley, Ginny Jones, Norman Seabaugh, Doris Meier, Brenda Turner, A.J. Seyer and Johnny Schlenker.

Volunteers serving 599 to 500 hours are Gladys Siebert, Lee Flor, Jim Slinkard, Dorothy Siebert, Carolyn Schreiner, Pat Renard, Roy Rhodes, Verna Lee Nitsch, Myrtle Allen, Dale Wolfenkoehler, Louis Organ and Ruth Strack Hunze.

Serving 499 to 400 hours are Naomi Lee, Doyle Schwitz, Melvin Eggiman, Marjory Grindstaff, Betty E. Cato, Bonnie Smith, Albert Blattel (deceased), Bob Seabaugh, Pat Lynn, Stan Popp, Harold Moore, Wilma Camp, Steve Whitney, Rosalie Sides and Ray Drury.

Serving 399 to 300 hours are Jo Orr, Bob Williams, Fred Linecke, Bill Harris, Sharon Snell, Buddy Parrish, Bill Engleman, Lillian Abernathy, Irene Tindall, Evelyn Ritche, Lisa Brown, Gil Clements and Carmen Simpher.

Volunteers with 299 to 200 hours include David Crader, Ron Bollinger, Judy Moore, Mary Mouser, Paul Beussink, Myrtle Lee "Mert" Patterson, Willa Stafford, Jimmy Whittaker, Leonard Adams, Marsha Parrish, Vernice Baumstark, Frieda Smothers and Edna Wolfenkoehler.

Serving 199 to 100 hours are Jennifer Kirchhoff, Lucille Frederick, Linda Boxdorfer, Marie Birk, Kady Tucker, Terry Crowell, Walt Wilburn, Toni Wilburn, Troy Wilburn, Thelma "Tellie" Kingsbury, Nita Brazel, Wayne Maupin, Iola Amelunke, Vivian Harris, Darlene Fluegge, Byron Fluegge, Judy Thrower, Lee Fulbright, Shirley Reeves, Almaretta Rhodes, Melvin Amelunke, Annie Lane, Charles Travers, Laverne Fiehler, Ben Rudert and Emma Backer.

Volunteer Residents

Four resident veterans are part of the volunteer corps. They serve as officers on the Resident Council, help set up for activities, assist with spiritual programs, work with plantings around the home and offer overall help. They are Hugh LeDure, Bill Walker, Charles Clippard and Lillian Burgfeld.