TAMAQUA LEGION VISITS VETERANS AT HOMETOWN NURSING HOME
Pictured above from left are Skyler Moore, Sons of the American Legion; Dave Meredith, regular member; Wendy Seigenfuse, Auxiliary; Liz Gallagher, Activities Aid, Hometown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Nancy Kabana, Auxiliary; Renee Sassaman, Auxiliary; Ed Moore, Sons of the American Legion; and Kathrine Sassaman, Auxiliary. Sitting is Nesquehoning native and Army veteran Frances Bengtson-Watto, 82.
Members of the Tamaqua American Legion Post 173 spent time yesterday (Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014) visiting veterans at the Hometown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. In addition to socializing, Legion members handed out blankets and handmade flag pins to all the veterans.
“I’m thrilled they took the time to come and visit us,” said Frances Bengtson-Watto, an Army veteran. Watto added that most of her family were also veterans.
Pictured above receiving a blanket and flag pin from Tamaqua American Legion member Dave Meredith is fellow veteran John Zucas, age 99, of Barnesville. Zucas, who served in the Army from 1943 to 1946 is the oldest veteran at the center.Pictured above, from left, are Renee Sassaman, Tamaqua American Legion Auxiliary member; Summit Hill native Joseph Wadjak, 2nd oldest veteran at the center; Liz Gallagher, Activities Aid at the center; James Flice, Army veteran; and Dave Meredith, 17-year member of the Tamaqua American Legion.
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