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News from Pioneer Lodge
by Sherry Gossett, Social Service Designee
After Memorial Day speaker Pastor David Moseley of the Coldwater Assem-
bly of God Church remarked that the Western Star editor had not run any photo-
graphs of Taps being played at recent Memorial Day services, several such shots
were made available to The Star this year. Above, Star Editor Dennies Andersen
is "caught in the act," holding the bugle. It was difficult to select a photo from
those submitted by Diane Thompson and Richard Bean, but this one by Mrs.
Thompson was selected because it shows less apparent strain on the belt of the
bugler. Andersen, who has played his Taps on his trumpet at military funerals
and Memorial Days services since 1967, "retired his lips" a few years ago, and
a trained eye can see the small CD player nestled away in the bell of the bugle he
held Monday. It plays a recording of Taps being played at Arlington National
Cemetery.
On Wednesday, May 25th a
group of ladies were able to en-
joy a drive to Greensburg. While
they were there they were de-
lighted to shop at the Family
Dollar store. Some of the resi-
dents went to Crown Hill Cem-
etery for the Memorial Day Ser-
vice and were able to decorate
and remember loved ones that
have passed while they were
there.
Two of the residents who
went were veterans; James Th-
ompson serving in World War
II and Bob Currier served during
the Korean War. Several resi-
dents had visitors throughout
the weekend and were able to get
out and observe memorial Day
with their family and do some
Marjorie Lee
decorating at different cemeter-
ies. The residents were served a
picnic-style lunch on Monday.
The dietary department fixed
hamburgers and hot dogs on the
grill and made a couple of salads
and baked beans. I think the
residents would eat grilled ham-
burgers every day.
As America celebrates Memo-
rial Day, we pay tribute to those
who have given their lives in
our nation's wars. John M.
McHugh
Marjorie Lee Cowman died ployed at Wadley Hospital.
Dec. 16, 2015, at Windsor Cot- Her husband died in 2004.
tage in Texarkana, Ark. Her parents, step mother Jessie,
She was born Oct. 6, 1930, to and sister Glenna Hannah are
Marvin and Nora (Gaylord) deceased.
Belcher at Coldwater. She gradu- Her survivors include: one
ated from Wilmore High School sister, Marie McKittrick of Sioux
in 1948. She subsequently Falls, S. Dak.; and several nieces
graduated from Wesley Hospi- and nephews.
tal Nursing School in Wichita as Cremation has already taken
anRN. place, and there will be a
She married Harry Cowman ingraveside service and interment
1954. They later moved to at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2016,
Texarkana where she was em-in the Wilmore Cemetery.
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Debi Sherman, Beverly Clark, and a number of volunteers and donors purchased and mounted American
flags on the fence along the south and east sides of Crown Hill Cemetery, giving an added display of patrio-
tism to the Cemetery over the Memorial Day weekend, photo by Donnios O. Andersen
