(Pictured-front- Wilbur Easton/served with the Army for 3 years during WWII/1943-1946, back left-Robert Swanson/served with the Navy for 4 years/1968-1972, David Dumuhosky/served with the Marine Corp. for 4 years/1974-1978. (Not Pictured- Lloyd J. Dodge Jr.)
The Senior Center Quilt Guild presented four local veterans with a Quilt of Valor on Tuesday afternoon at the Senior Center at 2 Bank Street in Batavia.
Quilts were draped over 3 out of the 4 veterans who accepted the group’s donation. The group says it’s their way of thanking veterans for their years of service either during war or times of peace.
“We make our own patterns and make a quilt, then we have it sent to a woman in New Jersey who does long arm quilting, she donates her time. Then the quilts come back to us, and we do the binding, and they are ready to be presented,” says Marge Coniber, a member of the Senior Center Quilt Guild.
For more information about Quilts of Honor visit Quilts of Valor Foundation | (qovf.org)
Senior Center Quilt Guild Irene Pierce and Marge Coniber hold up a quilt
Wilbur Easton and family, who turned 100 this past November.
Robert Swanson and his wife
David Dumuhosky
Video of Robert Swanson, Wilbur Easton and David Dumuhosky receiving their quilts from the Senior Center Quilt Guild– May 16, 2023.
Very good 😊❤️ have a great day today and I hope you have a great time with making them for the veterans memorial service.