Celebrating valor with quilts

Six Allen County veterans received quilts in gratitude for their service. A Yates Center quilting group presented the quilts on Sunday.

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November 7, 2022 - 1:54 PM

Area veterans receiving Quilts of Valor during a ceremony Sunday in Iola are, from left, David Donovan, Steven Hammond, Darrel Hawk, Lee Roy Maier Jr. and Bruce Jackson. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register

Six Allen County veterans were honored for their service to country Sunday with quilts.

“The quilt is our expression of gratitude meant to say ‘thank you’ and comfort you,” explained Connie Schmidt, speaking on behalf of the Town Hall Quilters out of Yates Center.

Schmidt led a Quilts of Valor ceremony Sunday afternoon in front of the Allen County Veterans Wall in downtown Iola.

The recipients:

David L. Donovan served in the Air Force from 1963 to 1983, where he worked as a Morse systems operator and trained as a technician. His service took him…

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