Lions Clubs Appreciate Help in Production of Memorial Tribute | Opinions

For the editor:

The Kendallville Lions Club, on behalf of its members, with the assistance of the other four Noble County Lions Clubs (Albion, Cromwell/Kimmell, Rome City/Brimfield and Ligonier), hopes you enjoyed the 4th Annual Veterans Tribute Saturday, Feb. 2, 5, 2022, News Sun, pages 6-7, which included a list of Noble County veterans who died in 2021.

We would especially like to thank Terry Housholder and Jenny Ernsberger of KPC Media, The News Sun. We appreciate the two months it took to process and format this keepsake for their families. Other corporate sponsors included Young Family Funeral Homes (Pat and Kathy Young) and Hite Funeral Home (Brian DeCamp). We also thank the county VFWs and American Legions for their assistance.

Patriotic, community-minded businesses that have supported this community venture include Tipton Law Group, Thompson Dental Care, Snyder’s Lock and Key, R&T Monuments, Precise Builders, Noble County on Aging, Colormaster, Community Foundation of Noble County, Don Gura- State Farm Insurance, John Ley Monument Sales, Stowaway Storage and Lewger Machine and Tool.

The Kendallville Lions Club is in its 97th year of continuous community service, providing humanitarian and philanthropic assistance to local individuals and groups. We hope this tribute will honor and thank our county veterans for their service, sacrifice and patriotism. This tribute will continue.

If a known veteran has been inadvertently omitted, please contact me as soon as possible. We sincerely apologize. The Noble Lions Clubs appreciate giving this professional, personal and patriotic, community-focused tribute to the public.

May God bless all who serve and have served in our military. Thank you for your service and bless our communities with your presence. You will be missed, but never forgotten.

Lions Veterans Memorial Tribute Committee,

Steve Kramer, Noble County Lions Zone President

Philip Fought, secretary of the Ligonier Lions

Tina Kreischer, former president of Cromwell/Kimmell

Brad Baker, City of Rome/Brimfield President