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State Funeral for War Veterans
Our mission:
"To convince Congress to pass legislation to grant a State Funeral for the last Medal of Honor recipients from the Korean and Vietnam Wars, as a final to salute to all the men and women who served."
State Board Members
Alabama State Chair - Alex Guthrie
Alabama Board Member(s) -
Alaska State Chair - Charlie Huggins
Alaska Board Member(s) -
Arizona State Chair - Ellen Wesley
Arizona Board Member(s) -
Arkansas State Chair - Chuck Adkins
Arkansas Board Member(s) - Greg Bischof
California State Chair - Open
California Board Member(s) - David Oates
Colorado State Chair - Open
Colorado Board Member(s) -
Connecticut State Chair - Vacate as the spring of 2023
Connecticut Board Member(s) -
Delaware State Chair - Vacant as of November 1, 2022
Delaware Board Member(s) -
Florida State Co-Chair - General Judge Patt Maney, Chris Reed
Florida Board Member(s) - Warren Goff
Georgia State Chair - John Lally
Georgia Board Member(s) -
Hawaii State Chair - Lynne Waters
Hawaii Board Member(s) - Clayton Hee
Idaho State Chair - Abe Abrahamson
Idaho Board Members(s) -
Illinois State Chair - John Galer
Illinois Board Member(s) -
Indiana State Chair - Open
Indiana Board Member(s) - Gene Anderson
Iowa State Chair - Scott Moline
Iowa Board Member(s) -
Kansas State Chair - Randy Frank
Kansas Board Members(s) - David Warnken
Kentucky State Chair - Brent Casey
Kentucky Board Member(s) - Chad Graham, Pat O'Leary, and Dan Haddix
Louisiana State Chair - Major James S.C. Baehr, USMC
Louisiana Board Member(s) - Lance J. Armentor, Gayle Hatch and Mike Nichols, Dr. Duke Eversmeyer, Dave Walker
Maine State Chair - Todd Schultz
Maryland State Chair - Timothy McClees
Maryland Board Member(s) - Ron Orad
Massachusetts State Chair - Frank Kemp
Massachusetts Board Member(s) - Tommy Lyons, Gary Murad
Michigan State Chair - John Ryder
Michigan Board Member(s) -
Minnesota State Chair - Don Loeslie
Minnesota Board Member(s) - Lee Egerstrom, Mark Kroulik
Mississippi State Chair - Larry Harvey
Mississippi Board Member(s) -
Missouri State Chair - Gary Allen
Missouri Board Member(s) -
Montana State Chair - Barbara Skelton and Carol Lalani - Co Chairs
Nebraska State Chair - Fred Craigie
Nebraska Board Member(s) - William Crosier, James Costello, Douglas Frahm, Karl Frederickson, Wade Graft, William Foster, and Michael Reimers
New Hampshire State Chair - Tim Baxter
New Hampshire Board Member(s) -
New Jersey State Chair - Joe Griffies
New Jersey Board Member(s) - Hannah Mori, Jackie Burns, General Doug Satterfield, Dr. Rev. Paul V. McCullough, Thomas Will Sheehan, Nancy Cooney, Larry Hogan, Elsie Stevens, Patrick Hughes, Collen Griffies
New Mexico State Chairs - Ken Riege
State Board Member: Gary Smouse,
New Mexico Board Member - Becky Christmas
Nevada State Chair - Dev Ramsamy
Nevada Board Member(s) -
New York State Chair - Open
New York Board Member(s) -
North Carolina State Chair - Patricia Harris
North Carolina Board Member(s) - Arthur "Sandy" McElfresh, Tammy Williams
North Dakota State Chair - Bill Rindy
North Dakota Board Member(s) -
Ohio State Chair - Open
Ohio Board Member(s) -
Oklahoma State Chair - Anne Hollaway
Oklahoma Board Member(s) - Sam McPherson
Oregon State Chair - Keith Wittnebel
Oregon Board Member(s) -
Pennsylvania State Chair - Bill Whitmoyer
Pennsylvania Board Member(s) - Patrick O'Brian, Carl Curtis
Rhode Island State Chair - Matthew Elias
Rhode Island Board Members(s) -
South Carolina Chair - Dr. Hallman Bryant
South Carolina Board Member(s) -
South Dakota Chair - Bill Casper
South Dakota Board Member(s) -
Tennessee State Chair - Chairs: Charles Sell
Tennessee Board Member(s) - Geoff Post
Texas State Chair - Susana Rabel
Texas Board Member(s) - George Seay, Chuck Wright, Allen Dickey, Joe Hill, Kirk Dooley, Carol Caughey and Scott Graves, Matt Woolbright,Carla Sanson, Emerson Swalwell
Utah State Chair - Randy Edwards
Utah Board Member(s) - Jill Atwood, Michelle Bridges, Joshua Emfield, Gordon Ewell, Tara Joyner, Mike Kipp, Robert "Bob" D. Pagnani, and Kraig Thorne
Vermont State Chair - Dave Woodward
Vermont Board Member(s) -
Virginia State Chair - Elliott Warren
Virginia Board Member(s) - Glenn Yarborough, Steve Meyers and Gordon Farmer
Washington State Chair - Robert Olivarez
Washington Board Member(s) - George Harmer
Washington DC Chair - Duyane Norman
Washington DC Board Member(s) -
West Virginia State Chair - Todd Morris
West Virginia Board Member(s) - Charles Baisden, Mara Boggs, Chuck Flannery, Luke Goodwin, Richard Shank, Jean Lamb, James McCormick (click here to read about his Silver Star action), Owen Stout, and General Allen Tackett
Wisconsin State Chair - Paul Fisk
Wisconsin Board Member(s) - Open
Wyoming State Chair - Keith Davidson
Wyoming Board Member(s) -
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