Women in Military Exhibit and Program

The women in military exhibit WALL is slowing coming together. With 54 out of 147 women bios on the WALL, it looks great but we have another 93 women without enough info to exhibit a bio and usually we don't have a photo either. The names of the women are in our newsletter which can be found on the newsletter website. We've listed all the women in military and put stars before the women that we minimal or no information on. Hopefully we will get the information in the future. So many of the names, I am familiar with but don't know who to contact or just plain don't have the time to contact them. We will continue to work with the Women in Military committee as they seek information on these woman.












The committee includes (FR, l-r) Jean Vatnsdal, Verna Grafstrom, Patty Vatnsdal, Judi Aronson; (BR,l-r) LaMae Lundbohm, Donna Magnusson, Ann Novacek, Delores Walsh, and Delores Desrosier, missing is Sheila Olson and Ruth Stukel.

One of the major projects the committee members and our staff worked on was going through the newspapers from the 1940s to the present time looking for the articles on both the men and women. That project is not complete yet but perhaps over the summer, we will be able to finish the newspapers and receive biographies on at least half of the remaining individuals.

The committee includes (FR, l-r) Jean Vatnsdal, Verna Grafstrom, Patty Vatnsdal, Judi Aronson; (BR,l-r) LaMae Lundbohm, Donna Magnusson, Ann Novacek, Delores Walsh, and Delores Desrosier, missing is Sheila Olson and Ruth Stukel.

Next Saturday, March 20, is the big day to honor the Roseau County Women in Military.We will have a luncheon for the women who have served at 11:30 am in the Roseau City Center. The luncheon is RSVP so the women need to contact the museum if they are attending.

At 1:00, a public program in the Roseau City Center will honor these women where they will also receive a certificate for their service. If a family member is deceased or unable to attend, the family may accept the certificate. It is our desire that all women will be able to attend, but know that is not possible.