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In Memoriam (4th Quarter 2022)

In Memoriam
Comrade Erwin Boyer, age 87, of Edmonds, passed away on September 24, 2022. He served in the Marine Corps in Korea and Army in Vietnam. At our next business meeting, the post charter will be draped with a black cloth for 30 days in his honor. Rest in peace, comrade.

Quartermaster Update (October 2022)

By Harold Rodenberger


In case you haven’t heard, we are doing business meetings and socials in person. We also have a Zoom option for business meetings and a takeout option for the social dinner. Come join us for either or both and enjoy socializing with your fellow members.


Our big Spaghetti Fundraiser for the year is coming on the 22nd of October. We need prizes and we especially need attendees to bid on those prizes. Tickets are available at the office and online at the BiddingOwl site. We also need volunteers to sell tickets. If you can, please buy your tickets at the office or from one of the officers and we’ll save the approximately 5% commission for the online purchase. 


We had a successful shredder event in August. If you missed out, have more to shred, or have friends who would like to have their documents securely shredded, please let me know and we’ll schedule another shredder truck visit later in the fall or early winter.


If you’ve been to one of our December socials, I’m sure you remember Santa and her Elf. Our Elf is still with us, but long-time Santa, Ann Leake, moved on to Santa Heaven earlier this year. If you (or someone you know) has a knack for playing Santa, please contact Commander Aly or me and we’ll hook you up with Rudolf in preparation for our Holiday Party in December.


Next month on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, our post is hosting a team from BloodWorksNW for a blood donation event. The blood bank desperately needs blood, so, if you are eligible to give, please sign up for this event and gain the satisfaction of knowing that your blood may save a life.


Nov. 11 also brings our community paint day to add a dramatic mural to the front of our building. We need painters, helpers and cheerleaders. More details will be available as the date gets closer.


Our membership is down this year. We had more deaths than usual last year and our annual-member renewal rate is down. If you need financial help renewing your membership, please reach out to me. If you’re an annual member, come to our business meeting to qualify for a free life membership. After you attend two meetings, you are eligible for the drawing for that free life membership. Also, it’s very important to recruit new members. Please make it your practice to carry a membership application and ask people if they are veterans. Many haven’t served, but others have and are willing to join if asked.

Honor Guard Scatters Ashes at Sea

A woman from South Carolina called the office late last summer with a request for help disposing of her uncle’s ashes. She said she was the only next of kin and her uncle had wanted to have his ashes scattered in Puget Sound where he had worked in the ferry system and held other jobs associated with the salt water. Comrade Quartermaster Rodenberger told her that our honor guard could help so she sent the ashes along with a monetary donation to our post.

By the time the package arrived, it was into our winter weather pattern, so we couldn’t carry out our promise until this summer. Joe Fitzgerald and Dan Stokke coordinated a date when both would be in town, Bill Griffith joined the expedition, and the task was successfully carried out in August. Kudos to our Post 3063 Honor Guard for carrying out this last request!