Abie Abraham

BUTLER TWP The VA Butler Healthcare, formerly Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center, on Friday honored its volunteers at an annual luncheon as part of the VA's National Volunteer Week.

Patricia Nealon, the facility director, thanked the 641 volunteers for their total of 47,046 hours of service, as well as $211,000 in monetary and non-monetary donations for fiscal year 2008.

Volunteers received awards Friday and their hours of service were recognized.

Youth awards• 50 hours Stephen Konyha, Vanessa Southworth• 100 hours Emily Barkus, Kalie Love, Drew Nowak, Alexis Pint, Lauren Southworth• 150 hours Ann Jacob, Tonya Oesterling• 300 hours Katrina Jacob, Rachel Jordan, Erica McCarl

Adult awards• 35,000 hours Abie Abraham• 12,500 hours Jeremy Fleeger• 8,750 hours Carl Castellani, Arthur Hollerman• 6,250 hours Arthur Bishop, Jr., James Riemer, Betty Slaugenhaupt• 5,000 hours Damian Hambley, Mary Hambley• 3,750 hours John Pintirsch• 2,500 hours Albert Hagen, Herman D. Klein, Patricia Mysliwiec, Carol Pash, Vern Patton• 1,750 hours David Brown, Richard Curry, Charles Jennings, Ryan McLafferty, Robert McMahan, Charles Shoaff• 1,000 hours Alex Barna, Virginia Birckbichler, Henry Cochran, Tom Crosby, Elizabeth Frank, Karen Grove, Gene Karmanocky, Genevieve Kovach, Don Platt, Teresa Russo• 750 hours Marian Bell, Alice Bonfield, Jane Croll, Denny Dancik, Jeff Geary, Ruth Orlowsky• 500 hours Edward Adamsky, David Cavanaugh, Evelyn Cole, Stella DeLess, Bartholomew Farzati, Raymond Giardina, Nicholas Hasychak, Peter Hill, William Jackson, Robert McQuistion, David Parrish, Larry Russo, Rita Snyder, Frederick Tregaskes• 300 hours Charles Brink, Mildred DeBlasio, Carl Eakman, Bob Faller, William Farrell, Edward Hoagland, Audry Moore, John Moore, David Patton, Mark Salser, John Smith• 100 hours Robert Adams, James Bailey, David Bish, John Dodgson, Andrew Farina, Charles Freiters, Blasé Fusco, Ronald Harbison, Clara Janikowski, Janet Lantz, Richard Lantz, Henry Mueller, Josephine Payne, Lori Savena, Maryann Sheppeck, Abe Stevenson, Harry White, William WikertService hours, years• 17,500+ hours Ermania Kelly, 18,343 hours in 32 years• 7,500+ hours Arthur Greathead, 7,757 hours in 5 years; Clifford Musser, 8,605 hours 34 years; Arthur Reichenbach, 9,864 hours 10 years• 5,000+ hours Virginia Bishop, 6,083 hours in 18 years; Patrick Cody, 6,085 hours 36 years; Marlene Hollobaugh, 5,411 hours 12 years; Thomas Kysor, 5,936 hours 24 years; Philip Shank, 5,106 hours 42 years; Betty Stuckie, 5,486 hours 23 years; Gertrude Zima, 5,905 hours 33 yearsPresidential Lifetime Achievement, 4,000 hours Virginia Reichenbach, 4,309 hours in 10 years; Leonard Walter, 4,085 hours 5 years; Pearl Wilson, 4,124 hours 21 years• 3,750+ hours Roy Hall, 4,872 hours in 13 years; Helen Held, 4,479 hours 14 years• 2,500+ hours Jack Affolder 2,815, hours in 11 years; Marjorie Blackburn, 2,579 hours 8 years; James Brady, 3,130 hours 10 years; Ginger Braho, 2,966 hours 13 years; Gertrude Flick, 3,177 hours 14 years; Frances Forsythe 3,342 hours 14 years; Floyd Green, 3,142 hours 12 years; Robert Harding, 3,376 hours 6 years; Lloyd Hinchberger, 3,481 hours 5 years; Clarence Maley, 2,650 hours 11 years; Judith Pintirsch, 3,249 hours 13 years; Emil Siovaila, 3,163 hours 7 years; Julia Tomlinson, 2,690 hours 33 years; Erv Werner 3,523 hours 10 years• 1,750+ hours James Bachman, 2,141 hours in 9 years; Marjorie Leddon, 2,331 hours 16 years; Robert Riddell, 2,052 hours 13 years• 1,000+ hours Kenneth Blauser, 1,560 hours in 5 years; John Brewster, 1,335 hours 5 years; William Cirillo, 1,382 hours 4 years; Rutherford Cozad, 1,452 hours 8 years; Linda Cyprian, 1,146 hours 11 years; Helen Daller, 1,516 hours 8 years; Richard Daller, 1,568 hours 8 years; Harry Hutchison, 1,439 hours 5 years; Larry Jack, 1,384 hours 6 years; Charles Martin, 1,151 hours 4 years; Albert Nolte Sr. 1,629 hours 3 years.