The Inter-Mountain photo by Edgar Kelley Elkins Mayor Jerry Marco presented a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition to 95-year-old Tula Curkendall Friday at a ceremony for Rosie the Riveters at the Elkins-Randolph County Public Library. Curkendall worked in a factory in Ohio during World War II where they made parts for airplanes and parachutes. Also pictured with Curkendall is her daughter, Linda Wagner.
ELKINS — Although a special event planned for Labor Day to celebrate local Rosie the Riveters at the Rotary Amphitheater was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, Our Town Inc. found another way to honor the women Friday.
Our Town offered a special ceremony at the Elkins-Randolph County Public Library where the remarkable women were honored and given Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition signed by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito.
Our Town volunteer Bobbi Trimboli spoke in detail about all of the ladies and their accomplishments, while Elkins Mayor Jerry Marco handed out the certificates to those who were able to attend. Family members of some of the deceased took part in the celebration and were given certificates as well.
“I’m very honored and touched to be a part of such a special celebration,” Marco said. “These are a beautiful group of women who stepped up whenever their country needed them the most. They established a foundation for us to grow and instill such a tremendous work ethic in this country.
“With the way the world is today we could use a lot more Rosies. To be able to come in and honor these ladies is one of the highlights of me being mayor so far.”
Bells were handed out to those in attendance and were rang at different times during the ceremony to pay tribute to the Rosies, women who performed any type of defense work during World War II.
“We are so happy to be able to honor all of these women,” Trimboli said. “We had a much bigger celebration planned for them on Labor Day, but because of COVID it had to be canceled. It was nice to see so many people come out and celebrate what they meant to the country during World War II.”
The original Labor Day event would have included presentations, recognitions, historical dialogue, music and dance of the era.
Tula Pearl Curkendall, Virginia Cassells and Ruby Coberly were Rosies taking part in Friday’s event. Curkendall and Cassells both reside in Elkins, while Coberly is a resident of Glenville.
Rosies represented by family members at the event included Edyth Hinkle Furman, Juanita Suder Morgan, Leons M. Phares,and Josephine Cutright. Morgan is currently alive and well and living in Mill Creek, but was unable to attend Friday.
Arlene McCullough, Taylor Snyder and Ruth Helper are other living Rosies from the area who could not attend the celebration. Snyder resides in Canaan Valley and Hepler lives in Elkins. They will be presented certificates at a later date.
Special recognitions went to Mary Doris Brooks and Rachel Pingley. Brooks, from Upshur County, was a commissioned nurse during WWII. Her daughter, Brook Scott, accepted the award on her behalf. Pingley, meanwhile, served as an air traffic controller during the Korean War. She was presented a Quilt of Valor from Log Cabin Quilters.
The Rosies whose surviving family members will be presented certificates at a later date include: Verla Kathryn “Bobbie” Lamb, Vera Catherine Sheets Mullins, Pauline Futral Ware, Gwendolin Irene Ward Wood, Helen Monahan Godwin, Stella Monahan Godwin, Neva Lee Reed Snyder, Kathryn Coussoule Nelson, Thelma Rizer, Faith Beknap Scott, Maxine Belknap Wilson and Katherine L. Glaspell Sayres.
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