WALL OF HONOR:
A Tribute to our Leaders and Volunteers
The invaluable contributions of our volunteers and leaders along with the legacy they create within our hospital community continues to inspire us.

2025 Volunteer of the Year – Vada Pennington
Vada Pennington, our Volunteer of the Year for 2025 has contributed over 500 hours to date. She volunteers several days a week as a Patient Comfort & Safety Ambassador, she is on our No One Dies Alone team where she visits patients in their last days all hours of the night and is also a No One Dies Alone Coordinator. She also volunteers for our newest endeavor, The Dream Team, which is a quiet initiative to help our patients get a good night’s sleep. Pictured (l to r): Bernadette Rush, Vada Pennington, and Pam Mayo.

2025 Lifetime Award – Anne Bolyard
Community service and volunteering are central to Dr. Anne Bolyard’s life. She is a NICU Cuddler and Child Life volunteer at WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s Hospital, having served over 1,500 hours since 2017. Dr. Bolyard is a lifelong West Virginia resident and currently resides on the East Side of Fairmont. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration from West Virginia Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Community Health Education from West Virginia University, and a Doctor of Education in Leadership Studies from Marshall University (2012). On January 10, 2023, Dr. Bolyard was elected Mayor of Fairmont and was reelected on January 14, 2025. She is the first woman to hold this position.
Celebrate Our Honored Members, Leaders, and Volunteers
Volunteer of
the Year
2025 – Vada Pennington
2024 – William “Bob” Lilly
2023 – Bernadette Rush
2022 – John Weber
2021 – Patrick Burns
2020 – Maleah King & Gus
2019 – Cathy Macaluso
2018 – Lisa Lyon & Tia
2017 – Lesley Klishis
2016 – Robert Kefferstan
2015 – Danielle Fortney
2014 – Michele Dibert
2013 – Duane Gardinier
2012 – Sandy Chisler
2011 – Wanda Lee Watkins
2010 – Anna Long
2009 – Connie Lowe
2008 – Donis M. Murdock
2007 – Evelyn Andrews
2004 – Nydia Holt
2002 – Lucille Drew
2001 – Margot Horacek
2000 – Pauline O Martin
1999 – Jean Emch
1998 – Denis MacDowell
1997 – Tillie Haden
1994 – Mrs. Leroy Lapp
1993 – Virginia Brand
1992 – Mary Humphreys
1991 – Cookie Coombs
1990 – Sidney Lee
1989 – Helen Bond
1988 – Brian Magrane
1987 – Alice Brown
1986 – Jean Emch
Lesley Klishis Lifetime Membership Award
2025 – Anne Bolyard
2024 – Sally Hazard
2023 – Adrienne Davis
2022 – Stacie Redelman
Past Presidents
2024-26 – Pamela Mayo
2022-24 – Adrienne Davis
2020-22 – Stacie Redelman
2018-20 – Stacy Shearer
2016-18 – Victoria Shuman
2014-16 – Darlene Nelson
2013-14 – Stacy Shearer
2012-13 – Jane Clark
2010-12 – Shera Lorenze
2008-10 – Beverly Martin
2006-08 – Virginia Nugent
2004-06 – Cookie Coombs
2002-04 – Helen Beto
2000-02 – Susan Woodruff
1998-00 – Cookie Coombs
1996-98 – Helen Carder
1994-96 – Virginia DeCarlo
1992-94 – Helen Carder
1990-92 – Susan Woodruff
1988-90 – Nancy Ferrari
1986-88 – Mary Lou Clarkson
1985-86 – O. J. Abbott
1983-85 – Alice Brown
1982-83 – Louise Carter
1981-82 – Cookie Coombs
1980-81 – Lydia Conaway
1979-80 – Nancy Turner
1978-79 – Sally Tuberose
1977-78 – Mary Miernyk
1976-77 – Nellie Sleeth
1975-76 – Faye Sanders
1974-75 – Dorothy Clark
1973-74 – Anne Hadden
1972-73 – Thelma Brennan
1971-72 – Judy Jones
1970-71 – Grace English
1969-70 – Lyda Mae Hixenbaugh
1968-69 – Fran Bennett
1967-68 – Helen McCafferty
1966-67 – Muriel Wagner
1965-66 – Avis Stuart
1964-65 – Martha Saxe
1963-64 – Helen Bond
1962-63 – Marian Flink
1961-62 – Alice Van Liere
Lifetime Members
Margaret Abbott
O.J. Abbott
Evelyn Airgood
Fred Alexander
Barbara L Alexander
Alberta Ammons
Evelyn Andrews
Cindy Arden
Rose M. Areford
Mrs. E.C. Arkwright
Betty Armistead
Betty Ashby
Claudia Asvestos
Dorothy Avner
Ann Barnhart
Fran Bennett
Jackie Bennett
Louise Bennett
Helen Beto
Patricia Sheets Biafora
Mary Biggs
Geraldine Bishoff
Anne Bolyard
Hope L Bolyard
Helen Bond
Jean Bonsall
Louise C Braddock
Virginia Brand
Thelma Brennan
Leah Brisbane
Nellie Britton
Alice Brown
Caroline Brown
Clifford Brown
Sally Browning
Pauline Camp
Helen L Carder
June Carruth
Wincie Ann Carruth
Dr. Donald C. Carter Linda Channell
Judie F. Charlton
John G. Chase
Mrs. Samuel L. Chico, Jr
Ruth D. Chittum
Judith Christoper
Emma Joe Church
Mrs. George Church
Mildred Clark
Mary Lou Clarkson
Arlene Clausell
Juanita Cogar
Dr. Brenda Colasanti
Lydia Conaway
Elizabeth Conrad
Cookie Coombs
Bruce Copeland
Jane Cox
Donna Crenner
Mary Ellen Crumrine
Neoma Crynock
Tizzie Curry
Robert M D’Allessandri, MD
Adrienne Davis
Virginia DeCarlo
Helen Dorovic
D. Lyn Dotson
Susan Dozsa
Lucille J Drew
Irma Duncan
Barbara Eller
Jean Emch
Dr. Clyde English
Mary Jane English
Janice Everly
Marie Everly
Rusty Feather
Joseph & Patricia Fedor
Nancy H. Ferrari
Mr. & Mrs. David Fine
Mildred Fizer
Marian Flink
Margaret Flink
Eleanor Ford
Mrs. L. G. Fowler
Mary Louise Fragale
Myra Friedman
Eleanor Gibson
Mary Jane Glasscock
Althea Glassock
Martin S. Goldman
Edna Goodnight
Francis Gruner
Rose Gurtis
Sandy Haberbosch
Anne Haden
Beatrice Haden
Tillie Haden
Betty W Hall
Rebecca Hall
Georgia Hammack
Sabrina Hanlon
Florence Harford
Lynn A Harper
Mrs. Stephen Harrick
Dr. Thomas L. Harris
Mrs. Thomas L. Harris
Rev. Dr. Rex J Hartley
Beulah Hash
Marie H. Hay
Sally Hazard
Doris Heald
Dora Heflin
Gwenn Hemmann
Kathleen Hennessey
Lyda Mae Hixenbaugh
Anita Hochberg
Nydia Holt
Margaret Horacek
Evelyn Horton
Martha Howard
Dr. J.C. Huffman
Kathleen Huffman
Mary Humphreys
Rev. Margaret Ann Hurlbutt
Dr. Marilyn Jarvis-Eckert
Lillian Johnson
Dr. Eric Jones
Dr. John Jones
Judy Jones
Mrs. L.E. Jones
Mary Ellen Kaufmann
Robert Kefferstan
Mildred Kelly
Dr. Forest Kirkpatrick
Alfreda Klicker
Jean Klingberg
Lesley Klishis
Virginia Kuhn
Dr. David Labosky
Catherine A Lapp
Mrs. James Lattanzi
Norma Lee
Sidney Lee
Sandy Leonhardt
Ora Lee Ludwig
Mary Grace MacCurrach
Denis W.H. MacDowell
John & Ardeth Machesney
Mrs. Robert Maiolo
Gertrude Martin
Beverly Martin
Yvonne Mascioli
Bruce McGlymonds
Hazel Ruby McQuain
Elizabeth A Michael
Mary Miernyk
Burley Miller
Velma Miller
T. E. Millsop
Muriel Millstone
LouAnn Mohrman
Edna Moran
June Morgan
Catherine Morgan
Donis M. Murdock
Sharon Murray
Natalie B Myers
Wilma Nailler
Frances Ness
Nathan Ness
Wilbia Norberg
Ethel Isner Nuckols
Virginia Nugent
Virginia Olenchock
Geraldine Olson
Teresa Oyenik
Adriana Palladino
Lucille Pastoria
Jean Penrod
Geraldine Peters
Lee Peters
Myrtle Phares
Mrs. Earl Phillips
Mrs. Edward Phillips
Sophia Photiadis
Judi Polak
Christine Pride
JoAnne Radman
Harriet Raese
Stacie Redelman
Dr. P.I. Reed
Sophia Reeder
Nancy Repine
Minnie Rhodes
Mrs. Evan D. Roberts
Annabelle Roby
Hilda Rosenbaum
Arthur Rubin
Katherine Russ
Mary Ryan
Ethel Sabo
Faye Sanders
Stephani Savitch
Martha Saxe
Susan Saxe
Dr. Timothy Saxe
Mrs. Robert E Schenk
Pat Schnabel
Marguerite Scumaci Jeanne Selby
Catherine Sellaro
Rose Sellaro
Hazel Shaffer
Rosalie Simmons
Dorothy Simons
Dorothea Sisler
Dr. Clark K. Sleeth
Nellie Sleeth
Leota Speaker
Ann Louise Squires
Noreen Staples
Dr. & Mrs. Irvin Stewart
Ruby Stone
Laura Straub
Adella Strouss
Mrs. J. M. Strouss
Avis Stuart
Margaret Summers
Hilda Swick
Rita Tanner
Ruth Thompson
Nancy Turner
Mary L Tuttle
Alice Van Liere
Muriel Wagner
Wanda Lee Watkins
Dr. Alvin Watne
Edith Watring
Mrs. Frank Watson
Zelda Weiss
Amy Wiedebusch
Mary K Wiedebusch
LaRue Wilson
Ella Wilson
Walean Wolfe
Susan Woodruff
Connie Worrell
Delta Yost
Elizabeth Zimmermann





