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Quilts of Valor visits La Crosse
Ben Daubert quilt 2025
United States Army veteran, Specialist Benjamin (Ben) Daubert, was awarded a Quilt of Valor from Golden Plains Quilts of Valor on July 12, 2025, at Locust Grove Village, LaCrosse, Kansas. Daubert served from 1956 to 1958. The quilt top was made by Linda Bittel, quilting by Amy Schartz Mellor. Pictured are, from left: Gerald Bittel, Ben Daubert and Linda Bittel.
Bob Davies quilt 2025
United States Army veteran, Sergeant Robert (Bob) Davies, was awarded a Quilt of Valor on July 12, 2025, at Locust Grove Village, LaCrosse, Kansas. Davies served from 1965 to 1967. The quilt top was made by Eileen Huslig, quilting by Amy Schartz Mellor. Pictured are Bob Davies, left, and Gerald Bittel.

Golden Plains Quilts of Valor awarded two quilts honoring area veterans in La Crosse on July 12.


United States Army veteran, Specialist Benjamin (Ben) Daubert, was awarded a Quilt of Valor from Golden Plains Quilts of Valor on July 12, 2025, at Locust Grove Village, LaCrosse, Kansas. Daubert served from 1956 to 1958. The quilt top was made by Linda Bittel, quilting by Amy Schartz Mellor.


United States Army veteran, Sergeant Robert (Bob) Davies, was awarded a Quilt of Valor on July 12, 2025, at Locust Grove Village, LaCrosse, Kansas. Davies served from 1965 to 1967. The quilt top was made by Eileen Huslig, quilting by Amy Schartz Mellor.