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In Memory of Alice Doran Murphy, Immediate Past President of John F. Kennedy Division #2, Pottsville, who passed away on Saturday, January 25th. She was the mother of Past State President Alice Henry and Division Member Cookie Gibbons; grandmother of Division Members Patti Ross and Kathy Henry. Alice Murphy was an LAOH National Life Member. Please pray for the happy repose of her soul.

Please remember in your prayers our Sister, Maria Gallagher, PA Irish Historian and member of Philadelphia Division #87, who is battling breast cancer. Please pray for Maria and all of our other Sisters who are in the fight. St. Peregrine and St. Agatha, pray for them.

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Following the National Interim Board Meeting, members of the PA LAOH State Board in attendance present a gift to National President, Maureen Shelton. From left: Mary Ann Lubinsky, Webmaster and Past State President; Colleen Bowers, Past State President; Sally Mains, National Irish Historian and Past State President; Nancy Cullen, State President; Judi Coyne, Past State President; Maureen Shelton, National President; Peggy Cooney, Past National and Past State President; Mary Ellen Chajkowsky, National Legal Counsel; Shirley Murphy, State Missions & Charities Chairperson; Dorothy Weldon, Past National and Past State President. In the background is Mary Hogan, National Vice-President.

The State Board met on October 13, 2013 at the Radisson in Camp Hill. In attendance were, seated from left: Mary Ann Amesbury, Treasurer; Nancy Cullen, President; Sister Marie Veronica Murray, SSND, Chaplain; Ellen McCrane, Vice-President; Rae DiSpaldo, Secretary. Standing from left: Mary Ann Lubinsky, Webmaster, Past State President; Bonnie Collins, Past State President; Shirley Murphy, Missions & Charities; Sally Mains, National Irish Historian/Past State President; Dorothy Weldon, Past National President/Past State President; Maureen Lavelle, Immediate Past President; Maureen “Mo” Cooper, Observer; Laureen Dean, Observer; Carolyn Killion, Freedom for All Ireland; Janet Bex, Observer; Johanne Slattery, Observer; Annie Gaughan, Observer; Peggy O’Donnell, Parliamentarian; Mary Earnest, Observer; Maria Gallagher, Irish Historian; Dorothea “Dot” Crowley, Catholic Action.

2013-2015 PA LAOH State Board

Front from left: Mary Ann Amesbury, State Treasurer; Rae DiSpaldo, State Secretary; Ellen McCrane, State Vice-President; Nancy Cullen, State President; Maureen Lavelle, State Immediate Past President; Dorothy Weldon, Past National President/Past State President, Installing Officer.
Back from left: Maria Gallagher, State Historian; Shirley Murphy, State Missions and Charities Chairperson; Dorothea Crowley, State Catholic Action Chair.

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