2020 Board of Directors

• Marie Gilmore, President
• Susan Pantone, Vice President
• Mary Adair, Treasurer
• Patty Curtin, Secretary
• Don McMullen
• Jennifer Cropper-Rines
• Todd Dundore
• Vin Morris
• Kyle Hastings
• Rick Farr
• Tom Ottenwaelder
• John Latham

Sharyn O’Hare, Board Member Emeritus

Sherri Lassahn, Administrative Assistant

From Memorial Story | Worcester County Veterans Memorial Ocean Pines, MD (wocovets.org)

In the spring of 2003, the Ocean Pines 35th Anniversary Celebration included a “Salute to the Military”. The emotional response of the veterans who were being recognized convinced members of the event committee to earmark a portion of the event profits to create an enduring way to honor the men and women who have served our country.

The original plan was to erect a single lighted flag pole to display the American flag. However, during early meetings of the memorial committee, the idea of a veterans memorial began to emerge. By the Spring of 2004, the committee had chosen a location and decided on a tentative design. The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors generously agreed to donate the land and the final design was approved in August 2004.

Thanks to tremendous community support, generous donations and the sale of inscribed bricks and pavers, the Memorial was completed on schedule.

Over 3,000 people attended the dedication on Memorial Day, May 30, 2005.

Here is an image from back in 2004:

Image below from Joe Reynolds - Image Title: OP Vet Memorial Committee Uploaded: 8/10/2004 
Image Info: Ocean Pines Veterans Memorial Committee photo taken after 8/10/2004 meeting. Purpose is to raise funds for construction of a Memorial to all veterans on the peninsula of the South Gate Pond at Ocean Pines. Left to Right: Dottie Mumbauer Bill Rakow Sharyon O'Hare (Co-Chairman) Denny Bowers Roseann Bridgman (Co-Chairman) Jim Coyne Nate Pearson Tom Cetola Bill Killinger Members Not Present: Andrea Barnes Marty Groff Grant Helvey Dan Stachurski

Image below from Joe Reynolds - Image Title: Memorial Board Uploaded: 3/7/2007
Image Info: Members of the Veterans Memorial Board of Directors. Left to right: Back row: Gene Ringsdorf, Chip Bertino, Ron Haslam, Jim Spicknall, Bill Killinger, Tom Cetola, Denny Bowers Front row: Bill Rakow, Ron Fisher, Sharyn O'Hare, Roseann Bridgman, Marie Gilmore Missing from the photo is John Henglein

Here are the two ladies who are more or less the "Founding Mothers" of the Memorial.

Image below from Joe Reynolds - Image Title: OP Chamber Uploaded:10/14/2007
Image Info: Folks at the Ocean Pines Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner 2007. Sharyn O'Hare (left) and Roseanne Bridgman outside Phillips Crab House.