OATS Volunteers Celebrated for Their Tremendous Contributions
Each year, nearly 1,200 OATS volunteers across 87 Missouri counties give of their resources and time to help OATS serve thousands of Missourians obtain the transportation they need. In honor of National Volunteer Week, which takes place April 19 - 25, OATS would like to recognize these valued volunteers. To read more about the volunteers, check out the latest issue of The Wheel.
2009 OATS Volunteers of the Year
East Region
Julia Fieser - Franklin County
Pam Rowden - Jefferson County
Edna Stone - St. Charles County
Mid-Mo Region
Dean Brown - Audrain County
Waunita Spradlin - Boone County
Kay Jatho - Callaway County
Marianne Stepka - Camden County
Sandra Goodin - Cole County
Betty Kahle - Cooper County
Ida Hoener - Gasconade County
Donna Wells - Howard County
Edith McClure - Laclede County
Genevieve Bullock - Maires County
Jessie Lam - Miller County
Jane Stinson - Moniteau County
Gladys Wilson - Morgan County
Rosalia Rufi - Osage County
Estella Collins - Pulaski County
Midwest Region
Gertrude Bolling - Bates County
Dorothy Tash - Benton County
Norma Henderson - Carroll County
Veda McAnally - Cedar County
Ernestine Sprouse - Chariton County
Marilyn Chick - Henry County
Lila Cahow - Hickory County
Mary Williams - Johnson County
Joe Morgan - Lafayette County
Elmer Walker - Pettis County
Nicholas Holbruck - Saline County
Viola Reese - St. Clair County
Berta Weddle - Vernon County
Northeast Region
Dixie Daffron - Adair County
Mary O'Brien - Clark County
Colleen Daggett - Knox County
Patsy Geery - Lewis County
Mary McCann - Lincoln County
Vivian Helm - Macon County
Mary Williams - Marion County
Sue Mefford - Monroe County
Karen Osborne - Montgomery County
Lillian Blackwell - Pike County
Patricia Mabery - Ralls County
Cleda Campbell - Randolph County
Lois Brown - Schuyler County
Jacque Kaisler - Scotland County
Catherine Wiseman - Shelby County
Ruth Pearia - Warren County
Northwest Region
Nola Ferguson - Andrew County
Anna Evelyn - Atchinson County
Lucille Hall - Buchanan County
Viola Keller - Caldwell County
Mary DeWeerdt - Clinton County
Nancy May - Daviess County
Ethel White - DeKalb County
Doris Martin - Gentry County
Donna Fair - Grundy County
Denise Owens - Harrison County
Inez VanOrman - Holt County
Agnes Frazier - Linn County
Doris Packham - Livingston County
Charline Carter - Mercer County
Margaret Florea - Nodaway County
Violet Jones - Putnam County
Leon Williams - Sullivan County
Bertha Hughes - Worth County
Southwest Region
Dorothy Crook - Barry County
Connie Murrey - Barton Coutny
Breta Holmes - Christian County
Ruthie Aleshire - Dade County
Marjoree James - Dallas County
Lula Everett - Douglas County
Eileen Goodwin & Viola Shuffit - Greene County
Ethelene McDaniel - Jasper County
Penny Stephenson - Lawrence County
Cleo Crosby - McDonald County
Betty Purdy - Newton County
Donna Gargione - Ozark County
Dewey & Leota Amlin - Polk County
Reta Huff - Stone County
Elizabeth Percy - Taney County
Leonard Lakey - Webster County
Rosa Ault - Wirght County
West Region
Kathleen Carter - Cass County
Josephine Gomez - Clay County
Nellie Coffey - Platte COunty