QUINCY — The moment when Caroline Redenius finally held her brother’s dog tag was overwhelming. “It doesn’t seem real to me,” she said. “I can’t identify with it. Isn’t that odd?” Redenius and her sister, Beverly Warning, were in Smith Hall on the Illinois Veterans Home campus Wednesday morning for a ceremony during which they […]
Illinois Veterans Home
Quincy Tree Commission presents landscape award to Illinois Veterans Home
QUINCY — The Quincy Tree Commission presented its Quincy’s Prestigious Landscape Award to the Illinois Veterans Home during a ceremony Tuesday morning at the IVH campus along North 12th Street. Mayor Mike Troup and IVH Administrator Troy Culbertson joined members of the Quincy Tree Commission for the presentation, which recognized the facility’s commitment to tree […]
Illinois Veterans Home provides COVID-19 update
One recent death due to COVID and 30 have died from it since the inception of the pandemic. From Illinois Veterans Home-Quincy Administrator Troy Culbertson sent to staff and residents on Wednesday: Since our last COVID-19 update there have been zero additional cases of COVID-19 among residents at our home, for a total of 141 […]
Illinois Veterans Home Veterans Day celebration
Randy Industries shot and produced this morning’s ceremony at the Illinois Veterans Home’s All Faiths Chapel.
Demolition continues, construction nears start at Illinois Veterans Home
QUINCY — Troy Culbertson was living in Quincy when he learned of 14 people dying and more than 50 being sickened from multiple outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease at the Illinois Veterans Home in 2015. Culbertson, who has worked in the long-term care business for 31 years, replaced Bruce Vaca as the administrator of the Veterans […]
Illinois Veterans Home resident recognized for heroic stand to save Luxembourg during WWII
QUINCY — Nick Scull of Sandwich, Ill., now living at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy, received the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Rank of Officer, during a June 12 ceremony near the Adams County World War II Memorial. Gaston Stronk, ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States, made the presentation. […]