Katie McCollum presents Alice Flesher with a Quilt of Honor on her 102nd birthday Saturday. Flesher, a World War II veteran, was the first resident of the Idaho State Veterans Home in Post Falls, where her loved ones gathered to celebrate her birthday and honor her for her service.
February 4, 2024
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February 4, 2024 1:09 a.m.
In her honor
Veterans Home resident receives quilt on 102nd birthday
A World War II veteran, a second lieutenant, a surgical nurse, an artist, a dancer, a mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother. Alice Flesher has been many things in her time on Earth, and she was celebrated for all of them Saturday on her 102nd birthday, during which she was also awarded a Quilt of Honor in recognition of her military service.