From 1971 - 1987 Vale’s senior ladies made more than 1,000 quilts!

This mural features ladies, all of whom have now passed away, who labored from 1971 through 1987 hand quilting over 1,000 quilts, which were sold to raise funds to build the present Vale Senior Citizens facility. One of these quilts, referred to as “Reilly’s Quilt’, features the Star of Bethlehem pattern as the mural’s centerpiece with the borders made up of quilt blocks, which were used for other quilts. The ladies, Ruth Brockman, Bessie Reed, Martha Romans, Nina Perry, Joney Palmer, Lizzie Reed, Mary Kockmeir, Fern Miller, Marie Jacobsen and Willie Garris, some of the many hands working to serve our community, have all passed on, but their legacy lives on through this mural.

Address: A Street and Longfellow (Vale Senior Citizen’s Building)

Artist: Colleen Mitchell (Veyna) Hopkins (painted in 2020)

Photo: Catie Boucher