Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865
Jessie Benton Frémont Detached Tent #16
The Villages, Florida
Detached Tent President
National Patriotic Instructor 2025-2026
Senior Vice President
Junior Vice President
Karen Carbonneau
Chaplain
Pam Ellis
Registrar
Sherry Brady
Treasurer
Kay Hall
Patriotic Instructor
ROTC Representative
Hannah Dennis, PTP
Council Member #1
Veterans Affairs Voluntary Service Representative (VAVS)
Webmaster and Press Correspondent
VACANT
Council Member #2
Jan Weingard
Secretary
Kris VanNederynen
Historian
Sheila Vitiello
Guide
Teri Dittrich
State Veterans Home (SVH) Representative
Phelan VanNederynen
duvs Chairman
Verna Maleski, PNP
Counselor
duvs Committee
Committee Chairperson: Phelan VanNederynen
Membership Committee
Committee Chairperson: Stacey Smaldone
Hospitality Committee
Committee Chairperson: Karen Carbonneau
We welcome your involvement and participation on any of our committees and in our service projects!
Our Tent supports many of the national DUVCW projects, including the National Service Academy Awards, the Civil War Memorial and Wreath Fund, and the GAR Living Memorial Scholarship Fund.
We also provide support to the veterans at The Villages VA Clinic and Alwyn C. Cashe State Veterans’ Nursing Home in Orlando.
From the State of Oklahoma
Other national elected and appointed officers can be found listed at the DUVCW national website: https://www.duvcw.org/index.php/national-officers/elected-officers