The Oakwood Homecoming Committee has announced its honored citizens for Homecoming 2021. Pat Spitnale has been chosen as Grand Marshall and Gary and Judy are being honored as Mr. and Mrs. Oakwood.
Pat Spitnale has served as a 4H advisor of the Brown Bettys and Buster Browns for over 40 years. She follows a family tradition of being a 4H advisor as her mother formerly served the same club and her sister, Jerrolyn Bradford and niece, Jandra, are her co advisors.
Pat, who retired after 40 years of teaching, spent most of her teaching career in the Defiance School System. She taught a variety of grades from first to seventh and eighth. She is the mother of Troy, Scott and Julie and grandmother to Sam. Westen, Emme, Aria, and Kady.
Gary and Judy (Horner) Frederick are both natives of the Oakwood area and have lived there for most of their marriage. They are the parents of Brad, Jeff and Doug, and grandparents of Samuel, Jackson, Maddie and Malorie.
Both have long been active in their church and community. Gary served as a fireman for 41 years and as an EMT for twelve years. He is a lay speaker for the Twin Oaks Methodist Church. Gary has worked his entire career as a carpenter and has been very generous to the community with his time and skills, volunteering for many community projects.
Judy worked for Cooper Hatchery and R and B Fabrications, She, is also following a family tradition as fifty-five years ago, her maternal grandparents, Durl and Blanche Horner, were the very first couple to be honored as Mr. and Mrs. Oakwood.
