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 Delia
A. (Dee) Kreiling
National President 2010-2011
Saturday, August 14, 2010, Delia (Dee) Kreiling of AMVETS
National Ladies Auxiliary #60, North Braddock, Pennsylvania, was elected AMVETS
National Ladies Auxiliary President for 2010-2011 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dee re-organized the AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post 60 in North Braddock on June
1992. She is a Life Member of Auxiliary #60 and member of Post 60 and Department
of Pennsylvania Color Guard Unit. On the Department Level she was 3rd, 2nd, 3rd
Vice President and was elected Department President in June 2003. In 2001, Dee
was honored as the AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Department of Pennsylvania Member of
the Year. Dee is also a member of Jenny Wade Sackettes.
On the National Level, Dee served on numerous committees including Membership,
Community Service, Child Welfare and held elected offices as National
Sergeant-at-Arms, National Americanism Officer, National Third Vice President,
National 2nd Vice President and National 1st Vice President.
Dee enthusiastically addresses veterans’ issues in her community and beyond. She
has participated in ceremonies for Memorial Day, Pearl Harbor Day, and Veterans
Day, and is a frequent participant to high school and college ROTC programs. She
is very active in recruitment and fundraising for Veterans. She attends numerous
dedication services and testimonial dinners in support of AMVETS and AMVETS
Ladies Auxiliary. She has received many awards including “Leader of Excellence”
citation and pin by the University of Pittsburgh ROTC Department, the
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence” in Service to the Community. Several of her
student employees serving in different units in Iraq nominated her to receive
(4) Patriotic Employer certificates and pins from the National Committee for
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Units. On Mother’s Day 2005, an
American Flag was flying in Iraq in her name. She retired from the University of
Pittsburgh on June 30, 2010, after 44 years, as the Coordinator of Veterans
Services
Dee resides in Forest Hills, Pennsylvania with her companion, Rege Riley who is
foreman in the Engineering Department of CSX Transportation. She is the daughter
of the late Elmer “Pickles” and Margaret Kreiling, sister of Frances Opiela,
Kathleen Plante, brother Elmer and the late Mary Margaret (Flub) Fausto and
Howard Kreiling. “Mamma Dee” as she is affectionately known at her Local as
well as throughout Pennsylvania is Aunt to thirty nieces and nephews and twenty
great nieces & nephews and stepmother to Rege’s son, Corey.
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