The community is invited to join the Bucks County Coroner’s Office at the Unattended Veterans Service at  Washington Crossing National Cemetery. The ceremony will be held at 830 Highland Road, Newtown PA,  18940 on Thursday, October 27thth at 2:00pm. Bucks County Coroner, Meredith Buck announced the Coroner’s  Office will be interring four unclaimed veterans of Bucks County with full military honors.  

The veterans include:   

• Albert Reamy, U.S. Navy (Rank: SA) (World War II Era), from Bristol Township • Lee Schantz, U.S. Army (Rank: PV2) (Persian Gulf War Era), from Springfield Township • Richard Wilburn, U.S. Marine (Rank: PVT), from Quakertown Borough 
• Stephen Williams, U.S. Air Force (Rank: AMN) (Vietnam War Era), from Bristol Township 

During the ceremony, the veterans’ names will be read, and the Pennsylvania Military Honors team will present  the flag on the behalf of the veterans. A rifle salute and live Taps will be provided. After the ceremony, the  veterans will each be placed in their own niche in the columbarium which will be engraved with “Gone But,  Not Forgotten”.  

The unattended ceremonies are a direct result of a series of reports from Bucks County Courier Times Reporters Jo Ciavaglia and James McGinnis. Their seminal “Unclaimed” series that ran in 2019. 

This will be the last Unattended Veterans Service held this year at Washington Crossing National Cemetery.  Services will resume in January 2023.