My name is Susan Jaenke, I am a Gold Star mother. My daughter HM2 Jaime S Jaenke, my daughter was KIA, 06/05/2006. Her Sea Bee group was sent out to clean up schools and hospitals. She was a Corpsman with MNCB25. She was killed in Anbar Providence on June 5th 2006. A series of Daisies went off under her HumVee killing her and the Driver. Jaime was the first female from Iowa to be killed in combat. She served both Navy and Marines. Since my daughters death we have had our vehicles repossessed and because there is no help for guardians I lost my house. Jaime had a daughter Kayla and I was gifted with raising her and if you know anything about children being raised by non parents but by Guardians you know that we lived on a shoe string. Kayla is now 21 and in college and working toward the medical field as was her Mom. She wants to work in Head traumas and brain injuries. She attends EIU. During the years after she passed, with the help of then Congressman Latham, we helped add muscle to the Sailors and Soldiers act, and changed the wording to the gratuity putting the control back into our warriors hands. The wording was changed and that change made the Warrior's wishes mandatory instead of the government wishes. My wish is to go to Disney World in Orlando, Fl.
U.S. Navy (Family of KIA)
2006
Wish Fulfilled By:
- Shannon in Honor of Aunt Mardelle Singer, (dec'd) Marine donated $50.00
- Timothy in Honor of US Seabees donated $5.00
- Robert in Honor of Seabees donated $10.00
- Dale in Honor of Rick Romaine donated $50.00
- Patti donated $10.00
Thank You Message from the Hero:
Thank you so much for for the Disney passes. Our first day at Disney was on Jaimes Birthday. Walking around Epcot seeing the sites and thinking of Jaime made it a perfect day. Warm, sunny, perfect. The following days the fun of Disney were relaxing. Thank you so much Vet Tix. Thank you so much donors for this wonderful week. Thank you thank you from this Gold Star Mom and this Navy Viet Nam Vet!
- Susan
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