Spiro VFW Auxiliary 4884

03/29/2025

Come join us next weekend at MackMazing Acres! Spiro VFW & Auxiliary will be there handing out Poppies and sharing information about who we are and what we do! Stop by and say hello. Everyone that submits a qualifying membership application will be entered into a drawing for a FREE year’s dues!!

11/13/2024

What a joy and privilege we had doing our Veterans Day presentation at 3 area schools on Monday! Our part of the program included the Missing Man Table, Battlefield Cross Memorial and a Flag Folding Ceremony followed by Taps.

06/23/2024

The weather was warm and the fire was blazing but we had a beautiful flag retirement ceremony last night followed by an ice cream social. Officers of the Post & Auxiliary demonstrated one method for proper disposal of the flag then everyone in attendance participated in retiring the flags. Thank you to all who attended, participated and helped put on this wonderful event! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

06/21/2024

Save the date:
Flag Retirement Ceremony
06/22/2024 5:00 pm

The Spiro VFW and VFW Auxiliary Post 4884 will be conducting a Flag Retirement Ceremony at the Post, 105 NE 6th Street
Spiro OK 74959
United States

If you have a USA or POW/MIA flag that has served well but needs to be retired, bring it to us or contact us and we will respectfully and honorably retire it for you.

06/07/2024

Never Forget!

05/28/2024

We held our Annual Memorial Day Observance at the Main Street flagpole
A solemn ceremony to honor and remember those who paid the ultimate price with their life.

05/24/2024

Some of the recent yards we've flagged showing off the addition of lights. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

05/23/2024

We have lost such a valuable asset and a wonderful human being. Her knowledge of all things VFW Auxiliary will be sorely missed.

It is with great sorrow that we at VFW Auxiliary National Headquarters share with you that our Director of Administrative Services, Janice Criswell, passed away unexpectedly on May 22, 2024.

Criswell was a 45+ year member who served the Auxiliary in a number of capacities, including as the longtime Secretary of the Department of Kansas. She was also a Past Department of Kansas President and had served as Western Conference Membership Chairman and VFW-PAC Chairman, National Safety Director and National Chief of Staff. She joined Auxiliary 2864 under the eligibility of her father, a World War II veteran, because she wanted to belong to “the strongest women’s group that supports veterans and young people.”

For more than 25 years, Criswell was an accomplished and adored grade 7-12 Language Arts teacher who guided and inspired countless students. In 2023, the Wheatland High School’s Alumni Association honored her as an inductee into their Hall of Fame. Upon retirement, she joined the staff of VFW Auxiliary National Headquarters, where she worked from 2002 until her passing.

Her loss is immeasurable and she will be sorely missed.

Please feel free to share your memories of Janice Criswell, our friend, colleague and Auxiliary sister, in the comments below.