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One Last Thing: From the Vault
Though the Wing Family of America incorporated in 1902, we had no central meeting or storage space until we bought the Fort House in 1942....
Cyndy Doherty
Aug 31 min read


A Fictional Account of our Ancestor Deborah Bachiler Wing
Goody Wing: An American Foremother , By Beverly Vorpahl Deborah Bachiler Wing, our ancestral grandmother, assumed a personality as I...
BeverlyVorpahl
Aug 32 min read


A Wing Conducting Acupuncture and Herbal Pharmacy
A Healing Oasis By Cynthia Doherty Meet our Wing cousin Dr. Adam Miramon. Adam owns two businesses in the Washington DC Area:...
Cyndy Doherty
Aug 32 min read


The Little Giant Ladder Company
A Wing Family Continues to Climb By Cynthia Doherty Many of our Wing members may be unaware that in the 1980s a “vault” was constructed...
Cyndy Doherty
Aug 32 min read


Growing the taste for The Taco Spot
The Roher family isn’t just winging it By Terry Davis In business, success sometimes hinges on being at the right place at the right...
Terry Davis
Aug 33 min read


2025 Wing Reunion: Gettysburg
The 2025 Reunion in Gettysburg Pennsylvania is over and did we all have a great time! Thanks to Beth Fisher and Terry Wing, reunion co...
Wing Family of America
Aug 31 min read


President's Letter August 2025
Hello my Family! Oh, my goodness! So much fun and so many memories were made this year at the Annual Reunion in Gettysburg! I cannot brag...
Melanie Hendrix
Aug 32 min read


Annual Membership Meeting Agenda
Annual Membership Meeting Agenda June 21, 2025 10:00 AM EDT Hybrid: Gettysburg/Zoom Zoom connection https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85152457...
Wing Family of America
May 311 min read


February Guessing Game Winners
The February Wing Museum item was a Butter Paddle! The race between first and second place was close! Steve and Bonnie Schow (left)...
Wing Family of America
May 11 min read


Deaccessioned Items Offered to WFA Members
The Wing Family of America has made some big changes in the past few years. We acquired the home across the street from the Fort House,...
Wing Family of America
May 13 min read


Ownership of the Wing Ring Cemetery Being Transferred to the Town of Wayne
by Buzz Schultze, President of The Wing Ring Cemetery Co (WRCC) After 162 years of being owned and maintained by Wing Family members,...
Buzz Schultze
May 12 min read


Wings in Love: A Wing Cousin Makes a Connection back to England
By Dan Douglas In January 1969, I was sitting in the staff room at a secondary school in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana in southern...
Dan Douglas
May 14 min read


Fort Wayne, Indiana, shaped by architect John F. Wing
By Terry Davis Some people leave a lasting legacy in their words. Others through their deeds. John Frank Wing, a fifth great-grandson of...
Terry Davis
May 13 min read


Alligators and Ostriches: The Story of Sara Emma Tolmie and Alligator Joe
By Elizabeth Fulford Every once in a while, the Wing Family tree adds an exotic leaf. This happened in December 1900 when a Sarah Emma...
Elizabeth Fulford
May 14 min read


May 2025 President's Message
Y’all, I love the Springtime! This season fills the heart with all the possibilities of the year. All the new life that surrounds us...
Melanie Hendrix
May 12 min read
Help Us Make the Wing Family of America Scholarship a Reality – Donate Auction Items!
The Wing Family of America is committed to supporting the education and growth of our next generation, and this year, we’re working hard...
Wing Family of America
Mar 172 min read


Winner of the "Guess an Item" Contest! - November 2024
The November Wing Museum item was a rushlight: This must have been a hard one: we had only two responses! Brittany Olson was the first...
Wing Family of America
Jan 281 min read


Wing Love Story: Advertising pays off in a big way
By Terry Davis There is an old saying among advertising reps in the newspaper field, “In good times you should advertise, but in hard...
Terry Davis
Jan 283 min read


Wing Love Stories: Sumner & Sylvia
First, it’s important to know that I’m a J. R. R. Tolkien fan and have been since I was a teenager.
Sumner Hunnewell
Jan 283 min read


A Reporter for Lincoln: Henry E. Wing
Samuel Brackett Wing was not the only Wing who encountered the horror of the Battle of the Wilderness.
Cyndy Doherty
Jan 283 min read
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