Leonard “Lenny” Roberge will be remembered as a life-long Vermonter who baked pies for his family, neighbors, dentist and car mechanic, who wrote jokes on slips of paper to keep
106-year-old super senior gets COVID-19 vaccine Lenny Roberge gets his COVID-19 vaccine at 106 years old. (Source: WCAX) By Joe Carroll | January 16, 2021 at 4:35 PM EST - Updated January 16 at 4:35 PM
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A super senior, who is now Vermontâs oldest veteran, got his COVID-19 shot on Friday.
Lenny Roberge rolled up his sleeve to get the Pfizer vaccine. The 106-year-old is a resident of Harbor Village Senior Community in South Burlington.
Staff from CVS administered the dose while Robergeâs daughter, Lucille, watched online.
Roberge, who served in the Navy during World War Two, said he had a very good reason to get the vaccine
Honor. This is a word that is ingrained into the ethos of people who have served in the U.S. military.
It comes as no surprise, then, that when Airmen of the 158th Fighter Wing learned that Vermontâs oldest living veteran, 106-year-old Lenny Roberge who served in WWII, wanted to visit the Vermont Air National Guard, they were excited and started making plans for his visit in November.
âTo be able to show Lenny around our base, and let him experience seeing the F-35 up close was going to be really cool,â said Master Sgt. Chad Cosgrove, executive administrative assistant for the 158th Fighter Wing. âIt was going to be an honor to meet Lenny and we were all really looking forward to connecting with him.â
28 SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., (Dec. 31, 2020) – Honor. This is a word that is ingrained into the ethos of men and women who have ever served in the U.S. military. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that when Airmen of the 158th Fighter Wing learned that Vermont’s oldest living veteran, 106-year-old Lenny Roberge who served in WWII, wanted to visit the Vermont Air National Guard, they were excited and started making plans for his visit in November.
“To be able to show Lenny around our base, and let him experience seeing the F-35 up close was going to be really cool,” said Master Sgt. Chad Cosgrove, executive administrative assistant for the 158th Fighter Wing. “It was going to be an honor to meet Lenny and we were all really looking forward to connecting with him.”