The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will host the department’s statewide Traveling Workers Memorial at its Venango County Maintenance Office from July 30, 2025 to August 7, 2025.
The memorial features 93 white stands each adorned with a hard hat and safety vest along with a date and the name of a PennDOT employee who died while serving the residents of Pennsylvania.
The Traveling Workers Memorial is maintained by employees at PennDOT’s Bradford County facility and is used at sites throughout the Commonwealth to pay tribute to all the employees who have lost their lives in the line of duty since the department’s founding in 1970.
Employees Robert “Rob” Greenlee and Seth Baughman from Venango County were recently added to the memorial following their unexpected passing on June 18, 2025.
“The public is invited to visit the memorial while it is set up at the PennDOT building along Route 8 in Sandycreek Township, but we ask that you do so in a safe manner,” said Brian McNulty, PennDOT District 1 Executive. “For the safety of visitors and our workers, please avoid parking along the roadway shoulder and consider visiting the memorial in the late afternoon or early evening when there is less traffic coming in and out of the facility.”
Limited parking is available in the front lot of the building during business hours. Please do not block the gates leading into the workspace behind the main building. The memorial may also be visited during daylight hours and on the weekend while the office is closed.
Along with Greenlee and Baughman, eight other employees from the northwest region, which includes Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango, and Warren, are represented in the memorial. Those employees include in the following:
- George Peace, Crawford County, January 9, 1972.
- Norman Matthews, Warren County, January 13, 1972.
- Charles Passauer, Forest County, February 16, 1973.
- Paul Anderson, Venango County, October 22, 1981.
- Charlie Burin, Erie County, May 21, 1984.
- Nyal Orr, Crawford County, May 29, 1984.
- Dennis Miller, Mercer County, October 14, 1997.
- Earle Chandler, Erie County, August 1, 2006.
For more information about PennDOT’s efforts to keep motorists and employees safe in work zones, visit PennDOT’s website.
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