House in the Woods, Inc.
A Military and Family Retreat
A Military and Family Retreat
About Us
Board of Directors:
Paul House: Maine Master Guide. Gold Star Father of Sgt. Joel A. House, killed in Iraq. Maine Master Guide. Runs House in the Woods Guide Service, Lee, Maine
Deanna House: Gold Star Mother of Sgt. Joel A. House, killed in Iraq. B.A. (1991), M.A. (1993) UMaine, English. Currently teaches for Stearns and Schenck High Schools and is a C.A.S. student at UMaine, College of Education, Educational Leadership. Lee, Maine.
Bill Emery: Gold Star Father, Sgt. Blair Emery, killed in Iraq. Logger for Treeline, Inc., Lincoln, ME. Experienced outdoor enthusiast. Lee, Maine.
Luke House: Gold Star Brother, Sgt. Joel A. House, killed in Iraq. A.S. SMTC (2000), Criminal Justice. Corrections officer, Cumberland County Sherriff Department. Advanced training in Executive Protection Services, ESI International. Current student at University Southern Maine, Criminology. Portland, Maine..
Joy House: Gold Star Sister, Sgt. Joel A. House, killed in Iraq. B.A. (2003), International Affairs, Spanish at UMaine. Senior Human Resources Recruiter, Progress Energy in St. Petersburg, Florida.
1st Sgt. Jeremy Carey: Deployed to Iraq 3 times with various responsibilities. Currently advisory team, Ft. Riley, training soldiers to train Iraqi police force. Will deploy Fall, 2010 to Afghanistan.
Alicia Carey: B.S.W. (2003) Social Work, Northwestern State University, LA; LCSW, MSW, Stephen S. Austin University, TX (2004). Currently, OEF/OIF Social Work Case Manager within the Topeka, KS VA and currently stationed at Irwin Army Community Hospital in Fort Riley.
The Honorable Senator Elizabeth Schneider: (acting in a advisory role) Maine Senate District 30 2004-present. Travel Consultant Degree, Travel Trade School of Boulder, 1984; Apollo Computer Degree, Travel Trade School of Boulder, 1984. Orono, Maine.
Patricia Locke: BA, UMaine; JD, Western New England School of Law. Locke Law Office, Lincoln, Maine.
Becky Quirk: BS in Journalism, UMaine. Public relations specialist. Portland, Maine
Jeffrey Keyes: Keyes Dentistry, Lincoln, Maine
Paul House is the father of Sgt. Joel A. House w
ho was killed on June 23, 2007 in Taji, Iraq by a roadside bomb. Paul has spent his life in the Maine woods, first as a woodsman and later as a Registered Maine Master Guide. Shortly after Joel was killed, the House family went to the 1st Cav Memorial Service at Fort Hood, TX. While there, Paul experienced first hand the comfort of being around other families who were going through the same loss and grief. From that moment, Paul knew in his heart that he wanted to start a program using the Maine outdoors as a venue to bring military families together to help one another get through their shared experiences and challenges from service and sacrifice to America's Armed Forces.
ho was killed on June 23, 2007 in Taji, Iraq by a roadside bomb. Paul has spent his life in the Maine woods, first as a woodsman and later as a Registered Maine Master Guide. Shortly after Joel was killed, the House family went to the 1st Cav Memorial Service at Fort Hood, TX. While there, Paul experienced first hand the comfort of being around other families who were going through the same loss and grief. From that moment, Paul knew in his heart that he wanted to start a program using the Maine outdoors as a venue to bring military families together to help one another get through their shared experiences and challenges from service and sacrifice to America's Armed Forces.
Deanna "Dee" House is the daughter of Master Chief-ret. Eaton
E. Lothrop and Nancy
Lothrop. Born at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in VA, first childhood memories are from Key West, FL where her
father was stationed during the tense years of the Cuban Bay Missile
Crisis. She currently teaches Spanish in two Eastern Maine high schools, Stearns in Millinocket and Schenk in East Millinocket. She is a UMaine, College of Education graduate student currently working towards her C.A.S. in Educational Administration. Her interests include writing and travel.
E. Lothrop and Nancy
Lothrop. Born at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in VA, first childhood memories are from Key West, FL where her
father was stationed during the tense years of the Cuban Bay Missile
Crisis. She currently teaches Spanish in two Eastern Maine high schools, Stearns in Millinocket and Schenk in East Millinocket. She is a UMaine, College of Education graduate student currently working towards her C.A.S. in Educational Administration. Her interests include writing and travel. 
