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Page 1: MEMORIAL DAYcedarspringspost.com/pdf/MemorialDay2021.pdfMEMORIAL DAY 4170 Solon St Cedar Springs 616-696-9555 Cedar SpringS Mill & Supply, INC. 112 W. Beech Cedar Springs 616-696-9740

The Cedar Springs POST Thursday, May 27, 2021 Page 9

The American LegionPost 287

91 First Street, Cedar Springs, MI(616) 696-9160

MONDAY, MAY 31

HONORING ALL WHO SERVED

MEMORIAL DAY

REMEMBER & HONOR - ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL

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The Cedar Springs POSTPage 10 Thursday, May 27, 2021

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Algoma CemeteryArmstrong, SamuelBowers, Leon (Jack), WWIICalkins, Almond F., WWIIDavis, Ernest W., WWIIDayton, Clifford, WWIIFrost, George E., WWIILarsen, Albert F., WWIIMerryman, Dennis G., VietnamMerryman, Ray C. WWIIMosher, George D.Mosher, Maclyn W., WWIIOverley, William G., WWII, KoreaPalmer, GeorgePowell, Marvin T., WWIIRawson, Harley, Civil WarTruax, James H., Civil WarWhite, Alvin, KoreaWilliams, French H., WWIIWoodhull, Larry, Vietnam

Courtland CemeteryAlonzo, Robert M., WWIIBecker, Carl, WWIIBont, Harry, WWIBrown, Oscar L., WWIIDavis, Melvin, WWIIDunn, Roger E., WWIIGould, Leonard E., WWIIHankins, George W. KoreaLoveless, Ralph D., WWIIMueller, Jr., Earnest C., KoreaNorman, Robert, WWIIPhelps, E.L., WWIIPhelps, Henry R., War of 1812Sharp, AlbertStout, Everett, WWIIStout, Lloyd, WWII Tefft, Paul, WWIIWeeks, Bobby Sr. Korea

Crandall CemeteryAbrahanson, Charles Wm., WWIBaessler, Douglas H., Jr., VietnamBassett, Gordon, WWIIBump, William G., WWIIBrandsma, Clarance A., WWIBrenner, Isac, Civil WarBrown, Floyd, WWICarrol, Ralph, Civil WarCasterline, Sherwood C., WWIICason, Allen B., WW IIClawson, James G., WWICook, Leonard C., WWIIDaniels, James E., KoreaDahn, William N., WWIIDelaus, Dennis, Spanish-Am.Dickerson, Alanson, Civil WarDickerson, Ambrose, Civil WarDickerson, Bertrand A., WWIIDickerson, Donald, KoreaDickerson, Stanley, WWIIDillon, Westley J., WWIIDonaldson, Leonard A., WWIIEyer, Jacob, Civil WarFiefield, George L., WWIIFlynn, Robert A., VietnamFryling, Paul, VietnamFuller, Earl, WWIGardner, Elias, Civil WarGoodall, Austin, CivilGould, Edwin, Civil WarGould, Guy, WWIHanes, Andy H., VietnamHanes, Bud, WWIIHardy, C.A., CivilHarrington, Philip J., WWIIHawkins, Richard H., WWIIHayward, Florence R.Hayward, Harold, WWIHeiss, Eldred, WWIIHeiss, Forrest, WWIIHeiss, Fred Jr., WWI

Heiss, Jess E., WWIIHeiss, John, Sr., Civil WarHeiss, Walter A., KoreaHirner, Robert W., KoreaHunsberger, Jack, WWIIHoppa, Clifford M., WWIIHoughlon, Francis, WWIIHoward, William J., KoreaInglewright, D.O., Civil WarJones, Carl L., WWIIKloe, Donald, KoreaKramer, Frank, WWIKrosell, Henry F., WWILandis, Henry, Civil WarMabie, Lowell, WWIIMabie, Roy H., KoreaMallett, Martin V.B., Civil WarMeyer, Cecil J., WWIIMeyer, Albert G., Spanish Am.Milligan, Moses, Civil WarMonduall, Francis P., KoreaNelson, Carl L., WWII, KoreaNelson, Harry E., WWIINichols, Cleland, WWIINoffsinger, Lemoyne, WWIIOakes, Carl E., WWIIOstrander, Douglas L., KoreaPalmer, Royal, Spanish-Am. WarPeterson, Harvey G., Civil WarPowers, Jack R., KoreanPowers, John E., WWIIPrentice, Frank A., WWIIPritchard, Thomas B., KoreaQuaif, James H., Civil WarRobinson, Ethan R., Civil WarRichards, Mason L, WWIIRidgway, Otto G., WWIIRingler, LarryRowe, Urias W., Civil WarSalsbury, Oren J., WWIISchlinz, Lester R., KoreaSeeley, H.R.Shafer, Laurel, Korea, VietnamSimmons, Merle E., WWIIStillwell, Cyrus, Civil WarTerwilliger, Calvin S., Civil WarThompson, Leonard A., WWII & KoreaThompson, Stephan N., Civil WarToner, Lester, VietnamVandenBerg, Donald J.Wainright, Evard W., WWIWainright, Jack, WWIIWillis, Robert L, WWIIWilson, James, Civil War*Unkown Soldier, WWI

East Nelson CemeteryAkers, James S., Civil WarAnderson, Axel WW IIAvery, John WWIIAvery, Lloyd R., WWIIBorst, Custer, Spanish-Am. WarBorst, Philo, Civil WarBorst, Philo C. Spanish-Am. WarBrown, Eldon, WWIIBrown, Timothy, IraqCadaret, Jerry L.Cain, Stephen PaulCargill, David, Civil WarChurch, Cephas, Civil WarCole, Clem, WWIICole, Colen C., VietnamCook, Ezra, Civil WarCowles, Shepard, Civil WarCrypust, ChuckDavis, Alan G., WWIIDeGood, William F., WWIIDeMink, Joseph P., VietnamDexter, Paul H. Sr., WWIIDouglas, Robert, Civil WarDuley, Clarence, WWIIEarl, James J., Civil WarEdison, Ronald L., WWII

Eurich, LeonardtFleck, Calvin G., Navy WWIIFrench, Stanley, WWIIHeminger, Gail, WWIIHunter, Donald J.Hunter, Paul S., WWIIKnown, ZurKuntz, Edmund, WWILaBar, Homer E., WWIMartin, Lyle R. WWIIMeitz, Carl H., WWII Nielsen, Thorval “Bo,” KoreaNewman, Lewis, Civil WarOverly, Alex N.Parker, Max E., US ArmyPenland, Alvin C., Korea, VietnamPennu, AlexPhelps, Leland, KoreaPlumb, George Arlo, WWIIPlumb, Henry, War of 1812Plumb, John, Civil WarPorter, FractellurPorter, HamiltonPorter, Henry V., WWIIPorter, Martilles, Civil WarPorter, RaphaelRainey, Charles F., WWIIRawson, Sam, WWIIReed, Harold, WWIIRizzon, Terry A., Desert StormRoberts, Jas. H., Civil WarRoelofs, Donald, VietnamRowland, Duane C., VietnamRummel, Alex, WWISchermerhorn, Loren G., KoreaSicard, Roy D., VietnamSipple, Glenn F., WWISmith, James O., WWIISosnowski, Dennis, VietnamStout, Murray B. WWIIStrecker, Sidney S., WWIITindall, Elwin D., WWIITindall, Wyman, WWIITisdel, Mervil WWIITisdel, VictorTravis, James, KoreaTrill, David P., Civil WarTrill, Sam L., Civil WarWall, Orville, WWIIWaller, Robert E., KoreaWhite, Robert J., KoreaWhitney, Solomon, Civil WarWilliams, Tauno E., USMCWilmarth, Dorius, Civil WarAn Unknown Soldier, Civil War

Elmwood CemeteryAllbright, David, Civil WarAllen, R. L.Allen, William J., VietnamAllen, LeonardAndersen, AudreyAndersen, Edna, WWIIAnderson, George Arnold, WWIIAnderson, Gerald V., KoreaAndersen, Niels, WWIIAndrus, Robert H., WWIIAndrus, Samuel, Civil WarArnold, Richard, WWIIArnold, Richard Dee, WWIIAurin, Emil, Spanish-Am. WarAvery, Donald, WWIAvery, Leon E.Bailey, C.Baker, Glen R., WWIBamman, FredBeach, Curtis J., WWIIBeach, Orin D., Civil WarBekins, ElmerBekins, Raymond EugeneBenedict, HerbertBicknell, Chester C., Civil WarBigler, Morton L., WWII

Black, John Blair, Edwin M., Civil WarBlanchard, RobertBlanchard, JohnBongart, Ralph, Civil WarBowhul, Samuel, Civil WarBradley, Lafayette, Civil WarBradley, Oliver H., Civil WarBrecken, Charles W.Bremmer, George, WWIBremmer, Arwin E.Bremmer, Carl, WWII Briggs, Thomas W., Civil WarBrink, Daniel, Vietnam, Brooks, H. M., Civil WarBruner, R. D.Bullock, Joseph, Civil WarBulter, Bruce, WWIIBurg, Egar. WWIButler, Forrest E., WWIICain, Clifton H., WWIICain, Elwood F., WWIICain, Le Roy Howard, Korea, VietnamCain, Leroy H., WWII, KoreaCarpenter, Benjamin T., Civil WarCarter, EdwardCastor, AlbertCastor, George A., WWIChamplin, Clifford J., WWIChippeway, Walter L., WWIChmaezynski, NickChristenson, Herbert, Civil WarChurch, G. W., Civil WarCicle, Frederick, Civil WarClellan, J. E., Civil WarCook, E.Cook, Jury E., WWICoolidge, Frank C.Cotten, ElmerCrissey, Irving W., Civil WarCrites, Charles E., WWIICrosson, Ray L., WWICummings, G. E., Civil WarDart, F. H., Civil WarDavis, Charles G., Spanish-Am. WarDavis, Martin V., Civil WarDay, Carl W., WWIIDay, William M., WWIDean, Dethuel P., Civil WarDeGraw, Sidney N., WWIDenton, Carl, WWIDenton, Ted, WWIIDe Voe, Artin, Civil WarDeVreugd, Charles, VietnamDorman, Cecil E., WWIDorman, Delbert, Civil WarDove, Daniel, Civil WarDoyle, Glen H., WWIDrollinger, William M., WWIIEbert, Eugene N., WWIIEbert, Marion, WWIIEdwis, King John, WWIEggertsen, John P., WWIIEldred, Bruce, VietnamElkins, James W., Civil WarElkins, Ralph D., Civil WarEmpie, Clayton J., WWIIErgang, Harold, WWIIEvans, Orvel O., WWIIEyer, Fred E., Civil WarFarr, Donald F., WWIFarr, Donald L., WWIFarr, Weston B., WWIIFarr, Weston D., WWIIFleck, Cyrus S., Civil WarFogleson, Jay, Civil WarFogleson, Myron P., Civil WarForce, Benjamin L., WWIFord, Otto J., WWIIFox, Wright S., WWIFrantz, Christian, WWIGardell, John C., VietnamGarey, Nelson, Civil War

Gates, Ivan, WWIIGebhardt, Albert C., WWIIGidds, DoyleGilbert, T. M., Civil WarGillespie, Raymond Sr., WWIIGillet, Mathey, Civil WarGillette, Roger E., KoreaGlidden, Harry B., WWIGold, Ralph Jr.Goller, Oscar E.Goller, Richard, Jr., VietnamGordon, E. Ray, WWIIGould, Ralph G., KoreaGrant, Marell H., Civil WarGrassman, EdwardGreen, Thomas A., WWIIGregones, William, VietnamGriffes, Leon E., WWIIGuigelaar, Leonard, WWIIGust, AlfredHale, Henry Walter, Civil WarHall, Ernest E., WWIHall, Junior L., WWIIHamel, Douglas H., KoreaHamilton, Geo. H., Civil WarHana, Fred T., WW IIHarrington, Newton, Civil WarHarrison, Robert, Civil WarHart, Walter W., WWIIHartline, Alvin H., Jr.Hayden Sr., Dennis J.Haynes, Carl, WW II Haynes, Charles, Sr., KoreaHaynes, James R., WWIIHeaton, Kenneth, VietnamHeeringa, GilbertHelenius, William, WWIIHelsel, Donald, WWIIHicks, Stephen, Civil WarHoadley, Milo J., WWIHouting, RichardHoskins, Henry, WWIIHoward, Andrew W., Civil WarHoward, Richard A.Howland, H. Ernie, WWIIHuff, David, Civil WarHull, James D., WWIIHunter, John, Civil WarImhoff, J., Civil WarJackson, James D., Civil WarJacobs, A. E., Civil WarJewell, Ebenezer, War of 1812Jewell, Leonder, Civil WarJewell, Le Roy, Civil WarJohnson, Erwin, WWIIJohnson, Peter, WWIJones, Philo A., Civil WarJones, Wm. H., Civil WarJoslin, Leon E., KoreaKellogg, Franklin B., Civil WarKent, Royal A., WWIKidder, Mason C., Civil WarKidder, Richard A., WWIIKlimavicz, Anthony, WWIIKloostra, Frank F., WW IKnipp, Leonidas A., WWIKuyt, PeterLangford, Stanley J., WWILarson, Carl H., WWIILarsen, Carl W., WWILaube, Henry H., WWIILawton, Warren, Civil WarLeareen, Thomas P., WWIILewis, PaulLewis, Wesley, WWIILivingston, Albert R., WWILockwood, Richard P., KoreaLorenz, George, WWILoveland, Laurence W., Sr., WWILovejoy, James, Civil WarLumbuger, KennethLymburner, Kenneth, WWIIMalinowski, Edward P., WWII

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Manbeck, John, WWIMarsh, Thomas L., KoreaMartin, Gotlicle F., Civil WarMeadows, JohnMeeuwes, Ralph, WWIIMerryman, RayMershon, Jason L., Civil WarMiddletown, Carl E., WWIIMiddleton, Harold, KoreaMiles, Don M., Korea, VietnamMiller, Floyd H., WWIIMilles, Floyd L., Civil WarMoore, GraceMoore, Howard C., WWIIMorey, Dale, VietnamMorningstar, Henry, Civil WarMorris, Rex, KoreaMorse, Henry M., Civil WarMosier, Ambrose, Civil WarMoyes, Paul L., WWIINelson, William A.Neuman, Chester J., WWIINewman, Chester J., WWIINichols, Jay H., Jr.Nielsen, Carl B., WWIINorth, Acram, Civil WarNorthup, Franklin L., WWIINorton, Harold H., WWIOdell, Orson B., Civil WarOder, Robert LeonOpperman, Ronald, WWIIOsborne, Joe, Spanish-Am. WarPaepke, John A., WWIPaepke, Max, WWIIPagel, Franklin E., WWII, KoreaPalmer, Albert P., Civil WarPangborn, J. S., Civil WarParker, Charles, Civil WarParker, John F., WWIIParker, Mervil, WWIIParker, Thomas, Civil WarPeasley, Roy E., WWIPeavey, Raymond, WWIIPeck, Franklin, Spanish-Am. WarPennock, Nyal E., WWIIPeterson, J. F., Civil WarPfeiffer, Arthur W., WWIPhilbrooks, John, Civil WarPhillips, Frank, Civil WarPierce, Thomas B., KoreaPierson, Thomas D.Place, Floyd M., WWIIPlumb, Alfred B., Spanish-Am. WarPollock, John, Civil WarPomeroy, John T., Civil WarPorter, Howard J., Jr.Porter, Martilles, Civil WarPorter, Jon A.Price, Jack L., VietnamPriest, JamesRader, Sidney P., KoreaRanes, OrvilleRector, James ARemer, Donald J., WWIRemer, Robert J., WWIIRemington, Russell L.Revord, Richard C., WWIRiggle, Howard B., WWIIRisinger, John J., Civil WarRitchie, Ernest E., WWIIRobinson, Ben E., WWIIRogers, Robert B., KoreaRoot, Charles H., Civil WarRoss, William, WWIRoys, John E., Mexican War & Civil WarRussell, George A., Civil WarRussell, Henry J., WWIIRussell, Louie A., WWISaundeen, CallaSchultz, Arthur L., VietnamSchultz, Russell J., WWIISchumann, Arnon E.Scott, Giles W., Civil War

See, James P.Siebert, Elmer C. WWIISeibold, F.Sellers, Leonard Mc Knight, Civil WarSessens, B. A., Civil WarShadduck, Horton A., Civil WarShaw, Harry D., WWIShaw, Robert M., VietnamShier, Dwight W., KoreaSheldon, Frankie, WWIISheldon, Frank, WWISherman, Ed. Weaver, WWIShogren, Karl G.Shwank, Jno., Civil WarSickmiller, Rev. D. Robert, WWIISimer, RichardSimmons, Irvin, H., WWISipple, Floyd A, WWISipple, Floyd A., WWIISipple, Glen F., WWISipple, Myron, WWISlaight, Richard F.Slawson, Newell, Civil WarSliter, A. V., Civil WarSmith, Charles L., WWIISmith, Edward, Civil WarSmith, May C., WWIISmith, Riley, Civil WarSnethen, Charles R., Civil WarSommer, Clarence R., U.S. ArmySpaulding, Herman, Civil WarSpeaker, T.L.Speaker, Wion M., Civil WarStanton, Luther D., Civil WarStark, Herold M., WWIIStevens, Gordon E., WWIStevens, John C., WWIIStewart, Otto, WWIStone, C. W., Civil WarStoner, Max, WWIIStraub, Carl R.Streeter, Maurice W., WWIIStrickland, James R., KoreaTaylor, Joseph J., Civil WarTeusink, Jack R.Thomas, Walter, WWIIThompson, Monty, WWITillottson, Virgil H., KoreaTitus, Joseph, Civil WarThompson, JohnTompkins, James A., WWIITownes, Robert E.Towns, Frederick M., WWIITowns, Timothy Allen, VietnamTupper, Fred B., WWITurk, David, Civil WarTuttle, A. S., Civil WarTuttle, Walter L., Civil WarVan Dore, Russell W., WWIVan Dyke, Martin C.Vanlew, Frank P., WWIVan Leiw, Frank, WWIVeltkamp, John, WW IIWall, Kenneth C., WWIIWaller, William, Civil WarWalsh, Richard, Lt. Navy, WWIIWarren, Richard V., WWIIWarren, V. H., Sr.Warren, Vernon B., Jr.Watson, Bruce G., WWIIWatson, Tom J., WWIIWeaver, EdWeaver, Elenodom, Civil WarWeaver, Sherman E., WWIWest, Neil, WW IIWheeler, David W., WWIWheeler, Donovan H., WWIWheeler, Mark H., WWIIWheeler, Warren H., WWIWhitacre, Franklin, Civil WarWhite, Elton, WWIIWilkinson, J. E., KoreaWilliams, Civil War

Wilson, Frank M., Spanish-Am. WarWinters, Kenneth J., WWIIWinters, William W., WWIIWood, P. J. M., Spanish-Am. WarWoodhull, Michael, NavyWorthington, William, Civil WarZimmer, Leo C., WWIZufelt, Gerald W., Korea

Horton CemeteryBabcock, BenjaminBrown, SamuelBush, Oscar S.Griswold, LloydHart, LorenzoHart, LutherHiscock, Benjamin J.Horton, Warren G.Martin, JosiahRieckman, Timothy E.Rowley, H. E.Rowley, John J.Valentine, John H.Wilson, O. D.Wolfe, Russell A., WWII

Punches CemeteryBailey, Church, Mexican WarBailey, James, Civil WarBriggs, Jason, Civil WarStoddard, C. S., Civil WarTownes, Josiah, Civil War

Sand Lake CemeteryAdcox, George H., WWIAllen, F. E.Allen, Frank F., Sr., Civil WarAnderson, John E., WWIIBailey, Mac. W., WWIIBazzett, Charles E., Jr., KoreaBeardsley, H. G., Civil WarBlackburn, Henry, Civil WarBlanchard, Arden M., WWIIBlanchard, G. Arthur, WWIBlanchard, George A., Jr., WWIIBlanchard, Ward D., WWIIBoss, NormanBoss, William P.Braford, J. M.Brayman, James H., Civil WarBrooks, Willis H., Civil WarBrown, Claude, WWIIBrown, Elvin, WWIButts, George W., Civil WarCampbell, Daniel L., VietnamCampbell, M. W., Civil WarCanton, Fred, WW I Cavner, Donald, WWIChilds, John M., Civil WarCooper, Clare E., WWICopeland, J. A., Civil WarCountryman, JoelCrabb, Geo. W., Civil WarCurtis, Clifford H., Spanish-Am. WarCurtis, Geo., Civil WarDavies, Maurice S., WWIIDavy, GeorgeDaggett, Nelson B. WWIIDrummer, George R., Spanish-Am. WarEcklesdafer, Edgar L., WWIElder, Maurice J., WWIIEnsley, Jacob J., WWIFarnam, Rueben, Civil WarFisk, Dennis L., VietnamFitzgerald, Stanley J., WWIIFluent, Andrew J., Civil WarGallapoo, Joseph, WWIGallapoo, Mark A., WWIGiddings, J. Rex, WWIIGilbert, Edgar L., WWIGould, Charles, Civil WarGrant, Amzi S., Civil WarGroner, Ivan L., WWII

Green, Samuel O., Civil WarGuyette, Joseph, Civil WarHale, Charles, Civil WarHamilton, Harold H., WWIHibler, Peter, Civil WarHicks, Fredrick W., Civil WarHills, Jack E., KoreanHovinga, SimonHowland, Jacob, Civil WarHuntoon, Emil, WWIIHuntoon, Frederick VietnamHuntoon, Jerry Air ForceJohnson, H. W., Civil WarJohnson, H. M.Jones, Kenneth E., KoreaKaufman, A. M., Civil WarKent, Jonas E., Civil WarKilts, George, WWIKilts, Herbert E., WWIMaksymowski, AnthonyManley, R. C., Civil WarMaxim, Boletow (Ben)Maxwell, Robert G.Merlington, Bruce, WWIIMerlington, Glen A., WWIIMerlington, Robert F.Mumah, Elias, Civil WarNichols, Budd, WWIIOxby, William K., WWIINorthup, Charles, KoreaPangborn, Solomon, Civil WarParker, Ronald, KoreaParker, Thomas, Civil WarParkhurst, Curtis A., WWIPerry, Fred G., WWIIPhelps, Lawrence J., WWIIPierce, F. G.Rasco, WellingtonRaterink, Martin, WWIIRice, George C., Civil WarRingler, Donald P., WWIIRingler, Robert G., WWIIRoberts, Don, KoreaRoberts, Kenneth J., KoreaRogers, Thomas A. Runnell, Alexander, Civil WarRussell, J. C., Civil WarSalsgiver, Louis Tracy, WWISanborn, Amariah, Civil WarSchoen, William, WWIShattuck, John A., WWISheets, Abner L., Civil WarShick, Harvey, KoreaShick, John, Civil WarShick, Robert, WWIISmith, George E., WWIISmith, Robert B., WWISmith, Samuel B., WWIThorp, August D., Civil WarThorp, Jas., Civil WarTotten, Lloyd, WWIITowns, Roger W., VietnamTowns, Willis C., WWIITuttle, Albert, WWIUpton, Wilfred, WWIVan Dyke, George, KoreaVanDyke Jacob J., WWIIVanDyke, John, WWIVanDyke, John Jr., KoreaVan Gilder, Fayette B., Spanish-Am. WarVan Gilder, Orrin, Civil WarWhitbeck, Benjamin, Civil WarWhitney, James P., Civil WarWilkins, Earl J., WWIIWilson, Gideon H., Civil WarWoods, William J., Spanish-Am. WarWoods, William R., WWIZent, William A., Civil War

Solon CemeteryAdams, John, WWIIAllington, George C., WWIIAnway, Orville C., WWII

Arnold, GeorgeAustin, Clarence R., WWIBallard, Arlan, WWIIBandlow, Beatrice, WWIIBarbachyn, RayBarnum, MarionBarnum, Rich, WWIIBashford, Charles H., WWIBeardslee, WendellBerry, RandallBlodgett, WarrenBloomfield, Henry, Civil WarBloomfield, Roy O., WWIBordewyk, HermanBordewyk, JohnBragg, Elmer, Civil WarBrenner, Andrew, Civil WarBrink Jr., Clifford, WWIIBrown, PeterBrown Jr., Peter, VietnamBrown, ThomasBrugel, BobBuffum, Lyle (Ray), Sr. WWIIBurroughs, Sanford, Civil WarCaldwell, MadelineCalkins, Eugene, VietnamCampbell, Arthur (Pete)Chaffee, RichardChamplin, Clifford J., WWIClark, EricClark, Jack L., (WWII)Clingan, RichardCook, Wilber, Civil WarDailey, Jacob V., WWIDavis, Alexander D., Civil WarDavis, Alonzo K., Civil WarDavis, Evelyn A., WWIDavis, George C., Civil WarDines, Gurden T.Dines, Joseph, Civil WarDines, William M.Donley, Ray M., WWIElder, JackElder, Jerry L., VietnamEldred, Keith W., WWIIEllick, Everett, WWIIElliott, CliffordElve, DavidEmmorey, KennethEmmorey, Carroll M., KoreaEnsing, Alma (Weller), WWIIFairbrother, Fred H., WWIFairbrother, Thomas J.Finch, Eben E., WWIIFisher, Joe A., VietnamFisk, Bernard, E., Fisk, Cecil, WWIIFisk, GurdenFisk, Max W.Fisk, MichaelFisk, Robert A.Flinsky, Leon T., WWIFox, Erwin D., KoreaFrench, Howard G., WWIIFunk, Carl, WWIIFunk, Ray J.Gallup, LeonardGardner, JerryGibson, KeithGillespie, WilliamGoodell, Richard, WWIIGordon, Fay T., WWIGordon, LeonardGrindle, ClementGrover, Jacob J.Gunneson, Earland T., WWIHaggerty, Leonard J., WWIHall, Edmond, Civil WarHall, Hiram, Civil WarHall, Jerry Harless, Mac D., WWIIHart, John P.

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Hegwood, DonaldHelsel, Elijah, Civil WarHelsel, Ora J., WW IIHerold, Arthur J., WWIIHess, RolandHeyn, RichardHicks, Clare D.Hicks, Ivan M., WWIIHicks, Theron G., WWIIHill, Glenn H., WWIHill, Jack R.Hoyt, Earl W.Huizenga, Russell R.Humphrey, MaxHyde, HarveyIpe, Andrew J.Jackson, Harvey R.Johnson, TonyJones, Barney C.Jones, LloydJustice, Ralph L.Kamradt, Herman L.Kievit, Cornelius, WWIIKilts, Walter, WWIIKlooster, James D.Konyndyk, GeorgeLashbrook, JohnLashbrook, JosephLashbrook, M.Lewis, Chester A., WWILewis, Oliver R.London, Winfield G.Mabie, Edwin, Civil WarMabie, John F.Mactavish, DaleMartin, JerroldMason, Gaylord E.McAnally, Howard C., WWIIMcBride Jr., Ford, WWIIMcIntyre, Donald L., WWIIMeinke, GordonMeinke, Kenneth J.Middleton, Clair A,Miller, HowardMonroe, David W., KoreaMorehouse, Philo R., Civil WarMorris, Daniel G., VietnamMorton, ClydeNoorman, Orie., WWIINorton, James E.Norton, WilliamOgg, Lloyd M. Jr., VietnamOlmsted, Carl A., KoreanOsech, RogerPadon, Thomas C., WWIPerrine, Wesley W., WWIIPerschbacher, WilliamPetersen, Jim L.Phelps, Frank M.Pierson, Floyd A.Pierson, Richard A.Pope Sr., Keith B., KoreaPotter, Harold L.Rau, Steven W.Reed, Edwin P.Reichelt, Jacob, WWIReichelt, LawrenceRemmelts, Gerald L., KoreaRemmelts, Keith D., KoreaRider, Clayton V.Ringersma, RichardRobertson, George, Civil WarRoebuck, Abner B., Civil WarRogers, Edwin G.Rose, Melvin H.

Rowe, Walter, Civil WarRowland, Richard K., WWIISalmon, Dennis E.Sawyer, Hiram. R., Civil WarSchultz, Harry T., WWIISchuyler, John, Civil WarSeadorf, DaleSeadorf, Michael J., VietnamShears, Burnett V., ArmySignor, RobertSimmons, Coy L., WWISimmons, LinnieSimmons, Simon S., Civil WarSimmons, Wm., Civil WarSmith, ArthurSmith, Burt D., Spanish-Am. WarSmith, DarwinSmith, Elwood A.Smith, Harold A., WWIISmith, Irvin L., VietnamSmith, Joseph H.Smith, Peter K.Smith, RoySmith, ShermanSmith, Sherman P., WWISmith, Thomas E., WWISoule, Charles R.Spicer, Robert E.Stark, Charles, Civil WarStark Charles H.Starlin, Bobby F.Stickles, Theodore, Civil WarStoner, MichaelStout, Helen M.Stowers, WesleyStrauss, Guy L., WWIStraw, JohnStreeter, James R., WWIIStreeter, MartinTibbe, MichaelTompkins, Arden R.Towns, JohnUplinger, CliffordVan Tuinen, WilliamVer Duin, CorneliusVeltkamp, Alvin S. Korea, VietnamVerduin, FrankWaller, Leonard E.Ward, HowardWelch, BarneyWelch, James A., WWIIWeller, Henry N, Civil WarWheeler, TomWhite, DwayneWhite, Robert L., WWIIWinegar, Robert H.Winegar, Thomas N, Civil WarZimmerman, HaroldZufelt, Ronald E., WWII

Spencer Mills CemeteryAlbertson, RichardAldrich, JosephAllen, James R.Austin, Gorman S.Babbitt, MauriceBabbitt, MelvinBarrett, Arden C.Bathurst, LawrenceBeemer, L.T.Bowen, EliBoynton, E.L.Braden, BradleyBradley, E.L.Bradshaw, EdwardBresnahan, Richard

Bristol, HiriamBristol, Hugh G.Bristol, Stephen, L.Bristol, WymanCalkins, Thomas H., VietnamCampbell, RoderickCarey, FlorisCole, Charles R. Cole, DaleCory, Charles H.Degraw, WilliamDow, Lee B.Doyle, ThomasEaster, MathiasEbels, StuartEsterly, LesEurich, JohnForce, BenjaminFord, Jacob A.Ford, Jacob M.Frank, HowardFrank, RoyGardiner, Wm. E. Jr.Glenn, Clyde W.Gott, JohnGott, Lester E.Gregory, RobertHelder, Ken G.Graham, JasonGross, Lewis D.Hatch, Donald L.Hollingsworth, LeonardHorton, JayHough, ClairHough, James MHowland, EugeneIriah, S.K.Irish, StephenJakeway, John W.Johnson, Don E.Johnson, Charles R.Knapp, Floyd S.Kucken, Stanley W.Lachey, Joseph W.Lambertson, ArchieLambertson, TheronLambertson, Wm.Latrelle, ErnieLebaron, WilliamLessard, LutherLillie, Clyde W.MacDonald, ClarenceMain, AlonzaManley, Leonard W.Marlatt, FranklinMarsh, FrancisMcClelland, George S.Mead, L.L.Mead, VanceMennes, Frank J.Merritt, Ernest D.Mongar, Leo D.Moore, Claude P.Moore, DoanMorris, JamesNewland, AndrewNewland, James M.Newland, Thomas M.Northledge, GeorgeOtteracher, John W.Parshall, W.T.Partridge, JackPeasley, Charles H.Peterson, LesterRaub, George W.Rentsman, Arden

Rentsman, Leo D.Rhoades, JohnRigdon, Harold K.Roberts, IraRotz, HermanRounds, Ellsworth, E.Roudntree, Wm.Sanic, FranjoShipper, John Jr.Sladek, RobertSmith, RalphSpitler, S. JudsonStewart, Warren K.Strandberg, Wesley M.Thomas, Sidney, S.Vanbrocklin, J.P.Westbrook, JohnWhite, Ford L.Wilkins, Keith E.Willette, VernonWilliams, George, H.Williams, MertonWinters, AlbertWolverton, John C.Woolsey, Loy

St. Margaret’s Catholic CemeteryBarton, Jerome, WWIIBradfield, RichardBrenner, ManuelCooper, Lavern, WWIICooper, Walter, WWIIDeal, RobertGarceau, Raymond, WWIIGriswold, LloydHoward, Harold, WWIIler, JohnKeller, John, WWIKelly, JohnKluak Jr., MichaelKwiet, EdwardMagoon, Daniel, VietnamMahoney, Richard, WWIIOtterbacher, RichardPost, Rodney, KoreaRittersdorf, Carl, WWIISadler, Albert, WWIIShotko, Stan, WWIITroyanowski, JosephUmlor, Clifford, WWIIWard, JamesWard, William

St. Mary’s Catholic CemeteryBliss, Thomas E., WWIIBogner, Ivan E., WWIIBush, CharlesCampbell, Daniel L., VietnamCanton, Fred, WWIClouse, Robert, WWIIDunn, James C.Fisk, Dennis L., VietnamFoley, Harold, WWIIFrechette, Terry A., VietnamGallapo, Mark, Civil WarGarity, Patrick, WWIGrimes, Richard WWIIGross, Howard, KoreanHarris, Guy, WWIKlimson, Joseph, WWIKorcal, Daniel, WWIILanesky, John R., WWIILa Vallie, Harvey, WWILothamer, Charles F., WWI

Martin, Gale W., WWIIMartin, Robert N. WWIIMerren, John H., WWIMerren, Maurice R., WWIIMerren, William R.Meyers, Louis S., Civil WarMurphy, James, WWINielsen, Alger J., WWIIPatin, August H.Patin, James J., VietnamPatin, Phillip C., WWIRempe, George, WWIRobinson, Charles, Civil WarRogalewski, Edward T., WWIISchoenborn, Arthur J.Siegel, Clarence J, WWIISmith, Eugene G., KoreaStanton, Robert G., WWIISturgeon, Norman H, WWIIThurston, Gale W., WWIIWelch, Don, WWI

Trufant CemeteryAntonsen, Avon PeterChristensen, Charles, KoreaChristensen, Le Roy A., WWIIChristensen, Walter J., WWIICollins, Donald D., WWIIDarling, Lee C., WWIDingman, Thomas C., WWIIDuvoo, Louis Frandsen, Alger, KoreaFrandsen, Elwood, WWIIGillis, Lewis A., WWIIGishpert, Charles E., WWIIGordon, JackHall, Douglas D., WWIIHall, Edwin E., WWIIHall, Lester B., KoreaHansen, Edwin C., WWIHansen, Russell, WWIIIrish, John M., WWIIrwin, John Wesley, WWIIJacobson, William, Spanish-Am. WarJensen, Ernest C.Jensen, Richard L.Johnson, Clarence K., WWIJorgensen, Myron C., WWIIKeeley, NormanLarsen, Alfred, WWILarsen, Kenneth, WWIILarsen, Otto, WWIILarsen, Roger A., KoreaLaverdure, James W., KoreaLossin, James W., KoreaLoud, Spencer M.Medler, CharlesMedler, James G.Millard, Arthur, WWIINielsen, Levi M., WWINorton, Manus E.Olmstead, Floyd W., WWIPerrigo, Lee H., WWIIPerry, Lee G., PanamaPierce, William H.Poulson, Leonard JohnRasmussen, Merton C., WWIIRasmussen, Nels P., WWIRasmussen, William, WWIRobinson, NelsonSorensen, Elmer M., WW ISorensen, Ernest C., WWI & WWIISturdavant, James F., WWI & WWIITiffany, Raymond J., WWIIVan Lassell, J. D.Waber, Robert R., Korea

Walson, Louis Touart, WWIWhitlow, S. H.Wilber, EarlWilson, Kenneth P., WWII

Other CemeteriesBartrum, Henry H., PFC Becker, William, WWIICastle, Floyd, WWIIClark, Ronald L.Fisher, Raymond E., WWII Flannagin Sr., Michael, KoreaFrechette, Terry A., VietnamFunk, Dale, Vietnam Graves, Carroll S. VietnamHamilton, Donald W., WWIIHatfield, Nathan E., VietnamHavener, Victor L., KoreaHoekstra, Richard J., KoreaHolding, Steve, WWIIHoskins, Roger W., WWIIKemp, Thomas William, VietnamKimbrell, Otis C., VietnamKranich, Carl A., US ArmyKulesza, Peter P., KoreaLewis, Robert E., KoreaMcDonald, James WWIIMcDonald, Richard WWIIMcMullen, Charles W.Moore, Orville D. WWII Mosher, LeRoy J., Korea Phillips, William W., VietnamPierson, Robert C., WWIIRau, Kenneth L., WWIIReed, Donald W. Sr., KoreaReed, Richard M. Sr., KoreaRosenberger, Bob, VietnamSagorski, Edward, A., VietnamSimmons, Irvin H., WWIIStout, Lyle, WWIIVeltkamp, Dick, WWIIWaite, Glenn E., WWIIWhite, Roy, US ArmyWillette, Vernon F., WWII

CrematedAllen, Roger, US ArmyChupp, John M., VietnamDailey, ClareFeigel, Gilbert A., VietnamHolding, Steve WWIIKelley, Donald L. WWII, KoreaPenland, Robert C., VietnamRitter, Mark A., VietnamRussell, Howard E., WWIISwart, James D. VietnamTownes Jr., Harvey, WWIIWaite, Glenn WWII

We apologize if your loved one’s name was not published. To be included next year, please mail Vet’s name, war/action served and cemetery to C.S. Post Vet’s Memorial, P.O. Box 370, Cedar Springs, MI 49319.

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Marines would be assigned to villages that had a high ene-my presence, to instill the fighting spirit in the local PFs so they can protect their families and fellow citizens against their enemy.

On May 30, 1968, while on A patrol in Thua Thien Prov-ince, an AP (Anti-Personnel) mine was detonated and two Marines were killed. PFC Kemp was one of the casualties; he was killed in action by multiple fragmentation wounds from the hostile explosive device. He was age 19, and had been there only since late December. He is buried in Bly-thefield Memory Gardens.

SP/4 Terry Allen Frechette VietnamTerry Allen Frechette, the

son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Frechette, was 21 years old when he was killed in ac-tion in Vietnam on Friday, July 16, 1968, according to his obituary. A rifleman with Company D, 2nd battalion, 16th infantry regiment, 1st infantry division, he was in Vietnam for six months. He received the Silver Star for gallantry by saving his com-manding officer from injury from a booby trap. He was also awarded the bronze star and a purple heart. He was survived by his parents, and nine sisters and brothers. He is buried in Plainfield Cemetery.

Many thanks to Sharon Jett and the Cedar Springs His-torical Museum for their help with this story.

wood Cemetery, though in 1910, they were still residing in Bangor. At some point they returned to Cedar Springs, because a veteran record for David Warren Wheeler in 1918 showed he was from Cedar Springs, Kent County, Mich.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Detroit, on July 22, 1918. He was shown as an apprentice seaman in the Unit-ed States Naval Reserve Force. David served just under three months when he died at the Naval Hospital in Great Lakes, Ill on October 2, 1918, at the age of 19. The cause is listed as influenza.

His parents, Ephriam (Ephraim in some records) and Zoe, show they were divorced four years later, in 1922. Ephriam died three years later at age 50 in 1925 and Zoe lived to age 85. She died in 1961. All are buried in Elmwood Cemetery. David Warren’s gravestone appears to show he died in 1916 instead of 1918.

T/Sgt. John C. Stevens WWIIAccording to information shared with us from the Cedar

Springs Historical Museum, Sgt. John C. Stevens was a ra-dio operator on B-17 bombers flying out of England with the Army Air Force. He was listed as MIA when his plane did not return from a mission over Merseburg, a critical German oil supply depot of the German forces on Aug. 24, 1944. His remains were returned to the U.S. five years later. He has a tombstone in Elmwood Cemetery. His tombstone shows he was born in 1923, making him 21 when he died.

Pfc. Thomas William Kemp VietnamThomas William

Kemp was born on November 18, 1948 to Donald and Dorothy Kemp of Rockford. He graduated from Cedar Springs High School in 1967. He served as a rifleman in the first squadron, of the first platoon of Charley Company, 1st battalion, 26th Marine regiment. He was part

of a CAP. CAPs (Combined Action Platoons) were units where Marines would, live, train, and patrol with local Viet-namese PF’s (Popular Forces) in their villages. A squad of

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Sp4. Terry Allen Frechette died in Vietnam.

Pfc. Thomas William Kemp died in Viet-nam

The tombstone of T/Sgt. John C. Stevens, who died during World War II.

also Civil War markers on those who fought in the Civil War. The Memorial Day service will not take place again this year because the groups that participate in the service still are not getting to-gether yet. We hope that next year we can go back to our regular Memorial Day service. We encourage everyone to take a portion of your day to visit the cemetery and remember those who served and paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

Sand Lake: The Sand Lake VFW disbanded this year. We have no info on whether any other post will have services in any of the area cemeteries.

Sparta will host its annual Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 31 at 10:30 am in Lamoreaux Park (256 Park St., Sparta). Veteran Donald Bradford will be speaking and mu-sic will be provided by Sparta High School Band. This event is hosted by American Legion Post 107 and Sparta Township Historical Commission.

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According to organizer Katy Austin, the Nelson Township treasurer and moth-er of a senior at Cedar Springs this year, she wanted to do something to help the students get a prom this year, since last year’s was canceled due to Covid-19. She said she reached out to school offi-cials in February to find out if they would be able to have one. She said that at the time, the place the school had booked only had a capacity of 25 percent, so it looked like a no go. So she began to plan one herself, starting in March. She got the idea to have it outdoors, where the capacity could be greater. But she also wanted to bring business to the struggling restaurants. “I just thought we could pack these restaurants full,” she explained.

Austin said she talked to the City of Cedar Springs, but they couldn’t shut down Main Street, and if they held it in the Heart of Cedar Springs, it would need to be a pub-lic event. So she approached the Village of Sand Lake. Skinner Field officials also offered but ultimately, Austin opted for Danc-ing Under the Stars on Main Street in Sand Lake. “Both the Vil-lage and the Cedar Springs Chamber approached me and asked me to please consider Sand Lake,” she said. “They really wanted to do it.”

So Austin and three others—Heidi Greenland, Tami Elliston, and Shannon Cooper—got to work. Donations came pouring in

from both private citizens and businesses to make the event happen. Tickets were $10 each. For that $10, the teens got a $6 voucher for Rosie’s, and a booklet is being bought to give to the students with memories of the night.

About 300 attended the event. Main Street was beautifully decorated with lights,

a tent, balloons, and various spots to get photographs taken. There was a vintage truck from Dean’s Exca-vating; Phil Harrison donated a vintage car for kids to take pictures in; a flower wall; a starry night backdrop with 8 foot moon; and a balloon garland in the VFW hall. Kids were also able to get free pizza thanks to generous businesses. They also had a DJ to play mu-

sic.Austin said people came out in droves to help set up, including

the Village employees and their families; the Sand Lake Chamber and their families; the Sand Lake Fire Department and families, and their own families as well.

Austin was overwhelmed at the generosity. “Thank you to ev-eryone,” she said. “It truly takes a a village. I could not have done it without everyone’s help.”

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Sarah Chenowith and Jared Ovokaitys enjoy ice cream at the prom on Main Street. Photo by J. Reed.

Dancing under the stars became a reality at the prom for CSHS and CTA last Friday. Photo by J. Reed.