*** Call for Attendance (Des Moines, IA) ***
WTF Nation,
Join us, on this Call for Attendance in honor of 20 Veterans and 5 Spouses, on September 27th at 11 AM. This one is as historic as the Veterans themselves.
One of the veterans, Joseph Chedester, is a Civil War Veteran that had his ashes sitting on shelf for nearly a hundred years. Also, a brand new headstone, not a replacement, will be placed on the grave of a Civil War Soldier. We don't know when exactly, the last time a new one was made for a Civil War Veteran.
Here are the names of those to be interred:
Joseph Chedester - Army - Civil War
Herbert Schroder and his wife Hazel Schroder - Army WW1
Eugene Guy and his wife Bertha - Army - WW1
George Voth - Army - WW1
Claude Riley and his wife Adah - Army - WW1
Harry Gardner - Army - WW2
Joseph Brown - Army WW2
WIlliam Chase Jr. and his wife Virginia - WW2 - Navy
Arthur Larson - WW2, Korean and Vietnam - Navy
Herbert Merillat - WW2- Army
James Gordon - WW2 - Navy
Byron Merkel and is wife Jean - Korean - Airforce
Donald George - Vietnam - Army
Mary Lou Parker - Korean - Navy
Harlan Mann - Korean - Coast Guard
Kim Alan Reagh - Vietnam - AirForce
Vernon Forgie - Vietnam- Marine
Harry Zaulk - Vietnam - Army
Martin Gehring - Vietnam- AirForce
Friday September 27th
10-11 am visitation at West Des Moines Christian Church
11 am Service
Procession to follow to Iowa Veterans Cemetery
2pm Honors at the cemetery
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