NEWS
Memorial Day services are set
by George Thompson
A full slate of activities have been scheduled by veterans’ organizations for Memorial Day, May 27. Here is a synopsis of each community’s events.
•Webster: Herbert McKennett Post 40 and VFW Post 4690 will host a Memorial Day parade and program May 27. The parade starts at 9:30 a.m. and will be followed by a program at the Webster armory. Following the program an honor guard will do a graveside ceremony at approximately 11.
This year’s featured speaker is Kerry Konda, a Sisseton native, NSU graduate and teacher at Aberdeen Central High School who was named 2013 VFW teacher of the year. The Boy Scouts will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. A yet to be named person will act as program emcee and give the welcome. Music will be provided by the Webster Area High School band and choir.
The color guard from the South Dakota National Guard will bring in the colors. The Webster American Legion Auxiliary will give the Flanders Field reading and the VFW Auxiliary will give the response. There will also be a reading of the honor roll.
Veterans and their families can also take part in a meal at the American Legion following the program.
•Andover: On May 27, an observance by American Legion Post 258 will take place at the cemetery at 10 a.m. At 11 there is a program and the speaker is Ronald Krogman, an Aberdeen veteran and active Legion member, at the Legion Hall. A catered meal will follow the program at the senior center with a free will offering for the maintenance of the Legion and senior center.
•Roslyn: A Memorial Day program will be held at Fron Lutheran Church May 27 at 11 a.m. Guest speaker will be Tom Sannes, Webster. A dinner will follow Rudolph Baukol Post 253 color guard-firing squad’s military ceremony at soldier's circle in the church cemetery. The firing squad will also conduct services at Roslyn Cemetery, 9 a.m; Saron Church, 9:30, Strand-Kjorsvig Living Center, 10 and Tabor Church Cemetery at 10:30.
•Waubay: Brady-Monson Post 129 will host a Memorial Day program May 27 at Lakewood Cemetery. The Waubay High School band will present a concert at 10:30 a.m. At 11 commander Theodore Wasilk will lead the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem and a chaplain will give the invocation.
Mike Wiley, Day County veterans service officer will be the guest speaker at 11 a.m. That will be followed by the roll call of veterans, a firing squad and playing of Taps.
The honor guard and firing squad will also make appearances at Lebanon Lutheran Cemetery at 8 a.m., Ortley 8:45, Immaculate Conception Cemetery at 9, Blue Dog Lake at 9:15, St. James Episcopal Cemetery at 9:30 and Egeland Lutheran Cemetery at 10.
The auxiliary will serve dinner at the Legion club immediately following the program. In the event of inclement weather, the program will be held in the clubrooms.
•Pierpont: Charles Young American Legion Post 99 will hold Memorial Day services on May 27 at 9:30 a.m. at Skudesnes Cemetery. Graveside services will follow at Bergen Church at 9:45 a.m. A program will be held at the community building at 11 a.m. Guest speaker is Pennie McIntosh. A service will follow at Homer Cemetery and the annual dinner will be served by the Legion Auxiliary at the community building at noon.
•Telemarken/Wallace: Memorial Day services will be held at Telemarken Lutheran Church, rural Wallace on May 27 at 10:45 a.m. with the color guard from Larry Hartman Post 108 of Bradley. The program will begin after the color guard presentation. Lunch will be served at Calvary Lutheran Church in Wallace following the service.
•Bristol/Butler/Holmquist: Graveside services will be conducted by a veterans honor guard at 8 a.m. at Holmquist New Sweden Cemetery, Butler Prairie Mound Cemetery at 1:30 p.m., Bethany Cemetery in Valley Township at 2 p.m. and Bristol Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. on May 27.
•Grenville: Henning-Shemanski American Legion Post 267 of Grenville will do Memorial Day services on May 27 at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 8:30 a.m. with a military graveside remembrance at 9:30; Buffalo Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Eden at 10; West Buffalo Lake Presbyterian at 10:30 and Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Eden at 11:30.
•Bergen: Memorial Day services at Bergen Church, north of Bristol will be held May 26 at 7 p.m. Lunch will be served following the service. There will also be an honor guard on Monday.
•Lily: Graveside observances will be held at 10:30 a.m. on May 27.
