There will be no official Racine County Memorial Day parade this year.
An alternative event commemorating service members is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 31, at West Lawn Memorial Park and Cemetery, 9000 Washington Ave., open to the public. This yearâs ceremony will honor fallen veterans from 2019 and 2020. Personnel at West Lawn are planning the event, recruiting help from the Racine County Veterans Services Office and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9948, also known as the Sturtevant Memorial Post.
Liamani Segura, a 12-year-old singer from Racine, will perform the national anthem and the invocation will be by Sean Waiss of VFW Post 9948. The keynote speaker is a âTribute to Vietnam: Colonel Francis Kelly, 5th Special Forces,â portrayed by David Widenkeller.
May 11, 2021
NICOLLET Dennis R. Wills, age 84 of rural Nicollet died peacefully with his family at his side on Sunday, May 9, 2021, at the Mayo Hospital-St. Mary’s in Rochester.
Funeral service will be held at 1:30 pm on Thursday, May 13, 2021, at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Nicollet. Pastor Micah Plocher will officiate, and burial will follow in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in rural Nicollet.
Visitation will be from 4-6 pm on Wednesday, and continue from 12:30-1:30 pm on Thursday at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Nicollet.
Social distancing guidelines must be practiced at all times, and guests will be required to wear a mask at the visitation and funeral service.
Funeral Announcements for May 7, 2021
Visitation for Elva Irene Davis, 90, of Sedalia, will be held from 1 p.m. until service time on Monday, May 10 at Heckart Funeral Home in Sedalia. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with burial to follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.
A Celebration of Life for Ruth Kirkpatrick Zemke Barkacs, 81, of Sedalia, will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at Antioch Fellowship Church. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Rea Funeral Chapel.
A private family graveside memorial service and burial for Frances Kathryn Antoine, 88, of Sedalia, formerly of Smithton, will be held at Smithton Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Arrangements are in care of Rea Funeral Chapel.