Local organizations are conducting events around the Memorial Day holiday to recognize servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. The Richmond AmVets Post #107 will hold ceremonies on Memorial Day at the Sharon Hill Cemetery’s Unknown Soldiers Monument in Kalona at 10:15 a.m. Along with the Mid-Prairie Marching Band. Those same groups will then travel to the Richmond Catholic and Public Cemeteries for services. Mid-Prairie students will assemble the Avenue of Flags at Sharon Hill Cemetery beginning at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 28th. They will remain up through Monday.
Yesterday, members of Riverside VFW Post #6414 placed flags and crosses on veterans graves at the St. Vincent and St. Stanislaus Cemeteries. Today they will place poles for the Avenue of Flags at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery and Riverside Public Cemetery with the flags to be raised at 7 a.m. Sunday. On Friday, flags and crosses will be placed at the Mt. Olivet and Riverside Public Cemeteries beginning at 5:30 p.m.
A graveside service for 76-year-old Larry K. Skola of Blue Grass, Iowa will be held Tuesday, June 1st at 1p.m. at Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. In lieu of flowers, memorial funds may be given to the Kalona Historical Society. The Peterseim funeral Home is assisting the family.
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