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Every year since the 1880s folks have been gaththering at Memorial Day to honor veterans buried in the Wolf Creek Cemetery. The 2022 count is about 125. The first veterans honored were from the Civil War, and later WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam.
The program is 11 am at the Cemetery, Monday Memorial Day with lunch afterwards in the 1922 Wolf Creek school building, now the Wolf Creek Methodist Church.
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2001 Memorial Day 2001
2005 Memorial Day 2005
2018 Memorial Day 2018
2019 Memorial Day 2019
2022 Memorial Day 2022
2023 Local History Society recognizes WWII WAVE veteran Alice Hurley on Memorial Day.
The man in the middle of the photo is Duane Doolittle He as sexton of the cemetery from the 1990s to 2015. He took the place of his father, Ralph, below who was from about 1950 to 1991. Both kept the jobs until death came and both are buried in the Wolf Creek Cemetery.
Each year for the past 15 years we have chosen a veteran in the Wolf Creek Cemetery for the Sterling Eureka and Laketown historical Society to research and honor especially on Memorial Day. Click the link to read about each veteran.
Melvin Davidsavor - Vietnam Veteran
Alice Hurley - World War II WAVE
James Rutsch - Vietnam Veteran
John Iverson - Civil War
Shadrick Hinton - Civil War
Walter Neufeldt - 1912-15 US Cavalry on the Mexican Border
Charles H Nick - Civil War
Duane Doolittle - Korean War
WWI Veterans - World War I -- 12 men
Lagoo Brothers - World War II, 5-men
John Widvey - World War I
Booth Brothers - Civil War
Peter Wahlin Johnson - Civil War - Cushing Cemetery
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