Memorial Day 2025

A FAMILIAR CALL - Bugler Brian Stieber belts out “Taps” on his horn during the laying of the wreath at Rib Falls by Marathon area veterans.

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STRATFORD SPEAKER -

Roy Kaiser, retired U.S.

Air Force veteran from Stratford, was the main speaker during Monday’s Memorial Day service at Klemme Park. Pictured behind him, from left to right, are Stratford village president Keith Grell and Stratford police chief Tom Koontz.

STAFF PHOTO/CASEY KRAUTKRAMER

ATHENS SCOUTS PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE- Athens scouts are shown participating in the Athens Memorial Day program on Monday. Scouts pictured, from left to right, are: Bianca Boneske, Landon Boneske, Eli Knab and Aiden Weiler.

PHOTO BY CHRIS KEPNER

FLYING THE COLORS - Members of Edgar American Legion Post 393 and Edgar VFW Post 10187 gather at the bridge over Scotch Creek in Edgar to honor those lost at sea during one of many Memorial Day services held on Monday. A crowd of residents turned out to see the parade proceed down Third Avenue.

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GUEST SPEAKER WITH VFW COMMANDER - District 69 Rep. Karen Hurd, R-Withee, stands with Athens VFW commander Rick Schaetzl. Hurd was the guest speaker at Monday’s Athens Memorial Day program at Athens Community Hall. Hurd served as a U.S. Army captain, military intelligence from 1980-1984.

PHOTO BY CHRIS KEPNER

IN RIB FALLS - From left to right, veterans Al Seubert, Jim Buchberger and Tony Wiesman proudly display the colors as part of a ceremony held at Rib Falls Methodist Cemetery by the Alois Dreikosen Post 469 of the American Legion. The cemetery was one of 13 sites the American Legion post visited to honor fallen veterans on Monday, a tour that ended in Marathon City.

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ATHENS MARCH - Members of the Athens VFW and Athens American Legion march from Athens Community Hall to the village cemetery as part of an annual Memorial Day tradition.

PHOTO BY CHRIS KEPNER

TELLING HER STORY - Edgar native Carol Twerberg, a retired CTIC who served in the U.S. Navy, told the story of Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent, who was killed while fighting ISIS in Syria in 2019. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN O’BRIEN

PATRIOTIC DOG - Village of Stratford employee Stephanie Betlinski’s one-year-old Golden Retriever, Tupper, wore a patriotic scarf during Monday’s Memorial Day parade and program.

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