Veterans Memorial Park ~ Centerville, IA - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of Memorial: Appanoose County
Location of Memorial: 1005 E. State St., inside Oakland Cemetery, Centerville
Date of Memorial: 1914, 1926, 1948, 2001
Unusual memorial in as much as it was not just dedicated. It started with a Civil War Monument, then the cannons on each side from World War I, periodically small stone with a conflicts name was added, then the Gold Star monument, and finally in 2001 all was brought together was "Veterans Memorial Park".

marker Text:
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK This park is dedicated to all veterans who fought in any war to defend our country and to all those who contributed to their efforts. Special tribute and memorial is given to all who died in defense of the United States of America.

Special thanks is given to all the citizens and businesses who contributed to this cause. The park was created through the efforts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 526, with the cooperation of all other veterans organizations in this area.

Ben Dawson, Commander, Post, 526
Jerry J. Kirkpatrick, Post 526
Project Chairman

Civil War Monument Text and Info:

IN GOD WE TRUST
W. R. C.
In memory of all who followed
Our flag in defence [sic] of our
Country
1914 [Statue Proper Description: Uniformed Civil War soldier stands at parade rest holding his rifle with both hands at the barrel and the butt on the ground. The figure wears a long coat, cap and moustache. He stands on a rough-hewn, tiered base.]

[Ed Notes to Statue: Commissioned by the Women's Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic, John Bashore Post no. 32 as a gift to the Grand Army of the Republic in honor of Civil War and Spanish American War soldiers. The funds were raised by the Women's Relief Corps through public subscription. Additional funding came from the Centreville Journal who donated half a month's receipts. The soldier figure was added in 1926.]

Text of various stone placed within the memorial area:

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
CIVIL WAR

WORLD WAR II
KOREAN
VIETNAM

IN MEMORY OF
W. W. 1 VETERANS

In Memory of All
VETERANS AM. LEGION
214 W. W. 1 - 1623
V. F. W. POST 527

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Text of the Gold Star Memorial:

* * * GOLD STARS * * *

WWI Alva Burgess Basil E Cowell Joh F Ellis Howard G Graham Merrill Morrison Clarence M Parcel  Clyde W Scarlett Thomas D Way Ernest R Wilcox Teddy M Zeddons Angelo Agazzone Byron Bradley Everett Cool William Dray Orval Fowler Ray Goodwin Joseph Jones Harlan K Larson John Maxwell Floyd R Mincks Burl Mc Clure James Mc Donald Raymond Robb Ralph Simmons Otha Staggs Thomas J Staton Everett Traxler John Mc Intyre Isadore I Chopp Paul R Dixon Charles Espy Ira V Holman	James Nicodemus Ira J Rogers Ray C Walden Delmar C Webb Fredrick Young Guy Worley Floyd Baker Brooks Conger Glen H Davis James P. Forrester Pear Gillis harry G Johnson Lars Larson Frank Marcheck Wayne Minor Thomas Mitchell John M Mc Donald Kirk Mc Donald Joe S Sennick William H Simpson Donald Stamps Dana Traxler James Clyde Ware WWII Robert Hughes Edgar Johnson Jack Packard Robert Gilliland	Chase Fannon Ted Vickery Anthiony Javonavich Harold Matsler Danny Luttrell Robert Russel Carl Buckingham Geo. Biles Delmar Rock Noah Davis Carroll Whitacre Keith Stagner Ted Claussen Edward E Massa Wm. Mihalovich John Ross Ray O Seals Robert Marshall Robert Deahl Wm. Beers Ersal Wakefield Wayne Malin Francis Crawford Wendell Eugene Hetzler Wayne Seath Robert Woods Cecil Gerdon Richard Tharp Wm. Montgomery Eugene Sales Wilbur Lewis Harold Willets	Clifford Swank Raymond Sumpter Lester Brinegar Roy Davis Raleigh Logan James Johnson Jack Brown Lester Long William Swartz Ralph Elder Carl E Hobart Robert Howard Eugene Longley William Mc Donald Joseph P Mc Donald Pearl Glasgow Arthur Sobieski Charles Ward Howard Chriss Theo. Rosenbaum Oral Purvis Gerald Kennedy John Olson Charles E Vanlandingham Sammy Frank George Brewer Guy Keaton Robt. Marion Bennett James L Allen George Brundage Forest Bever Doyle Proffitt