You can find their names on the massive block of marble at the Snoqualmie Valley Veteran’s Memorial in downtown Snoqualmie.
These are the men and women who gave their lives in service to the nation. Each generation, they came from the mill towns and neighborhoods of the Valley to answer the nation’s call. Their numbers, from World War II in particular, show the abundant, perhaps inordinately so, level of patriotism and service from what others might call small communities. Small, perhaps, but big in service.
The groups that gather every Memorial Day at local cemeteries to remember these men and women are never huge. But everyone should go, at least once, to see how these people, these sons and daughters, all beloved to someone, are remembered for their sacrifice. Scouts, veterans, auxiliary members, parents, proud and somber, come to reflect on duty and sacrifice. You should too. Ceremonies are as follows:
• 9 a.m., Preston Cemetery
• 10 a.m., Fall City Cemetery
• 11 a.m., North Bend Cemetery
• Noon, Veterans’ Memorial Park, Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie Valley servicemen and women who died in the line of duty include:
World War I
Arthur William Lyford
Battista Pasini
David Renton
Edward Clements Koester
Peter Erickson
Alfred Parenti
Bert Smith
William Swen
Carl Larson
Albert Emery
Lester Pickering
Virgil Detrick
World War II
Richard Dunn
George Webb-Venniksen
William Hronek, Jr.
Bernard Briggs
William Borden
Lloyd Scheel
Jack Dubey
Frank Martindale, Jr.
Harvey Kierstins
Rodney Boalch
Roy Hackney
Victor Hartley
Elizabeth Erickson
Herman James Jensen
Vincent Robel
Loyal Bright
Clarence Church
Robert White
Norman Christiansen
Eugene Smith
James O’Neil
Donald Olson
Charles Scheuchzer
Thomas Soister
Robert Hatcher
Claude Brown Stephenson
James Machan
Leo Harry McGrath
Lawrence Carmichael
Theron White
Dean Aschin
F.O. Goebel
Carol Cameron
James Kennedy
Jack Odlin
Joe Sheppard
Martin James
James Barber
Richard Carol Hall
Lawrence Crotts
Korea
William Scott
John Carlson
Gordon Bothell
Albert Barfuse
Charles Englehart
Donald B Cameron
Vietnam
Donald Gene Davenport
Robert Allen Montgomery
Timothy Demos
James David Nansel
James Sanders
Ronald James Johnson
Larry Michael Heen
Joe Sweetman
Iraq-Afghanistan
Eric Levi Ward
Cory Schwab
Wyatt Goldsmith
Corry Paul Tayler
