Workers Memorial Marker

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Danville in Vermilion County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Workers Memorial
— Vermilion County, Illinois —

By Al Wolf, August 20, 2008

1. Workers Memorial - Vermilion County Illinois Marker

This marker is just North of the World War II Memorial. (Click photo to see details.)

Inscription. Mourn for Fight for
the Dead the Living

Remember Vermilion County Workers
Killed on the Job
Left Column of Names

David Farnsworth - Danville PBPA • Charles Deck - UAW # 579 • David Clayburn - UAW # 579 • Russell Weathers - Teamsters # 26 • Steve Maddox - BMWE # 2703 • Robert Wire - IBEW # 538 • Dusty Rhodes - AIW # 972 • Paul Lyons - Teamsters # 26 • Bessie Mealer - AFGE # 1963 • Lloyd Bender - Laborers # 624 • John Jordan - ILTBU • George Pichon - AIW # 972 • Larry Taylor - Operating Engineers # 841 • Lt. Gene Anderson - Fire Fighters # 429 • L. J. Rowe - Operating Engineers # 841 • John McGraw - Plumbers & Steamfitters # 293 • Robert Wayne Newell - Carpenters # 44 • Juan Villegas - AB&GW # 2018

Right Column of Names

Bill Dinsmore - Operating Engineers # 841 • Steve Repasy - UAW # 579 • Steve Powell - UAW # 579 • Chuck Dannon - BMWE # 2703 • Herman D. Bannon, Jr. - BMWE # 2703 • Bob Golden - Carpenters # 269 • Jack Nixon - AIW # 972 • Roger D. Thompson - Teamsters # 26 Gearhart Leverenz - AFGF # 1963 • Harold Hannan - IBEW # 538 • Ralph Bruce - Operating Engineers # 841 • Jewell Voorhees - Teamsters # 26 • Don Estes - ILTBI • Louis Giacome - MMSW (ALLITH)

Wide View of Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Al Wolf, August 20, 2008

2. Wide View of Marker

• William Miller - UFCW # 686 • John “Jackie” E. Lee - Common Labors and Hod Carriers # 624 • Norvan “Tom” Peterson - Teamsters # 26 • Robert A. Butler - Ironworkers # 380 • Joseph M. Miller, Jr. - Laborers # 624

Erected 1993.

Location. 40° 7.924′ N, 87° 37.734′ W. Marker is in Danville, Illinois, in Vermilion County. Marker is on North Hazel Street south of Cherry Street, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Danville IL 61832, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Major Kenneth D. Bailey (within shouting distance of this marker); Vermilion County Korean and Vietnam War Memorial (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); Two Trees Reach for Heaven (about 300 feet away); Women's War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); American Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Lindley Sign Post Forest (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Temple / Danville USA (approx. 0.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Danville.

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 21, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,095 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 21, 2008, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.