White Cloud in Newaygo County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
White Cloud & Community Honor Roll
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Veterans Memorial Park
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 13, 2024
1. White Cloud & Community Honor Roll
Inscription.
White Cloud and Community Honor Roll. W W II. Geo. Bain . James Billingsley . John Bitson . Robert Bitson . Gilbert Bonner . Wm. Bonner . Gail Branch . Louis Branch . Daniel Bridges . Dermot Cavender . Donald Cruzan . Marion Cruzan . Henry Cunningham . Alfred Doering . Harold Doud . James Elliot . Kenneth Evans . Mike Felos . Wilbur Fetterley . Byron Fowler . Edward Frantz . Chas. Gorham . Harold Goyings . Clare Gustafson . James Hall . Stanley Hawes . Leonard Hochstettler . Ellis Johanson . Robert Johnson . Robert W. Johnson . Alex Kalvaitis . Gottlieb Kerstein . John Kerstein . Gerald Lape . Marvin Martin . Chas. Morford . Robert Mudget . Orville Nyquist . Chas. Palonis , Edward Palonis . Odelian Parent . Louis Parker . Fred Perry . Michael Piazza . Cecile Ringler . Clarence Ringler . James Russell . Raymond Sampson . Stanley Scheibach . Leroy Stuthard . Fred Sutherland . Frank Sutter . Clyde Sutton Jr. . Clare Thebo . Devere Thebo . Thomas Trainor . Joe Troyanowski . Andrew Troyanowski . John Troyanowski . Stanley Troyanowski . Henry Van-Oss Jr. . Albert Warner . James Atwater . John Anderson . Robert Anderson . Robert Auw . Arnold Balluff . Donald Basford . Richard Chapin . Harry Cook . Leonard Dunham . Wm. Fox . Jimmie Ferguson . Edw. Fetterley . Everett Flanders . George Jones . Francis Kaiser . Bruno Kalvaitis , John Kartes . John Lee . David Leenhouts Jr. . Ferrand Lemire . Donald Innes . Dale Manchip . Harvey Mast . Joe Nelson . Arthur Perry . David Rauch . George Ringler . John Shepherd . Raymond Smith . Vernon Sorden . Willis Stone . Stanley Streeter . Chester Stanislawski . Harry Thornbury . Milan Van-Oss . Paul Van-Assen . Forrest Warner . Jay D. Warner . John Walker . Albert Webster . Arthur Wenstrom . Carl Wenstrom . James Williams . Floyd Wismar . Louis Wotjkowiak . Billie Allen . Ray Allen . Leonard Allers . George Arnold . Steven Bartylla . Carlton Beckman . Ralph Bidelman . Perry Bird . Wm. P. Bird . Forrest Branch , Melvin Branch . Chas. Cole . George Cook . Max Crofoot . Alva Dailey . Harold Decker . Harold De-Long . Karl Eldred . Harry Evans . Delmer Fleckenstein . Lewis Flinton . Harold Fowler . Russell Fowler . Carlton Fry . Joe Gaidamavice . George Guthrie . Calvin Hall . Leroy Hall . Orris Hall . Jesse Harris . Harvey Kelley . John Lindquist . Avery Love . Howard Menold . Russell Menold . Kenneth Morford . Vincent Morford . Harold Neville . Leonard Novak . W. R. Peckinpaugh . Clarence Perry . Robert Peterson . Stanley Pohalski . Walter Pohalski . Walter Ringler . Horace Stitt . George Swaney . Paul Towne . Wm Volz , Lester Wagoner . Frank Woveris . Eldon Wolever . Howard Zacharias . Karl Zacharias . Floyd Albright . Lloyd Albright . Florence Auw . Ray Auw . Donald Barkley . Keith Barton . Kenneth Bigler . George Bradley . Robert Branch . Scott Bridges . Dale Briggs . Cyle Brundage . Andy Burke . Robert Champion . Tom Christenson . Ewing Collins . Fred Cook . John Cook . Wm. Cook . Milton Dake . Herman Dawson . John Dudeck . Dale Evans . John Felos . Andrew Foss . Kenneth Fowler . Louis Fowler . Robert Fry . Florence Fry . Wm. Foster . Joe Gaceck . Ernest Genauix . Lowell Godfrey . Pete Graves , Cecil Green . Robert Harvey . George Haines . Morton Harkins . George Heath . Jack Hepinstall . James Hepinstall . Harold Hickman . Chas Horton . Edwin Horton . Harold Horton . Edward Johnson . Dyle Johnson . Bernard Kartes . Ray Krois . Martin Kuhns . Joe Kazunas . Clyde Lindquist . Bernard Lucas . Pat Lyons . Leon Maltby . Jr. Manchip . Eva Meyer . Irvin Mirkle . Henry Mitrius . Horatio Moore . Francis Morgan . Louis Morgenson . Nathan Mumper . Walter Neff . James Nelson . Wayne Parker . Warren Platt . Paul Runnels . Clayton Scheibach . John Schmucker . Bruce Smith . Neal Smith . Ross Smith , Leonard Stratton . Walter Slegatis . Forrest Sutton . Chas Stuthard . Stanley Surma . Walter Surma . Russell Thumser . Albert Tovey . Robert Tovey . Robert Tschida . Wm Von-Cloedt . Albert White . Archie White . Stanley Winkler . Ronald Branch . Clyde Cook . George Feighner . Edwin McIntyre . Frank Gorham . Clifford Hoppa . George Gibbs Jr . Wayne Gibbs . Ellis Twing . Lawrence Lovell . Jack Kimmel . Edward Kimmel . Robert Wells . Willard Alger . Don Arnold . Steve Arnold . Alfred Curtis . Paul Dunworth . Roy Leiter . Rollo McConkey . Edward Morse . Stephen Surma . Bure Briggs . Emmet Eldred . Elwood Sherman , Chas. S. Smith . Howard Sanders . August Davis . Kenneth Neskey . James Klinger . Daniel Mitrius . Martin Mitrius . Henry Faltinowski . Chas Staszkie . Tom Spence . Raymond Peterson . George Orth . J. C. Carter . Joshua Clark . Leslie Q. Lutes . Voigt Lutes , Milus Rudolph . Harold Lyons . Dale Smith . Raymond Nesky . Kenneth Foster . Dick Toft . Walter Sowels . Dick Beckwith . Don Mudget . Georgia Cordts . Marie Cordts . Hazel Thompson . Robert Miller . Delbert Trimm . Robert Schroeder . Paul Stark . Robert Williams . Clarence Craigmyle . John Wolever . Wm. Gacek . Milo Fetterley . Wm. Kimmel . Henry Carr . Milles Carr . Russel Higley . Paul Mitrius . RobertCole . Donald Johnson . Frank Carlson Jr. . Louis Grabill . George Rosenberg . Terrance Williams . Robert Hall . Carl R. Hult . George Powell . Robert Babcock . Deyal Moore . Floyd Moore Jr. . Maurice Fetterley . Adelbert Morse . Chances Depung . Max Thornbury . Melvin Volz . Clair McCombs . John Graves . John Leiter . Clyde Lovell . Arthur S. Perrin . Arthur Champion . Verda Hews ,
Original by Charles Johnson, 19411945 and Re-created by Byron R. Fowler, 2006.
, Veterans Memorial Park. The Veterans Memorial Park is the culmination of efforts made on behalf of several groups. For many years, the White Cloud Community Honor Roll Sign stood alone on this corner. In 2008, members of the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall Committee and the Newaygo County Board of Commissioners wished to create a permanent site for the flags that were flown at the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall when it was displayed in White Cloud. The Board offered the land to display the flags in recognition of our countys veterans, while veterans, volunteers, and county maintenance staff landscaped and made aesthetic improvements to the area. The result was Veterans Memorial Park, created to honor all Newaygo County veterans who have served our country in the armed forces. , The flags flown at the park are the United States Flag (flying highest), the POW/MIA Flag, and the Marine Corp, Navy, Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard Flags, representing all branches of our nations Armed Forces. , The White Cloud Community Honor Roll Sign, which recognizes and honors veterans from the community who served during World War II, is a replica of a sign that once stood on the courthouse lawn during World War II. , The Board of Commissioners would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their contributions:
Flag Display
🟂 Morley American Legion Post 554 , 🟂 Newaygo VFW Post 4249 , 🟂 Holton American Legion Riders , 🟂 Purple Heart Pow Wow , 🟂 Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps , 🟂 The J.R. Sherwood Chapter 18 Military Order of Purple Heart , 🟂 Bob Baldwin (in memory of Korean War Veterans) , 🟂 Dinan Stemen (in memory of Ben Stemen)
Honor Roll Sign
🟂 Barney Fowler , 🟂 Mary Bleiler
Killed in Action silhouette
🟂 Gene Reid
Blue Star Memorial By-Way Plaque
🟂 The White Cloud Garden Club
Additional Landscaping
🟂 Boy Scout Nathan Johnson and Troop 1137 of White Cloud
The Board would also like to thank the Newaygo County staff and the veteran volunteers who continue to devote time to the maintenance of the park.
Geo. Bain
James Billingsley
John Bitson
Robert Bitson
Gilbert Bonner
Wm. Bonner
Gail Branch
Louis Branch
Daniel Bridges
Dermot Cavender
Donald Cruzan
Marion Cruzan
Henry Cunningham
Alfred Doering
Harold Doud
James Elliot
Kenneth Evans
Mike Felos
Wilbur Fetterley
Byron Fowler
Edward Frantz
Chas. Gorham
Harold Goyings
Clare Gustafson
James Hall
Stanley Hawes
Leonard Hochstettler
Ellis Johanson
Robert Johnson
Robert W. Johnson
Alex Kalvaitis
Gottlieb Kerstein
John Kerstein
Gerald Lape
Marvin Martin
Chas. Morford
Robert Mudget
Orville Nyquist
Chas. Palonis
Edward Palonis
Odelian Parent
Louis Parker
Fred Perry
Michael Piazza
Cecile Ringler
Clarence Ringler
James Russell
Raymond Sampson
Stanley Scheibach
Leroy Stuthard
Fred Sutherland
Frank Sutter
Clyde Sutton Jr.
Clare Thebo
Devere Thebo
Thomas Trainor
Joe Troyanowski
Andrew Troyanowski
John Troyanowski
Stanley Troyanowski
Henry Van-Oss Jr.
Albert Warner
James Atwater
John Anderson
Robert Anderson
Robert Auw
Arnold Balluff
Donald Basford
Richard Chapin
Harry Cook
Leonard Dunham
Wm. Fox
Jimmie Ferguson
Edw. Fetterley
Everett Flanders
George Jones
Francis Kaiser
Bruno Kalvaitis
John Kartes
John Lee
David Leenhouts Jr.
Ferrand Lemire
Donald Innes
Dale Manchip
Harvey Mast
Joe Nelson
Arthur Perry
David Rauch
George Ringler
John Shepherd
Raymond Smith
Vernon Sorden
Willis Stone
Stanley Streeter
Chester
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Stanislawski
Harry Thornbury
Milan Van-Oss
Paul Van-Assen
Forrest Warner
Jay D. Warner
John Walker
Albert Webster
Arthur Wenstrom
Carl Wenstrom
James Williams
Floyd Wismar
Louis Wotjkowiak
Billie Allen
Ray Allen
Leonard Allers
George Arnold
Steven Bartylla
Carlton Beckman
Ralph Bidelman
Perry Bird
Wm. P. Bird
Forrest Branch
Melvin Branch
Chas. Cole
George Cook
Max Crofoot
Alva Dailey
Harold Decker
Harold De-Long
Karl Eldred
Harry Evans
Delmer Fleckenstein
Lewis Flinton
Harold Fowler
Russell Fowler
Carlton Fry
Joe Gaidamavice
George Guthrie
Calvin Hall
Leroy Hall
Orris Hall
Jesse Harris
Harvey Kelley
John Lindquist
Avery Love
Howard Menold
Russell Menold
Kenneth Morford
Vincent Morford
Harold Neville
Leonard Novak
W. R. Peckinpaugh
Clarence Perry
Robert Peterson
Stanley Pohalski
Walter Pohalski
Walter Ringler
Horace Stitt
George Swaney
Paul Towne
Wm Volz
Lester Wagoner
Frank Woveris
Eldon Wolever
Howard Zacharias
Karl Zacharias
Floyd Albright
Lloyd Albright
Florence Auw
Ray Auw
Donald Barkley
Keith Barton
Kenneth Bigler
George Bradley
Robert Branch
Scott Bridges
Dale Briggs
Cyle Brundage
Andy Burke
Robert Champion
Tom Christenson
Ewing Collins
Fred Cook
John Cook
Wm. Cook
Milton Dake
Herman Dawson
John Dudeck
Dale Evans
John Felos
Andrew Foss
Kenneth Fowler
Louis Fowler
Robert Fry
Florence Fry
Wm. Foster
Joe Gaceck
Ernest Genauix
Lowell Godfrey
Pete Graves
Cecil
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 13, 2024
2. Veterans Memorial Park Sign
Green
Robert Harvey
George Haines
Morton Harkins
George Heath
Jack Hepinstall
James Hepinstall
Harold Hickman
Chas Horton
Edwin Horton
Harold Horton
Edward Johnson
Dyle Johnson
Bernard Kartes
Ray Krois
Martin Kuhns
Joe Kazunas
Clyde Lindquist
Bernard Lucas
Pat Lyons
Leon Maltby
Jr. Manchip
Eva Meyer
Irvin Mirkle
Henry Mitrius
Horatio Moore
Francis Morgan
Louis Morgenson
Nathan Mumper
Walter Neff
James Nelson
Wayne Parker
Warren Platt
Paul Runnels
Clayton Scheibach
John Schmucker
Bruce Smith
Neal Smith
Ross Smith
Leonard Stratton
Walter Slegatis
Forrest Sutton
Chas Stuthard
Stanley Surma
Walter Surma
Russell Thumser
Albert Tovey
Robert Tovey
Robert Tschida
Wm Von-Cloedt
Albert White
Archie White
Stanley Winkler
Ronald Branch
Clyde Cook
George Feighner
Edwin McIntyre
Frank Gorham
Clifford Hoppa
George Gibbs Jr
Wayne Gibbs
Ellis Twing
Lawrence Lovell
Jack Kimmel
Edward Kimmel
Robert Wells
Willard Alger
Don Arnold
Steve Arnold
Alfred Curtis
Paul Dunworth
Roy Leiter
Rollo McConkey
Edward Morse
Stephen Surma
Bure Briggs
Emmet Eldred
Elwood Sherman
Chas. S. Smith
Howard Sanders
August Davis
Kenneth Neskey
James Klinger
Daniel Mitrius
Martin Mitrius
Henry Faltinowski
Chas Staszkie
Tom Spence
Raymond Peterson
George Orth
J. C. Carter
Joshua Clark
Leslie Q. Lutes
Voigt Lutes
Milus Rudolph
Harold Lyons
Dale Smith
Raymond Nesky
Kenneth Foster
Dick Toft
Walter Sowels
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 13, 2024
3. White Cloud & Community Honor Roll and Veterans Memorial Park Sign
The Newaygo County Offices building is in the background.
Dick Beckwith
Don Mudget
Georgia Cordts
Marie Cordts
Hazel Thompson
Robert Miller
Delbert Trimm
Robert Schroeder
Paul Stark
Robert Williams
Clarence Craigmyle
John Wolever
Wm. Gacek
Milo Fetterley
Wm. Kimmel
Henry Carr
Milles Carr
Russel Higley
Paul Mitrius
RobertCole
Donald Johnson
Frank Carlson Jr.
Louis Grabill
George Rosenberg
Terrance Williams
Robert Hall
Carl R. Hult
George Powell
Robert Babcock
Deyal Moore
Floyd Moore Jr.
Maurice Fetterley
Adelbert Morse
Chances Depung
Max Thornbury
Melvin Volz
Clair McCombs
John Graves
John Leiter
Clyde Lovell
Arthur S. Perrin
Arthur Champion
Verda Hews
Original by Charles Johnson, 19411945 & Re-created by Byron R. Fowler, 2006.
Veterans Memorial Park.
The Veterans Memorial Park is the culmination of efforts made on behalf of several groups. For many
years, the White Cloud Community Honor Roll Sign stood alone on this corner. In 2008, members of the
Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall Committee and the Newaygo County Board of Commissioners wished to
create a permanent site for the flags that were flown at the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall when it was
displayed in White Cloud. The Board offered the land to display the flags in recognition of our countys
veterans, while veterans, volunteers, and county maintenance staff landscaped and made aesthetic improvements to the area. The result was Veterans Memorial Park, created to honor all Newaygo County
veterans who have served our country in the armed forces.
The flags flown
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 13, 2024
4. Veteran Memorial Park Flags
The Killed In Action silhouette is visible below the U.S. flag.
at the park are the United States Flag (flying highest), the POW/MIA Flag, and the Marine
Corp, Navy, Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard Flags, representing all branches of our nations Armed
Forces.
The White Cloud Community Honor Roll Sign, which recognizes and honors veterans from the community
who served during World War II, is a replica of a sign that once stood on the courthouse lawn during
World War II.
The Board of Commissioners would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their
contributions:
Flag Display
🟂 Morley American Legion Post 554
🟂 Newaygo VFW Post 4249
🟂 Holton American Legion Riders
🟂 Purple Heart Pow Wow
🟂 Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
🟂 The J.R. Sherwood Chapter 18 Military Order of Purple Heart
🟂 Bob Baldwin (in memory of Korean War Veterans)
🟂 Dinan Stemen (in memory of Ben Stemen)
Honor Roll Sign
🟂 Barney Fowler
🟂 Mary Bleiler
Killed in Action silhouette
🟂 Gene Reid
Blue Star Memorial By-Way Plaque
🟂 The White Cloud Garden Club
Additional Landscaping
🟂 Boy Scout Nathan Johnson and Troop 1137 of White Cloud
The Board would also like to thank the Newaygo County staff and the veteran volunteers who continue to
devote time to the maintenance of the park.
Erected 2006.
Topics. This memorial is listed
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 13, 2024
5. Newaygo County Veterans Memorial Park at the Newaygo County Offices in White Cloud, Michigan
Location. 43° 33′ N, 85° 46.463′ W. Memorial is in White Cloud, Michigan, in Newaygo County. It is at the intersection of East Wilcox Avenue and Williams Street, on the left when traveling west on East Wilcox Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1103 E Wilcox Ave, White Cloud MI 49349, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in West Michigan. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
It reads, A tribute to the Armed Forces of America, White Cloud Garden Club. National Garden Clubs. Inc.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 3, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 578 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 3, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
