2013 Memorial Day Services for Coshocton County
Coshocton Parade & Services will be Monday, May 27: Parade begins at 10 a.m. at the corner of Main & 8th Streets. Services will be on the Court House lawn immediately following the parade. The speakers will be River View High School Voice of Democracy SeniorColeston Pope and Laura Reiss, daughter of Char Shamel, niece of Donald Stein, Vietnam KIA.
131st Annual Keene Parade & Services will be Sunday, May 26 at 9:30 a.m.: David Dilly, Vietnam Air Force Veteran, will be speaking during the morning church services. There will be a light lunch and beverages available at the church beginning at 10:30 a.m. to Noon provided by the Keene MYF. At Noon, Lister Endsley will be the Grand Marshall for the second-oldest continuously-held parade in Ohio since 1882. The Walhonding Rube Band and Coshocton County Sheriff’s Department will be leading the parade to both cemeteries and Veteran’s Monument in Keene. The Warsaw American Legion Post #634 will provide the 21-gun salute.
Honoring Armed Forces at Plainfield will be Sunday, May 26 at 2 p.m.: The speaker will be Ken Smailes. The Ridgewood High School Band and choir as well as the Plainfield United Methodist Church Choir will participate. Community members will read the GAR Rituals from the Book of Service and Veterans recognitions. Coshocton County Veterans Council Honor Guard will also participate. Weather permitting, services will be at Plainfield Cemetery; in case of inclement weather, services will be at the Plainfield United Methodist Church.
Blissfield Services will be Sunday, May 26 at 2 p.m.: The speaker will be US Army Retired Veteran, Tom Dile at the Blissfield Cemetery services. The Killbuck VFW #7079 will provide the 21-gun salute and the Walhonding Rube Band will provide music. In case of inclement weather, the services will be at the Blissfield United Methodist Church.
Walhonding Valley-Warsaw Parade & Services will be Monday, May 27, 2013 at 1 p.m.: The parade will begin on Main Street in Warsaw and Services will immediately follow at Valley View Cemetery with speakers River View High School Voice of Democracy Senior Coleston Pope and Christine Sycks, Coshocton County Auditor.
Conesville Memorial Services will be Monday, May 27 at 6 p.m.: The main speaker will be David Dilly, Vietnam Air Force Veteran. Community members will read the names of area veterans listed on the plaques.
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