TAZEWELL COUNTY ILLINOIS	GENEALOGY TRAILS	Prairie Rest, Delavan IL

    PRAIRIE REST CEMETERY KOREAN WAR VETERANS



note from host:
The Prairie Rest Cemetery pages are dedicated to the memory of Harry & Blanche Whitman Burrell.
Harry was caretaker of this cemetery for many years.  I have many fond memories of my grandparents
working to keep this cemetery beautiful.   I remember Harry riding his tractor mowing,
Blanche pulling weeds around stones, and bringing Harry lunch.  He took pride in his work at the cemetery. 
While he may have technically the one bringing in the paycheck for his work at Prairie Rest,
she worked just as hard as he did, working right along with him.
They were both hard workers, he never officially retired from working.  He was caretaker of this cemetery,
still, when he died at age 84 in 1990.  Blanche died at the age of 97, in October of 2007. 
If you see  Peonies in this cemetery, they're courtesy of Blanche.
 For more on Harry & Blanche Burrell, see their biography.
If you  have something to contribute to this cemetery, please email Des
to return to the Cemetery List Page, click here
Photos courtesy of Al & Carole Martin unless otherwise noted.

AVERY, WILLIS E MSGT US ARMY KOREA & WWII 07/01/1921-02/24/1975	BIGGS, EVERETT L SGT US MARINE CORPS KOREA 03/08/1936-12/19/1997	BIGGS, SAMUEL EUGENE SP3 790 QM CO IL KOREA 09/21/1933-06/14/1970	BURRELL, JAMES ROBERT SMSGT US AIR FORCE KOREA & VIETNAM 10/11/1931-07/11/1996	FORTMAN, GERALD D CAPT US ARMY 02/02/1930-

LILLIBRIDGE, RAY J CAPT US ARMY KOREA & WWII 08/21/1916-01/14/1985	LUFT, NICHOLAS DEAN CPL US ARMY KOREA 12/11/1931-09/09/2002	McCOY, KENNETH R S1 US NAVY SGT US ARMY KOREA & WWII 07/01/1926-05/13/2001	McCOY, WILLIAM B SFC US ARMY KOREA 06/24/1920-06/23/1997	**************************************

SUTTON, DALE E SGT US ARMY KOREA 1924-1993	THURMAIER, ROLAND J SGT US ARMY KOREA 06/25/1928-10/03/1998	VARNEY, ROBERT E 2LT 179th INF 45th DIV KIA-KOREA APRIL 05, 1953	WHITE, VIRGIL E LT COL US ARMY KOREA & WWII 11/01/1907-1980	**************************************

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