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
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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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