TAZEWELL COUNTY ILLINOIS
GENEALOGY TRAILS
Prairie Rest, Delavan IL


    PRAIRIE REST CEMETERY
WWI & WWII
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.


WWI  ~   WWII








ALLISON, DONALD W
IL BUGLER 131 INF 33 DIV
09/20/1897-07/11/1946
ANDERSON, ROY
IL CMSTH2 USNRF
03/04/1896-12/28/1954
ANDERSON, WALTER F
IL PFC US ARMY
12/02/1894-09/21/1956
BAILEY, DAVID JAMES
04/05/1900-09/16/1938








BAILEY, ROBERT GILMAN
IL USNRF
01/20/1899-07/04/1943
BEAL, NEWTON
IL SGT CO B 122 MG BN
01/04/1878-02/09/1960
BURGER, HERMAN A
IL PVT 26 BN US GUARDS
04/25/1891-05/21/1950
CHEEK, FRED L
IL SGT CO B 122 MG BN
03/12/1889-01/21/1964







CRAIG, CHARLES L
SGT US ARMY
02/15/1895-04/11/1985
CREAGER, HARRY E
IL E3 US NAVY
07/17/1903-10/28/1964
CRUSE, CLARENCE P
PVT US ARMY
07/18/1892-12/12/1979
DAVISON, HARRY A
IL SGT US ARMY
07/19/1891-03/16/1969
DAY, GEORGE C
IL PVT US ARMY
05/13/1887-01/19/1974






DREHER, GEORGE A
PVT US ARMY 1897-1977
GARDNER, JOHN H
IL PVT 5 REGT FA REPL DEPOT
06/22/1898-12/05/1966
GODBY, HARRY
IL COOK US ARMY
05/19/1889-05/16/1967
JOHNS, JESSE RAY
PVT US ARMY
01/02/1899-07/15/1984







LOGAN, GROVER C
IL SGT CO B 58 INF
11/10/1893-11/21/1963
LUFT, GUY A
IL PVT CO D 330 INF
09/30/1892-04/18/1967
MARTIN, ALBERT T
1LT INF
09/30/1892-02/20/1967
MEADOR, ERNEST
IL SGT 122 MG BN 33 DIV
09/18/1887-05/31/1952
MORSE, ARTHUR H
IL CPT 409 CD MTC
09/14/1893-12/28/1972






REGUR, LYMAN
IL HA1 US NAVY
02/12/1900-02/19/1972
SOWA, JOSEPH B
CPL US ARMY
08/01/1893-11/02/1980
WHISLER, JUNIOR J
SMB1 US NAVY
02/18/1920-07/15/1995
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