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
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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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