TAZEWELL COUNTY ILLINOIS
 GENEALOGY TRAILS
 Prairie Rest, Delavan IL


    PRAIRIE REST CEMETERY
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.
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VETERANS OF UNKNOWN WARS



GOSSAGE, CHRISTOPHER A
SP4 US ARMY
04/16/1972-04/29/1993
"Lovingly called Goose"
 HODGES, CHARLES E
SSG US AIR FORCE
12/05/1928-10/14/1995
 HOOVER, CHARLES F
IL LT COL INF
11/02/1876-11/23/1946
 JENIKE, JOHN C
IL PFC 122 33 DIV
MACHINE GUN BATT
OCTOBER  25 1923






KIRCHERT, OTTIS HERBERT
IL PVT SATC U OF I
DECEMBER 23, 1918
 LAMBERT, CAROL LEE
LT (JG) USN
03/26/1937-09/29/1958
 LONG, EDWARD E
1923-1996
 MARSHALL, DELBERT
1888-1977






McCOY, DONALD EDWARD
US NAVY
08/11/1939-04/10/1985
 MILLER, ALONZO SYLVESTER
IL CORP OF REGT US MARINES
JUNE 21, 1926
 MINTON, MARION E
1912-1963
 MITCHELL, TIM R
IL PVT 122 INF 31 DIV
OCTOBER 10, 1918






NELSON, CLYDE
IL PVT US ARMY
10/17/1930-12/16/1967
 PAWSON, H DONALD
1896019709
 POMRENKE, DAVID J
1896-1965
His Wife Ruth, 1907-1990
 POMRENKE, HENRY H
02/14/1931-06/29/1995






POMRENKE, ROY E
1907-1988
 ROGERS, GEORGE EUGENE
SP4 US ARMY
07/05/1934-07/28/1999
 ROPER, WILLIAM "BUD"
04/09/1927-08/10/1992
His Wife, Betty J
11/15/1929-09/13/1994
 SACKETT, HAROLD A
US MARINE CORPS
10/31/1923-03/24/2000






ST CLAIR, NORRIS F
PVT US ARMY
11/17/1894-07/31/1975
 TEAL, RONALD E SR
QM3 US NAVY
11/05/1942-10/09/2005
 VENABLE, FRANK J
IL PVT 42 US VOL INF
05/14/1938
 WALKER, WALTER
SSG US AIR FORCE
11/30/1905-12/03/1994






WATTS, THOMAS JOHN SN
US NAVY
03/28/1929-04/30/2004
 WESSELL, GEORGE
PVT US ARMY
03/17/1893-05/19/1973
 WILSON, EDWARD H
06/15/1875-11/22/1934
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