WWI Memorial – Grand Rapids, Michigan
In September, 1918, the temporary memorial which was erected in Fulton Street Park for the Furniture City youths who had nobly given their lives in the great struggle, was dedicated. On the two pylons has been inscribed the names of the boys and girls who made the supreme sacrifice. Grand Rapids will some day erect and dedicate a monument, in some form or other, worthy of the cause and a credit to the city. (Historic Michigan, Land of the Great Lakes by Fuller, Volume III devoted to Kent County and edited by Arthur S. White, 1924 (Pgs. 131-133) |
The names placed on the memorial are:
NAME |
Allen, George H. |
Anderson, E. O. |
Angell, Jerome |
Atkinson, Wilmer |
Austin, William F. |
Bakker, Peter |
Balcarzak, Leonard |
Baranauskas, John |
Barclay, Ernest |
Barnaby, Horace A. |
Barner, Elmer L. |
Barnes, Lynn E. |
Barney, Max |
Bayne, J. Alexander |
Beattie, Frank |
Beattie, William T. |
Becker, Gustave |
Bennett, Harry A. |
Berghuis, William J. |
Bielecki, Leon |
Blemming, Raymond L. |
Blonk, Burg |
Bobekowsky, William |
Bobzynski, A. Bobek |
Boltwood, Lucius Comstock |
Boneberg, George |
Brake, Alfred W. |
Breen, Kryn |
Brewster, Gordon D. |
Brinkman, Charles E. |
Burggraaff, Charles |
Bush, William Alden |
Butterfield, George R. |
Bywater, Claude B. |
Cassard, Daniel W. |
Caster, Horace G. |
Champion, Phillip |
Christie, Harold J. |
Clark, Joseph K. |
Cole, Patrick M. |
Compton, John N. |
Connolly, Thomas A. |
Cornell Earl E. |
Corson, Gilbert |
Covert, Richard L. |
Crocker, Everett D. |
Crothers, Gordon M. |
Cummings, Alonzo B. |
Cunningham, Charles E. |
Dagg, Sam J. |
Dahleen, Carl W. |
Dalrymple, Roy |
Davidson, Earl L. |
Davis, Fred W. |
Davis, Maurice L. |
DeHammer, Daniel |
DeVries, Arthur |
DeYoung, Cornelius |
Doyle, Edward G. |
Doyle, Martin Joseph |
Dunham, Charles H. |
Ellis, Frank S. |
Evans, Frederick W. |
Farrell, Peter F. |
Ferris, William M. |
Finnegan, Leo M. |
Fonger, Neal |
Ford, Irving J. |
Fox, Murray |
Franchot, Reginald S. |
Freeman, Irving J. |
Gale, Roy |
Garbaukas, Peter |
Gardner, Lionel H. |
Gerschewski, Frank J. |
Ghering, Thomas B. |
Giacoma, Peter D. |
Gillis, Charles A. |
Gillispie, Clyde |
Goebel, George |
Graves, Herman S. |
Green, Donald E. |
Groh, Lawrence D. |
Hadlah, Naseeb T. |
Hamilton, Ivan R. |
Hankinson, Florence |
Hastings, Clyde M. |
Helms, Henry |
Helsel, Willard H. |
Hoeksema, Abe |
Hollister, George Merrick |
Hootkins, Carl |
Horrevoets, Leonard |
Huff, William McKinley |
Imperi, Gaetano |
Jannausch, Frank B. |
Johnson, Carl A. |
Jones, Harmon R. |
Jones, Harry R. |
Jonker, Nicholas |
Kantz, J. S. |
Kapteyn, Harry |
Kennedy, Lyman J. |
Kerr, Wesley W. |
Kimball, Herbert |
Kimber, Walter |
Kmieg, Stanley |
Knapp, Rhoda O. |
Kooistra, James |
Korringa, Harm |
Kozloski, Joseph |
Kramer, Werner |
Krzykwa, Joseph |
Kubilis, John |
Labar, Homer E. |
Labutsky, Albert C. |
Lake, J. H. |
Lamoreaux, James W. |
Lanski, William G. |
Lawrence, Pearl E. |
Leonard, Edward W. |
Lofquist, A. L. |
Loibl, Anthony T. |
Loomis, Clyde A. |
MacMillan, Ralph F. |
Maitner, George F. |
Malewitz, Joseph W. |
Manshum, Julius C. |
Matel, John |
Mazereeuw, Richard |
McConnell, John K. |
McDermott, Albert D. |
Meisels, Sariel B. |
Menter, Leland L. |
Merrizon, William |
Merry, Clarence F. |
Mieras, Edward |
Mierow, William G. |
Miller, Leo A. |
Miller, Peter J. |
Mosher, Clare E. |
Mosley, Maurice |
Mouw, John H. |
Nellison, John |
Nelson, Kenneth A. |
Nicholson, Stuart R. |
Niemstra, John |
Noblett, Elmert A. |
O'Connor, Frank J. |
Orlikowski, J. M. |
Ostrowski, John |
Overmars, Johannes |
Pallsiwicki, Peter |
Parks, Leon |
Parmelee, Ray H. |
Pekelder, Albert |
Perry, Virgil B. |
Pilecki, Frank A. |
Post, Johannes |
Prelwitz, Leo |
Prescott, Oliver W. |
Preszko, Joseph M. |
Prins, Peter |
Printup, George G. |
Radecki, Leon |
Rauschenberger, Albert |
Reid, Howell L. |
Reinsma, Christopher |
Rockwell, Vera Marie |
Rogers, Randolph |
Romanoski, A. J. |
Roodvoets, Adrian E. |
Roos, Elmer |
Ryan, John Leo |
Sandusky, Jos. Frank |
Sargent, Roland |
Schmidt, Paul E. |
Schoonmaker, E. H. |
Schrauer, Maurice V.* |
Schulte, William A. |
Sears, William |
Seven, George |
Sheldon, Herbert J. |
Shoemaker, Gus |
Sifton, George C. |
Sikorskis, Joseph |
Skorupski, Anthony |
Slootmaker, Adrian |
Smallegange, Edward |
Smeelink, John G. |
Smith, Gerret |
Smith, John S. |
Snyder, Ora L. |
Sohrauer, Maurice V.* |
Spoelstra, Harry G. |
Stearns, Ford L. |
Stellema, John |
Stiles, Edwin T. |
Sullivan, Edward D. |
Teistler, Louis E. |
Todd, J. M. |
Tuttle, H. C. |
VandenBerge, H. J. |
VanderHeide, Cornelius |
VanderHonning, Leonard |
VanderLeest, Jacob |
VanDongen, John A. |
VanDyke, Wynerd |
VanKuiken, Louis |
Van'tHof, Bernard |
Van'tHof, Leon |
VanWingen, Wm V. |
Vanzanten, Ralph |
Volkers, John |
Vonk, John C. |
Wagner, Harold |
Ward, William E. |
Watson, Elizabeth M. |
Webster, Harry Judson |
Weertman, George |
Weisgerber, Clifton G. |
Wells, George A. |
Welmerink, Wm E. |
Wenger, Irving |
Westcott, Ira L. |
Westerhoff, John |
Willemsen, George |
Wilmes, Carl E. |
Wilson, L. Dale |
Wood, Charles F. |
Wood, Phillip |
Woodmansee, Lloyd A. |
Woodworth, Robert P. |
Yant, Leander F. |
Young, Martin A. |
Zive, Samuel |
Zoellner, Robert A. |
Zurawski, Cieslaw |
Transcriber: Evelyn M. Sawyer
Created: 01 September 2003