WALWORTH COUNTY
Veterans Memorial
A dream that went beyond expectations
Courtesy of the Selby Record Continuing the Java Herald
Oscar Jr Prasek, Selby, was asked to be commander of the Frederick Schauer Legion Post #100 in Selby in 2001. He accepted with a proviso that he had a huge project in mind and if they were willing to work on it he would be their commander.
The huge project was a memorial dedicated to all veterans, men and women through peace and war with any association to Walworth County. A meeting with the Walworth County Commissioners received permission to place the monument on the courthouse lawn in Selby. A committee was formed on September 10, 2001. Oscar Jr Prasek, Wilmer Stiegelmeier, Roger Thorstenson, Joe Klevens and Phylliss Pudwill representing the Selby Legion and Auxiliary; Rudy Kramer and Carl Quenzer – Parker Browder Legion Post #4, Mobridge; Earl Frank – La Verne Bauer Legion Post #275, Java and VFW Selby/Java Post#5094; Jim Spiry and Roger Nordstrom – Mobridge VFW Post #2741. Working with Rudy Kramer, Mobridge and the Aberdeen Monument Co. it was decided there would be a 4×7 dedicatory tablet with verse and four 4×6 tablets to hold 374 names.
The site would also include benches and 3 flag poles flying the American, VFW and Legion flags and the complex would be lit for an estimated total of $60,000.
Plans for paying for the memorial were put into effect in September, 2001 through donations and a charge of $60.00 per name. Individuals, businesses, organizations cities, towns and Walworth County started donating and as of May 1, 2002 $102,405.82 had been received and 1,223 names. Because of the extraordinary response it was decided to add two more tablets bringing the total to 6 and making the risers higher than originally planned and some of the funds will be set aside for long-term maintenance. The tablets are made of black granite imported from Zimbabwe and the names sandblasted by Granite Inc., Aberdeen. “I never in my wildest dreams expected this big of a response. It’s absolutely wonderful” Prasek said.
Names Inscribed
ON THE MEMORIAL
2003 Names
- ABERLE, ALOYS A. 53-55
- ABERLE, ALOYS A. 53-55
- ANDERSON, TROY L. 77-81
- ANDERSON, EMIL L. 45-46
- BAER, REINHOLD 58-62
- BARONDEAU, CHRISTOPHER 01-xx
- BAUER, GLEN 70-70
- BAUER, ALBERT P. WWII
- BECKER, JOHN 42-46
- BIEBER, BILLY J. 73-75
- BOLLINGER, GENE N. KOR
- BOLLINGER, CHRISTOPHER L. 95-99
- BOLLINGER, MANDY L. 99-xx
- BOLLINGER, LEVI G. 99-xx
- BONEN, HARVEY H. 54-56
- BOOTZ, RAY 43-49
- BOOTZ, WILLIAM C. 44-47
- BRUCKNER, FRED S. 45-46
- BUCKLIN, GEORGE WWII
- CARLSON, NORRIS J. WWII
- CARLSON, KENNETH A. 51-55
- CARLSON, CLARENCE L. 50-54
- CHALMERS, GORDON L. 54-56
- CHRISTMAN, REINHOLD 42-45
- CHRISTMAN, MICHAEL G. 67-69
- CHRISTMAN, DAVID W. NAM
- CHRISTMAN, ROBERT KOR
- DARLING, JERALD C. 59-62
- DIEGEL, CALVIN A. 66-71
- FISHER, ADNA W. 37-41
- FIX, DONALD F. 57-77
- FIX, KEVIN P. 72-79
- FLEMMER, ERNEST R. WWII
- FLEMMER, LARRY G. 64-66
- FLEMMER, GORDON H. WWII
- FORD, DONALD E. 66-75
- FUHRER, RAYMOND 45-47
- GAY, ROY E. NAM
- GOETZ, VICTOR 45-51
- GUTHMILLER, JOSHUA J. 98-xx
- HANSON, WILLIAM 77-99
- HANSON, RAYMOND 45-47
- HEIER, DONALD E. 50-54
- HEIL, KENNETH J. 57-59
- HEIL, DOUGLAS P. SAUDI
- HEIL, JEFFERY A. 86-98
- HEIL, LAURIE F. 90-99
- HEIL, DANIEL K. 94-xx
- HEPPER, HAROLD A. WWII
- HERMAN, VICTOR 45-46
- HEYD, JACK NAM
- HINSLEY, JOHN C. 54-58
- HOLLENBECK, MIRANDA 97-xx
- HOLZWARTH, GUST A. WWII
- HORST, HAROLD C. 42-44
- JOHNSON, ALFINE J. WWI
- KARY, MERLIN J. 58-62
- KARY, RICHARD E. 53-55
- KARY, DEAN P. 52-56
- KETTERLING, RONALD R. KOR
- KNECHT, FRED 42-45
- KNECHT, LAWAYNE J. 58-62
- KNECHT, WILLIAM 42-45
- KOM, CARLTON J. 55-59/66-75
- KOSTERS, PAUL J. 95-xx
- KOSTERS, JAMES A. 91-xx
- LARSON, MARTIN L. SR. 18-19
- LARSON, MARTIN L. JR. 42-46
- LARSON, L. FRANKLYN (KIA) WWII
- LASSLE, HELMUTH 54-56
- LASSLE, OTTO 50-52
- LEWELLEN, PATRICK H. NAM
- LITTLE BEAR, FREMONT WWII
- LUTZ, HAROLD WWII
- MAIER, LEO W. WWII
- MARTIN, LARUE W. 59-63
- MERTZ, CHARLES 64-68
- MOSER, DEAN R. 53-55
- MOSER, DICK L. 79-85
- MOSER, KEVIN K. 84-88
- NORBY, CARL 44-46
- OBERLANDER, MILBERT KOR
- OLANDER, JAMES T. 42-46
- OSTER, JOHN WWI
- OXNER, BRYAN G. 01-xx
- PERMAN, MICHAEL L. 70-76
- PERMANN, ALLEN E. 43-43
- PETERSON, ROGER W. JR. WWII
- PETERSON, JIMMY D. 58-60
- RABENBERG, CRIST WWI
- RIEDE, ALEXANDER WWI
- RIEDE, DELBERT 51-54
- RIEGER, GEORGE E. 43-46
- RIEGER, FREDERICK WWI
- RIEGER, JAMES M. KOR
- RITTER, DARYL J. NAM
- RITTER, MILBERT E. WWII
- ROEBUCK, LOREN D. 67-69
- ROEBUCK, IVAN J. 44-46
- SAUER, EMANUEL W. WWII
- SAWINSKY, JOHN W. WWI
- SAWINSKY, CHRISTINE M. 90-99
- SCHAEFER, HUBERT WWI
- SCHICK, LEE ROY 46-47
- SCHILLING, ASHLEY L. 02-xx
- SCHILLING, GARY R. NAM
- SCHLECHT, ALVIN E. 42-45
- SCHLEPP, OSWALD R. 45-46
- SCHLOMER, DELVIN C. 62-68
- SCHMALTZ, WILLIAM 56-59
- SCHNEIDER, RONALD 70-90
- SCHUMACHER, CRAIG A. 72-76
- SIELER, LUVERN 50-52
- SIEVERT, JOHN A. 44-47
- SIEVERT, ARTHUR K. 51-54
- SIEVERT, RICHARD E. 52-56
- SPOTTED HORSE, GORDON S. NAM
- STROH, RAYMOND G. KOR
- THARES, EUGENE KOR
- THOMAS, NORBERT 71-77
- THOMPSON, ROY 42-46
- THOMPSON, DARYL 71-78
- THOMPSON, JUSTIN 96-xx
- UNTERSEHER, RONALD 53-55
- WACKER, MARVIN E. 56-62
- WAHL, EDMUND F. 41-45
- WALTH, HARLEY F. 55-59
- WEISZHAAR, HENRY G. WWII 44-46
- WEISZHAAR, DAVID L. 76-00
- WENDT, MARK 95-01
- WENDT, RICHARD 65-68
- WETZLER, FRED WWII
- WOLF, RUEBEN H. WWII
- ZELLER, EDGAR E. WWII
- ZEPHIER, NELSON D. KOR
- ZERR, PAMELA J. 67-70
- ZERR, JAMES K. 70-74
- ZERR, KEVIN D. 78-82
- ZIRBEL, BLAKE C. 42-45
2004 Names
- BIEBER, GOTTLIEB WWII
- HUBER, DALE E. 63-68
- HUBER, TERRY J. 68-71
- HARRISON, LARRY N. 63-67
- HARRISON, MICHAEL B. 65-68
DONATIONS IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING
Rick Christman
- SCHIRBER, JAMES E. 53-59
- GUTZ, DON 53-55
- LAFFERTY, ARTHUR C. WWII
- VANDER MARTIN, JOHNIE WWII
- VANDER MARTIN, FRED WWII
2005 Names
BROWN, LYMAN 50-54
TISDALL, JOHANNES CIVIL WAR
STOTT, ROBERT WWII
BREHMER, FRANK WWI
WERNER, AUGUST J. WWII
STUCK, A.F. CIVIL WAR
WERNER, MARK A. 63-65
SIELER, DUANE D. 70-96
LaMONT, COLIN OEF/01-
DONATIONS IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING
Rick Christman
- BREHMER, FRANK WWI
- BROWN, LYMAN 50-54
- LaMONT, COLIN OEF/01-
- SIELER, DUANE D. 70-96
- STOTT, ROBERT WWII
- STUCK, A.F. CIVIL WAR
- TISDALL, JOHANNES CIVIL WAR
- WERNER, AUGUST J. WWII
- WERNER, MARK A. 63-65
- ANTHONY WEINZIRL Ending
2006 Names
2006 already on Monument
- BERG, BRADY L. OIF
- GOBEN, DALE A. NAM
- HORST, ROBERT WWII
- HORST, LEROY 62-82
- HORST, TIMOTHY 85-95
- HORST, RONALD 69-73
- HORST, DALE 69-73
- SCHLECHT, RICHARD A. NAM
2007 Names
- BROWN, JAMES S. 62-64
- JENSEN, FRANCES A. 42-45
2008 Names
WEISGRAM, THOMAS 63-65
2009 Names
- SCHOCK, DONALD W. 51-55
- KUEHL, ARLO D. 55-62