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Taps column: Burials at Fort Sheridan National Cemetery for April 2025

Staff announces those buried at national cemetery during April

By Shaw Local News Network
Jill Palkoner of Chicago and her niece, Collette Palkoner, 1, of Wheaton sit among the 2,000 American flags during the opening night of the Field of Honor at Seven Gables Park in Wheaton on Saturday, June 29, 2024.

Jill Palkoner of Chicago and her niece, Collette Palkoner, 1, of Wheaton sit among the 2,000 American flags during the opening night of the Field of Honor at Seven Gables Park in Wheaton on Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Sandy Bressner)

LAKE FOREST – The staff at the Fort Sheridan National Cemetery announced the following have been laid to rest at the Fort Sheridan National Cemetery:

April 4: John Roehrick - U.S. Air Force

April 7: Fune Murphy - U.S. Navy

April 7: Robert Carter - U.S. Air Force

April 8: Ruth Larkin

April 14: Louis Weathers - U.S. Army

April 18: Laura Billsten

April 18: Mary Dunkel

April 18: Leon Carter - U.S. Navy

April 21: Richard Iaccino - U.S. Coast Guard

April 24 Bernetta Gaare

April 24: Brian Weinstock - U.S. Army

- List provided by Eliseo Lopez, commander of Chicago Chapter, MOWW

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