Spencer Memorial Day Program
Spencer, IA (KICD) — Jackson, Minnesota native and retired Minnesota National Guard Brigadier General Craig Bargefrede gave the key note address at Spencer’s Memorial Day program; remembering  those who gave all.
Bargefrede tells KICD News he was  gratified that so many people paused in Spencer to pay tribute on a weekend that so many associate with the “opening of the pool” or camping.
Twenty new flags were dedicated for veterans who have died since last Memorial Day.  They honor:
Ernest LeRoy Hansen – Navy  World War 2
Donald Dean O’Hara – Army Korea
Arnold Eugene Dodge – Army Korea
Gerald Walter Koenig – Army Korea
Jim J. Erwin – Army/Air Force Korea
Marvin Michael Thuringer – Navy Korea
Jan H. Stein – Army Vietnam
Ron Flugum – Army Vietnam
Dennis Leland Evans – Army Vietnam
Keith David Foote – Army Vietnam
Mel Cornwell – Army National Guard Vietnam
Clayton LeRoy Schuck – Air Force Vietnam
Craig Price Cook  – Navy Vietnam
Ronald Alan Christofferson – Army
Glenn L. Bechler – Air Force
Lt. Commander Danny Joseph Dobbins – Navy
John B. Muetzel – Navy
Gerald Lee Tuttle – Navy
Thomas Raymond Golden – Navy
Gary E. Taylor – Army National Guard