Laah Tucker, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 109
Natoma - Natoma American Legion Thomas J. Hogan Post 109 Color Guard and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 109 will commemorate the 161 Memorial Day Observance on Monday, May 25. American flags will be placed on all veterans’ graves located on 7 cemeteries in Osborne County and Russell County by veterans, auxiliary members, and volunteers.
Natoma City Cemetery’s Avenue of Flags will be placed by Post 109 American Legion and Sons of the American Legion. Memorial Day services will begin at 9:30 AM in the Natoma Catholic Cemetery where WWI Purple Heart recipient Thomas J. Hogan is buried.
North Immanuel Lutheran where the memorial bell will ring, 10:00 AM; Paradise Mount Hermon,10:30AM; Natoma City Cemetery Avenue, 11:00 AM. The program will include American Legion Post 109 Commander William Workman and Color Guard; Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance by Jenjer Murphy, Unit 109 president; Veterans’ names from the Revolutionary War to Present Time will be remembered by Unit 109 Veteran Archivist, Linda Crawford; Shawna Dunlap, Unit 109 Chaplain a poppy for each deceased veteran’s name; Prayer and Message by Plainville Methodist Pastor Mathew MacConnell.
Each community will join the auxiliary in “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” and “God Bless America” at each cemetery. Taps will be played by Bonnie Schamberger. American Legion Auxiliary Unit 109 will serve a community dinner following the services, 11:45 AM-1:00 PM, in the Natoma American Legion Hall. Americans are requested to pause at 3:00 PM for a duration of one minute to remember those who have perished in military service to the United States.
For information: Veterans buried in cemeteries contact American Legion Auxiliary Archivist Linda Crawford, 785-885-8090; American Legion Auxiliary President, Jenjer Murphy, 785-885-8079. American Legion Post 109 and Sons of the American Legion Commander William Workman, 785-224-7993.
Natoma American Legion Auxiliary Unit 109 and American Legion Post 109 will honor soldiers resting in cemeteries on the High Plains of Kansas.
Natoma American Legion Post 109 and Sons of the American Legion with Commander William Workman will honor veterans at four cemeteries in Osborne County and Russell, Memorial Day, May 26, 2026.