Taps column: Burials at Fort Sheridan National Cemetery for October 2024

Staff announces those buried at national cemetery during October

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.

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

Oct. 1: John Kwasny - ARNG and Mary Kwasny - dependent.

Oct. 2: Frank Horvath - ARNG and Joyce Horvath - dependent.

Oct. 3: William Branko - ARNG and Sonia Branko - dependent

Oct. 4: Marie Exon - USN; Leonard Exon - ARNG; Leonard Caputo - ARNG; and Paul Ryder - ARNG.

Oct. 7: Ronnie Mishima - ARNG.

Oct. 9: Earl Newton.

Oct. 11: Joseph Seminara; Jacqueline Seminara -dependent; Lee Cavanaugh; and Marcie Rodriguez.

Oct. 16: Robert Merrin - USN.

Oct. 18: Stanley Shafad - USMC; Roger Yeazell - USAF; Rosemary Yeazell - dependent; Gary Fowler - ARNG; and Barbara Fowler - dependent.

Oct. 21: Thomas Ward; Fred Palicka - USN; and Marianne Palicka - dependent.

Oct. 25: Dennis Kozicki - ARNG; and Burrell Williams.

Oct. 28: Albert Iorio; Monica Iorio - dependent; Wilbur Johnson - USN; and Jaynell Johnson - dependent.

Oct. 30: James Balog, USAF.

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