Memorial Day 2015 is dedicated to the honor and support of United States
service personnel, especially those who gave the ultimate sacrifice,
and those currently in harm’s way.
Principal Sponsor
Metuchen Savings Bank
Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce presents
The 88th Annual
Gold Sponsors
Criterion Publishing
Metuchen Fire Department
Victorian Office Rentals
Silver Sponsors
Berkshire-Hathaway
Costello-Runyon Funeral Home
HaryDisano Homes, Ltd
YMCA of MEWSA
Bronze Sponsors
D & S Landscaping
The Hausser Family
Metuchen Assembly of God
Metuchen Taxi
NJ Expo and Convention Center
What’s the Scoop?
Patron Sponsors
Bill’s Ineffable Automotive Rehabilitation, Inc.
Catherine Gioeli
Flynn & Son Funeral Homes
Lucinda Coleman Florio – In Honor of Thomas Earl Coleman, U.S. Navy, WWII
Sonia Bafna-McDougal
Topping the Web
Diane Pattee
Judge Richard Plechner – In Memory of LTC Walter W. Plechner
The Mulligan Family
Boosters
Bernice Bransfield – In Memory of Bill Bransfield, U.S. Marine Corps
Wiley Lavender
Metuchen Veterinary Hospital
Barbara Speckin
Servpro of Edison
Anonymous – In Memory of PFC Melvin Newlin, U.S. Marine Corps, Medal of Honor
2015 Memorial Day Parade Committee
Jan Margolis, Chair • Nicole Chinchar, Executive Director Metuchen Area
Chamber of Commerce • CW04 Nick D’Andrea, U.S. Marine Corps •
Sonia Bafna McDougal • Lorraine Colavito • Richard Plechner •
Audrey Hausser • Chief Robert Donnan, Metuchen Fire Dept. • Walter Zjawin
• LTC Jeanne Marie McNamara, U.S. Army (Ret.) • John Kuchar
2015 Poster Contest Winner
S abrina Pierson
6th Grade, Edgar School
program
Welcome
Jan Margolis
National Anthem
Joseph Oliveria, Senior, St. Joseph’s High School
Invocation
Rev. Barbara Crafton, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Ret.)
Pledge of Allegiance
Tom Vahalla, Mayor
Class of 2015 Entering the Military
Introduced by Rear Admiral Timothy Beard III, U.S. Naval Reserve (Ret.)
Arthur Flaherty
U.S. Coast Guard
Veterans Honored in Metuchen Memorial Park
Edward Fugle
WORLD WAR I
Harry Hanson
John W. Chapman
Richard E. Davis
Raymond J. Ely
Robert E. Howell
Henry L. Martin III
Robert A. Peterson
Paul R. Rainford
Thomas J. Slattery
William R. Thornall
Roderick E. Webb
Frank Hummer
WORLD WAR II
James J. Clark
Edgar F. Drake
Robert J. Farrington
William F. Hunter
Joseph Martin
Walter W. Plechner
Virgil Richmond Jr.
Harold F. Stamets
Joseph J. Uhrin
James E. Wright
KOREAN WAR
John L. Jackson
Robert Blair Kinder
Thomas Peake Jr.
Walter Wojciechowski
Donald Francis Smith
VIETNAM WAR
Richard W. Herold
Charles Joseph Schultz
Jeff Lin
U.S. Naval Academy
John David Rizzuto
U.S. Army
Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies
Anton Nelson
U.S. Military Academy, West Point
J.P. Stevens High School
Heidy Shu
U.S. Military Academy, West Point
Conklin Smith
Vincent E. Cockefair
Melvin Ellis Jr.
Merlin Gaudet
George E. Lovelace
Harry B. Mohring
Augustine L. Polacco
Robert P. Robinson
Robert Thomas
Michael Uhrin
Robert S. Wright
Metuchen High School
Poster Contest Winners
Lorraine Colavito
GRAND MARSHAL
Fire Chief, Robert B. Donnan
U.S. Army Combat Medical Specialist
Reviewing Officer
Music
Moment of Silence
Major Richard Zjawin, U.S. Marine Corps
Spook Handy Trio
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Benediction
Deacon Robert Yunker, St. Helena Church
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Rifle Salute
John Basilone Detachment Marine Corps League
Taps
Retiring of Colors
Members of the Metuchen High School Band
John Basilone Detachment Marine Corps League