Bank of New Glarus/Sugar River Banks Present Donation to Veterans Park in New Glarus

New Glarus Veteran's Memorial Park recently received a $500 donation from the Bank of New Glarus/Sugar River Banks for the marker that will list Veterans of Desert Storm and the current wars. A dedication is planned for May 2018. Donations are needed to finish this last marker. Donors so far for this marker are New Glarus Lions Club, William and Jackie Hustad and family, Charles and Gladys Hustad and family, New Glarus American Legion Post 141, New Glarus VFW Post 10549, In memory of Erwin Zweifel by Kay and his family, In memory of Dorothy Palmer Kuenzi, and Bank of New Glarus.
We are still taking brick orders, so please order a brick honoring a Veteran that is a relative or a friend. If you notice that a brick is wrong or a name is missing on an existing marker, please let us know.
You may contact Bill Hustad at (608) 527-2942 or (608) 576-3025 or email at wfhus1@tds.net, if you have any questions.
The village has put in a concrete walkway into the park from the parking lot, giving handicap accessibility to the park. We thank all the donors of the previous improvements to the Memorial Park, such as the Entrance Marker; Flagpoles; World War II Marker; Korean War/War of 1812/Spanish American War/Civil War Marker; Vietnam/World War I Marker; benches, landscaping, concrete work.
Monetary donations should be made out to New Glarus Veteran's Memorial Park Fund. All donations of any size are welcome from any group, individual, or organization. Please mail to Community Foundation, PO Box 733, Monroe, WI 53566. The New Glarus Veteran's Memorial Park is part of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, which is a 501c3 entity and therefore all contributions are tax deductible.
In kind donations of material and time are New Glarus Concrete – Bob Pernot; Naval Reserve Center – Madison; Patrick McGowan – Architect; News Publishing Inc; Bard Materials; American Legion Auxiliary; J and R Underground; Sullivan Landscaping; and Tyvand Landscaping.
The Park Board consists of Bill Hustad, Bill Kuenzi, Allen Fjelstad, Ron Kittleson, Doug Oppliger and Linda Stolts. We are also refining the list of names for this marker, please contact a board member to confirm names.