Major Contributors

Equipment Contributors
Donor to Construction & Maintenance
Bench Sponsors
Flag Pole Sponsors
Site Sponsors
Tree Sponsors
Welcome Sponsors
Brick Sponsors

The Community Veterans Memorial began with a vision and a dream expressed by a committee of local veterans. Since then, The Community Foundation, Inc., parent company of The Community Hospital, has spearheaded the program. The Community Hospital donated the 6.5 acres of land - worth more than $800,000 - and established a charitable fund  to help raise the $1.2 million needed for construction.  

For more information on how to contribute, click here  or call 219-836-3392

 

Thank you to the following businesses, organizations and individuals for your contributions to the Veterans War Memorial Fund.   Donor list is updated monthly.

 Major Contributors   $1000 and up

American Legion Post 168, Hammond, IN Mr. Terry W. McMahon
The Community Hospital The Munster Civic Foundation
The Community Hospital Auxiliary The Munster Lions Club
Bank Calumet
Barbara & Dean White Foundation
Citizens Financial Services Mercantile National Bank, Hammond
Donald C. Gardner Trust Mr. Clare Oesterle
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Gray Sand Ridge Bank, Highland, IN
Hammond Clinic Mr. John Schoon
Dr. Alan F. Harre Tim’s Landscape Service, Griffith, IN
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Kennel
Largus Printing, Munster, IN		 Committee to Support Mayor Duane W. Dedelow, Jr. -           Hammond, IN
Dr. and Mrs. Domenico Lazzaro  VFW Post 2697, Munster, Indiana
Legacy Foundation, Merrillville, IN

Build Indiana Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Long

Community Hospital Medical & Dental Staff
Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Luerssen

James A. Gammon Foundation

Dr. Alonzo K. Morrissey
       

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 Donors of military uniforms and associated equipment

113th Eng. Battalion, IN Army National Guard, Gary, IN
Andrew Bjelland
Army Navy Surplus Store, Hammond IN Marty Francis
George Bohn
Peter Chang 		The Great Lakes Museum of Military History, Michigan City, IN
Tom Clark National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
Clyde Colgrove Elaine Olson
Chuck Crary Norman Schoon
John Dale Harold Simpson
Thomas Drake Larry Smith
Raymond Fary Mr. Richard H. Tomlinson

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Donors to Construction and Maintenance

  Mr. Jacob Abegg   Mr. and Mrs. David McCoy
American Medical Oxygen Sales Corp., Hammond, IN Meyers Heating & Cooling Inc., Griffith, IN
  American Savings FSB, Munster, IN   Munster Historical Society, Munster, Indiana
  Dr. and Mrs. Leon L. Ampel  

M.P. Nidetz
  ATG Corporation, Crown Point, IN   Mr. Jeffrey Oesterle
Caroll E. Austin Mr. and Mrs. James Oliver

Mr. Dale E. Baker

 Mr. and Mrs. James H. O’Neal
Ms. Patricia A. Baldwin

Optimist Club of Hammond, IN
Dr. Barot & Associates, Munster, IN Mr. and Mrs Harold Paddor
  Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Bartak  

Ms. Claudia Pellar
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Belgrad Mrs. Danuta Bembenista Panich
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Birndorf Mr. and Mrs. Clarence O. Pearson
Mr. Andrew A. Bjelland Mr. Richard J. Pellar
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Borowitz Ms. Christine Petsas
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Buksar Mr. and Mrs. William J. Pfister
 

Mr. & Mrs. John Byrne

   Ms. Faith C. Pratt
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Cane Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Purves
Cerestar USA Inc Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Raab
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Coulis Dr. and Mrs. George C. Rasch
  Manette DeCremer   Mr. Gregory Redlarczyk
R.A. Dembinski Ms. Elaine N. Reihel
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dieterich Ms. Joan G. Richman
Mr. Jack Dietrich Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Rigg
First Presbyterian Church of Highland, Highland, IN Mr. and Mrs. John P. Rincon
Mr. J. Ronald Furman Mr. John E. Rokosz
Mr. Richard Gamez

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenfield
 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Gamson

   Mrs. Myra Rosenbloom
  Betty Graun  

Ms. Charlene R. Rossa
  Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Gardner   Mrs. Amy S. Roth

Mr. & Mrs. Joe & Cindy Gasey

 Ruman, Clements & Holub, Hammond, IN
Golden Times, Schererville, IN Ms. Bernice C. Rybicki
Mr. Thomas S. Gozdecki III Major General Dean Sangalis
Dr. and Mrs. Sirus A. Hadawi Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Schaffner
  Harrah’s East Chicago Casino   Mr. David Schneider
 

Griffith Free Methodist Church, Griffith, IN

  

Mr. & Mrs. David F. Shafer
  Mr. Arnold Heltzer   Mr. Palmer C. Singeleton, Jr.
Mr. Charles F. Heuer

Ms. June M. Slamka
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Hirsch Mr. Alvin D. Star
  Mr. Paul A. Hmurovich, Jr.  

Ms.Charisse A. Spitzer
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Karns

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Griffith, IN
Ms. Jessica Koo Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Stine
  Mr. Ernest Karmin   Mr. Rob Stier
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kassel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Straus
  Dr. George Kelly  

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Teibel
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph I. Knesek Ms. Valerie Theodore
 

Mr. Michael Kometz

   The Times
  Korean Veterans Association, East Chicago, IN   Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tonkovich
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kovich Tri-Electronics, Hammond, IN
  Kuiper Funeral Home, Highland, IN   Thomas Troller
Mr. Lloyd S. Kupferberg

VFW Post 2697, Munster, IN
  Mrs. Elsie K. Lammering   VFW Post 7881 Auxiliary, Hammond, IN
Mr. Edwin F. Lebryk Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vierk
  LeHayne Funeral Home, Hammond, IN   Dr. and Mrs. G. J. Volan
Ms. Caryl LeRoy Dr. and Mrs. Howard L. Wilder
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Levin Winter Magic Festival
  Ms. Marilyn Levinson  

Mrs. Grace Wood
 

Dr. and Mrs. Manuel R. Luna

   Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Wooden

Mr. William C. Luebcke

 Zandstra’s Store for Men, Highland, IN

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Newell

 Mr. Thomas M. Zimmerman

Mrs. Elaine R. Olson

  
Mr. & Mrs. George Oakley  
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence O. Pearson
Dr. and Mrs. Howard J. Marcus
Marcus Jewelers, Highland, IN  
   
   
   

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Bench Sponsor

Mr. James W. Dye Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Neff
Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Liz DeGiulio Mr. & Mrs. David Nellans
Mr. & Mrs. George Erickson Ms. Patricia O’Connell
Ispat Inland, Inc. Mr. Gary Rassel
Kerger Enterprises, Schererville, IN Mr. Edward P. Robinson

Mr. & Mrs. Matt & Ruth Kerger

Mrs. June M. Slamka

Frank Korba

VFW Post 2697, Munster, IN

Mr. Terry McMahon

Sandra S. Woodard

Munster Rotary Club

Munster Womens’ Club

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Flag Pole Sponsor

Fairmeadows Pharmacy, Inc.

 Mr. Marvin WeissMr.
Hasse Construction Company Charles L. Zandstra
People's Bank

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Site Sponsor

Thomas J. Lasbury

 Barbara & Dean White Foundation
The McCormick Tribune Foundation

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 Tree Sponsor

Mr. Fred Berglund Elaine Olson
Burns-Kish Funeral Homes, Inc. Olthoff Homes, LLC, Schererville, IN
Kay Cambell Precision Construction
Centier Bank Mr. Ralph Papesh, Munster, IN
Ms. Linda Del Favero Diana Perez
Dr. & Mrs. George Compton Peer Cabinet & Countertop, Inc., Crown Point, IN
Ms. Marion G. Fulte Shirley, Arentz, MaryJo Peters
Ray Guiden Mr. James J. Piekarczyk
Denise Gurley Don Powers Agency
Joanne Hall Mr. Gary Rassel
Hammond Woman's Club Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Reed
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Harrigan

Mr. Mike Remec
Harra's East Chicago Casino & Hotel

Ms. Alice A. Robinson

Hartsfield Village, Munster, IN

Dean Sangalis

Highland Student Councils, Highland, IN

Mr. & Mrs. David & JoAnne Schafer
Mr. John Hluska

Mr. & Mrs. Joy & Charles Schoemaker
Ms. Shirley Jacobs Signatures Awards

JWP/Hyre Electric, Highland, IN

St. Thomas Moore School Student Coucil 2003
Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Sylvia Komyatte Strack & Van Til

Elizabeth Mahoney

 Suncrest Christian Church, St. John, IN
Ms. Barbara McQueen Sun Realty
Mr. & Mrs. John & Audrey Meyer Tri Electronics
Mr. Joseph Miles Tri-State Hose, Munster, IN
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald & Karen Millies VFW Memorial Post 1109
Mr. & Mrs. John Mybeck Vidimos, Inc., East Chicago, IN
Munster Fraternal Order of Police, Munster, IN Ms. Michelle Vogt
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Neff Musetta Yeager
Mr. & Mrs. David Nellans Mr. & Mrs. Mike & Susan Wood

Mrs. Shirley Nowaczyk

 Mr. & Mrs. James & Dorthy Zaun

Ms. Betty Lou Oberg

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Welcome Sponsor

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