Sunset Ridge Memorial Park Memorial Day service

SOMERS – Sunset Ridge Memorial Park will hold its annual Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at 11: a.m. Monday, May 29, at the cemetery, 4300 Green Bay Road (Highway 31). The entrance is off Green Bay Road.

The ceremony, open to all, takes place in front of the main office Serenity Mausoleum. Sunset staff will be on hand to direct attendees to the service location.

The service, lasting approximately 40 minutes, is scheduled to include musical performances by bagpiper James Melnychuk, a performance of “Taps” by bugler Sam Lail, and a singing of the “Star Spangled Banner” by Morgan Kelsey.

Members of American Legion David Leet Post No. 552 will present the colors and provide a rifle salute, invocation and benediction. The Somers Fire Department is scheduled to be on hand to provide a patriotic flag presentation with its aerial truck.

The ceremony also will include a keynote address from historical interpreter David Wiedenkeller and a reading of veterans who have passed over the past year and have been interred at Sunset Ridge Memorial Park.

For more information, call Sunset Ridge Memorial Park 262-652-7488.