Peaks Island and the Umbrella Cover Museum

 Yes, you heard correctly. There is an Umbrella Cover Museum on Peak's Island.  The only one in the world!  Keep reading to learn more. 

The ferry to Peaks Island from Portland, Maine

Last summer we took a trip to Peaks Island in Casco Bay, Maine, population 2,000 year round residents.  The ferry ride is about 3 miles from Portland, taking only about 20 minutes. This is a small island with two museums, the Fifth Maine Regiment Museum (Civil War), and the Umbrella Cover Museum.  There is a large fort, Battery Steele (World War II), to explore near the beach.  

The tiny Umbella Cover Museum

The Umbrella Cover Museum on 62 Island Road is a seasonal fun stop on Peaks Island, open seasonally.  It was founded by Nancy Hoffman in 1996. There are over 2,000 umbrella covers from over 71 countries on display.  You know, what is an umbrella cover?  They are those "sheaths" or "pockets" that you remove when you buy an umbrella and then immediately lose it because you can never get it back on?  Well Nancy has kept all these unique items and created a display.  She even wrote a book on umbrella covers (available at the gift shop) and won a Guinness Book of World Records achievement in 2012 when she had only 730 umbrella covers.  

Don't miss this when you are on Peaks Island.  It is a less than five minute walk from the ferry landing. 

Cairn beach had hundreds of cairns

Vincent exploring one of the "art carts"

The best way to see Peaks Island is to rent an electric golf cart or a bicycle. There are at least two businesses renting golf carts near the ferry landing, and one is right in the driveway of the Umbrella Cover Museum.  When we rented our cart we were given a map showing all the beaches, art galleries, museums, and unique sites.  Along the way we passed many art carts and plant sales.  We saw the fort twice on our two rounds around Peaks Island. There is not much to see and do, but the scenery and views of Casco Bay were fantastic.  A few hours is all you need on this little island. 

Getting on the ferry to return to the mainland

For the truly curious:

Peaks Island website:  https://peaksisland.info/   

Peaks Island at Wikipedia:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaks_Island   

The Umbrella Cover Museum website:   https://www.umbrellacovermuseum.org/   or email info@UmbrellaCoverMuseum.org 

Umbrella Cover Museum at Wikipedia:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Cover_Museum  

Uncovered and Exposed: A Guide to the World's Only Umbrella Cover Museum, by Nancy 3. Hoffman, published in 2010.  

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Peaks Island and the Umbrella Cover Museum", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 5, 2025, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/11/peaks-island-and-umbrella-cover-museum.html: accessed [access date]). 

A Mystery Weathervane in Antwerp for Weathervane Wednesday

 This weathervane was photographed in Antwerp, Belgium.  Does it look familiar to anyone?

My husband took a walking tour of Antwerp and photographed this weathervane near the Plantin Moretus Museum.  We don't know the building or the history of this weathervane.  It's a complete mystery. 

This hand is very mysterious. 

This shape looked like a possible boat or ship.  It was also very mysterious. 

Online I saw a reference to a V-1 Flying Bomb weathervane in Antwerp, installed above a private house.  When I Googled the V-1 flying bomb I saw this photo below.  It was a match. 

The V-1 Flying Bomb was the famous "buzz bomb" or "doodlebug" during the Blitz in England during World War II.  It was an unmanned German missile.  It also terrorized civilians in Antwerp.  This was the precursor to today's cruise missile.  Antwerp, Belgium was hit by 2,448 V-1s from October 1944 to March 1945. It remains a mystery as to why this destructive missile was commemorated by a weathervane.  Perhaps it is symbolic of the resilience of the Antwerp citizens during World War II.  

The hand silhouette  on the finial above the vane remains a mystery!  If you know any details on this weathervane in Antwerp, please leave a comment below or email me at vrojomit@gmail.com  

For the truly curious:

V-1 Flying Bomb at Wikipedia:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb

Click here to see over 550 other weathervanes worldwide:

https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/Weathervane%20Wednesday    

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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Mystery Weathervane in Antwerp for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy,  posted August 20, 2025, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-mystery-weathervane-in-antwerp-for.html: accessed [access date]). 

Wrentham, Massachusetts World War II Honor Roll

This honor roll for the World War II veterans of Wrentham, Massachusetts was transcribed by Sandy Dahfred, and photographed by Richard S. Marsh.  They both submitted it for inclusion in the Honor Roll Project website:  https://honorrollproject.weebly.com/  

MEMORIAL HONOR ROLL WORLD WAR II

“FOREVER HONOUR’D. FOREVER MOURN’D.”

HOMER

1941 – 1945

ALCINDA P. DEAGUIAR

ERWIN G. AMES

*KENNETH S. AMES

CHARLES H. AMOR

ROBERT T. ANDREW

WILLIAM J. ASHE

WILLIAM ASTILL

EUGENE AUDETTE

GORDON M. BARKER

HORACE C. BARKER

KENNETH R. BATTLES

GEORGE L. BEALS

WILLIAM A. BEALS

JOSEPH P. BEAUDETTE

MARIANO A. BERNARDINI

ALEXANDER M. BERNSTEIN

*JOHN L. BISHOP

CLARENCE M. BLAISDELL

JOHN D. BLAISDELL

EUGENE F. BROOKS

LEROY N. BROWN

RICHARD A. BROWN

KENNETH O. BRYANT

OWEN M. BRYANT

*DAVID BULLUKIAN

FRANK W. BURNS

THOMAS F. BURNS

CHARLES W. BURT

ROBERT H. CAIRNS

ALDEN D. CALDER

MARIO C. CALZOLARI

CHARLES W. CAPRON, JR.

ALBERT CARBONEY

DONALD CARLANDER

HAROLD E. CARLANDER

*PAUL R. CARLANDER

CARL G. CARLSON

ROGER G. CARPENTER

*ALBERT G. CARTIER

ROLAND CARTIER

GEORGE C. CHAPIN

EUGENE F. CLAPP

GEORGE CLERC

RENE CLERC

SIDNEY E. CLEVELAND

GUSTAVUS COLLETTO

HENRY A. COLLETTO

JOHN L. COLLETTO

CHARLES F. COLTON

BERNARD E. CONROY

CHRISTOPHER CONTOS

FREDERICK E. COOK

HENRY T. COOK

JASON C. COOK

JOSEPH B. COOK

THOMAS F. COYLE

EARLE D. CROSBY

PERRY E. CURTIS

RICHARD L. CURTIS

WARREN P. DAVIS

CLIFTON F. DEXTER

ARMANDO B. DIMATTEO

JOHN W. DOWDING, JR.

HAROLD L. DRAKE

JOSEPH A. DUFFY

*THEODORE ELLSWORTH

EDBURY R. ENEGREN, JR.

MARJORIE ENEGREN

ROBERT W. ENEGREN

TRUMAN ESAU

A. HARRISON EWING, JR.

WILLIAM L. FALK

ROGER M. FARRAR

JOHN J. FIELDS

IRVING C. FISHER

JAMES R. FITZGERALD

JOHN R. FITZGERALD

ELMER D. FLEMMING

FREDERICK W. FOLEY

EARL E. FORAND

EDWARD W. FORSYTH

GEORGE C. FRALEIGH

RICHARD J. FREIN

HOWARD E. FULLER

REED C. FULTON

NORMAN B. GARDNER

RAYMOND C. GARDNER

ALLAN W. GEORGE

MURRAY W. GEORGE

RALPH H. GEORGE

RAYMOND H. GEORGE

ELLSWORTH GIFFORD

DONALD R. GILMORE

VELMA A. GIRELIUS

LEO J. GLADU

PHILIP L. GLINES

ARMAND GOMES

FREDERICK L. GOODWIN

RUPERT H. GOULD

EMILE J. GOULET

SYLVIA N. GOULET

FRED T. GRANT

JOHN W. GREENE

WALTER O. GRIFFEN

FRANK W. GUILD, JR.

LEWIS W. GUISS

ALFRED E. HALEY

EVERETT A. HATT

*LLOYD E. HATT

FREDERICK A. HEFFRON

FREDERICK P. HEINZ, JR.

RUSSELL E. HEMMINGSEN

SAMUEL HEYMAN

WALTER M. HOBBS

ARTHUR F. HOFFMAN

GEORGE E. HOFFMAN

GEORGE G. HOFFMAN

ROGER W. HOMER

EDWIN B. HOOPER

CHESTER L. HUME

LAWRENCE G. HUME

DWIGHT T. HUSSEY, JR.

JAMES P. IRVING

NELSON C. IRVING

MARIUS B. JANSEN

CHARLES H. JENEST

HOMER C. JENEST

JOHN G. JENEST

WILLIAM J. JONES

LUTHER V. KARNES

JAMES J. KEARNEY

STEPHEN W. KEIGHLEY

THOMAS J. KENNEDY

RUTH N. KENNEY

CLARENCE V. KENRICK

DONALD H. KIRKTON

JOHN J. KLEINKAUF

HENRY B. KNOX

ARTHUR LALLY

*WILLIAM C. LALLY

RICHARD A. LAMBERT

JAMES L. LARSEN

HINMAN D. LATTER

KNOWLES B. LAWRENCE

MAURICE J. LEMAIRE

JOHN LEWICKI

THADDEUS A. LEWICKI

FRANCIS R. L’HERAULT

HAROLD R. LOCKWOOD

JOHN W. LOCKWOOD

ROY M. LOCKWOOD

MARVIN C. LUDWIG

JAMES T. LUND

JOHN LUND

WALTER G. LYNAM

FREDERICK J. LYNCH

JOHN P. LYNCH, JR.

ROBERT C. LYNCH

DAVID G. MACCABE

JOSEPH G. MACCABE

JOHN A. MACMAHON

FREDERICK A. MADER

ROBERT C. MADER

GEORGE F. MAGLOTT, JR.

SYLVESTER R. MAGLOTT

ALBERT E. MAGNUSON

GORDON MARCHANT

GARDNER MASSIE

GEORGE MAVRIDES

PAUL F. MCAVOY

WALTER E. MCAVOY

RAYMOND T. MCCARTHY

MARTIN H. MCDONALD

WILLIAM T. MCDONALD

CARROLL L. MCDOWELL

DANIEL F. MCELHINNEY

JOHN F. MCELHINNEY

JOHN W. MCENTEE

CATHERINE M. MCGARRY

FRANCIS T. MCGARRY

RUSSEL MCGILLAN

ERNEST M. MELBYE

ALLAN L. MERCHANT

ELSIE J. METCALF

FRANK L. METCALF

JOHN S. METCALF

RUTH H. METCALF

JOSEPH G. MIDDLETON

DONALD F. MITCHELL

ALBERT A. MORELAND, JR.

IRVING J. MORGAN

ROBERT J. MORIARTY

FREDERICK J. MORRIS

HOWARD A. MOULTON, JR.

BARBARA G. MULLEN

PAUL R. MULLEN

JOHN J. MURRAY

EARL L. MYERS

JOHN A. NASH, JR.

ROBERT H. NELSON

ARTHUR E. OLSEN

EVERETT O. OLSEN

VERNE H. OLSEN

WALLACE E. OLSON

ANDREW B. ORDWAY

CHARLES E. PAINE

NORMAN A. PALMER

WILLIAM L. PALMER

HAROLD E. PARKER

NORMAN J. PARKHURST

FRANK R. PASQUANTONIO

*GEORGE J. PASQUANTONIO

GEORGE E. PASSEY

EDWARD A. PEATFIELD

EARL W. PECK

KENDRICK R. PERRY

LEWIS F. PERRY, 3^RD

BRONISLAW PETECKI

EDWARD E. POLES

ALLAN R. POLLOCK

FRANCIS L. PORTER

ROBERT POTTLE

CURTIS K. PROBERT

ERNEST H. PROBERT

ROSE M. PROTEAU

WILLIAM PROTEAU

DANIEL R.W. QUIRK

BRADLEY H. RAYMOND

LOEL A. RAYMOND

*THURBER C. RAYMOND

GEORGE M. REDDING

EDWARD R. RHYNARD

HAROLD C. RICHARDSON

DEAN W. RILEY

FRANCES L. RILEY

JOSEPH A. RILEY, JR.

EDWARD F. ROBERTSON

FRED G. ROBERTSON

JOHN J. ROONEY

ALBERT ROSATO

GUY ROSATO

ROBERT J. ROSS

ROBERT J. ROSS

NORMAN J. ROWELL

RUSSELL E. ROWELL

WILLARD H. ROWELL, JR.

WARD A. ROY

FREDERICK C. RUSSELL

JOHN J. SANTOS

HAROLD C. SARGENT

ROBERT L. SCHURMAN

BENJAMIN H. SHANKER

JAMES G. SHEARER

GEORGE M. SHEPARD

ALDEN A. SHERWIN, JR.

EDITH L. SIDELINGER

EDWARD P. SIMANO

LAURENCE V. SNOW

WALTER R. SODERQUIST

WALTER J. SORROW, 3^RD

CHARLES W. SPRAGUE

*RICHARD L. STARKEY

DAVID T. STEERE

ARTHUR W. STEVENS

RODNEY L. STONE

GEORGE P. STREECHON

WILLIAM F. STRINGER

ROBERT A. THOMAS

DAVID L. THOMPSON

JOSEPH B. THOMPSON

ROBERT TOPHAM

ARCHIE R. TOZIAN

HAIG J. TOZIAN

HAROLD B. TUPPER

LAVERNE F. UMBS

LAMBERT VINCENT

JEAN VOGEL

JOSEPH E. WARDNER, JR.

JOHN H. WARREN

OTTO A. WARREN

PETER J. WATROPSKI

MERTON S. WATTERS

MILTON A. WEINSTEIN

SELIG WEINSTEIN

STANLEY C. WELTON

GILBERT E. WHEELER

MARK C. WHEELOCK

RALPH M. WHIPPLE

GEORGE G. WHITE

JAMES WIGNALL, JR.

GLADYS WILLARD

VIRGIL WILLARD

HENRY M. WILLIAMS

CHARLES F. WINTER

GEORGE E. WINTER

WILFRID M. WINTER

ROBERT R. WOLFE

HENRY K. WOMBACHER

ELIOT D. WOOD

ELVIN F. WOOD

GEORGE H. WOOD

THOMAS A. WOOD

ALBERT H. WOODWARD

NORMAN F. WOOLFORD

DAVID D. WYLLIE

EDWIN J. WYLLIE

LLOYD I. WYLLIE

ROBERT H. WYLLIE

ELMER S. YEATON

SETH A. YEATON, JR.

RUSSELL M. YOUNG

TOWN OF WRENTHAM

 

THURBER RAYMOND

THOMAS J. MANNING, JR.

FRANK W. JORDAN

WILLIAM F. MORIARTY

RICHARD BLAISDELL

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To Cite/Link to this post:  Sandy Dahlfred, Richard S. Marsh, Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Wrentham, Massachusetts World War II Honor Roll", Nutfield Genealogy, posted May 28, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/05/wrentham-massachusetts-world-war-ii.html: accessed [access date]. 

Hancock, New Hampshire Military Honor Roll World War II, Korea and Vietnam Wars

This honor roll was photographed in Hancock, New Hampshire, near the Pine Ridge Cemetery.

TOWN OF HANCOCK WAR MEMORIAL

WORLD WAR II SEPTEMBER 8, 1939 - DECEMBER 31, 1946

ARNOLD C. BALDWIN

WAYNE W. BALDWIN

JOHN O. BASTILLE

ROBERT A. BASTILLE

JOHN M. BRADLEY

PAUL A. BURNHAM

EDWARD H. BURTT

ELIZABETH BURTT

LEONARD E. CASHION

LEWIS B. CHAMBERLAIN

WILLIAM L. CHUTE

CHARLES E. COLBY

KENNETH H. CRAGIN, JR.

ARTHUR N. DANIELS

ROY E. DORRY

PERLEY W. DUNBAR

CHARLES M. FAIRFIELD

ROBERT L. FISH

GEORGE W. FISHER*

WILLIS A. FOOTE, JR

FREDERIC W. GLEASON

JOHN J. HASS

CLARENCE HANSON

WILLIAM E. HANSON

GEORGE H. HASKELL

RICHARD G. HENSLEY

WILLIS H. HIGGINS

PAUL E. HILL

EDWARD O. HUBBARD, JR

GEORGE J. HUGRON

CHARLES A. JOHNSON

DONALD H. JOHNSON

EARL L. JOHNSON

PERSIS JOHNSON

MERLE B. JONES

CHARLES R. KELLEHER

MELVIN C. LOOMIS

THOMAS B. MANNING, JR

CONRAD MARCOULLIER

HENRY J. MARCOULLIER

OVID MARCOULLIER

WARREN R. PERRY

LESTER W. PHELPS

HARLD E. RICHARDSON

RICHARD U. DEVENS

MILLARD R. SOMES

RICHARD D. SOMES

DONALD S. STEARNS

MADELINE A. STEARNS

STEPHEN A TARR

JAMES A. THOMPSON

VINCENT E. TILTON

CHARLES S. TURPIN, JR

GEORGE B. TURPIN

SHERWOOD D. TUTTLE

EDSON C. WARE

FRED D. WARE

ELIJAH J. WEST

JOHN R. WHITNEY

KOREAN CONFLICT JUNE 20, 1950 - JUY 27, 1954

FREDERICK L. CERES

LAWRENCE DUTTON

MORRIS FAIRFIELD

CHARLES E. HANSON

WILLIAM E. HANSON

RICHARD A. HIGGINS

FRANK E. JOHNSON

MYRON JOHNSON

JEANIE A. JOHNSTON

BRUCE C. KIERSTEAD

DONALD KIERSTEAD

RONALD E. PAQUETTE, JR

NORMAN P. PHELPS

RICHARD W. PHELPS

KENNETH L. PICKERING

ALVAH W. PIERCE

MALVIN E. PIERCE

RAY E. PIERCE

ALMON O. SENECHAL

FRANCIS A. STAHL

WILLIAM C. STEARNS

ROGER P. TERRILL

LLOYD A. THOMPSON

HERBERT C. WERDEN

HOWARD H. WESTON

WILLIAM WESTON, JR

OTIS H. WILDER

VERNON E. WOODS

VIETNAM CONFLICT  JULY 8, 1959 - JAN. 29, 1973

EDWIN E. ADAMS

ERNEST A. ADAMS

CHARLES W. BRADLEY

MICHAEL E. CASS

ROBERT L. CERES

JUNE L. HAAS

PAUL C. DALY, JR

WILLIAM D. EVA

THOMAS FAIRFIELD

RICHARD W. HARRINGTON

RICHARD MAGOON

RAY E. PIERCE

A. BAYARD RUSS, JR*

ROBERT W. RUSS

MARK H. SCHELLING

DAVID SENECHAL

ROBERT STAHL

STEPHEN W. TRIPP

PETER VAILLANCOURT

RENE A VAYENS

TERRENCE WALLACE

ERECTED 2003

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Cite/Link to this post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Hancock, New Hampshire Military Honor Roll World War II, Korea and Vietnam Wars", Nutfield Genealogy, posted May 25, 2021, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2021/05/hancock-new-hampshire-military-honor.html: accessed [access date]). 

A World War II Christmas Card

"Best Wishes for a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Stan"

"Peace on Earth

Good Will

Toward Men"

"Guadalcanal"

Designed by

Tech. Sergeant, Victor P. Donahue, U.S.M.C.

Reproduced By - 1st Mar. Div.

Photo- Litho Section

This Christmas card was sent to my grandparents from their son, Stanley Elmer Allen, Jr. on Christmas 1944 from the South Pacific.  He was my mother's oldest brother, who served at the end of the war and during the Bombing of Tokyo at the end of the war.  Although the card mentions Guadalcanal (this campaign was fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 in the Solomon Islands) and the Marine Corps, he did not enlist until after Guadalcanal when he turned 18 years old.

My "Uncle Al" served in the 501st Bomber Command under General Curtis Emerson LeMay at the Northwest Field, Guam, in the Mariana Islands.  He was the scanner on board a B-29 Superfortress.  The name of his plane was "Orpen's Orphans" named after Colonel Bud Orpen (Julius H. Orpen).

Nine days after the Atom Bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one hundred forty three B-29 bombers left from Northwest Field on their secret mission now called "The Bombing of Tokyo".  This was the campaign that led to the Japanese surrender and the end of the war.  And it was the last combat mission flown by the US during World War II.  The Bombing of Tokyo was considered the most destructive action in human history.  Uncle Al never spoke of his service, and I'm sure that this battle was quite traumatic.  After the war ended, the B-29s carried supplies to the Allied POW camps in the Pacific region.

After researching Uncle Al's service, and learning more about the Bombing of Tokyo, the message of "Peace on Earth. Goodwill Towards Men" printed inside this little Christmas card seems so poignant to me.

For the truly curious:

A blog post about my Uncle Stanley Allen, Jr.'s military service:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thank-you-uncle-al.html 

A blog post about the B-29 photos, and a photo of my uncle, I found at a museum in Arizona:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/04/oh-advantages-of-having-my-family-tree.html

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Cite/Link to this post:  Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A World War II Christmas Card", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 25, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/12/a-world-war-ii-christmas-card.html: accessed [access date]).

Military Honor Rolls, Holden, Massachusetts

 These Honor Rolls are located on the common in front of the town hall in Holden, Massachusetts. The first flag pole has the World War 1 Honor Roll, and the second monument has the World War II Honor Roll. 

ERECTED BY THE

TOWN OF

HOLDEN, MASSACHUSETTS

IN HONOR OF

THESE LOYAL CITIZENS WHO IN

RESPONSE TO THE CALL OF THEIR

COUNTRY IN HER TIME OF NEED,

PLEDGED TO HER THEIR LIVES,

THEIR FORTUNES,  AND THEIR 

SACRED HONOR

* OSCAR FANT

* JOHN E. HARKINS

* GUSTAVE E. LINDBERG

* NICHOLAS MALOOLY

1914 - WORLD WAR - 1918

JOSEPH W. ADAMS

C. CLIFDEN AGAR

LOUIS ALLARD

VERNER L. ANDERSON

CARLYLE A. ATHERTON

CHARLES BAILEY

RICHARD BARLOW

GEORGE L. BATTYE

ANTONIO BERUBE

JAMES BRIGHT, JR.

FOSTER J. BRISSETTE

LOUIS J. BRISSETTE

ROLAND F. BRISSETTE

ALFRED H. BUSS

ENNIO CAMILLION

EUGENE CHADZYNSKI

THADEUS CHADZYNSKI

VINCENT CHADZYNSKI

DENNIS L. COBB

WILLIAM CONVERSE

GEORGE M. COSKEY

HAROLD C. DAVID

WILLIAM C. DENARIS

EDWARD J. DICKMAN

THOMAS DICKMAN, JR.

WILLIAM J. DICKMAN

RICHARD R. DOCKHAM

ALFRED B. DRAWBRIDGE

GEORGE D. DRAWBRIDGE

CHARLES K. DUNKER

WESLEY H. DURANT

ROGER M. FALES

JOHN FORGIT

GEORGE W. FRANCIS

LOUIS C. FRANCIS, JR.

ELMER M. FREELAND

RUDOLPH FREELAND

ROBERT D. FULLER

BERNARD J. GILBRIDE

AMEDEE GUERTIN

RALPH W. HAMMOND

HENRY HANDZYNSKI

JAMES W. HANLEY

D. FRANK HARRINGTON

MILLER HENDERSON

JAMES J. HENNESSY

ERICK H. HIDING

GUSTAF A. HIDING

EDGAR W. HOLDEN

J. STANLEY HOLT

CHARLES H. HORSTMAN

CLIFFORD P. HOWE

FLORENCE L. HOWE

JOHN L. HUESTIS

HAROLD D. JANES

MARTIN JOHANSON

ARVID F. JOHNSON

A. HARMON JOHNSON

CARL F. JOHNSON

OSCAR T. JOHNSON

ROBERT H. JOHNSON

ROBERT KELLEY

F. BOYDEN KELTON

EDWARD D. KENDALL

FRANCIS P. KENDALL

RANDOLPH F. KOHLSTROM

RUDOLPH F. KOHLSTROM, JR.

EDMUND H. LARCHEVEQUE

EINAR A. LARSON

OSCAR G. LARSON

ERNEST LEMELIN

MICHAEL LEONARD

EVERETT W. LEWIS

ALBERT LINDQUIST

HARRY O. LINDQUIST

ENOCH P. LINDSTROM

WESLEY H. LOWELL

JOHN D. LYNCH

JAMES R. MAINEY

JOHN J. MANNING

WILLIAM J. MARLOWE

WALTER A. MARSH

GEORGE N. MATTHEWS

ROBERT A. MATTHEWS

CHARLES J. MCDONALD

EDWARD J. MCLOUGHLIN

MICHAEL J. MCSHERRY

ROBERT E. MILLER

J. P. MILLETT, JR.

ALLEN T. MOULTON

ARTHUR NADEAU

DENNIS H. NAWN

EMMET R. NAWN

JAMES W. NAWN

WILLIAM J. NAWN

EINAR NELSON

CHARLES L. NILES

FRANK L. NILES

JOHN P. OBERG

WILLIAM S. OTTOSON

ROBERT N. OXFORD

CLARENCE PERRY

C. ARTHUR PIERCE

PETER PIROZOK

STEPHEN PIROZOK

CHARLES A. PORTER

CHARLES J. REEVES

HENRY W. REEVES

ROBERT P. RUSSELL

CHARLS SALVANYUS

HARRY SCOTT

DANIEL M. SHEWBROOKS

ARTHUR SPRING

HAROLD A. STEVENS

WILLIAM P. SULLIVAN

PHILIP R. SWENSON

HAROLD ULFVES

HJALMAR ULFVES

W. GOULDING WARREN

FRANK H. WASHBURN, JR.

JOHN W. WELCH

ALBERT E. WHITTLEG

FRANK WISSELL

ANTONIO ZOTTOLI

DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF

HOLDEN

IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED

IN WORLD WAR II

IN MEMORIAM

* JAY W. ANDERSON                     * WALTER H. DAME

*  CHESTER A. BASSETT                 * DAVID T. DEANE

* PAUL A. BENNETT                       * LOUIS F. G. JOLLY

* THEODORE BROWN                  * ALLEN O. KETOLA

* JOHN I. BRUNELL              *HOWARD V. LINDGREN

*RAYMOND CLARK                *FREDERICK L. OIKLE

*JACK H. RICE

HONOR ROLL WORLD WARD II

CLAYTON H. ADAMS

DORIS C. ADAMS

RUSSELL E. ADAMS

NEIL E. AHO

CLARENCE E. ALLEN

GEORGE J. ALLEN

LUCIEN T. ALLEN

NORMAN C. ALLEN

WALTER D. ALLEN, JR.

RICHARD H. AMES

EDGAR M. AMSDEN

CHARLES ANDERSON

HAROLD O. ANDERSON

RUSSELL W. ANDERSON

THURE A. ANDERSON

WILLIAM ANDRYSICK

WALTER E. APTT

LORRAINE E. ARELL

RENE ARELL

RICHARD A. ARELL

DAVID ARMITAGE

ROBERT ARMSTRONG

WALTER R. ARMY

CHESTER C. ATKINS

PAUL H. AUGER

GEROGE G. BAKER

ROY E. BAKER, JR.

WALTER G. BARRUS

RAYMOND O. BASSETT

ROBERT BASSETT

ROBERT BATCHELDER

FRANCIS H. BATEMAN

RALPH W. BEDELL

HAROLD W. BENGTSTON, JR.

RICHARD BENNETT

E. BERTIL BENSON

KENNETH BENSON

MILTON P. BENSON

PAUL H. BERGSTROM

ROBERT W. BERGSTROM

HAROLD J. BERRY, JR.

EDWARD A. BISHOP

HAROLD E. BLODGETT

LEO BLODGETT

BERTON E. BLUM

ELMER H. BLUM

EDWIN J. BOLDUC

FREDERICK C. BOND

LEO P. BOSSE

HENRY W. BOTTCHER

ROGER M. BRADY

FLORENCE IRENE BROWN

ROBERT CARL BRYNGELSON

DOMINIC J. BUCCA

WILLIAM S. BURKE

CHARLES H. BURNHAM

GEORGE W. BURNHAM

PATRICK J. BUTLER

EDWARD W. CARLSON

ERIC B. CARLSON

JOHN H. CARLSON

WARREN W. CARLSON

JOHN F. CARRIGAN

HONOR ROLL WORLD WAR II

JOHN F. CASEY, JR.

JAMES CASPER

JOSEPH P. CASPER

EDGAR N. CHAPUT

CLARENCE E. CHARBONNEAU

ERNEST CHARBONNEAU

IRENE E. CHARBONNEAU

WILLIAM H. CHASE

LAURENCE CHILDS

MARK L. CLAPP

ERNEST H. CLARK

CHARLES H. CLEVELAND

HARRY R. COLLINS

PAUL F. COLLINS

KENNETH W. COOK

FRANCIS H. COREY

LOUIS A. COREY

BERNARD T. COURNOYER

HENRY L. COURNOYER

LEONARD J. COURNOYER

RAPHAEL A. COURNOYER

HARRY A. CREAMER

GEORGE V. CROSBY

JOHN S. CROSS

LEOARD M. CROSS

JOHN F. CRYSTOFF

WILLIAM J. CRYSTOFF

FRANK V. CURTIS, JR.

JAMES H. CURTISS

WILLIAM D. CURTIS

STANLEY F. CUTTING

CARL G. DAHLGREN

EDUND J. DAIGLE

ALBERT DANIELS

LOUIS J. DAVID

ROBERT E. DEOME

PAUL E. DEROSIER

ALBERT DESAUNTIS, JR.

LOUIS DICESARE

EARL E. DICKMAN

ELDEN J. DICKMAN

EMMETT R. DICKMAN

HAROLD J. DICKMAN

C. LEON DIMMICK

ANTHONY J. DIPERRIO

GEORGE E. DIPERRIO

WILLIAM J. DIPERRIO

ALFRED A. DOANE

LENORE M. DOGHERTY

SHIRLEY M. DOGHERTY

RICHARD R. DOCKHAM

THOMAS DOMINITIS

LAWRENCE E. DONLEY

H. WALDRON DOUGHTY

ROBERT DOUGHTY

ALFRED B. DRAWBRIDGE

FLORENCE P. DRAWBRIDGE

JAMES N. DRAWBRIDGE

WILLIAM J. DRAWBRIDGE

T. RALPH DUFVA

CHARLES F. DUNKER

KENNETH C. DUNKER

EDGAR B. EDOFF

FRANK L. EDWARDS

FRANK J. EKENGREN

GUY S. ELMER, JR.

WILLARD E. ESTEY

JOHN B. FANT

RODNEY B. FIELD

STANLEY J. FILGULESKI

ALDEN FLAGG

BERNARD L. FLAGG

GEORGE L. FLAGG

EDWIN F. FORSBERG, JR.

HAROLD A. FORSBERG

SCHUYLER M. FREDRIKSON

ANNA B. FREUDENTHAL

WILLIAM R. GAIN

JOHN F. GAUTHIER

CARMELO J. GENOVESI

FLORENCE V. GERRISH

RENO GIARDINI

GEORGE O. GODDARD

STEWARD M. GOODHILE

EDWIN F. GOULD, JR.

GEORGE H. GOULD

A. WALLACE GOVE

CHARLES GOVE

DONALD E. GOVE

ROBERT L. GOVE

KENNETH BLANCHARD GRAHAM

FLOYD E. GRAY

LESLIE E. GRAY

HERBERT GRAYSON

EDWARD F. GUILFOYLE

HERBERT N. GUNDERMAN, JR.

AARO MAKALA

ALLAN W. HALL

H. ROBERT HALLEN, JR.

ALFRED HAMMOND

HARVEY HAMMOND

J. RUSSELL HAMMOND

CLIFTON L. HANDY

JAMES S. HARKINS

ROBERT HARKINS

DANIEL J. HARRINGTON

DANIEL J. HARRINGTON, JR.

EDWARD D. HARRINGTON, JR.

FRANCIS C. HARRINGTON

JOSEPH HARRINGTON

JAMES J. HARRINGTON

ROBERT H. HARRINGTON

WINSLOW HARRINGTON

WALTER P. HARRIS

COLIN F. HART

ROBERT L. HART

DONALD W. HARVEY

JOHN HARVEY

WENDALL W. HARVEY

PHILIP B. HAWKES

BRADFORD F. HAWLEY

HOWARD W. HEBBLETHWAITE

RUTH HEBBLETHWAITE

ROBERT HEBDEN

DAVID B. HEDLUND

HAROLD HEDLUND

PAUL F. HEDLUND

DONALD HENERSON

JAMES A. HENDERSON

PHILIP HENDERSON

ROBERT W. HENDERSON

WILLIAM T. HENDERSON

EVA HENLEY

RALPH L. HENLEY

ALFRED A. HENRICKSON

ANNA HENRICKSON

JOHN R. HENRICKSON

MARY A. HENRICKSON

CHARLES W. HENSON

CARL V. HILL

GRACE E. HILL

MARJORIE S. HODGES

BENJAMIN HOLDEN

KIMBALL P. HOLDEN

FRANKLIN W. HOLT

LUCIUS M. HOLTON

FRANK E. HOLYOKE

M. JOSEPH HORRIGAN

ARTHUR C. HORSFALL

CHARLES G. HORSFALL

ALFRED HOWGATE

HOWARD L. HUFF

EDWARD J. HULTEN

HAROLD HULTIN

GEORGE V. S. HULTIN

RUSSELL E. HULTIN

JOHN F. HUMES

HAROLD B. HUNT, JR.

RODNEY F. HUNT

ROSCOE A. ILLSLEY

WINTHROP A. JACQUES, JR.

HAROLD B. JANES, JR.

CHESTER JANOWSKI

GEORGE R. JARDINE

CHARLES T. JASIAK

CHESTER J. JASIAK

JOHN JENSEN

ELISE JOHANSON

ALLEN E. JOHNSON

ANDREW JOHNSON

ARTHUR N. JOHNSON

ARVID F. JOHNSON

EGON M. JOHNSON

EINAR A. JOHNSON

ELDEN JOHNSON

ELMER J. JOHNSON, JR.

EUNICE M. JOHNSON

GEORGE E. JOHNSON

HAROLD G. JOHNSON

JANET JOHNSON

LAWRENCE R. JOHNSON

RALPH L. JOHNSON

ROBERT V. JOHNSON

RUSSELL E. JOHNSON

SHIRLEY M. JOHNSON

JOHN O. JOHSTONE, JR.

GUSTAF A. KARLSON

PETER P. KARPOWICH

JOSEPH J. KASPER

HERBERT J. KENNEY

ROBERT J. KENNEY

KENNETH A. KEOUGH

TOIVO KETOLA

CHARLES G. KITCHEN

KOHN KITTREDGE

EMIL J. A. KOENIG, JR. MD

WALTER A. KOENIG

FRANK F. KOHLSTROM

JOHN O. KOHLSTROM

ANDREW KOT

ALFRED J. KRYZINOWEK

DAVID KURTZ

HOWARD A. LACKEY

DONALD R. LAFERRIERE

ALMA M. LAPOINTE

EARL E. LAPOINTE

RICHARD K. LAPRADE

RUSSELL J. LAROCHE

PAUL H. LARSON

ROBERT A. LARSON

WALFRID J. LAWSON

ROBERT W. LEANDER

WALTER R. LEANDER

EDWARD U. LEMAY

DAVID F. LEMELIN

FRANK E. LESAGE

EDWARD F. LEWIS

WARREN R. LEWIS

ADOLPH G. LINDBERG

RICHARD A. LINDBERG

EDGAR M. LINDFORS

RICHARD P. LINDGREN

EDITH N. LINDQUIST

KENNETH LINDQUIST

LEOROY LINDQUIST

MERTON O. LINDQUIST

CARL E. LINDSTROM

ERIC. A. LINDSTROM

HERBERT A. LINDSTROM

ROBERT W. LINDSTROM

WILLIAM A. LINDSTROM

HOWARD J. LONERGAN

GORDON W. LOWELL

ROBERT D. LUEY

JOHN J. LUFKIN

ALBERT J. LUKAS

EDMUND LUKAS

KURT H. LUNDQUIST

DONALD W. MacKAY

HOMER E. MacNUTT, JR.

WILLIAM I. MAKI

W. PAUL MALONEY

JAMES H. MANNING

RICHARD L. MANNING

LAWRENCE A. MARLOWE

AUSTIN L. MARSH

JOHN A. MASTERS

FRANCIS N. MASTROTOTORO

EDGAR J. MATHEWS

FREDERICK H. MATHEWS

LEONARD E. MATTHEWS

LEROY E. MAYO, MD

VERNON W. MAYO

WALTER EVERETT MASON

DONALD F. McCUTCHEON

OWEN A. McGANN

ARTHUR H. MEDINE, JR.

ELMER MERCHANT

ADIN F. MILES

ROBERT F. MILES

WILLIAM F. MILLETT

ARMAND R. MORIN

JOSEPH E. MORIN

ROLAND R. MORIN

MARIO MORINI

DOROTHY A. MOROSKI

EDWIN I. MULLINS

WILLIAM F. MURPHY

FREDERICK H. MURRAY

WELLMAN H. MUZZEY

ELIZABETH MUZZY

KEITH S. MUZZY

RACHEL C. MUZZY

LEWIS W. NEEDHAM

CLAIRE P. NELSON

LEWIS A. NELSON

ROBERT L. NELSON

ROBERT W. NELSON

ROBERT W. NELSON

ROY S. NELSON

LAURENCE R. NEWELL

ARTHUR R. NOBLE

ARNOLD C. NOEL

FRANK NORDIN

BOYDEN E. NORDSTROM

JOHN T. NORTON

CHARLES NOWAK

STEPHEN NOWAK

ELMER G. NYGARD

PEHR NYGARD

ALBERT W. OBERG

FRANCIS OCCHIALINI

WILLIAM O'DONNELL

BENJAMIN OLDAKOWSKI

CHARLES J. OLDAKOWSKI

JOHN V. OLKDAOWSKI

JOHN C. OLIVER

WILLIAM V. OLIVER

DONALD R. OLSON

DONALD V. OLSON

ERNEST F. OLSON

HENRY T. OLSON

PAUL E. OLSON

ROBERT E. OLSON

ROBERT CARROLL McCAULEY

HONOR ROLL  WORLD WAR II

WARREN H. OLDSON

HENRY OMAN

CHARLES H. OSLUNC

FRANK K. PACKARD, JR.

RALPH W. PACKARD

ALMERICO PANDOLPHI

RUSSELL J. PAQUETTE

HARVEY PARADY

EVERETT S. PARKER

PHYLLIS PARKER

RAYMOND O. PARKER

VIRGINIA . PARKER

BURNHAM E. PARMENTER

ANDREWS C. PATON

ARTHUR W. PEABODY

GORDON B. PEARSON

MILTON PEARSON

PAUL A. PEARSON

STANLEY R. PEARSON

LOREN R. PEOPLES

CHARLES H. PERRY

JOHN A. PERRY

WALDO E. PERRY

WALTER E. PERRY

ARNE E. PETERSON

ELMER R. PETTIS

CARL R. PIERSON

HAROLD E. PIERSON

RUTH PITMAN

MARK I. PACE

WILLIAM H. POLUBINASKAS

BERNARD C. POWERS

LAWRENCE M. POWERS

WILLIAM D. POWERS

CHARLES R. PRASKIEWICZ

JOHN F. PRASKIEWICZ

WALLACE M. PRASKIEWICZ

ROBERT J. PRENTISS

WILLIAM J. PRITCHARD

NEWELL W. PROUTY

ERNEST PROVOST

DAVID A. PRUE

CLARENCE H. QUILLIA

HARRY N. RAYMOND

PAUL H. RAYMOND

RICHARD F. RAYMOND

RICHARD R. RAYMOND

LAWRENCE W. RONDEAU

MARSHALL E. ROPER

JOHN S. ROSE, JR.

FRANCIS H. ROWE

ALLAN M. ROWELL

WALDO A ROWELL

JOHN A RUSSELL

ALFRED G. SANFORD

DAVID T. SANDSTROM, JR.

WILFRED E. SANTIMAW

JULIAN SAROSICK

HAROLD A. SCHMUCKI

PAUL SHAY

WALTER SHEMETH

JACK SIZE

PAUL P. SKIBAUSKAS

ALBERT M. SMITH

CAROLTON L. SMITH

CHANDLER C. SMITH

ERNEST F. SMITH

FRANK B. SMITH, JR.

GORDON C. SMITH

ROBERT L. SMITH

STANLEY S. SMITH

JAY SNELL

EDWARD R. SNOW

FRED SNOW

RO SNOW

WILFRED J. SPRING

ROGER C. STAPLES

KENNETH A. STARBARD

MILDRED J. STARBARD

ROLAND A. STEDT

KENNETH H. STEELE

EDWARD C. STEVENS

ROBERT A. STEVENS

WARREN R. STONES

JOHN W. STUART

CHARLES W. STYLER

PHILP F. STYLER

GEROGE J. SULLIVAN

FREDERICK F. SWALLOW

HENRY N. SWEENEY

JAMES T. SWEENEY

RAYMOND A. sWENSON

ROBERT W. sWENSON

WARREN D. SWENSON

TOIVO V. TAKALA

HOLLIS W. TANNAHILL

JAMES E. THOMAS

CONRAD TILANDER

JOHN W. TOKARZ

SIMON J. TOKARZ

STANLEY R. TOKARZ

EARL R. TOOMBS

W. WILLARD TARVIS

ANTOHNY J. TREMBLAY

ROBERT J. TREMBLAY

ANTHONY M. TROCKI

ERNEST R. TURNER

WILLIAM H. VOGEL

JOHN T. VOGT

RUTH VOGT

JOSEPH J. WADSWORTH

EARL C. WAGNER

ERIC A. WANDLAND

GOULDING W. WARREN, JR.

WILLIAM H. WARREN, JR.

ALBERT H. WEBBER

FRANCIS L. WEEKS

HAROLD WEEKS

CHARLES WELSH

JAMES E. WELSH, JR.

WILLIAM R. WELSH

KENNETH WELSH

RICHARD W. WELSH

OLIVER J. WENDELA

DONALD E. WENTWORTH

NILS F. WERNHOLM

RALPH T. WERNHOLM

RALPH A. WERNHOLM

MARTIN F. WHITE

MERTON WHITE

WARREN E. WHITE

NORMAN r. WHITTLES

JOHN L. WIDING

LELAND G. WILCOX, JR.

ROBERT E. WILES

HENRY W. WILLSON

HOWARD C. WILLSON

MERTON C. WILMOT

EDWIN A. WILSON

EARL S. WINSLOW

ANTHONY J. WISNER

FRANK WISNER

JOHN WISNER

JOSEPH A. WISNER

GEORGE E. WOLFE

ALMUS D. WOODWARD

LLOYD M. YOUNG

RICHARD H. YOUNG

SAMUEL ZARRITT

IRVING ZOPPO

RALPH ZOPPO

The photos above were taken by Richard Marsh for his website and used with his permission.  You can see the Holden, Massachusetts honor rolls at this link:   https://www.massmilitarymonuments.com/Holden-Mass.php?fbclid=IwAR10OJZxYh43ST9SZQjwQ08Cy3oVow-wXI-nFf_NyA2QsYzxZ9iXpgkCSxo   

I grew up in Holden, and I remember standing by these monuments for Girl Scout events on Memorial Day and Veterans Day.  Many of the names on these honor rolls are the surnames of my neighbors, teachers, and classmates from Holden.  Some are even street names now in Holden.  The names reflect the ethnic groups that lived here, including many Swedish and Scandinavian names.  

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Cite/Link to this post:  Richard Marsh and Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Military Honor Rolls, Holden, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 3, 2020, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2020/11/military-honor-rolls-holden.html: accessed [access date]).