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1985: Gronewolds remember son Larry on Memorial Day

Compiled by Erin M. Gentz
Posted 5/20/25

May 22, 1985: As several area communities made plans to mark Memorial Day, Elmer and Dorothy Gronewold of Donahue were remembering their son, Larry, who was killed in Vietnam in March of 1968. While the Gronewolds said they had always paid tribute to deceased family and friends on Memorial Day, the event became more poignant to them after they became a Gold Star family. The American Legion Post in Donahue was named after Larry.

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