Remembering Our Veterans

Two Memorial Sites

The Spooner Veterans’ Memorial was completed in 2003. It is located in Waterfront Park on the south side of Spooner.Built by the Spooner-Trego Lions Club, the memorial consists of six jet-black granite stones, 8 feet wide and 51/2 feet high. Each stone is inscribed with up to 750 names of Spooner area veterans. To be included, the veteran must have “strong ties to Spooner,” such as having attended school, lived or worked here.

Currently there are more than 3,400 names inscribed on the stones. Names will be added as they become available. Names are engraved at no cost to the veteran’s family.

In addition to the memorial stones, the floor of the memorial is laid with 900 granite paver stones set between 6,000 decorative stones. Individuals and groups can order paver stones engraved with a message. The memorial also features a bell tower with a four-foot eagle on top. Eight flags fly above the memorial. They are the American, Wisconsin and POW-MIA flags, as well as flags for each branch of the U.S. armed forces.

For more information, to order stones or to make a donation to the ongoing costs of the memorial, write P.O. Box 321, Spooner, WI 54801, or call (715) 635-3256.

The Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery near Spooner provides a final resting place for veterans and creates a lasting memorial to their achievement and sacrifices. The cemetery has an attractive administrative building, which includes a committal chapel for interment services. An outdoor committal shelter is used for services when weather permits. The cemetery also hosts veterans’ events and commemorations in its ceremonial area and flag plaza.

   

The cemetery inters caskets and cremation urns year-round. Cremated remains may be interred either in ground or an above ground columbarium. The government marker will include the veteran’s name, rank, branch of service, war period, birth date, death date and spousal information. Families also have the option of adding an additional inscription/term of endearment to their loved ones’ marker.

For information on events, pre-registration for burial, or to plan a visit, contact the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, N4063 Wildcat Road, Spooner, WI 54801, phone (715) 635-5360.