| 8/11/2008 3:00:00 PM | Email this article • Print this article | | Message from Mayor Armstrong |
August 11, 2008
As Mayor of Madison and on behalf of a grateful Nation, I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the family of Jon Menke. It is with reverence and deep appreciation that we thank Jon and his family for his service and ultimate sacrifice. To honor Jon, we ask that community members, that are able, to line the route for his arrival back in Madison on August 12th. Please bring flags if possible. The processional should be arriving at the intersection of Hwy 7 and Clifty Drive around 10:30am. They will precede East on Clifty and turn left on to Michigan Road to Morgan, Nay Funeral Centre.
On Thursday August 14th, we ask that after the funeral at approximately 12:30, members of the community line the processional route with flags, to the Veterans Memorial Cemetery which will be Jon's final resting place. The processional will take the following route from Madison Consolidated High School: North on Wilson Avenue, East on Clifty Drive, South on Michigan Road, West on State Street, to State Hospital entrance, South to Indiana Veterans Cemetery. Flags will be given out at the funeral home and various locations.
Sincerely,
Tim Armstrong
Mayor
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Menke funeral Thursday in MCHS gym
Indiana National Guard Spc. Jon Menke's funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Madison Consolidated High School gymnasium. He will be buried in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery with full military honors conducted by the Joint Forces Headquarters Indiana Ceremonial Unit.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the high school gym.
Menke, 22, of Madison died Aug. 4 in East Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated on an overpass while the truck he was in was driving underneath. Another Indiana soldier in the truck also was killed.
Menke was in the 38th Military Police Company, 95th Battalion, 18th Brigade, based in Danville. His unit was activated in February.
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