St. Paul's Lutheran Church Memorial - Concordia, MO
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N 38° 59.379 W 093° 33.897
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Church monument and veterans memorial erected by Saint Paul's Lutheran Church of St. Paul's College.
Waymark Code: WM58H8
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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County of Monument: Lafayette County.
Location of Monument: E. 1st St., St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Concordia.

Monument Text:
South Face:

This Monument was erected A.D.
1952, at the location of the
first sanctuary of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
First Log Church 1844
Brick Church 1860
Present Church 1904.

East Face:
This memorial is dedicated
to the 175 members of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
who served our country in
World War II, and in loving
memory of the following who
paid the supreme sacrifice
Edward Green
Vernon Henning
Norbert Meyer
Arnold Oetting
Elmer Pape.
North Face:
THIS MEMORIAL IS IN MEMORY
OF SERVICEMEN WHO PAID THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
Korean War: Dennis Deke....Died 1954.
Vietnam War: William D Kindle....died 1968.
Stanley Martens....died 1969.

West Face:
This memorial is dedicated
to the 65 members of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
who served our country
in World War I and
in loving memory of
EDWARD LOHMAN
who gave his life for our country.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I, World War II, Korean War and Viet Nam War.


In Honor Of: Specific members who served and special to those lost from this church

Marker Text:
see above.


Date of dedication: 1952

Who Put it Here?: St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Description of Memorial:
Large stone obelisk between two flag poles. Sits on the edge of the church cemetery, and located when the original church used to stand. Today's church is across the street on the grounds of St. Paul's College. Each face of the obelisk contains a plaque to a specific war and the number who served and the names of those who perished. The road in front of this cemetery is the original US-40, which is replaced by I-70 some distance north of here.


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