PHOTO: Cemetery sculpture

Members of the Mitchell Lions Club and The Servicemen’s Memorial Cemetery Association stand in front of a newly installed large bronze eagle sculpture Wednesday morning at the Servicemen’s Memorial Cemetery in Mitchell. The sculpture, which sits atop a columbarium, was paid for by donations from the Mitchell Lions Club, including special donations by members Merv Iverson, Lyle Swenson and the Vernon Merriman Memorial Fund. Anyone wishing to make donations to help pay for statues at the cemetery can send money to Servicemen’s Memorial Cemetery, P.O. Box 15, Mitchell, S.D. Pictured are, front row, from left: Jimmy Traupel, Elvina Maiden, Irene Wilson, Karen Jorgenson, Angie Putnam, Tracy Burggraff, Dean Strand and Dean Weiss; back row, from left: Lyle Sunderland, Marv Struck, David Jorgenson, Keith Nash, Merv Iverson, Mike Vehle and Richard Goldammer. (Chris Huber/Republic)