Honoring Tulalip warriors: Memorial Day ceremonies commemorate their sacrifice

 

By Andrew Gobin, Tulalip News

Tulalip Honor Guard at Priest Point Cemetery.
Tulalip Honor Guard at Priest Point Cemetery. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News

Tulalip veterans and their families, as well as the families of fallen soldiers, gathered at Priest Point and Mission Beach cemeteries Memorial Day, May 26, to remember the service men and women that gave their lives in the service of their country and to honor their sacrifice.

Natosha Gobin and her children, Aloysius, Katie, Kane, and KC, opened each Memorial Day service with a prayer in our traditional Lushootseed language.
Natosha Gobin and her children, Aloisius, Katie, Kane, and KC, opened each Memorial Day service with a prayer in our traditional Lushootseed language. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News

Tulalip Councilwoman Marie Zackuse said, “Today, we honor those that answered the call, when war came. Those that answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice. We are grateful for what they did.

“We also are here to honor those ones that served and returned home,” she added. “Teat-mus always talks about going to war with his brother, and how he was killed right beside him. How hard that was for him.”

Veterans that spoke recalled their comrades and the loss of friends.

Cy Williams offers a tribute to friends he lost in the armed forces during the Vietnam War. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Cy Williams offers a tribute to friends he lost in the armed forces during the Vietnam War. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News

Tulalip veteran Cy Williams said, “Of the 150 men in my unit that went to Vietnam, 26 of us returned. I buried a lot of my friends.”

Memorial Day is a day to honor and remember the sacrifice many families made for this country, as the mothers bore the sorrow of their child’s sacrifice. The names of Tulalip Gold Star Mothers were called in the roll call.

Tulalip Veteran Cy Hatch Jr. calls the roll at Priest Point Cemetery. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Tulalip Veteran Cy Hatch Jr. calls the roll at Priest Point Cemetery. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News

As Tulalip Veteran, Cy Hatch, read the roll call of fallen soldiers, he announced that, “This day is also dedicated to the Mothers who have made the supreme sacrifice.  They have suffered more than any of us can possibly imagine – our hands are raised up to these Gold Star Mothers.”

Tulalip Honor Guard at Priest Point Cemetery Memorial Day ceremony
Tulalip Honor Guard at Priest Point Cemetery Memorial Day ceremony. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News

The 10:00 a.m. Memorial Day service at Priest Point Cemetery was carried out by the Tulalip Honor Guard, who stood steadfast through the pouring rain to honor the Tulalip warriors past and present. The weather cleared up for the 11:00 a.m. service at Mission Beach Cemetery, and the Tulalip Honor Guard, again, carried out their task impeccably.

Colorguard Gene Zackuse, Joe Jones, and Art Contraro at Mission Beach Cemetery.
Colorguard Gene Zackuse, Joe Jones, and Art Contraro at Mission Beach Cemetery. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News

A special thanks was offered to four Veterans in particular. Mike Addie, Art Contraro, Tony Gobin, and Richard Muir Jr. cleaned up the two cemeteries over the three weeks prior, along with the Tulalip Maintenance staff, in preparation for the day’s activities.

From left to right:
Tulalip Honor Guard preparing for a 21 gun salute at the Mission Beach Cemetery on Memorial Day. (Left to Right) Gene Zackuse, Joe Jones, Art Contraro, Morris Alexander, David Fryberg Jr., Tony Gobin, Mike Gobin, Mike Addie, Richard Muir Jr., Steve Jones, Jackson Harvey, Bill McLean Jr. (Behind) Bill McLean III and Mike Dunn.  Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Cy Hatch Jr. calls the roll at Mission Beach Cemetery. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Cy Hatch Jr. calls the roll at Mission Beach Cemetery. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Tulalip Honor guard.Seated at the end of the line is World War II veteran Charlie "Red" Sheldon. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Tulalip Honor guard.Seated at the end of the line is World War II veteran Charlie “Red” Sheldon. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
World War II veteran Stanley G. Jones Sr. recalls his time in the marines, being part of the first occupational forces in Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
World War II veteran Stanley G. Jones Sr. recalls his time in the marines, being part of the first occupational forces in Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Tulalip Honor Guard 21 Gun Salute at Priest Point Cemetery
Tulalip Honor Guard 21 Gun Salute at Priest Point Cemetery
Tulalip Vietnam veteran and Memorial Day master of ceremonies, Mel Sheldon Jr. At times throughout each service, Sheldon spoke of his time as an Army Helicopter Pilot, remembering many peers that never made it home. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News
Tulalip Vietnam veteran and Memorial Day master of ceremonies, Mel Sheldon Jr. At times throughout each service, Sheldon spoke of his time as an Army Helicopter Pilot, remembering many peers that never made it home. Photo: Andrew Gobin/Tulalip News

 

Gold Star Mothers (and fathers)

WWI 
Alphonsus Bob and Julianne Bob
Elison James and Katrina Bagley
Korea
Walter Moses and Marya Moses
Joseph Charles Jr. and Nora Charles
Vietnam
Donald Campbell and Katherine Campbell
Larry Price and Elsie Price
Gus Smith and Toddy Smith

Tulalip Tribes − Priest Point Cemetery

UNKNOWN SOLDIER

CHARLES JR, JOSEPH

DAVIS, WILLIAM D.

GRAVES, WALTER

HATCH SR, CHARLES

HATCH  SR, EZRA

JAMES  SR, ELSON

LEWIS, CECIL

MOSES, WALTER

WILLIAMS, JESSIE

 

Tulalip Tribes − Mission Beach Cemetery

UNKNOWN SOLDIER

ADAMS, TOMMY

ADAMS, WALTER

ALEXANDER, JOSEPH G.

ALEXANDER, JOSEPH J.

ALEXANDER SR.,  WARREN

ARCHIE, ROBERT

ASHMAN SR, CHESTER

BAGLEY, ELMER

BAGLEY, RAYMOND

BAGGARLEY, JAY

BAGGARLEY, JUNIOR

BARTO, ROBERT

BEATTY, EDWARD

BLACKBIRD, JOSEPH

BOB, ALPHONSUS

BROWN SR. ELLIOTT

BROWN, FLOYD

BROWN, LAWRENCE F.

BROWN, ROBERT

BROWN, RONALD

BRUDEVOLD, JOSEPH

BURNS, JAMES

CAMPBELL, DONALD

CHARLES, ALVIN

CHARLES, LEO

CHARLES, WESLEY

CHARLEY JR, LAWRENCE

CHARLEY SR, LAWRENCE

CHEER SR, ARNOLD

CEPA, MARTIN

CLADOOSBY JR, ERNEST

CLADOOSBY SR, ERNEST

CLEARY, ROBERT CLIFFORD

COMENOTE, GEORGE

CONTRARO, GEORGE

COLE, JAMES

COY, JOSEPH

CRAFT, SR., WILLIAM RAY

CRAIG, GEORGE

CULTEE, HARRY

DELOS SANTOS, ARTURO

DOVER, GEORGE

DOVER, WILLIAM

DUNBAR, ERNEST

DUNN, HARRY

DUNN, JAMES

ENICK SR, GERALD JOHN

EYLE, PETE

FRYBERG, BYRON

FRYBERG, MYRON JAMES

FRYBERG, RAYMOND

GATES, PATRICK

GEORGE, JACK

GOBIN, BERNARD WILLIAM

GOBIN, EMERY

GOBIN, THOMAS JOSEPH

GRANT, CLAUDE

GRENIER, RICHARD

GRENIER JR, WILLIAM

HARRISON, ORVILLE

HATCH JR, ARTHUR

HATCH SR, CLARENCE

HATCH JR, CYRUS

HATCH, EZRA (ZANE)

HATCH, LAWRENCE (LARRY)

HATCH JR, LLOYD

HATCH SR, LLOYD

HATCH, VERLE

HATCH, WAYNE

HAWK, GORDON

HEGNES, HELMER

HENRY ALEX

HILLAIRE, PHIL

HILL SR, CHARLES

HILL, THEODORE

HOOD, AL

HOPKINS, ALFORD M.

HORNE, ROMEY A.

HOWARD, SHERMAN

JAMES SR, CHARLES

JAMES, JOHNNY

JAMES MICHAEL

JAMES, WILLIAM

JIMICUM, JOSEPH

JIMICUM, LARRY

JOBEY, JAMES

JOE, LAWRENCE

JOHN, ALBERT

JOHNNY, MARTIN

JONES, BAYARD

JONES, CARL (POLY)

JONES, DARRYL

JONES, DENNIS (JERRY)

JONES JR, GEORGE

JONES, LEONARD (PENNY)

JONES JR, RALPH (BREEZER) DELNO

JONES SR., WILLIAM

JOSEPH, BERNARD

JOSEPH, HAROLD

KEOKUK, JOSEPH

KONA, ISSAC (IKE)

KONA SR, RONALD KEITH

LACY SR, CECIL D.

LAMONT JR, LEVI

LAMONT SR, LEVI

LECLAIRE, ROBERT

LECLAIRE, ALAN

LEDFORD SR, ALAN

LYLE, GALEN

LYLE, WILLIS

MADISON, FRANK

MATTA, ART

MCCOY, RICHARD R. (DICK)

MCDEVEITT, JAMES

MCKAY, JR. ARNOLD

MCLEAN, WILFORD

MCLEAN SR, WILLIAM

MILLER, JOE

MONGER, JAMES

MORRISON, DERYLE

MOSES JR, KENNETH

MOSES SR, KENNETH

MOSES, MORGAN

MOSES, RONALD EDWARD

MOSES SR, ROBERT

MYERS, ROBERT EARL

NAPEAHI, JR., WILLIAM

NAPOLEON, HENRY

NUCHOLS, JOHN

OLIVER, CHARLES (MANNY)

PABLO SR, LOUIE

PATRICK, DANIEL

PAUL, HAROLD

PERRY, WILFRED

PRICE, LARRY

PRICE, PAUL

PROUTY, WILL

PYOTT, KENNETH

REESE, WILLIE

REEVES SR, CONRAD

REEVES, GEORGE

REHDER, CARL

RENECKER SR, ROCKY

RETASKET, GARY

RICE, GEORGE

RIVERA, CARLOS

RIVERA, JOHN

ROSS, JOHN H.

RYNER, HOMER

SAM, ALFRED

SANDERS, REGINA

SCHEEHAGEN, EDWARD

SHELDON, FRANCIS

SHELDON JR., LAWRENCE

SHELDON SR., MELVIN

SHELDON, ROBERT (BOB)

SHELTON, ALOYSIUS

SHELTON, CLARENCE

SHELTON, REUBEN

SHELTON, WILLIAM “BILL”

SMITH JR, GUS

SMITH, RUSSELL

SNEATLUM SR, CHARLES

SPENCER JR, RICHARD

STEVE, WILFRED

TAYLOR, CURTIS

TAYLOR JR,   DALLAS

THOMAS, LOUIS

TOM, HARRY R.

TORY, JAMES

UPCHURCH, O. C.

VAN PELT, LEONARD

WALKER, GEORGE

WARBUS, JOSEPH

WELLS, WALTER

WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN

WILLIAMS SR, BERNARD

WILLIAMS JR, CHARLES

WILLIAMS SR, CHARLES

WILLIAMS, CHRIS

WILLIAMS JR, EDWARD

WILLIAMS SR, EDWARD

WILLIAMS SR, GEORGE

WILLIAMS, JOSEPH

WILLIAMS, KENNETH

WILLIAMS, LEONARD

WILLIAMS, MARVIN (SPUD)

WILLIAMS, RANDOLPH

WILLIAMS, RANDOLPH (RANDY)

WILLIAMS SR, RICHARD

WILLIAMS STEVE

WOLD, SEVERIN (SAM)

 

Andrew Gobin is a staff reporter with the Tulalip News See-Yaht-Sub, a publication of the Tulalip Tribes Communications Department.
Email: agobin@tulalipnews.com
Phone: (360) 716.4188