Honor Mission
Edward Stanley Zekas
US Army
Vietnam Era Veteran
Cheektowaga, NY - 08/07/2023
***UPDATED 06 August 2023 - 06:40 hrs***
Gravesite information updated
See update below
Mission applies to the following Region(s):
Region 1
About the Mission:
Patriot Guard Riders have been requested to stand an honorable flagline for an unclaimed veteran during his interment with military honors. Not much information obtained of his service to our country, but he served from October 1965 to September of 1967. He passed on July 30 2023 under the care of social services. PGR will step in to be his extended family to honor his life and service.
Primary Staging Date and Staging Time:
08/07/2023 at 11:15am
Staging Location:
St Stanislaus Cemetery
700 Pine Ridge Heritage Blvd.
Cheektowaga, NY 14225
Click here for map
Lead Ride Captain and Contact Info:
Don Becker
716-713-1332
Special Covid-19 Mission Guidelines:
Updated 8 March 2022
Based on the most current COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines: Protect Yourself and Your Family from COVID-19, and CDC Guidelines of 3 March 2022, going forward, the Lead Ride Captain for any mission will be responsible for determining whether PGR members will have to mask up or not. Please ensure that you have a mask with you, should the need arise, and respect the LRC’s decision in these matters.
Special Information:
PGR will stand an honorable flagline for the arrival of the funeral home with the remains of another American Hero, and also during his interment at a 12:00 service.Please be on time with an American or US Army flag. Dress for the weather.
UPDATE: Interment at gravesite in St Ann section which is on the side of the cemetery that is north of Rt 33 near the mausoleum.Calling for rain so dress for the weather.
Is there a Second Stage to this Mission?
no
Submitted by:
Don Becker
rs 08/05; MER
