The annual Memorial Day Service in Sligo took place on Monday, May 26, at 11 a.m. at the Sligo Cemetery. The speaker for the service this year was Sydney P. Varner Hiles. Sydney is the operator of the Varner Funeral Homes in Rimersburg and Sligo. A native of Sligo, she is a 2014 graduate of Union High School and a 2017 graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science where she obtained her associate degree in specialized business in funeral management and embalming. She's is a member of the VFW Post 7132 of Rimersburg and the Rimersburg Lions Club, and she lives in East Brady with her husband, Jace Hiles, and their daughters, Cecelia and Clea. Maddie Coy, John Greenawalt and Melissa Shoemaker provided special music during the service and several area students shared readings. The Rev. Gene Hill and the Rev. Ed Rudiger offered the invocation and benediction. Veterans joined in a brief processional at the cemetery, marching behind the colors.
Below is a podcast of the service.
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