Central Florida Veterans Memorial Park Foundation, Inc.

Monday, May 30, 2016 “Memorial Day Ceremony”
2:00 p.m.  

The Central Florida Veterans Memorial Park Foundation, Inc. will add six additional names to the 1,100 names of the Fallen at the Memorial.  The program will begin at 2 PM on Memorial Day with LTG Benjamin “Randy” Mixon, USA (ret) as keynote speaker.

The Memorial is located adjacent to the new VA Medical Center at Lake Nona.  Access is through the front gate of the VA Medical Center.

The six additional Fallen are:

Joseph L. Schiro, USA (Orlando, Orange County)

Joshua L. Wheeler, USA (Brevard County)

Pablo A Ruiz III, USA, (Melbourne, Brevard County)

John C. Bratton, USA (Kissimmee, Osceola County)

Todd William Weaver, USA, (Melbourne, Brevard County)

Luis Melendez Sanchez, USAF, (Oviedo, Seminole County)

Due to limited seating, please RSVP to: CFVMPF.RSVP@gmail.com

Earle Denton was a long term member at Rio Pinar Country Club (since 1969) now Rio Pinar Golf Club .  He joined it the first day he was assigned here.  When George Ryan cleaned out his golf  locker after his death he found a few dozen balls and conceived the idea of giving Earle a golfing “21 gun” salute into the pond at hole #12.  George arranged a golf tournament and it was decided to make it a fundraiser for Earle’s favorite charity CFVMPF now known as  Veterans Memorial Lake Nona.  A number of folks signed up to play in this scramble Sunday afternoon March 20 for this tribute.  $1200.00 was collected and or donated for this event.  This photo depicts the salute with (from left to right) Randy Krizmanich, Rob Teegarden, Mike Motko, Scott Stambaugh , Dan Schyvinck.  Photo 2 shows George Ryan, Vinnie Oliveri, Carol Denton, Susan Denton observing the shootout.   In addition a Magnolia tree was planted and a plaque installed in honor of Earle L Denton at the tee by hole 17.

Volusia County Honors the Fallen of Central Florida
December, 2015

 Representative Joyce Cusack, Representative Deborah Denys, Representative Dr. Fred Lowry Jr. Chairman Jason P. Davis, Vice Chair Pat Patterson, Jerry Pierce Chairman CFVMPF, Representative Joshua Wagner,  Representative Doug Daniels.   

Lake County Honors the Fallen of Central Florida
October, 2015

Jerry Pierce, Chairman of the Central Florida Veterans Memorial Foundation, left watches Tim Sullivan, BG( R), USA and Chairman of the Lake County Board of Commissioners, present a $25,000 check to the Memorial’s Honorary Campaign Chairman, LTG General Jay Garner , USA (Ret), for the upkeep of the Memorial to the Fallen at Lake Nona. Rick Gonzalez, right is the Memorial Foundation board member from Lake County.