On Saturday morning, Chuck Seaver and members of the Kiwanis Club of Clermont gathered at Oak Hill Cemetary to place flags on the graves of those who served their country and community.
Seaver, a life-long resident of Clermont and president of the Kiwanis Club, took over the responsibilities of decorating the graves years ago. He calls it his labor of love. He notes, “More than 40 years ago, my grandfather Oakley Seaver and his sister Nelle Seaver began walking the cemetery and placing flags on the resting places of veterans. Alone, they created the original map used for locating veterans for the flag placements”. As the program grew, Oakley, a Clermont Kiwanian, asked the club to take over the program.
In 2018, Seaver says he has continuously updated the database, added additional flags to the inventory, and included first responders to the list since they are such an important part in keeping communities safe.
Placing approximately 500 flags on the gravesites of heroes at Oakwood Cemetary isn’t an easy task but Seaver takes his responsibilities very seriously. Throughout the year, he organizes every detail to be sure all the South Lake heroes are recognized. Then on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, he and Kiwanian volunteers place the flags at Oakwood Cemetary. He has been seen walking the cemetery throughout the week that the flags are displayed remaining vigilant that the flags remain upright.
Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
Below is the list of brave men and women who have served our country and community. The list was compiled, preserved and updated by Chuck Seaver.
Visit Oak Hill Cemetary, located on East Avenue directly off Hwy 50 in Clermont, to pay homage to our deceased heroes.
| Name | Section | Remarks |
| Abate, Carmen Samuel | 13-B | |
| Abel, Karl Leonard | 6.2-C | |
| Adams, Charley | 7-A | |
| Addison, Harry L | 5.2-C | |
| Ahern, Joseph M | 5.2-A | |
| Alban, Dan J | 5.1-C | |
| Albritton, Leon T | 5.2-A | |
| Allen, Edmond John | 6-A | |
| Amann, Emil Jule | 5.1-C | |
| Anderson, Paul B | 5.1-A | |
| Andrews, Charles | 7-B | |
| Andrews, Ray Daniel | 3.1-A | |
| Antonucci, Anthony | 6.1-C | |
| Archer, Randy Jr | 13.1-A | |
| Ard, Bill | 4-B | |
| Ard, Susan | 4-B | |
| Arnett, William T | 1-A | |
| Attkisson, Robery Leroy | 5.1-A | |
| Baird, Leonard H Sr. | 6-B | |
| Bakeman, Frank V | 4.1-C | |
| Barnes, George | 5-B | |
| Baron, Leslie | 5-B | |
| Battersby, Robert H | 5.2-B | |
| Batts, Albert | 6-D | |
| Batts, Robert | 5.2-C | |
| Becker, Henry W | 4.1-C | |
| Becker, Rolland E “Ron” | 5.2-A | 20+ year member Kiwanis of Clermont / Veteran |
| Beckius, Thomas | 6.1-D | |
| Benton, Cornelius | 4.1-C | |
| Bernoir, Keith A | 10-B | Clermont Firefighter |
| Bess, Herman | 8-B | |
| Beverly, Buddy W | 6-B | |
| Bishop, Clarence | 3-A | Clermont Fire Chief |
| Bishop, Doris | 3-A | Clermont Police Department |
| Bishop, Wallace T | 6.1-D | |
| Bisnette, Kenneth Sr | 6.1-A | |
| Black, E. Lamar | 5.1-C | |
| Blankinship, Joseph E. Sr | 3.1-C | |
| Blanks, David | 8-B | |
| Blanton, Gilbert M | 6-C | |
| Bobe, Vincent J | 6.1-D | |
| Bourquin, Donald F | 5-C | |
| Bowen, Paul Edward Sr | 6.2-D | |
| Bowen, Razz | 5.1-C | |
| Boyne, Allan | 13.1-A | |
| Brick, Isaac | 6.2-C | |
| Brinson, Louis T Jr. | 5-A | |
| Brooks, Callis William “Bill” | 5.2-A | Lake County Deputy |
| Brown, Chester G | 6.1-A | |
| Brown, Clarence L | 6.1-A | |
| Brown, Paul Hart | 5.2-A | |
| Brown, Varnam | 1-A | |
| Brouillette, Georges | 5-D | |
| Bukoutz, Charles | 5.1-B | |
| Burout, Charles J. Sr | 4.1-A | |
| Burns, James W | 10-D | |
| Butkus, Zigmond Thomas | 6-B | |
| Butt, Clyde P | 3.1-B | |
| Butts, Robert W | 2-D | |
| Buyse, Leonard Jan | 3.1-B |
| Cadaret, Paul L | 4.1-C | |
| Campbell, Franklin George | 6.1-D | |
| Cantwell, Eugene | 4.1-A | 60+ year member of Kiwanis of Clermont/ Veteran |
| Canty, James | 7-A | |
| Cape, Shamika Shunta | 9.1-A | |
| Cardona, Ulises | 13.1-C | |
| Case, Howard | 4.1-A | |
| Chamberlain, Edward F | 9-B | |
| Champoux, Sophie | 10-A | |
| Chase, Fred L | 1-B | |
| Christy, William J | 5.1-C | |
| Claggett, Albert | 6.1-B | Prince George MD Police Officer |
| Clark, Alban L | 13-B | |
| Clark, Charles P | 3.1-B | |
| Cole, Lester | 8-A | Clermont Police Officer |
| Coleman, Percy | 8-B | |
| Conforti, Frank | 4.1-B | |
| Conn, Gilbert John | 5.2-C | |
| Coocen, Albert Joseph Jr. | 6.2-A | |
| Cook, Charles | 4-B | |
| Cook, David Ross Jr. | 5-C | |
| Cook, Herbert | 3.1-C | |
| Cook, Willie C | 7-C | |
| Cook, Willie T | 7-C | |
| Cooley, E.G. | 1-C | |
| Cooper, Herman | 7-B | |
| Cooper, Israel | 7-B | |
| Cooper, Montgomery G | 3-B | |
| Cooper, Samuel W | 7-B | |
| Cooper, William | 7-B | |
| Corbett, Arthur J. Jr | 2-D | |
| Costello, James Joseph | 9-A | |
| Craven, Richard | 5.2-D | |
| Creech, Willie E. | 6-A | |
| Crews, Albert | 7-A | |
| Crews, John E | 5.1-B | |
| Croncich, Harold E | 5.1-A | |
| Crosby, Forrest J | 6-C | |
| Crozier, Charles E Sr. | 5.1-D | |
| Crozier, W.H. | 1-B | |
| Crumley, W.H. | 3-B | |
| Cruz, Valentino Osana Jr | 5-D |
| Daffron, James T | 6-B | |
| Daffron, Warren | 6-A | |
| Dantley, Larrow P | 7-B | |
| Davis, Elwood | 4-C | |
| Davis, Johnnie | 4.1-C | |
| Davis, Ralph T | 4-C | |
| Dean, Billie L | 8-C | |
| Dean, Robert Louis | 6.2-B | |
| Dempsey, Virgil Jr | 6.2-D | |
| DiPaula, George | 10-B | |
| Driggers, Joe Harold | 3-B | |
| Dodd, Wesley | 6.1-C | |
| Dodds, Charles Augustus | 5-B | |
| Dormer, John C | 5.1-C | |
| Dorsey, Joe | 7-B | |
| Doto, Samuel Jerry | 4-B | |
| Douglas, Raymond W | 5.1-A | |
| Dugan, John L | 5.2-D | |
| Duncan, Joseph Dudley | 6.1-C | |
| Durkee, Lawrence | 6.2-D | |
| Durkey, Laurence | 6.1-D | |
| Durrance, Emory B | 6.1-D | |
| Dyer, James | 13-A |
| Eaton, Cecil | 6.2-C | |
| Eavenson, Wm | 2-E | |
| Eckstein, Gregory | 10-A | |
| Edwards, Charles H. | 4-A | |
| Egan, Gerald J | 1-C | |
| Egan, William E | 1-C | |
| Elliot, Robert | 5.2-D | |
| Ernst, Walter L | 6-D |
| Fairbanks, Hazel Marie | 6-A | |
| Fairbanks, Robert Euger Sr | 6-A | |
| Faulkner, William | 5.1-C | |
| Fenlon, John H | 13-C | |
| Fling, Robert | 6.1-C | |
| Floyd, Asbury Jr | 9.1-B | |
| Flynn, Raymond | 6.1-A | |
| Foster, Howard E. Sr | 1-B | |
| Fraser, Leroy | 6.1-C | |
| Freeman, James C | 8-C | |
| Freeman, Leon Thomas | 8-C | |
| Frisz, Charles Donald | 4-A | |
| Gaddy, Oscar Houston | 5-C | |
| Gano, Joyce H | 5.1-A | |
| Gardiner, Robert | 6.1-B | |
| Giachetti, Christopher | 10-A | Lake County Deputy |
| Gifford, Harry | 5.2-B | |
| Godwin, Joseph | 7-C | |
| Godwin, Roscoe | 8-A | |
| Goff, Jasper K Jr. | 5.1-A | |
| Goodgame, Raymond Edwin “Ray” | 2-A | Columbarium- Veteran/ Club Member |
| Gormley, John | 5.1-C | |
| Green, W.F. | 2-C | |
| Gridley, Richard L | 5-B | |
| Griffith, John | 6-C | |
| Guyton, Carolee Marie Blevins | 4.1-B |
| Haines, Charles Jr | 4.1-A | Lake County EMS/ Civil Defense / Veteran |
| Halbert, Jon | 1-C | |
| Hammond, Cassius R | 4-B | |
| Hanks, James Henry | 5.1-C | |
| Harmon, W.B. | 1-C | |
| Harper, H.M. | 2-C | |
| Harris, Arnold | 5.2-D | |
| Harris, Leonard | 5.1-B | |
| Harris, Robert Preston | 3.1-B | |
| Hart, Edward Frances | 5.2-C | |
| Hatcher, Daniel J | 2-C | |
| Hatton, Thomas C | 1-B | |
| Haymes, Robert Ray | 10-C | |
| Heard, Curtis | 5.2-A | Lake County Reserve Deputy |
| Heard, Edward D | 9.1-A | |
| Henderson, Cernel Lee | 6.2-C | |
| Henderson, Donald | 6.2-B | |
| Hendrix, Charles M Jr. | 6-B | |
| Herda, Mathias | 5-B | |
| Herda, Robert T | 5-B | |
| Herrschaft, Ralph L | 5.1-C | |
| Hickam, Don | 3.1-A | |
| High, Waymon Jr | 8-C | |
| Hildreth, Clifton Donald | 4.1-A | Clermont Police Officer/ Veteran |
| Hill, Anthony August | 9.1-A | |
| Hill, Willie | 9.1-A | Clermont Reserve Police Officer |
| Hillyer, William V | 5-A | |
| Hilton, Carl | 7-C | |
| Hite, Joseph | 9-B | |
| Holmes, Joseph Wade Sr | 6.2-B | |
| Holt, Edward | 9.1-B | |
| Holt, George | 5.2-D | |
| Holt, Joseph Griffin | 6-C | |
| Hooten, Clinton | 6.1-D | |
| Horton, Donald D | 5-B | |
| Hoskinson, James | 4-C | |
| Hoskinson, Jerry Emmett | 4-C | |
| House, Russel | 2-C | |
| Hubbard, Robert Louis | 5.2-A | |
| Huertas, Ralph A | 5.2-B | |
| Huff, Leonard | 5.1-D | |
| Hunt, James B Sr. | 6.1-A | |
| Hylton, Herbert Lee | 10-D | |
| Hypes, Tommy | 6.2-D |
| Name | Section | Remarks |
| Irvin, Eddie Frank | 7-C | |
| Isom, Herbert St | 9.1-B | |
| Isom, Sherman Jr | 9.1-B | |
| Jackson, Jimmie Lee | 8-A | |
| Jarvis, Tom | 6-C | |
| Johnson, James | 8-C | |
| Johnson, James Miller Sr | 7-A | |
| Johnson, Leslie E | 2-C | |
| Johnson, William Carmon | 6.1-D | |
| Jones, James | 7-B | |
| Jones, James Byrd | 1-C | |
| Jones, Julius | 7-A | |
| Jones, Kenneth E. Jr | 6-B | |
| Jones, Warren | 6-B | |
| Jones, Wesley B | 6.2-C | |
| Jordan, Bruce Leland | 8-C | |
| Jordan, Glen C | 6-C | |
| Jordan, Gregory Melvin | 8-C | |
| Jozsa, Johnny Lee | 10-D |
| Kamanar, Joseph | 5.2-C | |
| Kane, Joseph J | 5-A | |
| Kelley, William A | 5.1-A | |
| Kelly, Lawrence | 6.1-D | |
| Kennedy, Thomas D | 5.2-C | |
| Kern, Alex | 1-B | |
| Keys, Griffin | 8-A | |
| Kidder, Orville | 5.2-B | |
| Kidder, Robert F | 10-D | |
| Kivelowitz, Gary | 13-C | |
| Klenke, Henry | 5-B | |
| Konsler, Charles E | 3-B | |
| Konsler, James Ellis | 3-B | |
| Kreutter, Edward | 2-B | |
| Lapin, Ronald | 10-E | |
| Lassiter, Richard Jr | 3.1-A | |
| Lawson, William | 6.1-A | |
| LeBlanc, J.H. | 2-E | |
| Ledden, Robert B | 4.1-A | |
| Leddon, Edgar B | 5.1-B | |
| Lee, Chester J Sr. | 6.1-C | |
| Lee, James L Jr. | 5.2-C | |
| Lewis, George A | 6.2-D | |
| Lewis, George T | 4.1-B | |
| Lewis, George W | 4.1-B | |
| Lichlyter, James | 10-B | |
| Line, Rose Marie | 2-B | |
| Lofgren, David | 6.1-A | 50+ year member of Kiwanis of Clermont/ Veteran |
| Logan, Robert Lee | 8-B | |
| Logan, Sandy | 8-C | |
| Long, William A | 6-D | |
| Lukasik, Leo | 6.1-A | |
| Luquis, Carlos | 13-B | |
| Luttrell, Maurice | 10-B | |
| Lynn, John | 6-B | |
| MacDonald, James F | 5-C | |
| Mackey, James | 2-A | Crematorium- Vet and Kiwanis of Clermont member |
| Madden, Jesse L | 3.1-C | |
| Maddox, Luther Lee | 5.1-C | |
| Makin, Clarence | 4.1-B | |
| Makin, Myrtle P | 4.1-B | |
| Mallory, Willis | 5.1-B | |
| Marra, Nicholas | 6.1-C | |
| Marshall, Albert D | 3.1-A | |
| Marshall, Walter | 3.1-A | |
| Martinez, Omar | 10-D | Winter Garden Firefighter |
| Mason, Burl Clint | 5.1-C | |
| Maysonet, Rafael | 13-A | |
| McClanahan, Herbert B | 1-B | |
| McCown, John Robert | 5.1-C | |
| McCrary, Earl F | 4-A | |
| McDonald, Jeffrey | 5.2-D | |
| McDonnel, John | 3.1-B | |
| McDuffie, William E | 6-B | |
| McDuffie, William E. Jr | 6-A | |
| McGrady, James | 5.2-B | |
| McGriff, Walter | 9-B | |
| McKay, Tump | 4.1-C | |
| McKinney, William N. Jr | 8-B | |
| McKinney, William N. Sr | 8-B | |
| McLean, Gerald J | 9-A | |
| Mclin, Charles I | 6.2-D | |
| McMaster, Howard Thomas | 5.2-C | |
| Mcquire, John F Jr. | 3-B | |
| Mead, James M Sr. | 3.1-A | |
| Messina, Carmen | 10-C | |
| Metz, James George | 4.1-A | |
| Mickler, William J | 6-D | |
| Miranda, Antonio Julio | 9-C | |
| Mitchell, Ann Di Staola | 6-D | |
| Mitchell, John B | 6-D | |
| Montiverdi, Robert A | 3-C | |
| Moore, David H | 3.1-C | |
| Moore, John D | 5.2-A | |
| Moore, Lewis M | 9-B | |
| Morrison, Roy | 6.1-B | Clermont Volunteer Firefighter |
| Morse, Roger | 3.1-B | |
| Mosher, Virgil E | 5-A | |
| Munson, K.E. | 2-D | |
| Murphy, James B | 5.1-A |
| Neavin, Robert Keith Jr | 9.1-B | |
| Newborgh, Arthur W | 4.1-A | |
| Nichols, Thomas | 6.1-A | |
| Nitti, William Burton | 4.1-A | |
| Norton, Leonard E | 5.1-D | |
| Noun, Christ M | 9-A | |
| Nyhuis, Frederik | 5.2-B | |
| Oakley, E. Duane | 6.1-C | |
| Odams, George | 3.1-C | |
| Odum, Jacob T | 8-C | |
| Odum, Stuart B | 8-C | |
| Odum, Willie Henry | 6.2-C | |
| Olivenbaum, Axel | 3-C | |
| Olivenbaum, Edward | 3-C | |
| Olivenbaum, Glenn | 5.2-B | |
| Orr, Albertus | 4-C | |
| Osborne, Marvin | 6.1-C | |
| Osborne, Shirley P | 4-B | |
| Osorio, Juan | 9-B | |
| O’Toole, William | 6-A | |
| O’Toole, William Spencer Sr | 9.1-A |
| Pairan, Frank | 3.1-B | |
| Panting, James | 7-A | |
| Papetti, Barbara Jeanne | 10-B | |
| Papetti, Clarence J | 10-B | |
| Parks, James M | 9-B | |
| Passarelli, Virgil J | 2-A | |
| Patterson, William John | 5.2-D | |
| Peeler, W.M. | 5.1-A | |
| Pendergrass, Cecil | 6.1-A | |
| Perry, Benjamin F | 2-C | |
| Person, Henry | 5-C | |
| Phillips, John W | 5.1-A | |
| Phipps, Ike C | 3.1-A | |
| Pierce, John E. Jr | 4-B | |
| Plummer, William W | 6.2-D | |
| Poe, William | 6.1-D | |
| Porter, James | 3-C | |
| Post, Coman J | 5.1-A | |
| Pottorff, Melvin C | 6.1-B | |
| Powers, L.L. | 3.1-B | |
| Poynter, Derow | 5.2-C | |
| Pratt, Donald | 13-A | |
| Predmore, Erven C | 5.2-B | |
| Premdass, Samaroo | 10-C | |
| Price, Douglas Rudolph Jr | 5.2-B |
| Quirk, William A | 5.1-A | |
| Ragland, Robert B | 6-C | |
| Rahill, Cecelia Elizabeth | 10-D | |
| Rambo, Drury G | 3.1-C | |
| Rauenzahn, Oliver | 5.2-C | |
| Reaves, James Emmitt | 7-C | |
| Register, Purmanant Avery | 6-A | |
| Reitz, Bernard R | 5.2-C | |
| Renew, Eugene Crawford | 9-C | |
| Rhodes, Henry | 7-B | |
| Richards, Steven | 9-A | |
| Rigdon, Glenn Barry | 3.1-A | |
| Rios, Guillermo Dejesus | 9-B | |
| Robertson, Caroline Mary | 5-A | |
| Robertson, Harold William | 5-A | |
| Robinson, James | 7-A | |
| Robson, Ronald | 2-A | |
| Roe, Charles Brown | 3-B | |
| Rolland, Jack Mosher | 4.1-B | |
| Royer, Victor Robert | 6-C | |
| Russell, Bob J | 6.1-B |
| Sanger, Johnie L | 1-C | |
| Santiago, Rafael | 10-E | |
| Sawyer, William | 5.1-B | |
| Schuster, Burnell | 5.1-C | |
| Seaver, Judd | 2-B | |
| Seaver, Charles Robert | 6-D | |
| Seaver, Max Leonard | 5-B | |
| Seaver, Robert Oakley | 6-D | |
| Seyer, David R | 6.2-A | |
| Schopmeyer, John | 4-C | |
| Schultz, Jesse Junior | 5.2-C | |
| Shaffer, Roy | 3.1-C | |
| Shaffer, Ruth | 3.1-C | |
| Shaw, Manning F | 5.1-A | |
| Sheldon, Albia | 3-A | Clermont Fire Chief |
| Shepard, Gerald | 4-A | Clermont Volunteer Firefighter |
| Shepherd, James | 6.1-D | |
| Silva, Gregory Jr | 5-A | |
| Slevin, John | 5.1-A | |
| Skipper, Brett Lee | 4.1-B | |
| Skipper, Hubert P Sr. | 4.1-B | |
| Smith, Daniel G | 1-B | |
| Smith, Donald G | 6.1-C | |
| Smith, Fay Charles | 5.2-C | |
| Smythe, Robert Eugene | 6.2-C | Clermont Fire Chief |
| Sowders, Laverne | 9-A | |
| Sparks, Annabel | 2-A | |
| Staley, Lester | 8-A | |
| Stalnaker, Harry Lee | 6-D | |
| Starling, Eddie | 6.2-C | |
| Staten, Lonnie Sr | 8-B | |
| Stewart, Allen Keith | 5.2-B | |
| Stewart, Howard | 5-B | |
| Stewart, Lonnie B | 5.2-A | |
| Stewart, William L | 5.2-B | |
| Stinson, William | 6.1-D | |
| Stinson, William Alfred | 2-D | |
| Stoddard, Thomas | 3.1-C | |
| Stokes, Sammy | 8-C | |
| Stutler, Richard D | 6.1-D | |
| Sullins, Christopher | 5-B | Clermont Police Chief |
| Swanson, Herbert | 5.2-B | |
| Swearingin, Roger | 6.2-A | |
| Sweet, James Hoke | 4-B |
| Tautiva, Isidro Maura | 10-A | |
| Taylor, Charles C | 5-C | |
| Teal, Clarence | 6.2-C | |
| Terrell, John P | 1-C | |
| Thiell, Norman | 10-C | |
| Thigpenn, Arlin | 5-B | |
| Tidd, Francis Lasher “Frank” | 5.1-A | |
| Tilson, William | 5.2-B | |
| Todd, Raymond Victor | 6.1-B | |
| Tryon, J. Kingsley | 3.1-A | |
| Turville, Harold S | 5.1-D | |
| Tyndal, Prentice | 6.1-B | Veteran/ Clermont Police Chief |
| Underwood, James D | 2-B |
| Vinson, Arthur T | 3.1-C | |
| Vinson, Michael G | 3.1-C | |
| Vinson, William Oliver | 3.1-B | |
| Viti, Garibaldi | 1-A | |
| Un-named Concrete | 7-A | |
| Wade, Robert Sr | 6.1-B | |
| Walp, John Hampton Jr | 6-D | |
| Waltrip, Madison | 4.1-C | |
| Warren, E. Eugene | 3.1-A | |
| Warren, W.A. Gus | 4-A | |
| Watson, Bill Russell | 10-E | |
| Watson, James H | 10-C | |
| Waxler, James K | 10-E | |
| Weaver, Herman | 5-C | |
| Weaver, Thomas Dewitt | 5.2-A | |
| Welborn, James | 6-C | |
| Werner, Alebert August | 5.2-B | |
| West, Earl | 4.1-B | |
| West, Lorenzo | 2-C | |
| Westberg, John | 6-B | |
| Westbrook, Albert T | 2-C | |
| Westbrook, Daniel J | 5.1-C | |
| Wiggins, Mitchell | 5.2-A | |
| Williams, George Lamar | 3.1-C | |
| Williams, James | 6.2-D | |
| Williams, Richard B | 8-B | |
| Willis, Benjamin | 7-A | |
| Willis, Louis Robert | 2-A | |
| Wilson, Lee Erick | 6.1-C | |
| Wilson, Marvin E | 10-E | |
| Winston, George P Jr. | 2-D | |
| Winston, George P (Sgt) | 2-D | |
| Winston, Paul G Jr. (Lt) | 2-D | |
| Winters, Carl | 6.1-A | |
| Wolf, Francis X | 5.2-C | |
| Wolfe, Lawson L | 4.1-B | |
| Wood, V.E. | 4.1A | |
| Worstell, John W | 5.1-A | |
| Wright, Charlie | 8-A | |
| Wright, Chester | 4.1-A | |
| Wright, David Jr | 8-B | |
| Wright, David Sr | 8-B | |
| Wright, Julius | 8-A | |
| Wright, Martin Sr | 8-A | |
| Wright, William L | 8-A | |
| Wrightam, Donald D | 5.1-A | |
| Wrightam, Roy Dale “Buck” | 5-C | Lake County Deputy |
| Yarbrough, Billy Joe | 9.1-A | |
| Zeigler, Glenn | 5-B | |
| Zelazo, Alfred | 4-B | |
