McCleary VFW Post & Auxiliary 5564

05/29/2026

Taking care of our departed comrade.

05/25/2026

On this Memorial Day, we ask you to look past parades and the long weekend. Take a moment of true silence. Say their names. Visit a cemetery and reflect on the youth of those lying there. And most importantly, let us resolve to live lives worthy of their sacrifice. Let us build a community and nation worthy of their devotion. By doing that, we ensure that their memory lives on, not just in stone and bronze, but in the way we treat one another as fellow Americans.

05/25/2026

We are deeply thankful to the McCleary Police Department for escorting us today as we marched the colors from the post to the cemetery for our Memorial Day service, and safely back again afterward.

Their support and presence helped ensure that this tradition of remembrance was carried out with the dignity, respect, and solemnity that the day deserves. Memorial Day is a time to honor those who gave their lives in service to our nation, and we are grateful to have a community and law enforcement partners who stand beside us in that remembrance.

Thank you to the officers who took the time to support our veterans, our families, and our community today. Your professionalism and respect did not go unnoticed.

05/22/2026

A huge Thank You to Gordon's Select Market for letting us set up a Poppy table! We are here Friday, Saturday & Sunday if you need a poppy.

05/20/2026

Post & Auxiliary members, with the help of Officer Moutaftsis, placed the flags at the cemetery today. If by chance we missed your loved one, please take a flag from the base of the flag pole and let us know so we can update our map.

05/12/2026

We will be placing flags at 4pm on Tuesday the 19th and everyone is welcome to help.

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Among those buried in the city of McCleary cemetery are 250 veterans and VFW auxiliary members. For their Day of Service that was held on Saturday, May 9, McCleary VFW Post 5564 members, along with VFW auxiliary and community members, spent the morning cleaning many of these 250 headstones.

05/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out and participated in our Day of Service! Edging and removing the overgrown sod from Veterans headstones was a much bigger project than we realized. Did you know we have over 200 Veterans in the McCleary Cemetery? We had to stop today before we had any heat injuries and were only able to get half the cemetery done. Don’t worry if we didn't get to your loved one yet. Our plan next year is to do the other half of the cemetery and maintain the ones we were able to get to today.

05/02/2026

Lots of fun today!!

05/02/2026

High Tea & Silent Auction today until 3

01/09/2026

BINGO is tomorrow! We are so thankful for all of you who support us. We love that you come out every month. Please, if you are sick stay home. If one of your kids are sick do not bring them. We have too many elderly people that attend and we do not want to risk them get sick.

01/02/2026

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Lawrence Edward Stahl passed away peacefully with his family by his side Dec. 20, 2025. Lawrence was loved by all who knew him. He always had a friendly laugh or smile. He was born Jan. 22, 1928, in Fairmont, West Virginia, to George and Bertha Stahl.

When he reached 18, he enlisted in the military. While he was serving during the Korean War, his wife, Colleen, and daughters, Joyce and Janice, perished in a house fire at the Army base in Fairbanks, Alaska. Lawrence chose to leave the Army shortly after that and moved back to the Tacoma area.

There will be a memorial service Jan. 3 at 11 a.m. at the Centralia Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Mount Vista Street in Centralia.

2801 Mount Vista Rd
Centralia, WA 98531

Interment will be Jan. 6 at 1:30 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Lakewood. He will be buried next to his loving wife, Patricia.

4100 Steilacoom Blvd SW
Lakewood, WA 98499