THE DOGTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMORIAL BENCHES

Special thanks to Sally Sharamitaro for these views of the benches

BENCHES ALREADY IN PLACE

Location: Tamm and Clayton, southeast corner.

In honor of:
Bob and Louise Corbett
Donors: Bob, Tom and John Corbett, sons of Bob and Louise
Date of placement: July 28, 2006
Location: 1208 Tamm Ave.

In honor of:
The Waterhouse family
Donors: Bill and Marie Waterhouse
Date of placement: August 11, 2006
Location: 1206 Tamm Ave.

In honor of:
Banty and Edna Schurwan
And Families of
Irv, Roy and Bud
Donors: Irv and Bud Schurwan
Date of placement: August 11, 2006
Location: Tamm and West Park, northwest corner.

In honor of:
John and Suzie, Waldo and Rosalie, Dean and Helen Vezeau
Donors: John and Tim Vezeau
Date of placement: August 11, 2006
Location: Tamm and Clayton, southeast corner.

In honor of:
Nina and Milt Kassing
Donors: Nina Kassing Bryans, Sharon Kassing, SL, and Don Kassing
Date of placement: August 12, 2006
Location: Tamm and Oakland, west side of Tamm Ave.

In honor of:
The Pat Connolly
and The Joe Jovanovich family
Donor: Teresa Connolly
Date of placement: August 24, 2006
Location: Tamm and Clayton, northeast corner.

In honor of:
The Donnelly Family
Donors: Jean Boudreaux
Date of placement: August 24, 2006
Location: Wade near Tamm, south side of street

In honor of:
John and Josephine Garavaglia, Sr.
Donors: John Garavaglia
Date of placement: September 14, 2006
Location: Wade near Tamm, south side of street

In honor of:
John Garavaglia, Jr.
Donors: John Garavaglia
Date of placement: September 14, 2006
Location: Wade near Tamm, south side of street

In honor of:
The Garavaglia Family
Donors: John Garavaglia
Date of placement: September 14, 2006
Location: Clayton at Crescent, at bus stop.

In honor of:
Blanche and Eddie Ryan
Donors: Sally Ryan Sharamitaro
Date of placement: September 14, 2006
Location: Clayton Ave. at Crescent, south side of street

In honor of:
Joe and Ruth Ryan
Donors: The Sharamitaro family
Date of placement: May 28, 2007
Location: Clayton at Art Hill Place, near northeast corner

In honor of:
Leonard and Betsy Naeger
Donors: Leonard and Betsy Naeger
Date of placement: September 15, 2006
Location: Victoria at Tamm, northeast side of street

BENCH WITH TWO PLAQUES

In honor of:
The Vennicasa family
Donors: Jimmy and Susan Vinnecasa
Date of placement: September 15, 2006

Second plaque --Location: Victoria at Tamm, northeast side of street

In honor of:
Milo and Laverne Schepker
Donors: Milo Schepker
Date of placement: September 15, 2006
Location: 1221 Tamm, west side of street

In honor of:
John and Kate Corbett family. Red, Bill, Rooster, Bob, Ed, Catherine (Moser) and Randall Dwyer: In Dogtown from 1915
Donor: Bob Corbett
Date of placement: May 28, 2007
Location: Graham and Clayton, southeast side of street

In honor of:
Frank & Rosena Cenatiempo
Donor: Mike McGuire
Date of placement: May 28, 2007
Location: 1100 Tamm
Photo of bench itself

In honor of: Jack Weaver, Sr.

Donors: Jack Weaver
Date of placement: May 28, 2007

AND

In honor of:Raul "Roy" Perez
Donors: Lisa Perez Paintner
Date of placement: May 28, 2007

Photo of plaque
Location: 1260 Tamm Ave. Children's play yard, behind brick garden

In honor of:
Morris and Mattie McEvoy
William and Nora O'Shaughnessy
Thomas and Mary L. O'Shaughnessy
Donors: Ann Patrice O'Shaughnessy
Date of placement: May 28, 2007
Location: On Louisville at Dale, northwest side of street

In honor of:
John and Mary Ann Burke
Donor: Pat Ackerman
Date of placement: May 28, 2007
Location: Victoria at Tamm, northeast side of street

In honor of:
John & Nell Dolan O'Hare
Katherine O'Hare, Mary O'Hare Berkel
Margaret O'Hare Fischer
Donor: Kay Dowling
Date of placement: June 22, 2007
Location: West Park at Tamm, northeast side of street

In honor of:

Donors: Tom Haller and brothers
Date of placement: June 22, 2007

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Location: Sidewalk in front of Dewey School, west side

Dewey Alumni bench # 1
Donor: A group of Dewey Alumni
Date of placement: Early 2008
Location: Kraft at Clayton Ave., southwest side of street at bus stop

In honor of:
Benedict S. "Bennie" Cenatiempo
Donor: His son, Mike Cenatiempo

Date of placement: Early 2008
Location: Sidewalk in front of Dewey School - East Side

In honor of:
Waterhouse Family Dewey Graduates
Donor: Waterhouse Dewey Graduates

Date of placement: June 2007
Location: Tamm Ave in front of Nora's Sandwich Shop

In honor of:
Harry H. Ladd Sr. and Frank A. Walsh Families
Donor: Charlene Ladd Lange

Date of placement: July 2007
Location: In the driveway of the family home west side of Childress

In honor of:
Dr. Leonard Naeger
Donor: Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity

Date of placement: 2010
Location: Dewey School - no plaque

In honor of:
Dewey School
Donor: Diane Miali

Date of placement: 2010
Location: Veteran's Memorial Park

In honor of:
Our Parents JERRY & ANN HILLEBRAND - DOGTOWN RESIDENTS 1951 - 2002
Donor: From Larry - Mary Ann - Mick

Date of placement: 2011
Location: Wade Ave. near Tamm, at entrance to St. James School

In honor of:
Dogtown members of St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame
Donor: Duke McVey
Date of placement: September 14, 2006

Plaque photo coming soon

This plaque has been a difficulty for us to place. It has to go on a brick wall at St. James, and we haven't figured this out yet.
In the meantime, this is what the plaque will look like", except it will be in two rows and neater in appearance than this draft below

IN HONOR OF DOGTOWN RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN THE ST. LOUIS SOCCER HALL OF FAME
1. Edward Hart (1972)
  St. James class of 1934
2. Jim Nolan (1972)
  St. James class of 1913
3. John Rooney (1972)
  St. James School
4. Bob Corbett (1975)
  St. James class of 1931
5. Bill Corbett (1978)
  St. James class of 1925
6. John (Red) Corbett (1978)
  St. James class of 1924
7. John Mahon (1978)
  St. James class of 1922
8. Edward (Axel) Delaney (1978)
9. Bill O�Shaughnessy (1978)
  St. James class of 1921
10. Edward (Cotton) Phelan (1979)
  St. James School
11. Joe Phelan (1979)
  St. James class of 1925
12. Hugh McVey (1980)
  St. James School
13. Rooster (Charles) Corbett (1982)
  St. James class of 1927
14. Elmer (Banty) Schurwan (1982)
  Gratiot school
15. John (Doggie) Schurwan (1982)
  Gratiot School
16. Arthur Wack (1982)
  St. James School
17. Rich Meisemann (1984)
  St. Boniface School
18. Bob Rooney (1984)
  St. James class of 1943
19. William (Bill) Hense (1984)
  Dogtown from 1910
20. Jack Rooney (1985)
  St. James class of 1938
21. Irv Schurwan (1989)
  Dewey School
22. Matt McLaughlin (1990)
  St. James class of 1926
23. Bill Tatlock (1992)
  St. Helen�s, England
24. Ed Buckley (1993)
  St. James class of 1935
25. Jim Nolan (1994)
  Little Flower School
26. Duke McVey (1995)
  St. James class of 1949