Marker History

Planning

Article from Butler Eagle July 28, 1958: Oesterling Clan to Mark Site of Early Homestead

Dedication — July 25, 1959

Dedication Service Program

Kenneth Keck, President: Presiding

Rev. John Auer, Pastor St. Mark's Luthern Church: Prayer

Donald Doerr, District Attorney, Butler Co: Scripture Reading

Oesterling Sisters: Special Music

Margaret Neyman and Elizabeth Flecken: Unveiling

The following was placed in a sealed cornerstone box in the monument:

A copy of the New Testament belonging to Kenneth Keck
A copy of the book "The Oesterlings - Your Family and Mine"
A copy of the Butler Eagle article dated July 28, 1958
An American Flag
Coins and a 1957 dollar bill containing the motto: "IN GOD WE TRUST"
The original Citizenship Paper that belonged to John Oesterling
A list of donors that made this Monument possible