Marker History
Planning
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