The following former Green Bay residents come back to life
on the 2014 Fort Howard Memorial Park Cemetery Walk:
Joseph Cormier
portrayed by Clete Delvaux
French-Canadian pioneers built a thriving nineteenth-century community based on La Riviere aux Canards. Joseph shares his and his father's memories of the history of Duck Creek.
Adeline Bedore
portrayed by Mary Eisenreich
Married to a lumberman, housewife and mother of a baker’s dozen, Adeline’s son Sydney would eventually create paintings and sculptures that still remind us of Green Bay’s rich history.
Gerhard Oldenburg
portrayed by Roger Lawyer
Discover this man who dabbled in the carpentry business in Fort Howard. He came from Germany after being educated and was a member a movement which helped establish physical education in schools in the United States.
Thomas Hawley Sr.
portrayed by Dave Devroy
From his first job as deckhand on the steam passenger ferry Morgan L. Martin to becoming owner and captain of The Union steamboat Hawley’s first love was marine travel. Learn about the cargo he is most proud to have carried.
Anna Borremans
portrayed by Myrna Dickinson
Anna ran a successful market garden business while raising seven children after the death of her husband.
Steven Atkinson
portrayed by John Shier
It wasn’t the potato famine or the back breaking labor on an Englishman’s farm or the social and cultural factors that drove him from his beloved country of Ireland. Find out why he came to America and other enjoyable stories of his life.
Marie Steeno
portrayed by Loretta Delvaux
Marie came to Duck Creek from Bierbeek, Belgium. The trip to her new country was very difficult, but she survived to establish a home and a dynasty.
