The Lehighton United Veterans Organization has announced the schedule for Memorial Day services.

The main service is at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the upper Lehighton Park Amphitheater.

In the event of inclement weather, the service will be held inside at Zion United Church of Christ, Second and Iron streets.

Commander Kevin Long said the speaker will be retired Lt. Col. Linda Ettl, U.S. Army National Guard, U.S. Army Reserves.

“We met when I transferred to 213th ASG in 1993 for the position of Physical Security NCO,” said Long, who added the position went away. Long was then “transferred to the (Special Operations Detachment) section where I remained until my retirement in 2001. I was part of this section when deployed along with (Ettl) for Operation Joint Endeavor/Joint Guard.”

Long said Ettl served over 30 years between the Army National Guard and Army Reserves.

Ettl, a native of Greenawalds Section of Allentown, enlisted in 1979.

Ettl attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Indiantown Gap, earning her commission as a second lieutenant in 1984.

She served in a variety of leadership roles within the Adjutant General Branch including with the 213th Area Support Group and the 166th Regt Officer Candidate School.

Ettl retired in 2014.

Her military service included deployments to Taszar, Hungary in support of NATO Operations “Operation Join Endeavor/Joint Guard” from 1996-1997 and support operations of “Operation New Dawn” in Iraq.

In addition to her military career, Ettl earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Kutztown University, working as a private duty nurse caring for children with genetic disorders, until retiring in 2020.

Ettl remains active in her community as a member of “The Honorary First Defenders” (Allentown Chapter).

She presently resides in Catasauqua with her husband, Lester, enjoying time with her children and grandchildren.

Sunday

West Group

• 9 a.m.: Service at St. John’s Church Cemetery, Mahoning Township. Student speakers will be Blayr Strawser singing St. John’s Church Sunday School.

• 9:45 a.m.: Military honors at Zimmerman’s Cemetery/Mahoning Veterans’ Memorial/Peter Nothstein grave site at Normal Square (en route to Ben Salem Church).

• 10:30 a.m.: Military honors at Ben Salem Church Cemetery, East Penn Township. Student speakers will be Sarah Scillpoti-Ahner and Hailie Miller

• 11:15 a.m.: Dinkey Memorial Church Cemetery wreath laying at crosses with military honors.

• 11:45 a.m.: En route to Packerton, military honors at West Bowmans Veterans Monument.

• 12:15 p.m.: Service at Packerton Cemetery, Mahoning Township.

• 1 p.m.: Packerton Veterans’ Memorial at Zion Lutheran Church, Packerton, military honors Lehighton UVO. In event of rain, service will be held in Zion Lutheran, Packerton.

East Group

• 9 a.m.: Military honors at Lehighton UVO at Parryville Cemetery.

• 9:15 a.m.: Military honors at Bunker Hill/Jewish Cemetery, East Weissport.

• 9:30 a.m.: — Service at Long Run Cemetery, Franklin Township. Student speaker will be Camryn Nonweiler.

• 10:30 a.m.: St. Paul’s Church Cemetery (Big Creek), Franklin Township. Student speakers will be Isabella Rodgers and Alyson Strohecker. In event of rain, service will be held in Big Creek Church.

• 11:30 a.m.: Service at Franklin Heights Memorial Park, East Weissport. Student speaker will be Layla Cook.

• 11:45 a.m.: Military honors at St. Matthew’s Cemetery, North Weissport. In event of rain, service will be held in St. Matthew’s Church, North Weissport.

Monday

Veterans groups will be divided into two sections with services/honors being held in Weissport and Lehighton simultaneously.

Group A

• 8:45 a.m.: Military honors at WWII Memorial at Lehighton Veterans Memorial Park (bypass).

• 8:55 a.m.: Military honors at Col. Jacob Weiss Monument (lower park).

• 9:15 a.m.: Military honors at St. Luke’s Gnaden Huetten Campus WWII Veterans Monument.

• 9:30 a.m.: Military honors at SS. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church Cemetery.

• 9:45 a.m.: Military honors at Vietnam Veterans Monument/PFC Clyde Houser Monument at Lehighton Borough Annex Building.

• 10 a.m.: Military honors at Fireman’s Monument at Lehighton (upper park).

Group B

• 9 a.m.: Benjamin Franklin Monument and WWI Veterans Monument in Weissport Park.

• 9:15 a.m.: Union Hill Cemetery, speaker will be Steve “Hogan” Ebbert, US AF Veteran.

• 10 a.m.: Wreath toss from Weissport Bridge.

Group A & B

• 10:30 a.m.: Main service at Lehighton Upper Park Amphitheater. Opening remarks will be from Lehighton Mayor Ryan Saunders. Speaker will be Lt. Colonel (Ret) Linda Ettl, U.S. Army National Guard, U.S. Army Reserves.

• 11:30 a.m.: Procession to Lehighton Cemetery. Military honors at American Legion Post #314, followed by flag raising and conclusion of services/honors.