KNEI Radio General Manager Chuck Bloxham to present Memorial Day address in Waukon

Charles "Chuck" Bloxham, KNEI Radio General Manager and U.S. Navy veteran, will serve as featured speaker at the 2013 Memorial Day Observance Program being held at Oakland Cemetery in Waukon Monday, May 27. There will be Cannon Salutes to Korean War Veterans and Civil War Sesquicentennial Recognition that will include the live firing of a black powder cannon and a 12-pound Mountain Howitzer, respectively, by Allen, Linda and Noah Lyon of the 3rd Light Artillery, Waukon.

FURTHER DETAILS
Monday’s program at Oakland Cemetery in Waukon will commence following the traditional parade that begins at 9:45 a.m. in front of the Allamakee County Courthouse and marches its way to the cemetery. All Veterans are encouraged to participate, a ride will be provided for those Veterans unable to walk the parade route to the cemetery. Anyone wishing to enter a unit in the parade should contact Heather Homewood at the Allamakee County Veterans Affairs Office at 563-568-6135.
For more information on the Memorial Day program in Waukon contact Carl Christianson at 563-568-4453.

FEATURED SPEAKER
Charles "Chuck" Bloxham is a 1966 graduate of Waukon High School. He enlisted in the Navy in the fall of 1966, after which he was stationed at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, FL, where he worked in the aircraft parts division for two years. He was then transferred to the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LPH-10) for a tour of duty in the Gulf of Tonkin of the coast of Vietnam. A year later, he received orders to the Navy aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) where he served another tour in the Gulf of Tonkin. He was discharged in October of 1970.
Bloxham married Maxine Klocke in 1967. They have two children, Jason (Janice Ward) of Hortonville, WI, and Jenny (Lee) Stegen of Waukon, and seven grandchildren.
Bloxham has been employed at KNEI radio in Waukon since 1973. He is currently the General Manager and part owner of KNEI and KVIK in Decorah.