Friday, August 11, 2006

Rest In Peace

My hometown Newspaper
By TRISHA SCHULTZ
PENDER — Flags lined the street in front of St. Mark's Lutheran Church here.

Patriotic music rang out among the crowd filing into the church sanctuary.

It was a fitting tribute to 20-year-old Sgt. Joshua Ford of Pender, who gave his life fighting for his country.

Ford died July 31 while serving in Iraq when an improvised explosive device hit the vehicle he was riding in.

He was laid to rest here Thursday morning. Ford was the first casualty from the Nebraska National Guard’s 189th Transportation Co., based in Wayne and Norfolk. They deployed last October for Iraq.

About 100 members of the Patriot Guard Riders were here for the funeral. They rode into town, American flags billowing on the back of their motorcycles.

1 comment:

Uzz said...

It really shocks me that a group that purports to be Christian could do something so vile to one of our fallen heroes! I recently accidently ran into a funeral for SSgt. Eric Caban and thankfully that group was not there.

Now the Patriot Guard Riders were there and honored him in an amazing way. It was a powerful moment! If you get a chance you can come by my blog and scroll down a little to see the pictures. I am at www.uzzman.com.