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oldiron6 
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| 08 Jun 2007 8:23 PM |
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My sincere condolences to the family of this Hero. May God hold and protect those they loved and those that loved them in this time of sorrow and grant them peace and comfort.
We mourn the loss of another defender of our freedom and thank them for their ultimate sacrifice. Greater Love has no man than to give his life for another. We owe this protector of the Rights and Liberty of the greatest Nation on Earth a debt of gratitude for their dedication to the preservation of our freedom.
Edward L Barrett
Assistant State Captain - PGR
Rowlett, Texas
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pgr_src
Posts: 83
Altamont Illinois
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| 08 Jun 2007 8:27 PM |
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NEW TIME CHANGE:
JUST SPOKE WITH ARNE, AND ALSO RECEIVED A CALL FROM CAO 1ST SGT. WILLIAMS ARRIVAL TIME NOW SET FOR 7:38PM STAGING TIME AROUND 6:30PM |
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Sean Aaron
IL Patriot Guard Riders
Senior Ride Captain
Member: IL Board of Directors
Area of Operation: Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Effingham, Clay, Wayne, Jasper, Richland, Crawford, Lawrence, Edwards, and Wabash
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country today, who no longer understand that fact.
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Pegleg
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Corona, Ca
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| 09 Jun 2007 1:53 AM |
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My thoughts and prayers for the Family and Friends of Cpl. Jeremiah D. Costello during this very difficult time.
I am eternally grateful for this Hero’s Courage, Service, and Sacrifice for our Nation.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET....................
God Bless
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"Mixster"
Posts: 640
Williamsport, PA 17701
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| 09 Jun 2007 7:59 AM |
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Rest in peace, Cpl. Jeremiah D. Costello. Thank you for your service. May the Holy Spirit comfort your family & friends in their time of grief. Your's was the ultimate sacrifice, never to be forgotten by those who love Freedom & Liberty.
We are all brothers and sisters in arms and we don't forget one of our own, rest in peace soldier, your mission is complete and now it's time for you to rest
"To a friend’s house, the road is never long!"
Standing by in Williamsport
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Susan Sturgis
Posts: 7051
Bear, DE
In Memory of Ed "Old Iron" Barrett
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| 09 Jun 2007 8:03 AM |
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BootLady
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TOU Enforcement Agent
"In God We Still Trust" Diamond Rio - Diamond Rio's Greatest Hits II
"You may die with nothing, but if you have brought a rainbow into somebody else's life, your mission is complete." |
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oldiron6
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| 09 Jun 2007 10:05 AM |
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ROJ
Posts: 215
Long Beach, California
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| 09 Jun 2007 11:58 AM |
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| My deepest sympathy and condolences to the family and friends of Cpl Jeremiah D Costello. May you find comfort in these trying times, for he is truly an American hero! Cpl Costello, stand down for your mission is complete and your service to this great Country is truly appreciated.
Rest in peace forever.
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Royal Jester
HOG SCRC JOW FMRC
PGR #2694
United States Army "Big Red 1"
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Aranel
Posts: 1929
Houston, Tx
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| 09 Jun 2007 7:18 PM |
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| Bump for Urgent Update. Stand down on 09 Jun portion. |
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Gary L
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Portland, Or.
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| 10 Jun 2007 10:38 AM |
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| Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Cpl. Jeremiah D. Costello. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Rest in peace Soldier. |
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Daryl
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Phoenix, AZ
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| 11 Jun 2007 2:25 AM |
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It is with a heavy heart that I pass on my condolences to you and your family. Your loved one will not be forgotten. Our brothers-at-arms will continue the good fight until we bring all our people home. Fellow Veteran, your mission is complete. You are truly an American hero and the world in which we live is a safer place because of your commitment to freedom. We will now proudly stand for you with honor, dignity, and respect. We pray that you will now rest peacefully in the arms of God. My prayers are with you and your family during this time of loss.
Vaya con Dios Mi Hermano!
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ivetret
Posts: 2416
Shermer, IL
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| 11 Jun 2007 5:40 AM |
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I attended the escort from the airport, a shift on the 24 hour honor guard, and the visitation but work will prevent me from attending the funeral today. I will be there in spirit however. I have met friends at the visitation including a gold star mom from my first mission. I didn't know Jeremy but it's amazing how many people that I know that did know him. Attached is Jeremy's memorial card. I will share the original of this card on the memorial wall at Northender's VFW.
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“Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?”
[Eleanor Roosevelt]
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fueler
Posts: 1300
St. Louis, Mo
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| 11 Jun 2007 10:20 AM |
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I was hornored to be apart of the escort for Cpl. Costello,
Once again it makes me proud to be apart of the PGR. Thur all the changes our numbers grew. The ride over to Carlinville was great the folks holding the American Flag and Horning this Hero with the respect that we all owe him.
Rest in Peace Cpl. Costello. |
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Uncle Jessie
Posts: 8
Carlinville, Illinois
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| 11 Jun 2007 2:49 PM |
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I appreciate all of the PGR folks who made the trip to our
community. I was impressed and gratified by the large
turnout. I enjoyed meeting all the folks who erre
there.
I'll stand anywhere with any of the PGR members I met.
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If you'll pardon a small side story, one of my prouder moments during the weekend was when the funeral
procession pulled into the cemetery.
Right by the side of the road was
my Son with his scout troop. They were all standing at
attention, rendering a scout salute as the procession went by. I instinctively waved at
himl, but he didn't flinch.
Made me damned proud.
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Epicwoman
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SW Oregon
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| 11 Jun 2007 3:17 PM |
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May the family and friends of Cpl. Jeremiah D. Costellow, be comforted. I'm so sorry for your loss.
When sorrow's winds are blowing
Redeeming 'you' redeeming me
This 'you' I speak of ... 'God's family'
Perfect love, shouts 'Victory'
Forgiveness paid, not owing
Behind the clouds reveal the cross
Death is now denied
He'll dry each tear we've cried
Eternal life bestowed
'When sorrow's winds were blowing'
Peace be with you
Amen
With Care
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Oregon State Ride Captain (11/2005 - current)
PGR National Assistant Captain (served 2007)
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PDW911
Posts: 54
Ohio
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| 12 Jun 2007 12:02 AM |
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My sincere condolences goes to the Family and Friends of this HERO who has defended the freedom of those who needed it the most. As we do care that Cpl. Jeremiah D. Costello is a Soldier, Friend, Family with his Bravery and Courage has stood for us. I can not forget those who have sacrificed their lives to defend/protect this countries freedom.
I am proud for our Soldier, Friend, HERO! For Cpl. Jeremiah D. Costello he will be deeply missed and never forgotten.
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Dwayne Wissinger
Proud to be a PGR member.
Supporting our Heroes. Riding in the Wings of Angels.
Remembering our Soldiers, Pride for Our Heroes, Standing for Our Friends.
In Loving Memory of my Father
1936-1996 Kenneth D. (SKEETS) Wissinger |
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ivetret
Posts: 2416
Shermer, IL
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greense96
Posts: 170
Stew "THE HAT" Illinois Ride Captain
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| 12 Jun 2007 11:15 AM |
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| It truly was a great honor for me to be with all who came to ride for Jeremy. When asked they stepped up and helped in so many ways that they will never know. The escort to Carlinville though Bunker Hill,Gillespie and then Carlinville was so impressive. The people who work at this should be proud. The people who came out to HONOR JEREMY should also be proud. Fire Police EMS Depts. out standing job You can also STAND PROUD! I could keep going and will miss someone but you too were seen and should be proud too. THANKS TO ALL!PGR ride capts. you done a out standing job with all that had to be hearing and all the chances that came up STAND TALL GUYS . To all the other bikes I'll ride with you any time STAND TALL TOO. I could keep going but its to long now so I'll close with this To Jeremy's family thank you for letting us to show the true HONOR and RESPECT to JEREMY. Stew "THE HAT" in Gillespie |
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pgr_src
Posts: 83
Altamont Illinois
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| 12 Jun 2007 11:28 PM |
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Mission Accomplished:
06/09/2007
I would like to thank, Ride Captains Randy Smith, Jim Storck, and Arne Dahlgren for a job well done on the escort, I was told by several members that even though we had a problem with the change of time we still had a great turnout, I would also like to thank the Illinois State Police, Macoupin County Sheriff’s department, and Carlinville Police for doing an outstanding job escorting from the St. Louis Regional Airport to the funeral home in Carlinville, I received nothing but good comments about how smooth the escort went. I also want to thank all the PGR members that attended, especially the ones that showed up on 06/08/2007 when the flight was cancelled, I thank all of you for showing your support for the Costello Family. I also want to thank all of the PGR members that stepped up to provide the 24/7 Honor Guard for Cpl. Jeremiah D. Costello.
06/10/2007
We staged at the high school parking lot @ 1:30pm to prepare the flag line at the funeral home, we headed over to set up the flag line before the family arrived at 3:00pm we started with about 10 PGR members and 3 members of the Soldiers Angels as we got everything set up we were also joined by the Peace Riders of Carlinville, we all stood proud to honor Cpl. Jeremiah D. Costello, as the family entered I spoke with Jeremiah’s mother for a quick second and she told me that she appreciated all that we do and that she would be joining the PGR, I let her know we would be honored to have her and her family as members, after the visitation was over and most of the people had started leaving Jeremiah’s brother Darrell came and got me so Randy and I could give the blanket’s from the Linus Project to the children, this is the part that really got to me I think the hardest because Jeremiah has a 4 year old daughter named Lilly, and I also have a daughter named Lilly who is 6 years old, I handed Lilly a pink and green blanket that had frogs all over it and at that point Jeremiah’s mother they used to say Jeremiah was a bullfrog, so that blanket was a fitting gift for such a special little girl, it is things like that that make me proud to do what I do for the families of fallen soldiers, we then continued to hand out blankets for Clayton, Jacob, Molly, and Logan before we left Lilly and Molly came over and gave me a hug, this was hard but you should have seen how their eyes lit up when they received the blankets, I was so proud to be involved with this mission, after the visitation was over several more dedicated PGR members took over with the 24/7 Honor Guard I was overwhelmed at the participation, we had 2 PGR members covering on 2 hour shifts and we covered all the days with no problem, I thank all involved for all the time you put in for this family and I know the family thanks all of you from the bottom of their hearts. I have to send a little special thanks out to John Stewart for bringing his RV for PGR members to use during the 24/7 Honor Guard.
06/11/2007
I woke up around 3:00am with Randy and John the day was beautiful, Randy and John took over the Honor Guard from 4-6am and then Lloyd arrived around 5am and myself and Lloyd took over the Honor Guard, around 7:30am Jeremiah was taken to the Carlinville Southern Baptist Church myself and Randy then went to the High School parking lot to get ready for the day, we started having members arrive around 8:30am but due to my mistake I was not aware that the family was going to be at the church at 9:00am and I posted on our website that staging time was 9:30am so Randy stayed at the staging area and waited for other riders as I took the ones that were there to the church to get the flag line set up, Randy soon arrived with 12-15 more riders making a total of around 42 PGR members present which was an awesome turn out for a Monday, we had the flag line set up at the church we the funeral director came out and advised me that the family wished for all the PGR members to come in and walk through to Honor Jeremiah, this was a first for me as we normally stay outside, we then had a member at the door collecting flags as each member went in to pay their respects, as they exited we went back to our mission, as Jeremiah was brought out I called the PGR to attention and then presented arms, the precession was awesome starting with around 6 State Police Motorcycles, State Police Car, Macoupin County Sheriff’s, and the Carlinville Police then the funeral director, then 2 PGR members with large flags, 2 more State Police Motorcycles, 4 State Police Motorcycles on all 4 corners of the hearse, then 2 more State Police Motorcycles behind the hearse then 2 more PGR members with big flags, followed by the family then the rest of our PGR members, your respect for this family made me proud. The town people turned out to honor Jeremiah during the escort to Mayfield cemetery, the Carlinville Police shut the entire town down all roads were blocked, when we arrived at the cemetery the fire departments and boy scouts were there showing support as well, we then set up the flag line at the cemetery, after the military service was complete myself, Randy, and Arne presented our American Flag, Illinois Flag, the plaque will be presented at a later date, I also presented them with 2 soldiers angel’s coins. I again would like to thank all that took part in this mission, the State Police, Macoupin Co. Sheriff’s Department, Carlinville Police, all the residence that took their time and stopped what they were doing to Honor this American Hero, all the businesses who allowed their employees to come out along the road to show respect, I thank all of you if I missed anyone I apologize as there were so many to thank. I will be presenting the plaque in the next week or so anyone that wishes to ride along with me is welcome.
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Sean Aaron
IL Patriot Guard Riders
Senior Ride Captain
Member: IL Board of Directors
Area of Operation: Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery, Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Effingham, Clay, Wayne, Jasper, Richland, Crawford, Lawrence, Edwards, and Wabash
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
That is honor, and there are way too many people in this country today, who no longer understand that fact.
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Uncle Jessie
Posts: 8
Carlinville, Illinois
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| 15 Jun 2007 1:46 PM |
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I thought soem of the PGR folks who were there might like to read
this. In an article in the local paper, the reporter said:
"One of the most touching moments on the day took place right
before the start of the funeral. All the police officers,
Peace Riders and Patriot Guards lined up to come to
Costello’s coffin, one by one, each saluting the fallen
soldier."
You can read the article here for the next few days:
http://carlinvilleonline.net/
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