UAW Local 211

Our local union has lost eighteen brothers due to accidents while performing their duties. Every year in April, Workers Memorial Day is observed to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew our efforts for safe workplaces.

These UAW Local 211 members shall always remain in our hearts.

Leroy Hunt
September 2, 1951

Furl Stallard
August 16, 1967

Doyle Price
August 5, 1968

Jerry Edwards
March 31, 1969

Bernard Meyer
July 23, 1970

Robert Vogelsong
October 22, 1971

Joseph Konrad
December 13, 1972

Jimmie Liles
January 14, 1977

Carlos Olvera
December 22, 1980

Benjamin Warnement
June 1, 1981

Clarence Webster
January 20, 1983

James Kent
September 16, 1985

Franklin Dixon
September 9, 1986

Eugene Childs
September 13, 1988

David McCreery
June 16, 1990

Jimmy Jones
September 11, 1993

Terry Bodenbender
February 2, 2016

Kim Cogswell
October 12, 2018

I write these words of honor, for those who gave their lives;
And for their families, their husbands and their wives.
For those whose lives were spent, doing what they must
Working for a living like every one of us.
Their time cut short, by things that didn’t have to be;
To make the workplace safer, for people like you and me.
To make sure their stories will never go untold;
To always keep their memories from ever growing cold.
We must remember the price they all had to pay;
When we honor the men and women on Workers Memorial Day.
-Mike Baird

Memorial Hall Dedicated in 1992

Honor Guard on Memorial Day

Let us pray. Father God, we come before you this day in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We call to remembrance those who died while working for their families. We pray you comfort these families and heal their hearts and minds. Thank you Lord, that we have learned from these events that others may go home safely. We still miss them and we hope and pray to be with them one day in heaven, in Jesus Name we pray. Amen. -UAW Local 211 Chaplain