CAPT Tim Unrein United States Navy (retired)

CAPT (ret) Tim Unrein is a native of Mayetta. Commissioned in 1991 via the University of Kansas NROTC program, he earned a BA in Political Science and also holds a 1997 MS in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.

CAPT Unrein served in various operational assignments through his 30-year Navy career, including the destroyer USS JOHN RODGERS (DD 983), the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64), and the staffs of Commander Amphibious Group Three in San Diego and Commander Submarine Group Seven in Yokosuka, Japan.

These assignments participated in Operation RESTORE DEMOCRACY off Haiti, and ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Among his shore tours were postings at the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Detachment at Yokota Air Base, Japan; U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.; the Naval Postgraduate School, and Commander Submarine Force Atlantic in Norfolk, Va.

He also served as a naval diplomat assigned to Defense Attaché Office, American Embassy, Republic of Singapore.

CAPT Unrein’s last duty station was Allied Maritime Command at Northwood Headquarters, England, as Senior National Representative for the U.S. Element and Intelligence adviser to the Commander of naval forces for the 30-nation NATO Alliance.

Personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service and Navy Commendation Medals, Joint Service and Navy Achievement Medals, and Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation.

CAPT Unrein was listed in 2003 as Joint Qualified.

CAPT (ret) Unrein is married to the former Stacey Binggeli of Lawrence. They have a son, Matthew, and a daughter, Bronte.

The Unreins retired from active duty in 2021, returning to the Jackson County family homestead to tend native grass, hardwood timber, and occasionally deploy to the field with wild mustangs and Percheron draft horses.

He is a member of VFW Post 1367 of Holton and American Legion Post 423 of Mayetta.

Memorial Day activities highlight the service of those who are “gone but not forgotten.”

Throughout history, those who served and defended, those who have faced the greatest dangers and won the greatest battles, and those who died for their country received the highest honors.

On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those heroic patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our nation, who bravely rose up and fought for something greater than themselves, protecting a home to which they never returned.

We honor their service, mourn their loss and remember the families they left behind, including all those who died while on active duty, both overseas and in our homeland. As we honor our fallen, we also embrace a feeling of honor, patriotism and pride.

Multiple honor and remembrance ceremonies will be offered on Memorial Day – Monday, May 29. The public is invited to all services to participate in honoring those who served and gave all.

The public is invited to join the members of Sabetha Memorial Post 7285 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Fairview-Morrill Post 322 and Sabetha John L. Palmer Post 126 of the American Legion, and Boy Scout Troop 77, as we remember and honor the legacy of our fallen heroes on Memorial Day.

The public also is invited to greet participating veterans and our distinguished speaker prior to and following the Sabetha service.

The speaker at the Sabetha service will be Captain Tim Unrein (U.S. Navy, retired) of the Mayetta community.

Sabetha

The annual Memorial Day service at Sabetha Cemetery will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29. In case of inclement weather, the Sabetha service will move to The Main Event.

The Busy Jayhawkers 4-H Club will lead the singing of the National Anthem.

Albany

The annual Memorial Day service will be held at 10:45 a.m. at the Albany Cemetery. This service will have military honors, which includes the Gun Salute, Taps and raising of the American Flag to the top of the flagpole. There will be no speaker or formal program at this location.

Fairview

The annual Memorial Day service will be held at the Memorial Walk at the Fairview Community Center at 9 a.m. Monday, May 29. In case of inclement weather, the Fairview service will move to the Fairview Community Center. This service will have military honors, which includes the Gun Salute, Taps and raising of the American Flag to the top of the flagpole.

There will be no speaker or formal program at this location.

Woodlawn

The annual Memorial Day service at Woodlawn Cemetery will be held at 11:15 a.m. Monday, May 29. In case of inclement weather, the Woodlawn service will move to the Woodlawn Baptist Church. This service will have military honors, which includes the Gun Salute, Taps and raising of the American Flag to the top of the flagpole.

There will be no speaker or formal program at this location.

Bern

Memorial Day services in Bern will include flags being placed on graves at 7:30 a.m., and a Memorial Day Service at 11 a.m.

Avenue of Flags

Seventy-two flags have been chosen to fly at the Sabetha and Albany cemeteries. Flags numbers one through 48 will fly at Sabetha, and 49 through 72 will fly at Albany.

1. Donald Beale

2. Ruben Lehmann

3. Dan R. Aul

4. Edward R. Garber Sr.

5. Ralph R. Price Sr.

6. John Lee Flentie

7. Cecil Thompson

8. Victor Bailey

9. Guy P. Wikle

10. Charles Walker

11. Joe M. Gakle

12. Charles Meisner

13. Marvin P. Aberle

14. Gerald Rison

15. Stanley Kent

16. Otis Scoby

17. Lowell Wells

18. Jesse Keller

19. Charles Halbert

20. Leroy Beale

21. George Althouse Jr.

22. Lester Meyer

23. Dean Fenton

24. Normon Graham

25. Vernon Snyder

26. Francis R. Long

27. Jim Strahm

28. Kent M. Bestwick

29. Patrick C. Reed

30. Paul Wurzbacher

31. Walter Painter

32. Wells Eugene Combs

33. Earl James Meyer

34. Orville S. Lanning Sr.

35. Lloyd M. Agee

36. Ray “Pat” Longberg

37. Marion Marnet

38. Joseph “Bud” Tappehorn

39. Alvin G. Munson

40. Earl Hartter

41. Lonnee Fletchall

42. Arthur R. Hartter

43. Cleve E. Gurney

44. Gerald Baker

45. James Calvin Newlin

46. Dale R. Keim

47. Roy Dayton Berggren

48. Clyde Wenger

49. Robert F. Bruggeman

50. Harold “Red” Emert

51. Duane W. Tramp

52. Wilbur Bestwick

53. Merril Bestwick

54. Wade G. Gharst

55. Frederick J. Edelman

56. Harold F. Brown

57. George Fowler

58. Oscar Pendland

59. Louie Fries

60. Robert E. Glenn

61. David Meyer

62. Rankin Grussing

63. Keith Charles

64. Harold R. Kesler

65. Charles Kidwell

66. Norman H. Fike

67. Paul Lukert

68. Henry A. Plattner

69. John F. Banks

70. Glen Strahm

71. Frederick Phillips

72. Ralph Chapen Minor