OTTAWA-Memorial day is set aside to honor those who died while serving our country as well as those still counted among the missing. Jenette lute who was the special speaker at the Franklin county Memorial Day ceremony at the veterans memorial in Ottawa she considered it an honor to recognize all of America’s heroes including her father. Eddie Hughes. She says her father suffered tremendously with post traumatic stress disorder but fought on helping others in any way he could. Lute says she didn’t realize how many people he touched until after he was gone.
Eddie Hughes worked for the City of Ottawa for many years. The ceremony featured a traditional laying of a wreath to honor not only those from Franklin County but all those around the nation that have fought for the freedoms afforded Americans today.
