Hudson’s Ed Krysa buried at Arlington
Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Edward P. Krysa was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on May 17 with full military honors.
Honor guard carries the casket of Sgt. Maj. Ed Krysa to its final resting place at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Edward P. Krysa was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on May 17, 2011 with full military honors. Krysa, 86, a Hudson native and noted tennis instructor here, died Feb. 1, 2011 at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Hudson native Stanley Krysa receives the flag that covered the casket of Sgt. Maj. Edward P. Krysa from the honor guard at Arlington National Cemetery as friend and family look on.
A Hudson High graduate in 1942, Krysa served in World War II in New Guinea and the Phillipines and was discharged in 1945. He reentered the Army in 1949 and served until his retirement in 1966. He was a volunteer coach in Hudson for 30 summers, and the Riverside Park courts were named in his honor in 2001.
Krysa’s surviving brother, Attorney Stanley Krysa of Alexandria, Va., was presented with the U.S. flag at the interment. Among Hudson residents attending the ceremonies were Dorothy Bonazzoli and her daughter, Suzanne Bonazzoli and Tom Ethier. They also paid their respects to U.S. Marine Capt. Seth R. Michaud whose burial site is only a few hundred yards away from Krysa’s final resting place.
– Rosemary Rimkus
Hudson resident Dorothy Bonazzoli who attended Krysa’s services pays her respects at the grave of USMC Capt. Seth Michaud of Hudson, whose final resting place is only a few yards away from Krysa’s burial site at Arlington National Cemetery.