Ken Zubay joined the committee in August of 1997 and been a tremendous asset ever since. We had just started a program to sell “pavers” to fund the construction of the memorial and Ken stepped in to organize people to line up sites to show and sell pavers. Ken arranged to have our message advertised, at no cost, by tagging on to the spots that his son, from the Broadstreet Café and City Café ran. Ken continued and as a result the original plan for 1440 pavers was changed five times to a final total of 4590. He also collected and stored most of the information received on pavers. This information has been invaluable throughout the years.
In 1999 I was hospitalized twice for major surgery and Ken stepped in and performed the necessary paperwork while I was slowed down with chemotherapy and surgery.
In 2000 Ken designed and found a sponsor for our dedication brochure. The day of the dedication he, and his family, spent the entire day working for the memorial. When there were other programs, throughout the years, Ken was working and promoting the memorial.
Whenever I wanted an important letter written Ken would volunteer to use his talent with words.
Ken volunteered to chair the sub-committee for the statues in front and back of the wall and also the special area for the WW II statue on Sixth Street.
All during the construction, prior to, and since Ken, with his wife, Mary, has been a driving force on the committee and has performed tasks too numerous to mention. There is no way that the tremendous amount time can be measured that he has given to the memorial.
