Heartland Memorial Tree Grove

Heartland Memorial Tree Grove

At 9:02 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, 1995 the Alfred P.

Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was destroyed in and explosion

which killed 168 people, including 19 children. This Memorial is

dedicated to seven members of our agriculture family, U.S.

Department of Agriculture employees, who perished there.

The grove of trees is planted in the shape of a heart. The universal

symbol of love. The trees thank the people around the world who

shared our pain and responded with love. Native stones from

Oklahoma's 77 counties lie side by side to signify our strength

through unity.

The Hardy Bur Oak symbolizes the tenacity of the Oklahoma spirit.

it's branches, like outstretched arms, embraced the memory of the

Adult, victims, children, rescuers and volunteers. Redbud's, which

burst forth purple flowers each spring, reminds us of life's renewal

with the birth of each child. The white blossoms of a lone

White bud hint of innocence lost. May this living memorial remind

us of all those who died and comfort those who remain.

USDA Employees

Olen Bloomer - Peggy Clark - Carole Khalil

Jim Boles - Dick Cummins - Rheta Long

Adele Higginbottom

Other Victims

Lucio Alemam, Jr - Tresea Alexander - Richard Allen - Ted Allen - Baylee Almon

Diane Althouse - Rebecca Anderson - Pamela Argo - Sandy Avery - Peter Avillanoza

Calvin Battle - Peola Battle - Danielle Bell - Oleta Biddy - Shelly Bland

Andrea Blanton - Olen Bloomer - Lola Bolden - James Boles - Mark Bolte - Cassandra Booker - Carol Bowers

Peach Lyn Bradley - Woody Brady - Cynthia Brown - Paul Broxterman - Gabreon Bruce

Kimberly Burgess - David Burkett - Donald Burns, Sr.- Michael Carrillo - Karen Carr

Rona Chafey - Zachary Chavez - Robert Chipman - Kimberly Clark - Anthony Cooper, II

Antonio Cooper, Jr. - Dana Cooper - Harley Cottingham - Kim Cousins - Aaron Coverdale

Elijah Coverdale - Jaci Coyne - Kathy Cregan - Steve Curry - Sgt. Benjamin Davis

Diana Day - Peter DeMaster - Castine Deveroux - Sheila Driver - Tylor Eaves

Ashley Eckles - Susan Ferrell - Chip Fields - Katherine Finley - Judy Fisher

Linda Florence - Donald Fritzler - Mary Fritzler - Tevin Garrett - Laura Garrison

Jamie Genzer - Margaret Goodson - Kevin Gottshall, II - Ethel Griffin - Juretta Guiles

Capt. Randy Guzman - Cheryl Hammons - Ronald Harding - Thomas Hawthorne, Sr.

Anita Hightower - Gene Hodges, Jr. - Peggy Holland - Linda Housley - George Howard

Wanda Howell - Robbin Huff - Dr. Charles Hurlburt - Jean Hurlburt - Paul Ice

Christi Jenkins - Norma Johnson - Raymond Johnson - Larry Jones - Alvin Justes

Blake Kennedy - Valerie Koelsch - Carolyn Kreymborg - Teresa Lauderdale - Kathy Leinen

Carrie Lenz - Donald Leonard - AFC Lakesha Levey - Dominique London - Michael Loudenslager

Donna Luster - Robert Luster, Jr. - Mickey Maroney - Brenda Marsh - J.K. Martin

Rev. Gilberto Martinez - James McCarthy - Kenneth McCullough - Betsy McConnell

Linda Mc Kinney - AFC Cartney McCraven - Claude Medearis - Claudette Meek

Frankie Merrell - Derwin Miller - Leigh Mitchell - John Moss III - Trish Nix - Jerry Parker

Jill Randolph - Michelle Reeder - Terry Rees - Mary Rentie - Antonio Reyes

Kathryn Ridley - Trudy Rigney - Caudine Ritter - Christy Rosas - Sonja Sanders

Lanny Scroggins, Kathy Seidl - Leora Sells - Karan Shepherd - Chase Smith - Colton Smith

MST. SGT. Victoria Sohn - John Stewart - Dolores Stratton - Emilio Tapia - Victoia Texter

Charlotte Thomas - Michael Thompson - Virginia Thompson - Kayla Titsworth - Rick Tomlin

Larue Treanor - Luther Treanor - Larry Turner - Jules Valdez - John VanEss III

Johnny Wade - Bob Walker, Jr. - David Walker- Wanda Watkins - Michael Weaver

Julie Welch - Robert Westberry - Alan Whicher - Joann Whittenberg - Frances Williams

Scott Williams - W.S. Williams - Clarence Wilson - Sharon Wood-Chesnut

Ronota Woodridge - Tresia Worton - Bud Youngblood

Dedicated May 19, 1995 by Employees of the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture in Cooperation

With the Association of County Commissioners of the U.S.D.A

Frank Keating, Governor