Sgt. Patrick Stewart was remembered in a private ceremony at Circle Cemetery on the third anniversary of his death. He was killed in action in Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom on September 25, 2008. Some of his cremains are buried beneath his grave marker issued by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and dedicated on Memorial Day 2007. By his stone are a photo taken of him outside company headquarters in Afghanistan about one month before he was killed and a flower arrangement designed by his widow Roberta. Jeremy Espil, Sgt. Stewart's best friend and who roomed with him when they were stationed in Afghanistan, and Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary honored Sgt. Stewart in the ceremony.

Grave Marker and Photo
Jeremy Espil, now of Wisconsin and formerly of Nevada, served with Sgt. Patrick Stewart in Afghanistan and was his roommate and best friend. On September 25, 2008, the third anniversary of Pat's death, he visited Pat's VA issued pentacle gravestone at Circle Cemetery which marks the burial site of some of Pat's cremains. Jeremy and Circle Sanctuary senior minister Selena Fox remembered Pat in a short, private ceremony, that included the placement of a flower arrangement designed by Roberta Stewart, Pat's widow, the sounding of a bell 22 times by Selena, and the recounting of experiences and memories of Pat by Jeremy.
Selena Fox & Jeremy Espil at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve near Barneveld,Wisconsin on September 25, 2008, the third anniversary of the death of Sgt. Patrick Stewart, killed in action in Operation Enduring Freedom. Selena holds a photo donated by Sgt. Stewart's widow, Roberta, and Jeremy holds flowers sent by Roberta for placement at her husband's gravesite at Circle Cemetery. A private ceremony of honoring Sgt. Stewart took place at Circle Cemetery shortly after this photo was taken.
We will not forget Sgt. Patrick Stewart and his four comrades in Mustang 22, the flight which was shot down by enemy fire on September 25, 2005 in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Image on a commemorative t-shirt worn by Jeremy Espil at a private ceremony honoring Sgt. Stewart at Stewart's gravesite at Circle Cemetery near Barneveld, Wisconsin on the third anniversary of his death.
Selena Fox at Sgt. Stewart's pentacle gravestone at Circle Cemetery on the third anniversary of Sgt. Stewart's death.