Cindy Schoentag, left, and Linda Schnur stand beside the East Butler Baseball Association Memorial Monument. Their late husbands, Glenn Schoentag and Dale Schnur, have been added to the monument's Memorial Honor Roll and will be celebrated with a ceremony Sept. 10.

EAST BUTLER — The East Butler Baseball Association Complex sits on top of a big hill.

Longtime East Butler legion and youth baseball coach Dess Schnur likes to say the complex “is built on a mountain of men.”

“This whole facility was put together through volunteerism,” Schnur said. “We haven't had to pay anyone.”

The EBBA complex features three baseball diamonds of varying sizes, a concession stand in the middle and a monument that pays tribute to the volunteers who helped make it all happen. That monument was erected in 2001 as part of the EBBA's 50th anniversary season.

The names of the EBBA's 15 “founding fathers” are listed at the top of the monument, and a memorial honor roll takes on additional names periodically.

Two more names — Glenn Schoentag and Dale Schnur — have been added this year, bringing the memorial honor roll list to 27. Schoentag and Dale Schnur's legacies will be celebrated during a ceremony and dinner at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the EBBA Complex.

Combined, Schoentag and Schnur provided more than 100 years of service to the EBBA. Both are East Butler natives. Both played baseball in the association and coached for many years.

A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.