Epitaphs Magazine

12/11/2012

Read the latest book reviews on "Carved in Stone" and "Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery" at www.TheCemeteryClub.com

12/09/2012

Pearl Harbor attack commemorated at cemetery http://ow.ly/fX3wT

Jack Levitt was in the midst of the attack on Pearl Harbor while Evelyn Lapham could only imagine. Levitt was an 18-year-old Navy seaman from...

12/09/2012

Ala. dedicates new veterans cemetery http://ow.ly/fX3sO

A new cemetery for veterans has opened in coastal Alabama.

12/09/2012

Maine wreaths bound for Arlington cemetery http://ow.ly/fX3oH

Maine wreaths bound for Arlington cemetery A convoy of trucks was departing Sunday morning from Worcester (WUH'-ster) Wreath Co. in Harrington...

12/09/2012

Verona cemetery hosts candlelight event http://ow.ly/fX3jp

12/09/2012

Volunteers clean up Mount Bethel Cemetery in Columbia
http://ow.ly/fX3cw

Brick graves are among the above-ground burial plots at Columbia's Mount Bethel Cemetery, where more than 10,000 Columbia residents have been buried.

12/05/2012

Book review: Carved in Stone: The Artistry of Early New England Gravestones by Thomas E. Gilson & William Gilson http://ow.ly/fPJjF

Cemetery-related Books and More

12/04/2012

Historic cemetery given to Town of Wallkill http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121130/NEWS/211300352/-1/NEWS

TOWN OF WALLKILL — Decades ago, the old Pine Hill Cemetery next door to Harold Card's house on Van Burenville Road was overgrown and run-down.

12/03/2012

Cemetery care isn't grave undertaking (Colorado) http://ow.ly/fKN0i

The first time Steve Engle ventured into the cemetery, the weeds and grass reached his shoulders. Thorny bushes grabbed at his clothes and twisted...

12/03/2012

Plot for a cemetery boom a grave matter (Sydney, Australia) http://ow.ly/fKMBa

DEAD and buried celebrities are bringing life back to Sydney's cemeteries.

12/03/2012

Pet Cemetery Plots for People Becoming More Popular in Texas http://ow.ly/fKN7o

12/03/2012

Old Winslow Indian Sanatorium Cemetery Now Marked By Crosses Of Lorraine Sculpture http://ow.ly/fKMJ6

Old Cemetery Now Marked By Crosses Of Lorraine SculptureNov302012 By Julie Wiessner The Winslow Indian Sanatorium Cemetery (WISC) until recently...

12/03/2012

Civil War generals in Oak Grove Cemetery (Marietta, GA) http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/568109/Civil-War-generals-in-Oak-Grove-Cemetery.html?nav=5061

MARIETTA — Coming off a heated election season, one of the many accomplishments in the storied lives of Rufus Dawes and Adoniram J.

12/02/2012

Veterans look to save Memory Gardens (Imperial, CA) http://ow.ly/fKMsF

IMPERIAL — In between here and Brawley lies Memory Gardens Cemetery, a piece of land that resembles more a patch of empty desert than the resting...

12/02/2012

Details emerge on bodies in Colonial-era cemetery (Brunswick, GA) http://ow.ly/fKMTN

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — With 34 gravesites identified, some possibly dating back more than 200 years, and several large piles of displaced soil...

12/02/2012

Foundation adds luster to veterans' cemetery in Sarasota http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20121201/ARTICLE/121209972

SARASOTA COUNTY — This region has long been home to a disproportionate share of veterans, more than 80,000 of the 1.6 million in Florida.

07/26/2012

If you live in the Quad Cities area, please join us Saturday night as we raise money for my cousin's little baby. He's had a number of heart surgeries, including open-heart--all by the time he was three weeks old. He's a fighter, and we are going to have one heck of a party in his honor. Silent auction, raffle prizes, live music by my husband (Douglas & Tucker), carnival games for the kids, lots of food, and much more!

06/15/2012

Hello, everyone

For those of you who haven't heard, the youngest member of my family has been in NICU in Iowa City since the day after he was born. Brennen (my cousin Rebecca's brand new boy and only child) was born with a large hole in his heart--it was a quarter of the size of his whole heart. At only 6 days old, he had 2 heart surgeries. At 3 weeks and one day, he underwent open heart bypass surgery. It has been a roller coaster of good news and bad news these past weeks. We are very thankful to everyone who has kept Brennen in they prayers. We are hoping that people will open up their hearts to him even more.

I just got the okay today from Rebecca and her husband Brent to start planning a benefit. I'm posting this on my Facebook group here because I'm going to have a side benefit for the baby that is geared for taphophiles. While all of us love cemeteries, cemetery-related stuff in the raffles and silent auction at the event would probably not be appropriate. :)

So what will happen is that donated cemetery-related items will be raffled or silent-auctioned to people through TheCemeteryClub.com.

If you have a book, photography, artwork, t-shirts or anything that you'd be interested in donating, it would be greatly appreciated. I'll look into the best way to do a raffle or silent auction online. (Anyone have ideas on this?)

If you would be interested in helping us help Brennen, we would be forever grateful. It would also be a big boost to Rebecca and Brennen, who have gone through heck and back. They haven't even been able to hold their baby more than an hour or so here and there, since he's been so hooked up to machines. You fellow parents out there understand what a heartbreak that must be. Bella is practically sitting on my arm right now; I can't imagine not being able to hold her whenever I want to ...

Thanks for taking the time to read this. And, while I've shared this heart-wrenching story, we also know that times are tight for a lot of people. So no pressure! But if you do want to take part, any little thing can help, whether it's a donation of some sort or a simple prayer.

Thanks again and take care,
Minda and family