January 9, 1914 – March 23, 2005 He Lived for the Party I was working on this post and having a very hard time finding information about Mr. West. I loved his headstone and couldn’t figure out why someone with such a long life had left such a sparse trail. I did find some social […]
November 26, 1837 – April 29, 1921 UPDATED September 5, 2021 As faded as this tombstone is, the research presented something of a challenge, and while I’m still missing some pieces, I do have a picture and I believe I know who is buried here besides Liesette. Liesette was born in Germany to a German […]
1883 – May 20, 1965 Beautifully situated at the main intersection at the front of the cemetery, across from the Reich family plot to the east and the Netzel mausoleum to the north, this elegant mausoleum was erected by pioneering woman physician Selma O. Colbe in honor of her parents. She and her parents and […]
Philippine “Phoebe” Detzer Von Schenck 1848 – January 24, 1880 Rev. Walter Von Schenk May 2, 1852 – September 2, 1921 Buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Connecticut View original post on Von Schencks I can’t remember exactly how I managed to trip over the clue that led me to cracking the Von Schenck mystery. […]
July 14, 1919 – April 2, 1944 (aged 24) Second Lieutenant and pilot of the B-24H bomber “Miss Behavin’“ Born in Chicago shortly before the end of World War I, Edward A. Fetting signed up to serve in the Air Corps on April 4, 1942, just a few months after the US entered WWII. He […]
Walter L. Von Schenck August 9, 1877 – March 18, 1878 (aged 7 months) Anna Schenk dates unreadable Phebe M. Schenck* dates unreadable I chose this grave because, though worn and almost unreadable, it is strikingly beautiful, it’s cross-and-crown symbol (representing suffering in life rewarded by eternal reward in heaven) looks as if it had […]
July 7, 1892 – July 6, 1926 My great-aunt Dottie was the third child of six. Her oldest sibling, sister Ethel, died in 1901 of diptheria, four years before her youngest sibling (my grandfather) was born. One of my favorite random facts about Dottie is that she is listed twice in the 1910 census, once […]
This secret society, founded in London in 1781, once had upwards of 35,000 members worldwide but seems to have gone extinct. They used faux druidic symbolism and names but had no historic or religious observance relationship to the ancient Celts. Favorite fact: their local organizations were called groves! Their dedicated section in Forest Home was […]
R. Herman Netzel October 18, 1873 – April 1, 1948 Mary J. (Haack) Netzel May 8, 1876 – September 23, 1940 Henry W. Netzel April 24, 1898 – December 28, 1966 Mary E. Netzel November 17, 1898 – July 3, 1982 Herman Netzel was born in Germany in 1873 and according to his obituary had […]
Peter Peterson July 20, 1839 – August 15, 1916 (aged 77) Anna (Miller) Peterson (married in 1868) February 3, 1843 – December 31, 1879 (aged 36) Bertha (Rathke) Peterson (married in 1881) December 11, 1846 – September 25, 1930 (aged 83) (reposted from @postsinthegraveyard, January 10, 2021) After seeing a picture of this absolutely stunning […]