I'd put a article in the local newspaper, telling about the cemetery and who is buried there. Get some public sympathy. Get up a petition to not let it be sold. and get people to support you. <AnoleLady@aol.com> To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 8:15 PM Subject: [INDIANA] For Sale: Waldheim CEMETERY ? > Drove past the Tolleston and Waldheim cemeteries today (20th & Grant st., > Gary IN), as I usually do each work day, and decided to drive around to the > back section where the Waldheim cemetery is (didnt even know it was there due > to the overgrowth before) and noticed that there is now a for sale sign less > than 10 feet from a headstone. The name on the stone, which is knocked over, > is Mulligan. > The sign says > "For Sale ; Lake County Surplus Properties ; 219-662-0079 ; > Refer to: 25-43-0016-0027" > How can the Lake County Govt offer a cemetery for sale to the general > public?? The cemetery is the only thing occupying that block, so it is that > which is for sale. I know it is in bad shape and has been neglected for years > with no one to care for it, and I assume they want the tax money from the 2 > full city block land. But what about the people buried there? Supposedly an > astronauts family is there (Otto Borman), and most of the first > settlers/pioneers of village of Tolleston (now a section of Gary IN), and > founders of the St John Lutheran Church. There is a great history there, > starting back in the 1860's. Why don't the historical or genealogical > societies in the area seem to be doing or saying anything? I know they dont > have the funding to take care of it, but they could at least give input to > the Govt people taking over. <A HREF="http://khuish.tripod.com/seeger.jpg"> > </A> > Here's some photos I took this afternoon...but keep in mind I only had > available a $20 camera, one-hour developing, and took a picture of the > picture with a webcam attached to my computer. If you've ever been near the > cemetery you can tell what a difference they made cleaning it up...but now I > think we might know WHY they suddenly cleaned it. Click on the links, or copy > the URL to your browser. > <A HREF="http://khuish.tripod.com/forsale.jpg"> > http://khuish.tripod.com/forsale.jpg</A> For sale sign, square object is the > stone. > <A HREF="http://khuish.tripod.com/grantst.jpg"> > http://khuish.tripod.com/grantst.jpg</A> View towards Grant St > <A HREF="http://khuish.tripod.com/grant3.jpg"> > http://khuish.tripod.com/grant3.jpg</A> another view > <A HREF="http://khuish.tripod.com/repair.jpg"> > http://khuish.tripod.com/repair.jpg</A> A stone they repaired with some kind > of cement or caulk, but they almost completely filled in the surname on the > stone. > <A HREF="http://khuish.tripod.com/seeger.jpg"> > http://khuish.tripod.com/seeger.jpg</A> SEEGER stone with a couple broken > pieces laying on top. > <A HREF="http://khuish.tripod.com/waldheim.jpg"> > http://khuish.tripod.com/waldheim.jpg</A> Waldheim cemetery gates....within > 50 feet of the for sale sign. > <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlake/tollcem.htm">St John's Lutheran > Church Cemetery, Tolleston (Gary)</A> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlake/tollcem.htm > Above is a listing of those buried at Tolleston, a brief history of the > settlers and their former town, and photo of a marker which I havent seen > anywhere...may be gone by now. There are many families buried together here, > and many many children as most of the graves are before 1920. Many of the > families had stone walls (about 8 inches high) erected around their groups, > or burials as shown in the picture below which looks like 2 adults and one > small child length graves. > <A HREF="http://khuish.tripod.com/famplot.jpg"> > http://khuish.tripod.com/famplot.jpg</A> > > Is there anything that can be done? It seems like it would be covered under > either the county or township laws regarding abandoned cemeteries. > <A HREF="http://www.ai.org/legislative/ic/code/title23/ar14/ch68.html"> > Indiana Code 23-14-68</A> -TWP > <A HREF="http://www.ai.org/legislative/ic/code/title23/ar14/ch67.html"> > Indiana Code 23-14-67</A> -County > Kathy Huish > CC Lake County IN GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inlake/ > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >