Crawfordsville Journal Review 21-Mar-1963 5- W. L. Whitecotton, Retired A Year, Dies At Age 65- Walter Lee Whitecotton, 65, a retired Mid-States Steel & Wire Co. employe, died Thursday at 5:30 a.m. in the home of his son, Lee Whitecotton, 302 S. Washington St. He had been in failing health for several months and was being cared for at his son’s home. Walter Whitecotton and his wife resided at Yountsville before his illness. Mr. Whitecotton was born April 17, 1897, son of William and Elizabeth Plunkett Whitecotton. He was married Oct. 8, 1921, to Laura Thompson. Mr. Whitecotton was a member of the Freedom Baptist Church. He had worked at the Mid-States Steel & Wire Co. for 21 years and retired one year ago. He farmed earlier in his life. Survivors include the widow, the mother, living in Crawfordsville; three sons, Lee and Bob of Crawfordsville and Bill of Richmond; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Meadows and Mrs. Betty Myers, both of Waveland; two brothers, Fred and John of Waveland; three sisters, Mrs. Opal Gilbert of Crawfordsville, Mrs. Myrtle Priebe of Waveland and Mrs. Mary Reynolds of Dayton, Ohio; 25 grandchildren, and a great-grandson. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon at the Hunt and Son Funeral Home. Rev. Paul Hubble will officiate. Burial will be in the Freedom Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday.

Crawfordsville Journal Review 28-Jan-1963 8- Mrs. Agnes Gray Dies In Hospital; Services Tuesday- WALLACE- Mrs. Agnes Gaynell Gray, 66-year-old life-time resident of Montgomery and Fountain counties, died at 1:10 p.m. Sunday in Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis. She had been seriously ill since Jan. 18. She was first taken to Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville, then to Methodist Hospital. Born Sept. 28, 1896, in Montgomery County, she was the daughter of John and Bessie Smith Weir. She was graduated from Alamo High School in 1913. She married Homer V. Gray Dec. 11, 1918 at Crawfordsville. He died in 1946. Mrs. Gray was a member of Alamo OES, Chapter 498, of which she was a past matron, and Cabalastic Club of Wallace. Surviving are two sons, Leslie Weir of Rt. 3, Crawfordsville and Raymond Gray of Rt. 1, Waynetown; a brother, Granville Weir of Rt. 3, Crawfordsville; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are announced for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Servies Funeral Home in Waynetown, Rev. Morris Finch and Rev. John Servies will officiate. Interment will be in Lutheran Cemetery here. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Monday. Alamo OES will conduct memorial services at 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Crawfordsville Journal Review 23-Mar-1963 6- Orvin McGinnis Succumbs At 63- Orvin F. McGinnis, 63, of 407 ½ N. Grant Ave., died Friday in Culver Hospital. He was born Sept. 15, 1899, near Wallace, the son of Henry E. and Lily Bowman McGinnis. He was married to Gertrude E. Hodge Jan. 22, 1944, in Crawfordsville. Mr. McGinnis lived in St. Louis for several years and had lived here for the last four years. He was last employed by the Montgomery County highway department. He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mrs. Oscar Lowery of near Waveland, and was preceded in death by a brother. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Bright Funeral Home, with Rev. Frank Ryan officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery at Wallace. Friends may call after noon Sunday at the funeral home.

Crawfordsville Journal Review 21-May-1963 3- Reed B. Gray Dies At Franklin At Age of 69- WAYNETOWN- Reed B. Gray, 69, died at 9:15 p.m. Monday at the Welcome Nursing Home in Franklin. He had been ill for two and a half months. Mr. Gray was born Aug. 14, 1893, at Waynetown, the son of William and Mary Stuart Gray. He was married Oct. 7, 1913, to Linda M. Biddle at Crawfordsville. She died Jan. 2, 1961. He was a member of the Waynetown Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge at Fairmount, Ill., and had attended the Waynetown School. He was a farmer and carpenter before his retirement. Mr. Gray went to Franklin a few months ago after spending eight years in Florida. Survivors include a son, John Gray of Franklin; a daughter, Mrs. James Martin of Beech Grove; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis of Waynetown; a nephew, Lee Vern Ellis of Waynetown, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Servies Funeral Home in Waynetown. Rev. Guy E. Tremaine will officiate. Burial will be in Washington Park Cemetery in Indianapolis. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Crawfordsville Journal Review 25-Jan-1963 3- Elmer Haas, 79, Retired County Farmer, Is Dead- WAYNETOWN- Elmer Haas, 79, retired farmer, died at 12:15 a.m. Friday in the Small Rest Home. He had been ill since Nov. 20 and was in Culver Hospital for 30 days prior to entering the rest home. He was born Dec. 7, 1883, at Newtown, son of Luther and Emma Quiggle Haas. He married Ruth Ellis Mitchell Feb. 22, 1905, at Mellott. She died in 1953. Haas lived most of his life in Fountain and Montgomery counties. He was educated in Fountain County and was a member of the Mellott Congregational Christian Church. Survivors include a son, Austin Haas; a daughter, Mrs. Hildred Smith of near Waynetown; two grandchildren, Barbara Haas Harwood and Larry Smith of Indianapolis; two great-grandsons, and three half-brothers, Walther Haas, Roy Haas and Russell Haas of Veedersburg. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Servies Funeral Home at Waynetown. Rev. Don Cutts, pastor of the Mellott Congregational Christian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.

Source unknown, death date May 17, 1962- Muncie Woman Succumbs While On Visit Here- Mrs. Edna L. Keller, 97, a resident of Muncie, died at Culver Hospital Thursday morning. She had become ill while visiting here at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Enzo Caviglia. Mrs. Keller was born Nov. 9, 1864, in Randolph County, the daughter of Jesse and Matilda Cropper Haynes. She was married to Henry J. Keller on April 2, 1885. Her husband, who died in 1935, had been president of Keller Co., a Muncie clothier, for more than 50 years. Mrs. Keller belonged to the Presbyterian Church and several organizations of the church at Muncie and was one of four remaining members of the Shuttle Club, a social organization there. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Esther K. Brown of Muncie, with whom Mrs. Keller made her home; her granddaughter, Mrs. Cavilglia, and five great-grandchildren. A brother and sister preceded her in death. Memorial funeral services will be held at Meeks Mortuary in Muncie.

Source Unknown, death date July 27, 1960- Mrs. Helen Rusk Dies In Hospital- Helen Z. Rusk, 1212 Mill St., died at Culver Hospital Wednesday evening. She had been a patient for one day. She was born Oct. 4, 1908 near Waveland, the daughter of Clarence and Jesse Lee Livengood Smith. Lloyde E. Rusk, whom she married April 20, 1935, at Bellmore, survives. She attended school at Yountsville and was graduated from Alamo High School. She had taught at Alamo 16 years at the time of her death. She was active in PTA and in scouting and was a member of the New Market Baptist Church and Order of Eastern Star at Alamo. Other survivors include the father; a stepmother, Mrs. Clarence Smith; one sister, Mrs. William Sabens of Crawfordsville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Robert Smith of Delphi and Mrs. Paul Beach of Linnsburg; three sons, Edward Lee, Fred David and Jack Dean and a daughter, Anna Jean, all at home. One sister died in infancy. Funeral services will be at the Bright Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev. Esmond Elliott of Indianapolis officiating. Burial will be in Freedom Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday.

Crawfordsville Journal Review 28-Jul-1947 4: 6- Rites at Waynetown For Eva Ellen Moore- Waynetown, July 31- Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Ellen Moore were held Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist Church. Rev. Guy E. Tremaine officiated and was assisted by Rev. John N. Cassady, pastor of the Baptist church. Mrs. Paul Kunkel was pianist for Miss Louise Wethington and Mrs. William Logsdon who sang “Lord, I’m Coming Home” and “Good Night and Good Morning.” Pallbearers were Harry Hughes, Ray Butler, Ransom Martin, Emerson Blackford, Carol Myers and Ira Bruner. Assisting with the flowers were Vera Mae Gilkey, Audrey Clore, Mable Clore, Alta Hughes, Mary Hughes, Katherine Hallett, Virginia Bane, Jessie Wethington, Cleo Dunderstadt, Jane Clore, Ruth McCormick, Opal Sullivan. Burial was in the Masonic Cemetery.

Crawfordsville Journal Review 24-Dec-1963 4:8- Mrs. Van Cleave Dies In Michigan- Mrs. Aura Wright VanCleave, 75, died Monday afternoon at the Sherwood Hall Nursing Home in Royal Oak, Mich. A native of Montgomery County, she was born May 15, 1888, the daughter of James and Eliza Wright. She spent her early life in Montgomery County. She married Walter B. VanCleave, who preceded her in death. Several brothers and sisters also preceded her in death. Two children survive, James VanCleave of Birmingham, Mich., and Mrs. Robert Nuttall of Weston, Conn. Funeral services will be Friday in Guass Funeral Home in Peoria, Ill.

Crawfordsville Journal Review 21-Feb-1964 3: 3- John W. Shuler Dies In Florida- Funeral Rites Will Be Thursday Afternoon- John W. Shuler, funeral director at Waynetown for many years and a former Montgomery County councilman, died in Hollywood, Fla., hospital Friday morning. He was 94 years old. A native of Fountain County, Mr. Shuler left this area in 1949 not long after his retirement after 45 years in business in Fountain and Montgomery counties. He attended schools in Fountain County, graduating in 1890. He attended Central Normal College at Danville, Ind., and qualified for a teacher’s license. He taught school five years in Fountain County and during that time became the youngest person in the state to be elected a township trustee. During his term as Jackson Township trustee the first high school there was erected. In 1894 Mr. Shuler and his father, Samuel, purchased a furniture store and undertaking business in Wallace. They disposed of that business in 1901 and purchased a similar establishment in Waynetown. After his retirement, he and his wife, the former Cordelia Philpott, moved to Crawfordsville. She died Nov. 20, 1947. Mr. Shuler later married Maude Ballard of Hollywood, Fla. He was a past master of both Wallace and Waynetown lodges, Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar, past patron of Eastern Star and member of Knights Pythias. He had been active also with the local Red Cross chapter and the Tuberculosis Association, serving several years on the board of directors of the state TB Association. Mr. Shuler was also a member of the Crawfordsville Christian Church. Survivors include the widow; a granddaughter, Mrs. Susan Kellett, New York City; a stepson, Chester Ballard, Huntington; a step-daughter, Mrs. Louise Smith, Galesburg, Mich., and daughter-in-law, Marie Shuler. His only two children, Harold J. Shuler and Dr. Lacey Lee Shuler, preceded him in death. Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bright Funeral Home with Rev. Guy Tremaine officiating. Calling hours will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Yes, it was a brilliant idea, Karen. Consider the link as a gift -- if it's there, enjoy it! IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, it's a great idea! Kathy > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:34:58 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [InMontgo] Opinion time > > Okay, I got this BRILLIANT (cough-cough) idea tonight as I was finally > putting some obituaries Kim, Lena, etc have been typing & sending in > (hoping to get a lot of that done this weekend) and as I did Faye > Schenck's (prominent Dr. turn-of-century (not the one ten years ago :) > Well, as I was doing that obituary, I thought, my, it'd be neat to just > put the link from that to the biography and vice-versa. Lo & behold, I > did and I LIKE IT however #1 I don't think I'd ever be able to go back > and hook 'em all up (WAY WAY too many) but I thought from now on, I > could do it if they have the biography (then link it back to obit) > unless you think I'm just wasting my time since there is a good index on > the page anyway :) What do you think? REALLY WANT SOME OPINIONS HERE > Thanks - kz > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/obituaries/s/schenck-faye-orr.htm > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks muches -- wondered if anyone was going to bark at me, one way or the other. I'm kind of like you, it's a plus -- doesn't take too much extra to do so will try to do that when I have one that is the same person as a bio -- thanks,Kathy. On 1/22/2011 10:18 PM, Kathleen lynch wrote: > Yes, it was a brilliant idea, Karen. Consider the link as a gift -- if it's there, enjoy it! IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, it's a great idea! Kathy > >> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:34:58 -0500 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [InMontgo] Opinion time >> >> Okay, I got this BRILLIANT (cough-cough) idea tonight as I was finally >> putting some obituaries Kim, Lena, etc have been typing& sending in >> (hoping to get a lot of that done this weekend) and as I did Faye >> Schenck's (prominent Dr. turn-of-century (not the one ten years ago :) >> Well, as I was doing that obituary, I thought, my, it'd be neat to just >> put the link from that to the biography and vice-versa. Lo& behold, I >> did and I LIKE IT however #1 I don't think I'd ever be able to go back >> and hook 'em all up (WAY WAY too many) but I thought from now on, I >> could do it if they have the biography (then link it back to obit) >> unless you think I'm just wasting my time since there is a good index on >> the page anyway :) What do you think? REALLY WANT SOME OPINIONS HERE >> Thanks - kz >> >> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/obituaries/s/schenck-faye-orr.htm >> >> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

And, Kim indeed has made it her personal goal to clean up many of the county cemeteries. I don't know a harder worker - she and a group from the genealogical society have done several cemeteries - she rocks -= go, Kim. On 1/22/2011 5:35 PM, Angela Todd wrote: > I couldn't have said it better. Angela Todd > > On Jan 22, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Bobbie Brady wrote: > >> Seems to me that there is something very wrong in Montgomery County and with >> our country. The cemeteries that we are trying to preserve and protect are >> the very places that our ancestors probably helped build and maintain years >> ago. What is wrong with this country?? And mostly with this so called >> "government"?? They have spent trillions of dollars are useless projects. >> But, alas there is no federal funding to help maintain our cemeteries. The >> places where our ancestors are, the people that helped build America >> starting in the 1700's. The farmers that worked day and night to clear some >> land and build a home. To feed themselves and help their neighbors. How sad >> it is that when one person tries to preserve our past is beaten down for it. >> So many small cemeteries across the US are in the same state of affairs. >> They have been vandalized. Headstones have been spray painted or broken. >> Where is the government, whether it be local or national?? Too busy playing >> basketball or entertaining the "Hollywood" crowd?? >> >> I don't live in Montgomery County, but if I did I would make it my personal >> journey to clean up the cemeteries. And if I had to haul a lawnmower out >> there and anything else to keep it looking nice I would. Maybe it will take >> a group of people from there to take on such a project. >> >> Good luck and God Bless America. >> >> Bobbie Hunt Brady >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kim& Roger Hancock"<[email protected]> >> To:<[email protected]>; "Karen Zach"<[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 7:06 PM >> Subject: [InMontgo] Cemetery Restoration >> >> >>> I do not know if anyone is aware of what is going on here in Montgomery >>> county newspaper, but the Union township trustee is being thrown under the >>> bus for spending money to clean and restore the cemeteries in Union >>> township. In short, she also got "voted out" of her position this year. I >>> am not sure that anyone really knows what they are talking about but she >>> is >>> getting slammed with Letter's to the Editor. Come on people there are >>> laws >>> that pertain to the maintenence of Indiana cemeteries under the township >>> trustee. Some are positive, but the negative are winning. If anyone has >>> a >>> strong opinion on this, I suggest you write a letter to the editor and >>> express your feeling about the importance of saving Pioneer cemeteries. >>> >>> Just to help you out, I am writing one and including these Indiana Codes >>> in >>> my letter. In short she was "doing her job" as voted by the people!! >>> Maybe >>> not in the past years but she made up for it last year. People are in an >>> up >>> roar of how much money she spent. You can submit letters on-line at www. >>> journalreview.com >>> >>> Anybody have any comments, please submit >>> >>> Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana Legislative >>> Services Agency >>> * >>> IC 23-14-68* >>> * * Chapter 68. Care of Cemeteries by Townships >>> >>> *IC 23-14-68-1* >>> *Application of chapter >>> * Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to each cemetery that: >>> (1) is without funds for maintenance; >>> (2) was in existence on February 28, 1939; and >>> (3) is operated by a nonprofit organization or is not managed by >>> any >>> viable organization. >>> (b) This chapter does not apply to a cemetery located on land on which >>> property taxes are assessed and paid under IC 6-1.1-4. >>> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >>> >>> *IC 23-14-68-2* >>> *Township trustee locating and maintaining cemeteries >>> * Sec. 2. The trustee of each township shall locate and maintain all >>> the >>> cemeteries described in section 1(a) of this chapter that are within the >>> township. However, a cemetery association claiming assistance under this >>> chapter shall furnish a verified statement of assets and liabilities to >>> the >>> township trustee. >>> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >>> >>> *IC 23-14-68-3* >>> *Maintenance of cemeteries >>> * Sec. 3. For the purposes of this chapter, the maintenance of a >>> cemetery includes the following: >>> (1) Resetting and straightening all monuments. >>> (2) Leveling and seeding the ground. >>> (3) Constructing fences where there are none and repairing existing >>> fences. >>> (4) Destroying and cleaning up detrimental plants (as defined in >>> IC 15-16-8-1), noxious weeds, and rank vegetation. >>> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.2-2008, SEC.48.* >>> >>> *IC 23-14-68-4* >>> *Appropriations for care and maintenance; cemetery tax >>> * Sec. 4. (a) The township shall appropriate enough money to provide >>> for >>> the care, repair, and maintenance of each cemetery described in section >>> 1(a) >>> of this chapter that is located within the township. Funds shall be >>> appropriated under this subsection in the same manner as other township >>> appropriations. >>> (b) The township may levy a township cemetery tax to create a fund for >>> maintenance of cemeteries under this chapter. If a fund has not been >>> provided for maintenance of cemeteries under this chapter, part of the >>> township fund may be used. >>> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >>> >>> *IC 23-14-68-5* >>> *Trustee's failure to perform duties >>> ------------------------------ >>> * >>> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >>> >>> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >>> >>> List Manager - [email protected] >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Kim, I went to the Journal ReviewaArchives and read the only two articles I could find.  I couldn't find a link to old letters to the editor, though there may be one.  The news articles included a report of the work of Helen Wildermuth, cemetery restorationist, who appears to have done much of the work.  The other article said that the township trustee had contracted the work before the township advisory board had approved the expenditure of $500,000. I am very much in favor of restoring cemeteries.  I know Helen Wildermuth, who used to live a few blocks from me, and I have written grants which have been used to hire her and another restorationist to partially restore a cemetery in Parke County, where I am a trustee.  I have located a "lost" cemetery in Scott Twp, Montgomery County.  I say these things so that you will understand I am totally in sympathy with restoration and the obligations of various persons, including township trustees, to maintain cemeteries. However, I think we should understand as many of the facts as possible before writing letters to the editor.  I don't think the two features mentioned above list all the facts on this specific situation needed to write an info rmed letter on one side or the other of this argument .  Please tell us more, if you have that information. Sharon Mills

On Jan 22, 2011, at 5:36 PM, jeff wrote: > As genealogists and more so as historians it is up to US to see that > history is preserved. If history is allowed to FADE AWAY, it makes it > too easy to forget who we are and where we come from. > > Its a LOT easier to rewrite history if you start with a blank page. > > Lets FIGHT to not have the historic places, documents, and data erased > by willful neglect, laissez faire politicians, and budget cuts made so > the money can be boondoggled away on political fat. > > Doing nothing now means that there is nothing to be done later. > > Jeff > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I couldn't have said it better. Angela Todd On Jan 22, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Bobbie Brady wrote: > Seems to me that there is something very wrong in Montgomery County and with > our country. The cemeteries that we are trying to preserve and protect are > the very places that our ancestors probably helped build and maintain years > ago. What is wrong with this country?? And mostly with this so called > "government"?? They have spent trillions of dollars are useless projects. > But, alas there is no federal funding to help maintain our cemeteries. The > places where our ancestors are, the people that helped build America > starting in the 1700's. The farmers that worked day and night to clear some > land and build a home. To feed themselves and help their neighbors. How sad > it is that when one person tries to preserve our past is beaten down for it. > So many small cemeteries across the US are in the same state of affairs. > They have been vandalized. Headstones have been spray painted or broken. > Where is the government, whether it be local or national?? Too busy playing > basketball or entertaining the "Hollywood" crowd?? > > I don't live in Montgomery County, but if I did I would make it my personal > journey to clean up the cemeteries. And if I had to haul a lawnmower out > there and anything else to keep it looking nice I would. Maybe it will take > a group of people from there to take on such a project. > > Good luck and God Bless America. > > Bobbie Hunt Brady > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim & Roger Hancock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Karen Zach" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 7:06 PM > Subject: [InMontgo] Cemetery Restoration > > >> I do not know if anyone is aware of what is going on here in Montgomery >> county newspaper, but the Union township trustee is being thrown under the >> bus for spending money to clean and restore the cemeteries in Union >> township. In short, she also got "voted out" of her position this year. I >> am not sure that anyone really knows what they are talking about but she >> is >> getting slammed with Letter's to the Editor. Come on people there are >> laws >> that pertain to the maintenence of Indiana cemeteries under the township >> trustee. Some are positive, but the negative are winning. If anyone has >> a >> strong opinion on this, I suggest you write a letter to the editor and >> express your feeling about the importance of saving Pioneer cemeteries. >> >> Just to help you out, I am writing one and including these Indiana Codes >> in >> my letter. In short she was "doing her job" as voted by the people!! >> Maybe >> not in the past years but she made up for it last year. People are in an >> up >> roar of how much money she spent. You can submit letters on-line at www. >> journalreview.com >> >> Anybody have any comments, please submit >> >> Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana Legislative >> Services Agency >> * >> IC 23-14-68* >> * * Chapter 68. Care of Cemeteries by Townships >> >> *IC 23-14-68-1* >> *Application of chapter >> * Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to each cemetery that: >> (1) is without funds for maintenance; >> (2) was in existence on February 28, 1939; and >> (3) is operated by a nonprofit organization or is not managed by >> any >> viable organization. >> (b) This chapter does not apply to a cemetery located on land on which >> property taxes are assessed and paid under IC 6-1.1-4. >> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >> >> *IC 23-14-68-2* >> *Township trustee locating and maintaining cemeteries >> * Sec. 2. The trustee of each township shall locate and maintain all >> the >> cemeteries described in section 1(a) of this chapter that are within the >> township. However, a cemetery association claiming assistance under this >> chapter shall furnish a verified statement of assets and liabilities to >> the >> township trustee. >> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >> >> *IC 23-14-68-3* >> *Maintenance of cemeteries >> * Sec. 3. For the purposes of this chapter, the maintenance of a >> cemetery includes the following: >> (1) Resetting and straightening all monuments. >> (2) Leveling and seeding the ground. >> (3) Constructing fences where there are none and repairing existing >> fences. >> (4) Destroying and cleaning up detrimental plants (as defined in >> IC 15-16-8-1), noxious weeds, and rank vegetation. >> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.2-2008, SEC.48.* >> >> *IC 23-14-68-4* >> *Appropriations for care and maintenance; cemetery tax >> * Sec. 4. (a) The township shall appropriate enough money to provide >> for >> the care, repair, and maintenance of each cemetery described in section >> 1(a) >> of this chapter that is located within the township. Funds shall be >> appropriated under this subsection in the same manner as other township >> appropriations. >> (b) The township may levy a township cemetery tax to create a fund for >> maintenance of cemeteries under this chapter. If a fund has not been >> provided for maintenance of cemeteries under this chapter, part of the >> township fund may be used. >> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >> >> *IC 23-14-68-5* >> *Trustee's failure to perform duties >> ------------------------------ >> * >> *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >> >> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, Bobbie, well said. I restore Pioneer Cemeteries, I even mow the one that I and the Genealogy Club of Montgomery County just finished restoring. I have cleaned and restored stones in Boone, Fountain, Hendricks, Parke, Clinton and Montgomery county, Indiana. I will continue to do so as long as I can. Thanks, for your comment, and God Bless. Kim Hancock On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Bobbie Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems to me that there is something very wrong in Montgomery County and > with > our country. The cemeteries that we are trying to preserve and protect are > the very places that our ancestors probably helped build and maintain years > ago. What is wrong with this country?? And mostly with this so called > "government"?? They have spent trillions of dollars are useless projects. > But, alas there is no federal funding to help maintain our cemeteries. The > places where our ancestors are, the people that helped build America > starting in the 1700's. The farmers that worked day and night to clear > some > land and build a home. To feed themselves and help their neighbors. How > sad > it is that when one person tries to preserve our past is beaten down for > it. > So many small cemeteries across the US are in the same state of affairs. > They have been vandalized. Headstones have been spray painted or broken. > Where is the government, whether it be local or national?? Too busy > playing > basketball or entertaining the "Hollywood" crowd?? > > I don't live in Montgomery County, but if I did I would make it my personal > journey to clean up the cemeteries. And if I had to haul a lawnmower out > there and anything else to keep it looking nice I would. Maybe it will > take > a group of people from there to take on such a project. > > Good luck and God Bless America. > > Bobbie Hunt Brady > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim & Roger Hancock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Karen Zach" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 7:06 PM > Subject: [InMontgo] Cemetery Restoration > > > >I do not know if anyone is aware of what is going on here in Montgomery > > county newspaper, but the Union township trustee is being thrown under > the > > bus for spending money to clean and restore the cemeteries in Union > > township. In short, she also got "voted out" of her position this year. > I > > am not sure that anyone really knows what they are talking about but she > > is > > getting slammed with Letter's to the Editor. Come on people there are > > laws > > that pertain to the maintenence of Indiana cemeteries under the township > > trustee. Some are positive, but the negative are winning. If anyone has > > a > > strong opinion on this, I suggest you write a letter to the editor and > > express your feeling about the importance of saving Pioneer cemeteries. > > > > Just to help you out, I am writing one and including these Indiana Codes > > in > > my letter. In short she was "doing her job" as voted by the people!! > > Maybe > > not in the past years but she made up for it last year. People are in an > > up > > roar of how much money she spent. You can submit letters on-line at www. > > journalreview.com > > > > Anybody have any comments, please submit > > > > Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana Legislative > > Services Agency > > * > > IC 23-14-68* > > * * Chapter 68. Care of Cemeteries by Townships > > > > *IC 23-14-68-1* > > *Application of chapter > > * Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to each cemetery that: > > (1) is without funds for maintenance; > > (2) was in existence on February 28, 1939; and > > (3) is operated by a nonprofit organization or is not managed by > > any > > viable organization. > > (b) This chapter does not apply to a cemetery located on land on which > > property taxes are assessed and paid under IC 6-1.1-4. > > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* > > > > *IC 23-14-68-2* > > *Township trustee locating and maintaining cemeteries > > * Sec. 2. The trustee of each township shall locate and maintain all > > the > > cemeteries described in section 1(a) of this chapter that are within the > > township. However, a cemetery association claiming assistance under this > > chapter shall furnish a verified statement of assets and liabilities to > > the > > township trustee. > > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* > > > > *IC 23-14-68-3* > > *Maintenance of cemeteries > > * Sec. 3. For the purposes of this chapter, the maintenance of a > > cemetery includes the following: > > (1) Resetting and straightening all monuments. > > (2) Leveling and seeding the ground. > > (3) Constructing fences where there are none and repairing > existing > > fences. > > (4) Destroying and cleaning up detrimental plants (as defined in > > IC 15-16-8-1), noxious weeds, and rank vegetation. > > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.2-2008, SEC.48.* > > > > *IC 23-14-68-4* > > *Appropriations for care and maintenance; cemetery tax > > * Sec. 4. (a) The township shall appropriate enough money to provide > > for > > the care, repair, and maintenance of each cemetery described in section > > 1(a) > > of this chapter that is located within the township. Funds shall be > > appropriated under this subsection in the same manner as other township > > appropriations. > > (b) The township may levy a township cemetery tax to create a fund for > > maintenance of cemeteries under this chapter. If a fund has not been > > provided for maintenance of cemeteries under this chapter, part of the > > township fund may be used. > > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* > > > > *IC 23-14-68-5* > > *Trustee's failure to perform duties > > ------------------------------ > > * > > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > > > List Manager - [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sharon Mills Well I guess you missed a few then, if you type in cemetery, then maybe you only get a few hits, expand your search. I have read over 10 of them. There is an apology from one of the "men of the cloth" for jumping the gun so to speak. I just want public awareness, and to let people know that there are also those of us who appreciate what Nevitt has done for the cemeteries. The problem here is ignorance in the fact that many people are expressing their disbelief that she spent money to do this and in fact it is under Indian code to do exactly what she did. I want people that are not from around here, but have ancestors buried here in the cemeteries to be aware of what is going on. letter to the editor "Disappointed in Attack on Union Township Trustee" January 11 2011 Kim On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Kim, > > > > I went to the Journal ReviewaArchives and read the only two articles I > could find. I couldn't find a link to old letters to the editor, though > there may be one. The news articles included a report of the work of Helen > Wildermuth, cemetery restorationist, who appears to have done much of the > work. The other article said that the township trustee had contracted the > work before the township advisory board had approved the expenditure of > $500,000. > > > > I am very much in favor of restoring cemeteries. I know Helen Wildermuth, > who used to live a few blocks from me, and I have written grants which have > been used to hire her and another restorationist to partially restore a > cemetery in Parke County, where I am a trustee. I have located a "lost" > cemetery in Scott Twp, Montgomery County. I say these things so that you > will understand I am totally in sympathy with restoration and the > obligations of various persons, including township trustees, to maintain > cemeteries. > > > > However, I think we should understand as many of the facts as possible > before writing letters to the editor. I don't think the two features > mentioned above list all the facts on this specific situation needed to > write an info rmed letter on one side or the other of this argument . > Please tell us more, if you have that information. > > > > Sharon Mills > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jeff, You are so right!! We genealogist's are the historians. Thank god we care about who are ancestors are and where we came from. I'm afraid if it was left to the government we would all be pretty sad and depressed. We must all stick together. But most important we must remember to share whatever small piece of information we may have. I'll say one thing about us "Genealogist's" we are the most helpful group of people. We are always willing to check on something for someone else or make that copy at the local library. We truly are a great group of people. Bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "jeff" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Cemetery Restoration > As genealogists and more so as historians it is up to US to see that > history is preserved. If history is allowed to FADE AWAY, it makes it > too easy to forget who we are and where we come from. > > Its a LOT easier to rewrite history if you start with a blank page. > > Lets FIGHT to not have the historic places, documents, and data erased > by willful neglect, laissez faire politicians, and budget cuts made so > the money can be boondoggled away on political fat. > > Doing nothing now means that there is nothing to be done later. > > Jeff > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kim, Thank you for your hard work and dedication. I have many ancestors from Indiana. Including my gg grandfather who was in the 100th Indiana. It's people like you and anyone else who has pride and devotion to their "past" family members that will help to keep our great country alive with the true American spirit. God bless and never give up the fight for what is right!! Bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim & Roger Hancock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Cemetery Restoration > Thanks, Bobbie, well said. I restore Pioneer Cemeteries, I even mow the > one > that I and the Genealogy Club of Montgomery County just finished > restoring. > I have cleaned and restored stones in Boone, Fountain, Hendricks, Parke, > Clinton and Montgomery county, Indiana. I will continue to do so as long > as I can. Thanks, for your comment, and God Bless. > > Kim Hancock > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Bobbie Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Seems to me that there is something very wrong in Montgomery County and >> with >> our country. The cemeteries that we are trying to preserve and protect >> are >> the very places that our ancestors probably helped build and maintain >> years >> ago. What is wrong with this country?? And mostly with this so called >> "government"?? They have spent trillions of dollars are useless >> projects. >> But, alas there is no federal funding to help maintain our cemeteries. >> The >> places where our ancestors are, the people that helped build America >> starting in the 1700's. The farmers that worked day and night to clear >> some >> land and build a home. To feed themselves and help their neighbors. How >> sad >> it is that when one person tries to preserve our past is beaten down for >> it. >> So many small cemeteries across the US are in the same state of affairs. >> They have been vandalized. Headstones have been spray painted or broken. >> Where is the government, whether it be local or national?? Too busy >> playing >> basketball or entertaining the "Hollywood" crowd?? >> >> I don't live in Montgomery County, but if I did I would make it my >> personal >> journey to clean up the cemeteries. And if I had to haul a lawnmower out >> there and anything else to keep it looking nice I would. Maybe it will >> take >> a group of people from there to take on such a project. >> >> Good luck and God Bless America. >> >> Bobbie Hunt Brady >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kim & Roger Hancock" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; "Karen Zach" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 7:06 PM >> Subject: [InMontgo] Cemetery Restoration >> >> >> >I do not know if anyone is aware of what is going on here in Montgomery >> > county newspaper, but the Union township trustee is being thrown under >> the >> > bus for spending money to clean and restore the cemeteries in Union >> > township. In short, she also got "voted out" of her position this >> > year. >> I >> > am not sure that anyone really knows what they are talking about but >> > she >> > is >> > getting slammed with Letter's to the Editor. Come on people there are >> > laws >> > that pertain to the maintenence of Indiana cemeteries under the >> > township >> > trustee. Some are positive, but the negative are winning. If anyone >> > has >> > a >> > strong opinion on this, I suggest you write a letter to the editor and >> > express your feeling about the importance of saving Pioneer cemeteries. >> > >> > Just to help you out, I am writing one and including these Indiana >> > Codes >> > in >> > my letter. In short she was "doing her job" as voted by the people!! >> > Maybe >> > not in the past years but she made up for it last year. People are in >> > an >> > up >> > roar of how much money she spent. You can submit letters on-line at >> > www. >> > journalreview.com >> > >> > Anybody have any comments, please submit >> > >> > Information Maintained by the Office of Code Revision Indiana >> > Legislative >> > Services Agency >> > * >> > IC 23-14-68* >> > * * Chapter 68. Care of Cemeteries by Townships >> > >> > *IC 23-14-68-1* >> > *Application of chapter >> > * Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to each cemetery that: >> > (1) is without funds for maintenance; >> > (2) was in existence on February 28, 1939; and >> > (3) is operated by a nonprofit organization or is not managed by >> > any >> > viable organization. >> > (b) This chapter does not apply to a cemetery located on land on >> > which >> > property taxes are assessed and paid under IC 6-1.1-4. >> > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >> > >> > *IC 23-14-68-2* >> > *Township trustee locating and maintaining cemeteries >> > * Sec. 2. The trustee of each township shall locate and maintain all >> > the >> > cemeteries described in section 1(a) of this chapter that are within >> > the >> > township. However, a cemetery association claiming assistance under >> > this >> > chapter shall furnish a verified statement of assets and liabilities to >> > the >> > township trustee. >> > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >> > >> > *IC 23-14-68-3* >> > *Maintenance of cemeteries >> > * Sec. 3. For the purposes of this chapter, the maintenance of a >> > cemetery includes the following: >> > (1) Resetting and straightening all monuments. >> > (2) Leveling and seeding the ground. >> > (3) Constructing fences where there are none and repairing >> existing >> > fences. >> > (4) Destroying and cleaning up detrimental plants (as defined in >> > IC 15-16-8-1), noxious weeds, and rank vegetation. >> > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42. Amended by P.L.2-2008, SEC.48.* >> > >> > *IC 23-14-68-4* >> > *Appropriations for care and maintenance; cemetery tax >> > * Sec. 4. (a) The township shall appropriate enough money to provide >> > for >> > the care, repair, and maintenance of each cemetery described in section >> > 1(a) >> > of this chapter that is located within the township. Funds shall be >> > appropriated under this subsection in the same manner as other township >> > appropriations. >> > (b) The township may levy a township cemetery tax to create a fund >> > for >> > maintenance of cemeteries under this chapter. If a fund has not been >> > provided for maintenance of cemeteries under this chapter, part of the >> > township fund may be used. >> > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >> > >> > *IC 23-14-68-5* >> > *Trustee's failure to perform duties >> > ------------------------------ >> > * >> > *As added by P.L.52-1997, SEC.42.* >> > >> > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> > >> > List Manager - [email protected] >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message