You are not gone as long as you are remembered. LOVE THAT QUOTE JEFF On 1/22/2011 9:03 AM, jeff wrote: > A lot of annual memorials were done in the 19th century, it was > customary in some religious groups. They often had remembrance services > along with the oral remembrances of friends and family. > > You are not gone as long as you are remembered. > > Jeff > > On 1/22/2011 3:49 AM, Mary K wrote: >> Oh, and what memories. I went with my grandmother and the flowers came from >> her 'fence row' down her driveway on the farm! And the trip to the cemetery >> and placing of the flowers also included 'history' of the person at whose >> grave site the flowers were placed! Mary K. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kathleen lynch"<[email protected]> >> To: "Montgomery County"<[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 11:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Cemetery Restoration >> >> >>> I'm OLDER than paper towels, Karen! We conditioned them in special tall >>> cans of water overnight right up to the blossom, and then wrapped them in >>> wet newspaper inside dry newspaper for the trip. There were special green >>> holders for flowers that so far as I remember just "lived" on the graves. >>> More trouble, but much more beautiful than plastic flowers that fade in >>> the sun! >>> Kathy >>> >>>> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:49:24 -0500 >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Cemetery Restoration >>>> >>>> >>>> Me, too, Kathy -- did you wrap them in moist paper towel ? >>>> >>>> On 1/21/2011 10:38 PM, Kathleen lynch wrote: >>>>> Go for it, Kim! As a public official myself, I am delighted when >>>>> someone notices that what we are doing is exactly what is required by >>>>> the law. As a descendant of some of those "pioneers", one who lives a >>>>> thousand miles away, I am glad that my efforts to do well by certain >>>>> Maine cemeteries are matched by other people in Indiana. Decoration Day >>>>> in my childhood, living with my grandparents, meant preparing tools, >>>>> flowers, and plans so that the four cemeteries we visited annually >>>>> would look all spruced up for the season. I can't see a peony today >>>>> without remembering Grandmother's techniques for readying them for >>>>> their trip to the cemetery. >>>>> Kathy