In a message dated 4/22/2006 1:02:13 P.M. Central Standard Time, Armytruck@webtv.net writes: I wonder what everyone is up to on this years work projects ? Lee: Riverside Cemetery at Brook continues to have stones repaired, cleaned, and leveled thanks to Helen Wildermuth and Mark Davis. Also just this week Mark and Helen reinstalled the grave stone for a 2 year old boy who died in 1846 and whose grave is in the middle of a cow pasture. Thanks to my township trustee, the area of the grave was fenced off so that the cattle do not cause it any harm. Then the repaired stone was reset. This is one of the oldest graves in our county, and is 14 years older than our county itself. Just today I received permission to reinstall two grave stones on private property a few hundred yards from the stone mentioned above on another piece of property. Those date to 1858 and 1864 and are a husband and wife. The previous owner had removed them for safe keeping in the 1970's and they remained in his tool shed until his death last year . Unfortunately, his daughters did not want them put back up, so they gave them to me so they could be repaired with hopes of putting them back on the graves after the property sold or at least installing them in Riverside Cemetery with a plaque mentioning where the graves actually were. I was pleasantly surprised when the new owners told me today they would welcome them back on the property and would take care of them! Considering the Brook community is celebrating its sesquicentennial this year, these will make for great projects to have completed for such an occasion. Kyle D. Conrad Brook, IN

As follow-up to what Kyle reported earlier (see email below), there is a nice article in today's Lafayette Journal and Courier, in the Region section: http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060618/COLUMNISTS01/606180319/1141/NEWS If you haven't seen it yet, check it out! John ----- Original Message ----- From: <KidClerk@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: [INPCRP] What we've been up to... > > In a message dated 4/22/2006 1:02:13 P.M. Central Standard Time, > Armytruck@webtv.net writes: > > I wonder what everyone is up to on this years work projects ? > > Lee: > > Riverside Cemetery at Brook continues to have stones repaired, cleaned, > and > leveled thanks to Helen Wildermuth and Mark Davis. Also just this week > Mark > and Helen reinstalled the grave stone for a 2 year old boy who died in > 1846 > and whose grave is in the middle of a cow pasture. Thanks to my township > trustee, the area of the grave was fenced off so that the cattle do not > cause it > any harm. Then the repaired stone was reset. This is one of the oldest > graves in our county, and is 14 years older than our county itself. > > Just today I received permission to reinstall two grave stones on private > property a few hundred yards from the stone mentioned above on another > piece of > property. Those date to 1858 and 1864 and are a husband and wife. The > previous owner had removed them for safe keeping in the 1970's and they > remained > in his tool shed until his death last year . Unfortunately, his > daughters > did not want them put back up, so they gave them to me so they could be > repaired with hopes of putting them back on the graves after the property > sold or at > least installing them in Riverside Cemetery with a plaque mentioning > where > the graves actually were. I was pleasantly surprised when the new owners > told > me today they would welcome them back on the property and would take care > of > them! > > Considering the Brook community is celebrating its sesquicentennial this > year, these will make for great projects to have completed for such an > occasion. > > > Kyle D. Conrad > Brook, IN > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.