This type of thing just drives me up the wall. It is all about the almighty dollar and greed. Shame on them.... Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "tielking" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Fw: El Monte Cemetery, Los Angeles County > Hi Theresa and Sue, > > The Hancock County Cemetery Commission just caught wind that a developer > wants to move a cemetery in Buck Creek Twp. There is not just one, but two > cemeteries in close proximity to one another and both are in danger. Some > people are unbelievable! I was so mad after I left the meeting. I couldn't > sleep that night. That man is not going to move that cemetery if I have to > lay in it myself! Who the heck does he think he is?! Here I go, getting > myself all worked up again. > > We are working hard to stop it. We are going to try to convince the > developer that a cemetery should be embraced as part of the history of the > land. These are family cemeteries and the families cleared this land, worked > it and made it what it is today . It is something that hopefully the new > community that will take pride in and maintain. We have been restoring the > Scotten cemetery for 2 years now and hope to have it finished before the end > of the year. We have done all this work, and he just wants to go in there > and destroy it. > Angela Tielking > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Theresa Berghoff" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Fw: El Monte Cemetery, Los Angeles County > > > > Sue, > > This is unbelievable that people would want to move these burials & > build on the land. It's the ultimate greediness. There were some very > eloquent letters in opposition. I hope they move the people of the area to > organize and save this cemetery. As for the people worried about ghosts, I > realize this is a cultural thing, but as someone said, they should be much > more worried if these graves are disturbed. > > > > Theresa > Berghoff > > > > Sue Silver <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sure you'll all like this one! Just didn't want you to think you were > > the only ones with problems. > > > > Sue Silver > > California > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sue Silver" > > To: "Cemetery Friends" > > Cc: "Steven Stymiest - Coordinator" ; "William > > Spurlock" > > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 8:55 PM > > Subject: El Monte Cemetery, Los Angeles County > > > > > > > Greetings: > > > > > > Recent news has been noted regarding the El Monte Cemetery, also known > as > > > the Savannah Pioneer Cemetery and Savannah Memorial Park, in the City of > > > Rosemead, Los Angeles County. > > > > > > The El Monte Cemetery Association is apparently experiencing financial > > > difficulty and is contemplating selling the cemetery to developers. If > > this > > > were to occur, it has been stated that the 3,000 graves in the cemetery > > will > > > have to be disinterred and relocated elsewhere. > > > > > > If you have family ancestors or loved ones who were interred in this > > > cemetery, you are encouraged to contact the El Monte Cemetery > Association. > > > I have posted a page covering what I've learned about the present > > situation > > > and other information I have found about the cemetery at the following > > link: > > > > > > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/El_Monte_Cemetery_Rpt.htm > > > > > > If you have any questions about the information on the webpage, please > > > contact me off list. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Sue Silver, State Coordinator > > > California Saving Graves > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you > have." > > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, IA > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. > >