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Larry,
The cemetery has been maintained (mowed) under the responsibility of the township trustee
-- which is required by law I've been told. Within the last two years I contacted the
trustee to see if they could fund the badly needed restoration of many of the headstones.
I think they (she) may have contacted a cemetery restoration contractor (who has done a
lot of such work in Boone County) for a quotation, but I don't know the details. I
called the trustee again last April. Apparently they did not have the money (taxes) to do
the work. In addition, the governor has proposed elimination of the trustee position so
the present trustee is in limbo. Again, since I live in Oregon, I don't really know
the specifics.
I suspect what is needed (if anything is to be done) is to form an association of
interested descendants, with someone local taking the lead, and perhaps work with the
restoration contractor to do the repairs over a number of years. Any volunteers?? I
would certainly be willing to help financially.
Vernon Threlkeld
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