This has been happening for years, "a freak accident" maybe so, but if
more people were educated on the dangers of children climbing and playing
in a graveyard. When ever I go, to a cemetery, weather it be a graveyard
service or visiting a loved ones grave where children are present, I always
let parents and people know, not to let the children play and run through
the tombstones. What is important is cemetery awareness, those of us who
restore cemeteries must somehow get the word out on how dangerous this is.
Here is an article I found, 1945
Piqua, OH Tombstone Falls & Kills Child, May 1945
Posted February 7th, 2009 by Linda
Horton<http://www3.gendisasters.com/users/linda-horton>
TOMBSTONE FALLS ON GIRL CAUSING FATAL INJURIES
Internal head injuries suffered when a tombstone fell on her skull resulted
in the death of Linda, 2-year-old daughter of Pvt. and Mrs. Carl Shane, St.
Paris, route 2, at Piqua Memorial hospital at 6:27 p.m. Wednesday.
The child had accompanied her mother to Mt. Zion cemetery near St. Paris
where Mrs. Shane worked as a caretaker. While the mother worked, the little
girl was playing among the old tombstones and was found unconscious with
the stone toppled over beside her.
She was brought to the hospital here, where she was admitted at 2:30 p.m.,
never regaining consciousness and suffering from hemorrhage inside the
skull.
Born near St. Paris July 20, 1942, she was the daughter of Carl and Grace
Runkle Shane. The child's father is with the armed forces in Germany.
Surviving in addition to the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Runkle of St. Paris, route 2, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Shane of
Fletcher.
Services at the Richeson funeral home, St. Paris, will be held Saturday at
2 p.m. E.S.T.
The body will be taken tonight to the residence where friends may call
until Saturday afternoon when it will be returned to the funeral home for
services.
The Piqua Daily Call, Piqua, OH 24 May 1945
Another one just this year
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DEEP GAP, N.C. —
A funeral will be held Monday for a 4-year-old girl who died after the
cross from a tombstone fell on her and her older sister while they played
before vacation Bible school.
The funeral for Peyton Elizabeth Townsend will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at
First Baptist Church of Blowing Rock. She died Friday while playing in the
cemetery at Mount Paran Baptist Church.
Highway Patrol 1st Sgt. Gary McClelland said the cross struck 6-year-old
Lilly Grace Townsend on a leg and injured her slightly.
He said the cross, which he thinks weighed between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds,
struck the younger girl on the upper body.
The girl's mother, Sarah, is a nurse, and her father, Randall, is a state
trooper and paramedic. Both worked to save Peyton, who died at Johnson City
Medical Center in Tennessee.
"There are a lot of people hurting over this," said McClelland, who works
with the girls' father and remembers Peyton as a "bubbly, giggly" child.
The Rev. Rick Cornejo said counselors will be at Mount Paran to help other
children who witnessed the accident.
Cornjeo said children were burning off energy before class began Friday
night by running around in the church's backyard, which doubles as a small
cemetery. About two dozen people are buried there.
Peyton was born on Oct. 31, 2007, according to her obituary, which said she
loved bright colors and Barbie dolls and playing dress-up with her sister.
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:53 AM, E. Joan Wray <tippyjo(a)ccrtc.com> wrote:
Lois: This can happened to us volunteers that are
working in restoring the Pioneer cemeteries also.
A stone fell off a 5pc stacker and just missed my
helper's head. Be careful everyone!! Especially if
the stacker seems to be unstable.
Joan Wray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lois Mauk" <LoisMauk(a)insightbb.com>
To: <inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Fatality in a cemetery
> Apparently not a unique occurrence! See the story dated 06/11/2012 about
> a
> 4-year-old girl in North Carolina killed when a cross from a tombstone
> fell
> on her and her older sister.
>
>
http://www.wcnc.com/video/yahoo-video/Tombstone-falls-on-girl-158319095.html
>
> They were playing in the cemetery at a church when a cross-shaped slab
> slid
> off the base and fell on her, causing a severe head injury. The stone
> weighed more than 1,000 pounds and was about 5 feet tall.
>
> At the very least, we need to encourage people to be mindful about the
> dangers, especially to children, in cemeteries.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cathi Taylor" <ohiobuck(a)sbcglobal.net>
> To: <inpcrp(a)rootsweb.com>; "Theresa Berghoff"
<tres257(a)yahoo.com>;
> "Jeannie
> Regan Dinius" <jrdinius(a)dnr.in.gov>
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:58 PM
> Subject: [INPCRP] Fatally in a cemetery
>
>
> If this isn't a good enough reason to educate the trustees and promote
> preservation and restoration, I don't know what is. How unfortunate.
>
>
http://news.yahoo.com/boy-4-dies-tombstone-falls-him-utah-005642460.html
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