I am coming in to this discussion late...I have a whole bunch of relatives
in that cemetery...
What can I do to help.
I haven't been there is awhile but I certainly don't want any of the
gravestones to go into disrepair.
The last big issue was the cannon sold on ebay.
what next...
Susanna NOe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Mills" <mills(a)reliable-net.net>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Any advice?
Maybe the caretaker/sexton/manager/monument dealer IS the Marion Cemetery
Corporation.
A newly resurrected cemetery association in another county is required to
file a tax-exempt form to the county this Spring. Apparently this is an
annual requirement in the county where the cemetery is located. Perhaps
it's a requirement around the state. If so, you should find this record
from the 1999-2000 year.
Or is the Marion Cemetery Corporation a for-profit group? If so, they pay
taxes and should have records on file with the county treasurer's office.
Sharon Mills
At 07:24 AM 4/30/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>The cemetery has a long and unfortunate history over the years. The IOOF
>sold it many years ago and the new owners neglected it and defaulted on
>payments, and the IOOF got it back. It then took several years to find
>someone else to buy it. It is now the Historic Estates of Serenity, owned
by
>the Marion Cemetery Corporation. The sexton's name is the
ONLY name we
can
>find associated with the cemetery. There is supposed to be a
board of
>directors, but we can find no record of their names, locally or with the
>Secretary of State's office. Newspaper articles dealing with the transfer
>around 1999-2000 mention only the sexton/caretaker/manager that I spoke
with
>and a lawyer.
>
>I will give them credit, they came into a bad situation and have been
trying
>to repair years of neglect of a cemetery with 30,000+ burials
dating back
to
>the start of the county in the 1830's. They have little
funding,
permanent
>endowments set up decades ago had disappeared, along with most of
the
>records. However, it doesn't take any more time or money to do the
repairs
>right the first time, then to use 5 minute epoxy and have it fall
apart
in a
>few years. The sexton/manager is also the local monument dealer
so he
>believes he "knows" how to take care of headstones, treating marble and
>limestone the same as granite.
>
>I will keep trying to track down the board of directors, I have an
interest
>in this cemetery as my grandparents, great grandparents, and
great great
>grandparents are buried there.
>
>Thanks for all the replies!
>
>Rhonda Stoffer
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <KidClerk(a)aol.com>
>To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 5:35 AM
>Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Any advice?
>
>
> > Sharon kind of touched on this....Rhonda you said you have been in
contact
> > with the sexton of the cemetery. Is that the caretaker?
If so, go to
the
> > people that make the decisions...the cemetery board, and
explain your
> > position to them. They are technically the ones who call the shots,
and
> > might have a better understanding of why you are
concerned.
> >
> > -Kyle
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > If you know of some good cemetery related links, send them to
>LoisMauk(a)usa.net.
> >
>
>
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