Forwarded on behalf of Sharon Mills.
Sam Cline
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe and Sharon Mills" <mills(a)rnetinc.net>
To: <scline(a)hoosierweb.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: Mt. Olivet Cemetery Restoration
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| Sam,
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| Once again will you please forward? Thanks for helping.
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| I am still receiving mail but can't send it.
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| Sharon
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| >Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:13:59 -0500
| >To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
| >From: Joe and Sharon Mills <mills(a)rnetinc.net>
| >Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Message From Sharon Mills--Mt. Olivet Cemetery
| >Restoration
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| >
| >Lee,
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| >I noticed the video but didn't think to ask more about it. I know Helen
| >or Mark okayed it and would like to know who made it, if you wouldn't mind
| >emailing me off list.
| >
| >If people who attended had differences, I am glad the atmosphere was such
| >that they didn't surface on Saturday. My personal opinion is that there
| >is enough work to be done in Indiana cemeteries, that those who are
| >committed to doing it should consciously bury "turf" issues. To
| >concentrate on personalities and differences is counter productive to
| >getting the job done.
| >
| >I am happy to have a small part in this effort whereby ordinary citizens
| >reclaim their cemeteries and do some simple repairs. I am also thrilled
| >there are dedicated professionals who are willing to handle the tougher
| >jobs that require a higher level of skill than the typical cemetery
| >volunteer has time or opportunity to develop. I shudder to think where Mt
| >Olivet cemetery would be without the support of this list, professionals
| >in cemetery repair, encouraging community leaders, the Parke Co Community
| >Foundation, and a handful of dedicated volunteers associated with the
| >cemetery board.
| >
| >Sharon Mills
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| >
| >At 09:40 PM 5/26/2004, you wrote:
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| >>Sharon,
| >>
| >>All that water went to another cemetery that day for our own cleanings.
| >>I wish I could have returned on Sunday, but I had other work, and even
| >>missed showing up when and where I should have on a graveyard.
| >>
| >>I noticed many people from the general region who volunteer their time
| >>in cemeteries. Even those that I would consider borderline hostile (due
| >>to the many years they have in, or even suffer from the "expert
| >>syndrome") did not
| >>have anything negative. Mark and Helen were straight forward, this is
| >>what "we"
| >>do and how "we" do it. There was no
| >>indocrination on this being the only way
| >>and the only correct way. Some of those
| >>present are far from friendly with other like minded individuals, and
| >>still everyone
| >>put all that aside. I understand there is a video making the rounds,
| >>and it is being
| >>well received. Anyone who has been at this work for any substanial
| >>length of time
| >>realizes its alot like politics, several different parties with
| >>different beliefs and platforms. And there always seems to be some
| >>messiah trying to educate the rest of us, because we are ignorant.
| >>
| >>The big word at this event was encouragement, We actually number so
| >>few, that at this point most of our cemeteries will not be touched, we
| >>need more people to get started, get going on their own. I can only
| >>hope this process started at that cemetery and is getting stronger.
| >>
| >>Lee Creed
| >>Greencastle
| >>
| >>
| >>==== 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
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