OML ~ Gpic # 2 CASEY
*this broken grave marker is now lying
refreshed in a bed of gravel screenings to
hopefully be viewable for quite some years to come.
**lying hidden under the soil & grass has allowed the
cemetery vehicles, etc., to drive over it ~causing the break.
**find this stone at the road in Old St. A's,
in the Circle next to Old M.L., Ward G.
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McGRAILL site pic # a~1
*these stones were found
hidden below the grass and
soil, by Peggy.
*they were cleared, lifted and
restored to a viewable position
**lie inside circle of Old St. Anthony's
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McGRAILL site pic # b~1
* grave stones were slowly
cleared of grass and soil which
had been hiding them from view.
*these stones were starting to sink
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McGRAILL site pic # 2
* two project volunteers,
Tom Millard & Peggy O'Rourke are
working to clear and then fill the areas
under and around the grave markers,
**1 1/2 wheelbarrows of grass and soil were
removed from the completed site to
prepare for final packing and leveling
with crushed gravel screenings
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McGRAILL site pic # 3
**the finished product, shows
a clean, tidy site, with the grave
markers clearly visible and
free from grass and soil
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OLD M.L. WARD F
Amber Laurie & her father
work on a base of a grave
stone that is buried very deep
in the soil
**they are part of the Volunteer Group
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Raising of a Base
Pic # 9
**monument of
Palajie Dolsen, the wife of
Isaac M. Dolsen is now set
in place on it's newly restored
base.
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Pic # 1
GRAVE MONUMENT RAISED
**this monument has been prepared
for raising, by digging the soil from
around the deeply sunken base.
**this one will be gently raised with
long pry bars and filled with gravel
under the base and around it,
as it is slowly
built up to the desired height
**covered and blocked off to prevent
anyone accidentally stumbling into the
deep hole
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Pic # 2
GRAVE MONUMENT RAISED
**John Skakel & Bob Smith
stand beside the newly raised
grave monument
**this took about 1 ~ hour to complete
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Pic # 3
GRAVE MONUMENT RAISED
NICHOLAS DUMAS
who died Dec. 30, 1902,
at the young age of 53 yrs.
**Grave Stone now stands
straight and solid after being
raised from deep in the soil,
where it was not only sinking,
but was tipping at a quick rate.
**find this stone in
Old St. Anthony's inside the circle
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Pic # ~ 1 ~
COVENY
**the COVENY
family grave site before
the small grave markers were
uncovered for some of the
family members buried here
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Pic # ~ 2 ~
COVENY
**a view of the 4 small
grave markers on the front
side of the monument
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