New Cemetery Walks

Here in Kansas change is in the air. I took advantage of the nice temps we had and visited a few cemeteries two counties east of me. Lots of hedge apples littering the back roads and grounds of Kansas.

I am hoping winter affords me time to catch up on a few projects and work on research and new blog posts. Here are the cemeteries I visited.

Harvey County
Walton & Old Walton Cemeteries

Marion County
Prairie Lawn, Catlin, Dunkard, Doyle Valley, Goessell and an Unnamed Cemetery.

I found a U. S. Geological Survey marker at Doyle Valley Cemetery.

White Bronze

While working through photos to upload to my flickr site I came across this one that I meant to blog about last year.

In my walks through many cemeteries I have found zinc markers, also known as white bronze, only from the Western White Bronze Co in Des Moines, IA. I was happy to discover one, in a rural cemetery in the county next door, from the Detroit Bronze Co in Detroit Michigan. A lucky find? Perhaps. According to information found online this subsidiary only operated 4 years.

Now - can I add one from the Chicago subsidiary to my collection? Without going to the Chicago area? I hope so!

Tombstone Photo of the Week

Whitewater Cemetery

Tombstone Photo of the Week

Hillside Cemetery

Tombstone Photo of the Week

Restlawn Cemetery

10-4 Good Buddy

Whitewater Cemetery

Tombtone Photo of the Week

Hillside Cemetery

Dearest Brother

Kemper Cemetery

Dearest brother thou hast left us
Here thy loss we deeply feel
But 'tis God that has bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal

Father

Sterling Community Cemetery

Star Cemetery

A great remembrance

 A lot of care went into this:

James M. Parker

Elizabeth Wimp Parker

Star Cemetery

Children visit our graves

I often see tree-stump style headstones. They are usually for Woodmen of the World. This one surprised me twice. The first side that I read listed the woman with her "formerly" maiden name. As I made my way around to the other side the message I read left a lump in my throat. "Children visit our graves".

Star Cemetery

Baby Ruth

Royer Cemetery

Cemetery Walks

Take a walk - see more photos online.

Kemper
Fairview
Old Halstead [Popkins]
Royer
Star
Restlawn
Eldridge
Stony Point
LeHigh Mennonite

Hunt Shive Cemetery Walk

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Take a walk - see more photos online.

Halstead Cemetery Walk

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The Horse & Buggy Doctor is buried here.

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Take a walk - see more photos online.

Burrton Cemetery Walk

Talk a walk - see more photos online.

Graves of Children

The graves of children always tug at my heart strings. Yesterday I had an opportunity to visit a cemetery in the next county. I had been here once before several years before I moved to this area. I'll write more about it in another post.

This is the grouping I stood before as the sun began to set.

Hebron Cemetery

Only partial names can be read on 3 of the graves:

Johnny Reimer
Marie Ediger
Unknown
Elizabeth

The Horse & Buggy Doctor

Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler is buried in the Halstead Cemetery. Behind his grave stands his daughter's headstone. To the right of his grave is the bench pictured below.

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He was born in Iowa in 1870 and moved to Kansas with his parents when he was young. In 1902 he established the Halstead Hospital. In 1938 his memoir, entitled The Horse and Buggy Doctor was published. It gave a personal account of his experiences as a country doctor during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dr. Hertzler retired in February 1946 and died later that year.