Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Sunday, August 28, 2011

WWI veteran Edward George Klaus' gravesite at Elyria's Brookdale Cemetery is unmarked no more

Click on title to read the wonderful Elyria Chronicle-Telegram story of August 28, 2011 about how the gravesite of WWI veteran, Edward George Klaus, is now finally marked with a gravestone at Elyria's Brookdale Cemetery.