"Cemetery Tour - Six Feet Under and Six Feet Apart" - Lake Shore Cemetery - Avon Lake, Lorain County, Ohio - with Sherry Spenzer - $10.00 a guest

 

Event Details

When: Thursday, Oct 1st, 2020 - 4:00pm

"Enjoy a walk with the dead.  
Avon Lake Author and historian, Sherry Spenzer will guide you through the stories of Avon Lake's oldest residents. 

Pick your tour day and time, as well as your group. Any day in October. 

First come first serve. 

Have a nice dinner party and finish with a tour with Avon Lake's oldest residents. 
Call  (440) 549-4425 to make your reservation."

Spotlighting the Lake Shore Cemetery - Avon Lake, Ohio - February 23, 2020

The Lake Shore Cemetery in Avon Lake, Lorain County, Ohio is a historic gem of a cemetery with a past that is so well told in a new book by Sherry Newman Spenzer "Lake Shore Cemetery of Avon Lake" for Heritage Avon Lake published by Arcadia Publishing.

 This handy self-guided tour book serves to better acquaint a visitor with all of the unique features the cemetery has to offer.  It provides the reader with a greater understanding of its role as an important place in the community.  It goes beyond giving us a glimpse into the lives of those who rest in peace on its lake side landscape -- it makes their stories vibrantly come alive from their time to ours! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

Sharing from Heritage Avon Lake (Lorain County) - Monday, May 14th, 2018 - At 1:00p.m. Mary Milne: Epitaphs and Icons: Interpreting Gravestones

"Memorializing the dead with grave markers, headstones and tombstones, family burial plots were marked with rough stones, rocks or wood as a way to keep the dead from rising.  The deceased’s name, age and year of death were inscribed.  From 1650-1900 square shaped tombstones from slate and sandstone evolved with churchyard burials.  During the Victorian era (1837-1901) lavish and decorated gravestones included sculptured designs, artwork and symbols.  Marble, granite, iron and wood were popular materials from 1780 to the present. 

Mary Milne, professional genealogist, presents Epitaphs and Icons: Interpreting Gravestones on Monday, May 14, 2018 at the Avon Lake Public Library’s Waugaman Gallery.  She has investigated cemetery records, carvings, and statues that provide clues to aid genealogy research.  Learn how to interpret often-overlooked messages on gravestones. 

All events, which are free, will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Waugaman Gallery at Avon Lake Public Library, 32649 Electric Blvd.

Heritage Avon Lake is a local history organization that collects, preserves, and promotes oral, written, and physical history. For more information, visit www.heritageavonlake.org or call 440.549.4425."

Sharing a link to the video of William G. Krejci's presentation of: "Buried Beneath Cleveland - Lost Cemeteries of Cuyahoga County”

Recorded on April 11, 2016 by Avon Lake Community Television at the Avon Lake Public Library and hosted by Heritage Avon Lake:

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The presentation of: 

William G. Krejci:

 "Buried Beneath Cleveland - Lost Cemeteries of Cuyahoga County". 

"He reveals the stories and locations of over 50 displaced cemeteries in the Greater Cleveland Area."

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"The dead do not always rest in peace. Occasionally, they wind up in the backyard. As towns grew in Cuyahoga County during the late 1800s, many of its cemeteries were relocated to make room for urban sprawl. But not all of these graves made the journey. 

Author William G. Krejci tracks down more than fifty displaced cemeteries throughout the Greater Cleveland area. Discover the Revolutionary War veterans, famous scientists and illustrious dignitaries found beneath gas stations and grocery stores in this eerie history of Cuyahoga County’s forgotten dead."

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A link to Arcadia Publishing and the book "Buried Beneath Cleveland - Lost Cemeteries of Cuyahoga County"

Sharing an Elyria Chronicle-Telegram story: "Is Avon Lake’s maritime mystery no more?" Are Two Missing War of 1812 Veterans Found?

Sharing the newspaper story: "Is Avon Lake's maritime mystery no more?" published January 29, 2015 and written by Jon Wysochanski of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. 

The account is about two lost War of 1812 veterans, Henry Van Poole and Richard Williams who according to the article, might be the two missing seaman that: 

"For years, Avon Lake has held a connection to the Battle of Lake Erie, with stories being passed down for generations that two dead seamen washed up on the shore after the battle." 

On the shore of Lake Erie just west of the end of Route 83 on Route 6 (Lake Road) is the Lake Shore Cemetery (AKA Avon Lake Cemetery) where there is a beautiful flat black marker that was installed and honors these two men, but as unknowns.

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For anyone interested in learning more about this fascinating War of 1812 mystery, Mr. Bill Krejci who has done extensive historical research on these missing seamen, will be presenting his findings at an upcoming meeting of the Avon Lake Historical Society at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2015 at the Waugaman Gallery, Avon Lake Public Library, 32649 Electric Blvd. 

**The event is free and open to the public.**

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“The oldest legible stone in the Lake Shore Cemetery is for Joseph Moore, an American Revolution veteran, and one of George Washington’s bodyguards,” Krejci said. “He died in 1822.”