Sharing "The Springfield News-Sun" announcement by Brooke Spurlock - Sunday, February 23, 2025 - Ferncliff Cemetery and Arboretum in Springfield is a recipient of the "Scenic Ohio" award for 2025."

Sunday, February 23, 2025.:

The Springfield News-Sun newspaper announced the recipients of the "Scenic Ohio" awards for Ohio cemeteries for 2025. 

Among the recipients is the Ferncliff Cemetery and Arboretum in Springfield - Clark County, Ohio.

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The following cemeteries were also recipients of this important award.:

Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.
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Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati.

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Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Mingo in Wayne Township, Champaign County.
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Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio.
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Quoting from this story.:

"Scenic Ohio is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the state’s beautiful and historically significant landscapes.
They chose “Beautiful, Scenic, Historic Cemeteries” as its theme for 2025." 

"The organization will host an awards luncheon April 4 at The Historic Buckingham Meeting House in Newark to recognize this year’s recipients."
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Thanking Krista Horricks of the Ohio History Connection for alerting me to the Scenic Ohio Award program. 

 Additionally, thanking Mr. Gary Meisner for so kindly sharing details about the "Scenic Ohio" program, and the important work this organization does to bring a greater awareness to the scenic beauty found at Ohio's cemeteries.  It is easy to see that each one is unique and should be recognized for its important role preserving the stories that shape Ohio's history.

Ferncliff Cemetery on Find a Grave.

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"This Place of Silence - Ohio's Cemeteries and Burial Grounds" - Saturday, September 14, 2024 - Huntington Chapel - Green Lawn Cemetery - Columbus, Ohio from 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.

 

Volunteer opportunities open up at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio - See Facebook Page

 Green Lawn Cemetery on Facebook.:

"Does your company, church or organization need a meaningful volunteer service opportunity?

With over 6000 veterans laid to rest in 7 military sections at Green Lawn Cemetery, we rely on the generosity of volunteers to give their markers the gentle cleaning they deserve.

We provide all supplies, cleaner, and instruction on how to safely and effectively do the job!

Contact us at 614-444-1123 to schedule your volunteer event. Groups of 10-20 people are ideal."

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Green Lawn Cemetery Association

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info@greenlawncemetery.org

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Green Lawn Cemetery on Find a Grave

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Sharing a video from WOSU - PBS in Columbus, Ohio about memorializing ancestors & Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio

 Sharing this video from WOSU - PBS in Columbus, Ohio.

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Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks

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Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus with over 150,000 interments, is mentioned in the video. 

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Green Lawn Cemetery Association

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Green Lawn Cemetery Facebook Page

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Green Lawn Cemetery Litter Cleanup, Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, 23 April 2022

Green Lawn Cemetery Litter Cleanup, Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, 23 April 2022: Green Lawn Cemetery Litter Cleanup at Green Lawn Cemetery, 1000 Greenlawn Ave., Columbus, United States on Sat Apr 23 2022 at 10:00 am

Sharing this story from ColumbusMonthly.com - August 24 2021 - "The Story Behind the Human Remains Found at Upper Arlington High School"

Sharing this latest update about the vanished Litchford Family Cemetery in Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio. 

The Upper Arlington History Society's website dedicates a page to Pleasant Litchford. 

A simple "Google search"on this subject provides several links to related news items published during the past two to three years. This current one is an important one to read and include in that collection.

Save the Date! ~~ Saturday, August 21, 2021 - 9:00AM - 3:30PM - Location: Green Lawn Cemetery - Columbus Ohio - "The 48 State Tour" - Jonathan Appell - Cemetery Preservation Workshop

Check out this year's FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC "48 State Midwest Tour"cemetery preservation workshop conducted by nationally known cemetery conservator, Jonathan Appell, of Atlas Preservation.  

This first workshop on the Midwest 2021 tour schedule will be held at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus on Saturday, August 21st, 2021. It is being co-hosted by the Green Lawn Cemetery Association.

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***Please be sure to scroll down on the FAQ page to learn more about the focus of this workshop, what to bring with you, etc.***

FAQS About this event

MAP

48 State Tour website 

48 State Tour on Facebook

Green Lawn Cemetery on Find A Grave

Green Lawn Cemetery Association

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Cohosted by The Green Lawn Cemetery Association

"We will be meeting at the Huntington Chapel. When you pull into the cemetery, keep driving straight until you see the Chapel. There is plenty of parking & restrooms are available. Bring some water and a chair for breaks!"

The workshop will be held in Section "O".

For further questions about this event contact 

Green Lawn Cemetery at:  614-444-1123

(Below are some photos taken by this author in 1998 for the 150th Anniversary celebration held at Green Lawn Cemetery.)

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From the "Columbus Dispatch": "Ohio Humanities grant will help Green Lawn Cemetery add footnotes to its history" - April 7, 2021

 Sharing this wonderful story published online on April 7, 2021 spotlighting Columbus' Green Lawn Cemetery. 

Indeed Green Lawn Cemetery is Ohio's premier cemetery for so many reasons.  

This article by Eric Lagatta details several important ones. 

Included are links to recently published articles about Green Lawn Cemetery and its executive director, Randel L. Rogers, that further highlight the strong preservation efforts happening at Green Lawn Cemetery. 

Green Lawn Cemetery Association

Green Lawn Cemetery on Find A Grave.

Sharing this spotlight story about Green Lawn Cemetery and Randel "Randy" Rogers whose work at Columbus' Premier Cemetery is a labor of love for him

Columbus Dispatch Reporter, Holly Zachariah, has covered news about Ohio's cemeteries in various types of stories spanning several years.  I can attest that's true; and I'm sure there may be some I missed.

Be sure, though, not to miss reading this one!  

Thanking Holly for bringing us this spotlight story published November 30, 2020 because it is one we so rarely find in content about an Ohio cemetery.  That is because so rarely does someone like Randel L. Rogers come along.  He is the Executive Director of Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus.  

Perhaps better known as Randy Rogers by those who are familiar with him and his dedicated work, he painstakingly preserves the cemetery's grounds.  He gives special attention to the needs of the monuments and markers that identify the gravesites of both the famous and the lesser known souls who found peace and rest at this historic landmark cemetery. 

Be sure to scroll down the page and view the four minute awe-inspiring video interview with Randy Rogers as he describes some of his work with preserving the trees and monuments at Green Lawn Cemetery.  

We hope for more truly inspirational cemetery stories like this one to come along - ones that could only be made possible by someone as uniquely qualified and dedicated as Randy Rogers. 

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   Green Lawn Cemetery on Facebook

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Green Lawn Cemetery Association

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Green Lawn Cemetery has 148,033 memorials posted for it on "Find A Grave."

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Current Green Lawn Cemetery Map

  

"New Green Lawn Monument Commemorates Early Columbus Settlers" - Story from the "Columbus Dispatch" - October 13, 2020

Sharing a link to a story in the "Columbus Dispatch", October 13, 2020 by Fred Squillante about a wolf statue that is newly erected to commemorate the re-interments from Columbus' North Cemetery that had closed in the 1880s to Section R at Green Lawn Cemetery.  

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"When the city's North Cemetery was closed in the 1880s, most of the interments were moved to Green Lawn. The county bought several lots in Section R of the cemetery for these re-burials. But there has never been a dedicated monument to them. One will finally be dedicated. It is a statue of a wolf because our early settlers called the east bank of the Scioto, Wolf's Ridge."  

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The Green Lawn Cemetery on "Find A Grave" 

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Green Lawn Cemetery Association

Columbus, Ohio: Green Lawn Cemetery Reclaiming Burial Plots that have been unused for 50 or more years

Sharing a link to a story posted online May 6, 2020 by Columbus Dispatch reporter, Mark Ferenchik.  

He interviewed Randel L. (Randy) Rogers, President of the Green Lawn Cemetery Association, regarding the cemetery's notifications of their intentions for reclamation of grave plots that have been sitting empty and unused for 50 years or more.

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The notifications list includes the names of lot owners, section, lot, and space numbers.  

The lists appeared in the Classified Sections on Sunday, April 26, 2020 (page F-5), and Monday, April 27, 2020 (page C-6), of the "Columbus Dispatch" newspapers .  

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"Public Notice: Green Lawn Cemetery, 1000 Greenlawn Ave., Columbus, Ohio, herby announces its intent to reclaim the below listed interment rights which have been abandoned for over 50 years."

***PLEASE NOTE*** 

"Claimants who can prove Next of Kin blood relationship status with the owner have 90 days from this notice to contact the cemetery at the above address or at 614.444.1123 to establish successor-in-interest rights."

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Green Lawn Cemetery Association

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Green Lawn Cemetery on Facebook  

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Green Lawn Cemetery on Find A Grave

147,400 memorials are listed on Find A Grave.

"Union Civil War Veterans Honored with New Headstones"

By Dennis Biviano from Spectrum News

Excerpt.:

"COLUMBUS, Ohio" – 

"Among the graves at Columbus’ Green Lawn Cemetery are those of Civil War soldiers and their untold stories of sacrifice, silenced by the beating drum of time. 

But one man made it his mission to make sure they are not forgotten.  

• Thousands of union soldiers across the Buckeye state are buried without an official military headstone, or their stone has faded with time.
• One Columbus man has made it his mission to preserve the memory of fallen heroes from centuries ago.  
• Paper records at Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, the second largest in the state, show there are 300 Civil War Veterans who never received a government marker."

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Green Lawn Cemetery on "Find A Grave"

By Dennis Biviano 

PUBLISHED 9:19 AM ET Jul. 05, 2019

Summer 2018 Cemetery Preservation Events Planned for Green Lawn Cemetery and Ohio History Connection

Introduction to Cemetery Preservation:

"Sat. Aug. 25, 2018. 10 am – 3:00 pm" 

$80, $65/Ohio History Connection member.

Advanced registration required by Sat., Aug. 18.

"Come and learn cemetery preservation practices with archaeologist, Krista Horrocks. 

This one day class will discuss cemetery recordation, preservation practices, and research techniques in the morning and in the afternoon you will join us for a hands-on gravestone cleaning workshop at Green Lawn Cemetery."

*"Lunch is included with registration. 

Registration closes Saturday, August 18th.

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Be Sure to check out the Ohio History Connection's "Ohio History Learning Lab" Tab on the OHC website for information for upcoming workshop events."

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GREEN LAWN CEMETERY ON FACEBOOK! 

Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus Shares Vintage Videos of Past Ceremonies and 150th Anniversary Celebration

If you are a fan of Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio and its history, please be sure to check out the Videos Section of the cemetery's Facebook Page.  Some of the early videos have recently been digitized and posted.

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I attended Green Lawn Cemetery's celebration of their 150th Anniversary - 1848 - 1998 on Saturday, September 26th, 1998.  

I donated a binder of family information for my Duvall and Limes ancestors who were buried at Green Lawn Cemetery that I had compiled for that wonderful event.  I was so pleased to hand deliver it.  

(Map of Green Lawn Cemetery)

Now, 20 years later, I learned that the binder was given to the Columbus Metro Library for their collection.  

Thanks to Loraine M. Wilmers, the contents of my binder have been scanned and placed online at the library.:

First Families of Green Lawn Cemetery

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Below are some of my photos I took during the 150th Anniversary celebrations at Green Lawn Cemetery, and the brochures and flyers that were distributed for it.

 

 

 

Above photo:  

 my friend, Rose Roundhouse of Circleville, who

accompanied me to the 150th Anniversary celebrations

at Green Lawn Cemetery)

 

 

 

 

(Above copy of Original Record

of Burials on the Lot for Benjamin Penn Duvall

Section E Green Lawn Cemetery)

Green Lawn Cemetery on "Find A Grave"

Upcoming Hands-On Cemetery Preservation Workshop Scheduled to be held at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio - Saturday, September 9, 2017 - 9 a.m. to Noon - Hosted by Custom GraveSite Care of Central Ohio

"We are less than two weeks away from our workshop and training at Green Lawn Cemetery. We have one "definite" response and twenty one "interested". 

To help us to be prepared I ask that those who are interested choose "definite" or "not attending". We are looking forward to meeting you!"

"Register for this inexpensive class with Custom Gravesite Care of Central Ohio to learn how to clean stone markers without causing damage or decreasing their life span - and as an exciting bonus - you will be working on the markers of a very prominent (dare I say "Presidential"?) Green Lawn family!"

"Would you like to learn the proper way to clean and maintain your loved one's headstone? 

Join us for a "hands on" workshop. Meet in the cemetery office parking lot at 9:00 a.m. sharp. Maximum class size is twenty (20) people. 

Registration fee: $10.00 cash/check/money order (payable the day of training)"

Recommended items to bring:

Work gloves

Hat

Knee pads or a garden kneeler

Bug spray

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Link to Cemetery Preservation Workshop Event

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Green Lawn Cemetery on "Find A Grave" 

Sharing a WOSU Public Media Story Spotlighting the Ongoing Restoration Efforts at Columbus' Green Lawn Cemetery

As many of us are aware, Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio has suffered multiple vandalism attacks in recent months that have amounted to $1.25 million in damages - a staggering sum.  The human effort required to repair and reset hundreds of markers and monuments so adversely affected by the repeated acts of senseless vandalism has been ongoing and impressive in so many ways.

This story, compiled by Emily Thompson, is one of the most comprehensive I have read to date.  Included are several photographs of the magnitude of the damage and destruction that occured at many sections of this historic cemetery.  

"To Save Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus State Students Track The Damage"

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143,498 interments are listed for Green Lawn Cemetery on "Find A Grave."

UPDATE: New Photos of the Green Lawn Cemetery Vandal Just Posted

"BREAKING NEWS!" 

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"NEW PHOTOS OF OUR VANDAL!" 

(see photos below)

Do you recognize this person? 

"He is wanted in connection with vandalism on January 9th. This photo was captured just before 10a.m. on Monday, Feb. 6th. He entered from Greenlawn and appears to have left via Brown Rd. Central Ohio Crime Stoppers will take anonymous tips and there is a $1000 reward if the tip leads to an arrest. 

Please let us know of any times you may have seen him - what day of the week, time of day, etc. - all of this will help us catch him!"

(614) 444-1123

E-Mail:
contactus@greenlawncemetery.org

The Green Lawn Cemetery Vandal Has Struck Once Again -- But This Time He was Caught On Camera!

Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio has been the target of one individual this past year who has repeatedly and savagely vandalized the monuments, markers, and even stained glass windows at the city's largest and most historic cemetery; but his days in doing so appear to be over according to the latest news reports.  

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Sharing here a WCMH TV - NBC4 report of January 19, 2017 that gives the cemetery officials good hope that this criminal's days of committing violent acts at Green Lawn Cemetery are coming to an end; permanently.  

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Reminder:

The Columbus Landmarks Foundation is holding a "Walk for Restoration" on January 29, 2017 from 2p.m. to 4:00p.m.  

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"Exciting News!" 

"The next Columbus Landmarks tour on January 29th will raise money to repair some of the historical monuments damaged by recent vandalism. 

Please consider buying tickets on the Columbus Landmarks website and joining us for what will be an interesting and informative tour!"

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Click HERE Purchase Tickets

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Click HERE to access the "Go Fund Me" Account for Green Lawn Cemetery.

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Sharing a link to Green Lawn Cemetery on "GenealogyBug" - (© 2001-2017 by David K. & Leona L. Gustafson)!-- a great website!

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You can also find:

 Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio on "Find A Grave" with over 143,000 interments - including 49 famous persons!

Editorial: Help identify cemetery vandals | The Columbus Dispatch

Editorial: Help identify cemetery vandals | The Columbus Dispatch

"Green Lawn Cemetery is counting on someone having a conscience — or at least, needing an easy $1,000."

"The cash reward is being offered for anyone who turns over information leading to the arrest of vandals who’ve crept into the historic cemetery after dark and caused more than $1.25 million in damage within the past two years. Why? For laughs? Out of boredom? If these losers are seeking attention, they’ve got it. But that notoriety is going to help them be caught and go to prison.

These vandals were “vindictive,” Green Lawn Cemetery Trustee Randy Rogers said. “They’ll pick up a tablet and smash it on top of another tablet.” They shattered obelisks and pushed statues from pedestals.

The damage is extensive and permanent. Historic items cannot be made as good as new ... or “old,” in this case. One victim of the vandals was a monument to Gustavus Swan, an Ohio Supreme Court justice who organized Ohio’s early banking system. He died in 1860, the year Abe Lincoln was elected president. The vandals demolished a life-size bust of Swan, an artwork that will cost tens of thousands of dollars to remake.

Rogers started a GoFundMe.com page about a month ago to ask the public for help with the restoration; as of early Friday, it had $475 in pledges toward a $100,000 goal.

A cemetery nearly 170 years old holds a lot of history. Those buried in Green Lawn include Samuel Bush, a forebear of two U.S. presidents; Ohio Gov. and U.S. Sen. John Bricker; World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker; and humorist James Thurber.

The oldest sections of the cemetery took the brunt of the damage. On Aug. 14, vandals damaged 109 monuments in one night. On Nov. 26, the most recent rampage, they pushed over 30 to 40 markers, causing up to $45,000 in damage.

Someone knows or suspects the identity of the goons who are desecrating gravesites. The nonprofit Green Lawn Cemetery Association has turned to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers and the public for help. Tipsters can remain anonymous by calling 614-461-8477, or going to stopcrime.org.

The crime is felony vandalism, but it also was an attack on Ohio’s cultural heritage. These despicable thugs deserve the full weight of the law."

Update on Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio

Sharing this story from WBNS TV-10 in Columbus "College Students Help with Vandalism at Green Lawn Cemetery" 

by Shelby Croft 

"PUBLISHED: 12/23/16 05:11 PM EST.

UPDATED: 12/23/16 06:48 PM EST."

"COLUMBUS, Ohio"

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The recent vandalism at a Columbus cemetery is now the focus of a college course.

"Green Lawn Cemetery just announced a $1000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the culprits.

Now Columbus State Community College students are helping with the tedious task of finding and mapping all of the damaged gravestones.

“Like a museum, like walking through a museum,” said Roger McGlaughlin.

Mcglaughlin strolls through Green Lawn Cemetery to take in the history.

“It’s just gorgeous,” said McGlaughlin.

Mcglaughlin restores gravestones. He had no idea he'd find work on this trip. And so much of it.

“It’s just uncalled for,” said McGlaughlin.

Hundreds of stones knocked over and broken. Vandals have hit about eight times since August.

“We’re 170 years old and so the families may not be here anymore,” said Green Lawn Cemetery Board Chair Randy Rogers.

History destroyed and the repairs may never get done.

“It takes specialized tools and materials and those are expensive,” said McGlaughlin. “It’s very time consuming, yeah.”

The cemetery just teamed up with Crimestoppers to offer a reward for information leading to an arrest, and they have beefed up overnight security.

“We do have several cameras in the cemetery, we move them around,” said Rogers.

Help is coming in another form as well. Students from Columbus State's geo-mapping department are logging all of damaged stones.

“So what we look for is the type of marker it is we look for the names on it, the dates on it,” said Columbus State Associate Professor Annie Parsons. “The type of damage, sometimes they’re toppled, sometimes they’re broken.”"

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Roger McGlaughlin and Ron Grant are with Customer GraveSite Care of Central Ohio

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Green Lawn Cemetery on "Find A Grave"

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Green Lawn Cemetery - CentralOhioGravesearch

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Green Lawn Cemetery - Genealogy Bug 

© 2001-2016 by David K. & Leona L. Gustafson

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Green Lawn Cemetery - BurialPlanning

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