This News Story Can Pave the Way for Fremont's Historic Oakwood Cemetery to Get the Help it Needs!

"Fremont history fading away in neglected Oakwood Cemetery"

From the Fremont "News Messenger"

By Daniel Carson

dacarson@gannett.com

419-334-1046

Twitter: @DanielCarson7

April 20, 2018

Excerpt from news story:

"BALLVILLE TOWNSHIP - History means a lot to Jack Ferguson.

For 15 years, he tended to Oakwood Cemetery as its superintendent, working every day next to the burial plots and monuments honoring some of Fremont's most famous residents.

President Rutherford B. Hayes was buried at Oakwood for about 20 years, until the former president's remains were moved to their current resting place in Spiegel Grove. His wife, Lucy, also was originally buried at Oakwood before being reinterred to be near her husband.

Several of Hayes' children and family members are buried around the cemetery's Hayes Circle, with other prominent Fremont residents at Oakwood that include Maj. Gen. Ralph Buckland, 1912 U.S. Olympic bronze medalist Clarence Childs and Russ Christy, founder of the Christy Knife Company.

Ferguson retired as superintendent in 2002, but the historic cemetery and how it looks still mean a lot to him."

 Please click on the Title to read the complete story which is well complemented by a short video and photographs.  

Fremont's Oakwood Cemetery is listed on "Find A Grave" with 14,617 memorials including 9 famous interments.  

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I feel that the Oakwood Cemetery will get the help it needs.  

This news story brings to light that there are several concerned individuals and organizations in Fremont who can pull together to make it happen! 

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An example below of a gravemarker 

that was restore to its normal position.

Recent Vandalism at Oakwood Cemetery in Cuyahoga Falls (Summit County), Ohio

Click on title to read the story and watch the video that was broadcast last evening on Cleveland's local NBC TV station, WKYC.  

Oakwood Cemetery in Cuyahoga Falls (Summit County), has suffered repeated vandalism that have affected many gravesites including those of veterans.

Currently, Oakwood Cemetery has 7,959 interments posted on the website, "Find A Grave," including a  separate listing for its Sultana Civil War Veteran's Memorial monument of white marble and bronze plaque honoring those who served in the Union Army during the Civil War.  

Hopefully, the television newscasts will bring better news in the days ahead about repair to the markers and monuments and that those who are responsible for the extensive vandalism at Oakwood Cemetery having been apprehended and brought to justice. 

Announcing an Open House at The Chapel at Oakwood Cemetery in Cuyahoga Falls - Monday, May 28, 2012 (Memorial Day) - 9:00a.m. to Noon

Click on title to link to a story published online by CuyahogaFalls.Ohio.com about a wonderful Memorial Day event to be held at the Chapel in Oakwood Cemetery located at 2420 Oakwood Drive in Cuyahoga Falls.  

Light refreshments will be served.

Oakwood Cemetery in Cuyahoga Falls (Summit County) currently has 7,685 burials listed on "Find A Grave." 

Also, there is a Sultana Civil War Veterans Memorial located at Oakwood Cemetery and is featured on the Famous Section of "Find A Grave."