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 2, 2020

Norman Norberg's diminutive white marble marker proudly stands as a prominent landmark for Section 3A at Calvary Cemetery, Lorain, Ohio

(Below)
 Cemetery marker for Section 3A
at Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Lorain, Ohio 
(Below two photographs)
The white marble marker for 
Norman Norberg - 1919 - 1921
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Norman Norberg of Lorain, Ohio, son of Carl and Ruth (Arbaugh) Norberg, only lived 2 years, 6 months, and 25 days.: February 20, 1919 - September 15, 1921, but today neither he or his final resting place are forgotten.  
His freshly cleaned white marble marker with its adorable reclining lamb nestled next to a "baby tree stump"stands as a singularly important landmark for Section 3A at Calvary Cemetery in the city where he was born, lived, and died.
 I feel Norman, and his upright grave marker standing alone by a bend in the roadway near the section sign, extend their welcoming greeting to me for whenever I visit the gravesite of my maternal great-grandmother Antonina (AKA Antonia) Szczepankiewicz, who was also buried in the same section.
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The lower right photo of Norman Norberg's marker was taken almost two months after it was cleaned with D/2 Biological Solution.
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1920 U. S. Census - Norberg family - Lorain, Ohio
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Death certificate of Norman Norberg.
He died from Meningitis
 

Record from the Catholic Cemeteries of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese:

Name:Norman Norberg
Death Date:15 Sep 1921
Death Place:Lorain, USA

Section Number  
3A

Grave Number   12
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Sending angels to watch over Norman Norberg
 and all of those dearly departed souls
 who found peace and rest
 in Section 3A
 at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Lorain, Ohio. 



Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Spotlighting the Vienna Township Center Cemetery in Vienna Center, Trumbull County, Ohio

The Vienna  Memorial Cemetery AKA Township Center Cemetery has 2,694 memorials listed for it on "Find A Grave."  
It is truly a most historic Ohio cemetery located in quaint Vienna Center, Vienna Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.
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More memorials are being added to "Find A Grave" and documentation is being done by local volunteers from the Vienna Historical Society
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You can read about their work and progress that has been recently published.:
 "Vienna Society Posts Graves Online" from the "Tribune-Chronicle" of Warren, Ohio. 
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