Magnificent Accomplishments!

Last evening, about six of our members converged on the Wildey Odd Fellows Cemetery in Washington. Though not a large turnout, the group was able to straighten and / or otherwise reset about fifteen headstones! Included in the list of re-set monuments were the rather large tombstones of Joseph H. Schmidt and family and that of the Kloentrup family. These thousand-pound plus markers, though incredibly heavy, quickly yielded to the muscle power of our determined team, well, and a variety of equipment. Also, several headstones were cleaned, including those of the Lay and Murphy families, some of the oldest markers in the cemetery. Their stones actually predate the establishment of the cemetery and likely the graves they mark were once in the old Bassora Cemetery / Krog Park Thanks to all who were able to help!