Got a Weird one- Bronze Cemetery Grave Marker- New in the Box - Page 3

Since I was able to track which cemetery he is in, it shouldn't be too hard in a smallish town to find his final resting place and see if a marker is in place as it rightly should!

If the cemetery has an office they will be able to tell you where it (the plot) is located. Might be that the heir was just too lazy to put it on the grave, hope that's not the case tho.

Also Found a Map of the Cemetery. Feel like I'm making some progress!

Well, with the original post, I am sorry that I suggested selling it on Ebay. I thought that it was a vase of some sort meant to put flowers in. And when you said that it was new in box, I had no idea that it was engraved.

Around here, that is meant as a foot stone rather than a head stone. When we visit the cemetery, besides the regular headstone, The military sends out a foot stone to be placed at the "foot" end of the body. I think that is what you have there. It does indeed need to find it's place at the foot of the grave of that soldier.

It seems that you guys are onto something great here. If the rightful spot is found and there is no family, I propose that we all chip in to get this foot stone layed properly in it's rightful spot.

I for one will kick in the first $10 if that is what it takes, but let's make sure we find the rightful spot for this and maybe we can get something going.

John and Parrot-
First off- Not to worry, I probably should have snapped the pics and posted them in my original post. I may have not caused confusion otherwise. If it were just an unmarked vase, this would have been a completely different thread all together.

Secondly, the idea of you guys offering to pitch in is a wonderfully kind and heartwarming gesture. I'll tell you what, I'm going to work my buns off to find this family, if all else fails I will do the legwork to find out the proper placement, a general idea of the stone itself etc.. and if and when that time comes, I will properly try to raise funds if anyone would be willing to contribute.

Thank you gents. Thank you very much!!

Thank you to the latest round of gents willing to toss some money into the fund- this is a great group of guys and gals!!!

Brojer: I'm definitely not a toot your horn guy.. I like to share some neat finds or loads on the forum from time to time.. but only because this group of folks would get a kick out of it.. it is never to boast. If we all got together and had this thing placed where it should.. that would be "payment enough" for me honestly. I know it may be "great PR" for all of us who do what we do.. but I'm also of the mindset of just getting things to their rightful owners without anything expected in return.. just because.. well.. just because it is the right thing to do. With that being said I respect you and your opinion highly kind sir!

If indeed I fail at finding a proper heir and we all do want to pitch in and make this happen.. but find the cost is a little steeper than we may have anticipated.. I don't think if a media outlet did pick it up that it would hurt in the least to assist in raising funds for the cause. I just figure things will work out the way they are intended to.

Thank you Bear, Sirscrapsalot and scrapping4ever!

Still hunting, but at the moment reaching a dead end-hopefully temporary. I may have to make a physical trip to the Morgan County Courthouse and do some digging. Luckily for me I used to work as the Director of Microfilm for my County.. So I know my way around old records and microfilm if it becomes necessary to "hunt the stacks! If his wife had an estate file opened with some decent information (since she passed second- all of his possessions would default to become hers) and hopefully a will would be in her estate file. Some do not.. but most files do so I would hope I could obtain information out of her will.

If I make the voyage, I'll just make it a day-trip and visit the Cemetery in Camby as well.. talk to the folks there, get to the burial site and see where we stand with it. I could then garnish the information about the ability to set a stone, maybe they could give me a local referral of someone to make the stone, set the plate, and have it installed. All information I need to gather to do this appropriately!

After some more digging I have found his originally posted obituary.
I have also reached out to the Morgan County Historian- as Silon Cemetery has no contact info to be found. I would like to find who the care-taker of the cemetery is if at all possible to begin discussions on placing this marker if I cannot find family.

The Obituary gives some great information that I did not previously have either. So it gives me some more to go on!!
Here is the Obit:

***UPDATE********
I Found an Heir. I was able to track down Barbara Hahn.. I found her address and number in Brownsburg Indiana. I held my breath and made the call- hoping it was the right woman. I just got off the phone with her husband. Sadly, Barbara has passed away.. But I am making arrangements to meet with her Husband tomorrow to present him with this marker! He is excited to get it and have it placed where it deserves to go. I told him that I had offers from multiple folks here to pitch in to assist him in making that happen.. he kindly refused the money. I cannot wait to meet with him tomorrow and make this exchange!

I will update this with the developments.. I want to thank each and everyone of you for all of your assistance, research, digging, offering of funds!! I love this forum and all of you in it!! Truly an AWESOME set of people we have here! Thank you all!!
Aaron

How cool! Man, Good Job!

If the conversation goes there you might mention it should be bolted(I'd suggest "tamper resistant") to a stone or a slab

I am glad that you found an heir, hope all goes well with the meeting.