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

Originally Posted by mrbillbus

I get so sick of hearing stories of tweakers stealing copper and the news calling them scrappers. It makes me sick when I see grave markers at the scrap yard (my yard reports them and sets them aside for the police so they are returned). It makes me mad that there are people who have no scruples about stealing honor from the dead.

So here is a good story of a scrapper who sees that the item in front of him has a value beyond its metal content. Couldn't keep it to myself. I sent an email to the editor of the life/community section of the Indy Star newspaper. I included a link to this thread. I am hoping that it will spark some interest and maybe even some help in making sure this marker ends up at the grave of its rightful owner.

I hope that others here will do the same. Sledge is doing the right thing and people need to know about it.

Bill

That is mighty kind of you Bill. I'm hoping this adventure ends with a happy tale of one of the siblings who has rights too it, ends up with it. At worst, I may just go visit the cemetery myself and inquire if he has a marker. Camby Indiana is only about a 35 minute drive for me. 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!

I have something to add to the soup.
I spoke with the Office Manager at the Duplex I am working at and obtained it from. Kevin Simmons was the resident who would have left it. So now I am going to try and track down Beverly Meyers or Jim Rodgers.
Really hoping I will be able to find one of the two since his wife has also passed.