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This crypt marker warms my heart every time I see it. Til death did they part in this world, but together forever in eternity.
The Renella's raised a musically gifted family in Chicago where for many years they owned several music stores, teaching children of all ages how to play every kind of instrument imaginable.
Later, they relocated to Southern California and opened the popular Italian restaurant, Ana Maria's, in Hacienda Heights.
I enjoy spending time exploring cemeteries, reading and photographing headstones of celebrities and civilians alike, and learning about the lives and deaths of these so-called "permanent residents" of the graveyards and mausoleums. This blog chronicles those experiences.
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I am a proud member of The Association of Graveyard Rabbits!
In addition to this blog, some of my older material is archived at Buried Treasures at LisaBurks.com
One of the cemeteries I'm most interested in these days is Grand View Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif. I wrote about its legal problems for the LA Daily News' community hub, ValleyNews.com from August 2006 to December 2008, when Valley News ceased operations. In response to reader requests to have one central source of information, I created and continue to maintain Grand View Memorial Park (dot) Info.
"We've gotten a front-row seat to all the twists and turns taking place at the beleaguered cemetery, Grand View Memorial Park, from an intrepid citizen journalist named Lisa Burks." ~ Jason Kandel, ValleyNews.com Editor, 12/28/2006
