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I've been corresponding with Michigan resident and genealogist Ken Wright about his great-uncle and great-aunt, William and Sarah Jane Rose, who are buried at Grand View Memorial Park in Glendale.
He sent me this lovely vintage family photograph, dated August 1928, taken one year after Sarah Jane passed away:
Most people brought flowers, they brought a headstone for Mom....
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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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
