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Lovejoy Cemetery

section 2

This section runs along the back (south side) of the cemetery, starting at the west side. Reading from the west to the east.

row 1

1

REESE

Gertrude M.                         Benjamin J.

1902-1989                           1900-1966

double stone

row 2

2

Laura J. REESE

1925-1945

row 3

3

Cement base-no stone-floral arrangement

5

BLAIR

Zylpha M.                       Benjamin F.

1880-1963                     1881-1937

double stone

6

BURBANK

Barbara                        Baby

1940  7 days                1946

William                         Donna

1942  5 mo’s.               1948

William WILLIAMS

1971-1971

these all appear on the same stone

7

BURBANK

Leora R.                      William E.

1920-                           1914-1980

double stone

row 4

8

a cement urn

9

D. B. HARRINGTON

1846-1925

Co. H  10  Mich. C.A.V.

10

Brother

Hiram S.

brother of D. B. HARRINGTON

1848-1907

stone is broken from base

11

Son

Claude L

son of D. B. HARRINGTON

1879-1905

stone has been broken off base

12

HARRINGTON

west side of large stone

13

Mother

Catherine

1846-1909

see number 12

14

Clara

dau of F. M. & M.  HARRINGTON

1905-1910

stone is broken

15

Mary

wife of F. M.. HARRINGTON

1876-1924

stone is broken

16

Father

Fred M. HARRINGTON

1871-1931

row 5

17

HILL

Archie                         Nina M.

1898-1980                  1901-1963

double stone

18

Earnie A. BURK

1899-1944

name as it appears on stone

19

Arthur L. BURK                    Effie  BURK

1875-1909                             MC CALL

                                              1881-1916

double stone

20

BURK

at bottom of stone - rest is unreadable on this old stone

21

Husband

Fred H. POWER

1870-1926

22

Wife

Retta M. POWER

1884-1966

23

Ma Ma

Josephine HARRINGTON

1857-1932

row 6

24

base no stone

row 7

25

HUFF

Lester W.                   Florence E.

1899-1992                 1896-1994

double stone

row 8

26

 In Loving Memory

Charles Aaron PEMBERTON

Sept. 9, 1956 - Nov. 4, 2000

27

new base no stone

28

Mother

Hazel B. THOMAS

1897-1962

row 9

29

LEETCH

Linus E.               Verona A.

1861-1938          1862-1940

double stone

30

SAYRE

Georgia                      Earl

1897-1921                 1895-1921

double stone

31

Infant dau. of

Guy & Marian GOULD

died Mar. 3, 1908

aged 6 mo’s; 17 d’s.

32

Perry E. GOULD

1897-1918

33

Lewis H. BRUNO

Michigan

Cook  Co.  I  78 Infantry

World War I

Feb. 11, 1893-May 5, 1961

row 10

34

Husband

Forest J.

1862-1901

see number 36

35

Harriet VANAKIN

1843-1920

numbers 34 and 37 match in style and color

36

F. J. SMITH

north side of large stone

37

Lillah M.

dau of ________________

1904-1904

this stone leans against number 36

38

Alice

1866-1927

see number 36

39

HEYDLAUFF

Fred D.                          Flora M.

1892-1968                     1895-1987

married Oct. 19, 1912

40

Mother

41

Dad

row 11

42

Irene S. SHEPARD

1893-1962

wife

row 12

43

J. HALL

north side of large stone

A. VAN CAMPEN

south side of large stone

44

GARDNER

north side of large stone

row 13

45

Son

Abe VAN CAMPEN

1860-1921

46

Daughter

Frankie HALE VAN CAMPEN

1862-19(blank)

47

Jewett HALE

1835-1913

48

Mother

Tamma HALE

1843-1916

49

Baby

Jewett H. VAN CAMPEN

aged 4 days 1898

50

Emma J.

wife of D. A. GARDNER

1852-1914

51

D. A. GARDNER

1849-19(blank)

row 14

52

Father

Cornelius W.

1851-1918

see number 59

53

Mother

Gertrude S.

1847-1926

see number 59

54

Mary J.

wife of W. C. WHITEHEAD

1879-1908

55

Matilda DEMUND

1840-1909

56

Sarah E. ANGELL

1849-1919

numbers 52, 53, 54, 55 and 56 are all the same style and color

57

FOWLER

Libbie                             Frank N.

1875-1957                     1874-1944

FLT marker-double stone

58

HARRY

Edith G.                            Frank L.

1887-1947                       1886-1941

Eastern Star and Mason logo’s-double stone

row 15

59

C. W. DEMUND

west side large stone

row 16

60

Frank

Nov. 28, 1846

Sept. 17, 1907

see number 62

61

Annetta

June 29, 1848

July 18, 1947

see number 62

62

PUTMAN

north and south sides of large stone

63

Our baby

Rodney Allan GOODSPEED

Sept. 25, - Oct. 29, 1934

in PUTMAN family plot

64

Charles L.

Mar. 8, 1873

Aug. 22, 1913

see number 62-numbers 60, 61, 62, 63 and 64 are all in a cement bordered plot

65

STRICKLAND

Susan M.                     Joseph E.

1867-1936                  1869-1942

double stone

66

STRICKLAND

Alice J.                  Howard E.                       Howard Jr.

1904-                    1902-1953                      1929-1934

triple stone

67

Son

Theodore M. STRICKLAND

1904-1917

row 17

68

Marian G. GILMORE

1900-1902

69

GILMORE

Father                         Mother

Elmer M.                    Blanche S.

1873-1917                 1877-1964

double stone

read by Karen Gorman, April 1999.

Proofed and update November 2002 by S. Gorman.

Copyright © 1999 – 2003.