October 27, 2008

• Tombstone Tales in Richland, WA

  

  
  

  This is Mrs. Fred P. Freeman.  She was in favor of women having the vote and prohibition!  She was known for putting her heart and soul into her work with the WCTU, the Red Cross and the Christian Endeavor Society.  Her mercy lead her to the Portland Prison System where she sought to befriend ex-convicts and reintroduce them into society by helping them find work and a place to stay.  While she was away in Portland, Mr. Clarence Johnson, recently released from prison, burglerized her home.  She was beaten to death with a blunt piece of iron gas pipe in August of 1919. 

  
  

  

  
  

  This lady, Georgine Luelloff, was just sittin’ in the Cemetary crocheting and talking with her beloved daughters, who were both stilborn only 11 months apart.  She still grieves their loss even though she died in January 1916.

  
  

  

  
  

  This is John Godfried Streyfeller.  He died in 1941. He was injured as a child and was known for his limp.  He never married and owned the Richland Harness Company. 

  
  

  

  
  

  My favorite lady in the Cemetary, Ida Lindskog.  She had a wonderful Swedish accent, and cute sense of humor.  Ida farmed along with her husband and she taught school in the Horse Heaven Hills area here.  Her son, Elmer, was killed in action during the First World War.  I found her delightful.  She died in May 1933. 

  
  

  

  
  

  Above see the Grimm Reaper or Ripper… one of them.  

  
  

  

  
  

  Tombstone without bodies.  Young men who died during battle in France in 1918 & 1919.  “War drew us from our homeland in the sunlit springtime of our youth.  Those who did not come back alive remain in perpetual springtime — forever young — and a part of them is with us always.”  –author unknown

  
  

  

  
  

  We enjoyed the afternoon with Mark & Lisa plus had a delicious dinner at Anthony’s down by the river.

  
  

  

  
  

  Our new car… the door unlocks when I touch the handle… I am so spoiled!!!

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