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Timberhill Cemetery Association |
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(Mapleton Cemetery and Norway -Highway 65 Cemetery) |
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We do have the cemetery cataloged. All stones have pictures in the catalog and are really pretty. For a Donation of $25 (tax Deductable) or more we will send you a DVD with all the information!! This is up to date 05-01-2010. Just mail to Jan Laughlin 2275 105th Street Mapleton, Kansas 66754 |
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This Association has been established so that our Cemeteries in Timberhill will always have extra funds to repair and maintain. The idea is that anyone who wants to add money to this fund (tax exempt), is guaranteed that none of the original monies is spent and only the interest earned can be used by the Timberhill Township Cemetery board. This board is elected by the Temberhill Township people. Records will be kept on these funds and be available at all times! |
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So far this Association has collected $23,457.26 which is in a money market earning 2.0% interest. We have earned $2,883.17 in interest. This is not much but it is the best we can do in this economy! Of this interest money we have spent $1994.00 for clearing out dead trees and on the fence and Flags. We still have about $1354.17 for other improvements probably next year! The starting money and any other added monies will be re invested in a money market and will again be working for us. This will go on to the end of time!! A perpetual way to fund the cemetery maintenance. |
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In 2009 we got a new flag pole and Flag!! Then we removed the dying trees in the front of the cemetery and ground down the stumps to replace them with a white fence. In 2010 we Placed Flags at the Veterans Grave site and two benches were placed at the Flag pole. This was done in 2009. Click Here Click here for improvements made in 2010 |
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The money will be spent on stones straightened, stones replaced, lettering replaced, new trees planted, old trees removed, Flag & Pole, etc, etc. We can not foresee what all the money will be needed for. |
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Over Memorial weekend 2009 - $ 250.00 was collected from sales of Catalogs and DVD |
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NEW DEVELOPMENT This year a PVC pipe was placed at each known Veterans Grave Site and flags will be placed on Patriotic holidays. Kathy Cozier, Grace Myers and Mary Benbrook!! Then just this last month we heard from a Karen Sue Johnson-Heber. Her and her husband go around the country and help cemeteries get organized. She is doing a wonderful service and has taken photos of all the stones in the cemetery and is now pulling the data together into a data base. This information will be a lot of help to all of us! Thank you! Karen Sue Johnson-Heber Acworth, GA 30102 Her grandparents and great grandmother are buried in Mapleton Cemetery. They are Harold D Smith, Lucy Lee Smith, Leona Findla. Some of you may know her or her family. Be sure and let her know how much we appreciate all her and her husbands work. See there are really some good people out there!!. |
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If you want to support this association with any amount of money or any ideas or questions please contact: Bill Danley 620-223-6691 Mark Scharenberg 620-743-4161 Or Dan or Jan Laughlin 620-743-3441 All Help is Greatly Appreciated!! |
A Perpetual Source of funds A source of funds for our descendants to maintain and improve the cemetery. As people become more prideful of our cemetery, they also will add to the funds and make this a beautiful resting place!! Let's show our Pride!!! Updated 05-2010 |
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Anyone that Knows any Veterans Buried in the Mapleton Cemetery Please Contact 620-223-6691, 620-743-3441 or 620-829-5287 We are putting up flags for the Vets and want to include them all! |