[or-roots] lost family?

[Diane]

Bill...No car accidents, people just like the looks of the view from the 
cemetery.

Who is  your uncle that is buried here?  Is he a Veteran?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill & Chris Strickland" <lechevrier at q.com>
To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent: 24 September, 2012 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] lost family?


> On 9/24/2012 8:17 AM, Bob&Diane wrote:
>> These people were not locals.
>
> Meaning?  Were they killed in a car wreck or other such accident while 
> travelling?  For a vehicular accident, have you asked your local wrecking 
> yard guy - I can't remember his name at the moment.
>
>> Too few people in the county for them to be missed. Every once in a while 
>> some one will ask to be buried here because of the totally western 
>> atmosphere. Sage brush, juniper, mountains in the distance and desert 
>> close. On a slight sloping hill to see the sun rise over the Coglan Rim. 
>> Very picturesque and very cowboy western. The Chewaucan river trickling 
>> not so far away. Little green grass lawn because the soil is full of 
>> gravel. Peaceful.
>
> I am familiar with the cemetery, my uncle is buried there -- yes, quite a 
> fine place for aesthetics.
>
> Bill Strickland
>