Keeping the memories of our loved ones alive is my small contribution. I am the family historian for the McArron Clan in America. I always welcome information regarding the family. I have created several virtual cemeteries in addition to the ones listed below to make it easier to locate persons of significance in my life.

****If you volunteer on Findagrave and decide you no longer want to maintain the memorials you manage, please transfer your records to someone who has an active account and willing to take over the records. I am one of many willing to take over records. This really will help reduce duplicates. It would also be a good idea to leave someone instructions on how to make these transfers should you go inactive without warning.***** Thank You (Borrowed from another FAG Contributor)

For those contributors who take it upon themselves to be the Findagrave police, adding a please and thank you would go a long way.

For all of my virtual cemeteries click on the Virtual Cemeteries link on this page.

McArron Family Memorials

Links to some LGBTQ Memorials created by me:

LGBTQ - Dignity (LGBTQ Catholic) Memorials

LGBTQ - National Wall of Honor | San Diego Wall of Honor

LGBTQ - Over the Rainbow Memorials

Click on my "Virtual Cemeteries" Link for many more.

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Links to more Find A Grave LGBTQ Memorials:

Gay Pride - created by Jose L. Bernabé Tronchoni

Gay Writers - created by Danny Gruber

GLBT Memorials - created by Catarina

GLBT Memorials - created by Mark S. Suever

GLBT Heroes & Warriors - created by Michael Dietrich Muller

GLBT Relatives - created by Grant W Sullivan

Heroes and Martyrs-GLBT - created by Sal Mineo Fan

In Memory: LGBT Rainbow Memorials - created by Albertico

LGBT Figures - created by To Die For Images

LGBT Film Actors/Actresses - created by Andrew

LGBT Writers - created by Danny Gruber

LGBT Memorials - created by Kent Gebhard

LGBT Memorials - created by Brenda Allen

LGBT Memorials - created by Juanfe

LGBTQ Community Memorials - created by Mark Goniwiecha

LGBTQ Memorials - created by Voice of the Voiceless

LGBTQ Memorials - created by S M Freed

LGBTQ+ Memorials - created by River

LGBT+ Memorials - created by Life Eternal

Rainbow Angels - created by Lance Ramsey-Roberts

Rainbow Family - created by Amy Wolfe

Sanctuary of the Rainbow - created by Katzizkidz

The Rainbow Cemetery - created by ALONGSIDE

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Heaven's Gate Mass Suicide Cult Memorials

Pulse Nightclub Massacre Memorials - created by Pat McArron

Upstairs Lounge Fire Memorials - created by Find A Grave

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Actors in Gay Films who died of AIDS - created by Steffidiana

AIDS Deaths - created by Kevin Krzeszowski

AIDS Memorials - created by Trevor Lafoe

AIDS Memorials 1980-1999 - created by Don Pate

AIDS Memorials 2000-2009 - created by Don Pate

AIDS/HIV Memorials - created by Forever An Angel

HIV/AIDS Related Memorials - created by Pat McArron

National AIDS Memorial Grove

West Hollywood Aids Memorials - created by James Mason

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Key Word Search Results:

LGBTQ Memorials

Transgender Memorials

HIV Memorials

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More LGBTQ Internet Connections:

LGBTQ+ biographies & obits by Elisa Rolle

https://reviews-and-ramblings.elisarolle.com/we-sail-together

LGBT History Month - https://lgbthistorymonth.com

LGBTQ Religious Archives Network - https://www.lgbtqreligiousarchives.org

LGBTQ Political Graveyard - https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbtq.html

AIDS Quilt - https://www.facebook.com/AIDSQuilt

Rainbows in the Cemetery - https://www.talkdeath.com/rainbows-in-the-cemetery-lgbtq-representation-on-gravestones/

Rainbow Honor Walk - http://rainbowhonorwalk.org

GLBT Historical Society - http://obit.glbthistory.org

Bay Area Reporter Obits - https://www.ebar.com/obituaries

SF Bay Times - https://sfbaytimes.com/in-rememberance/

AIDS Memorial Storytelling Project https://toaidsmemorial.com/#memorial

Legacy Walk - https://legacyprojectchicago.org/explore/inductees

Philly Gay News - https://epgn.com/category/news/obituaries/

Andre J Koymaskay - http://andrejkoymasky.com

Texas Obit Project - texasobituaryproject.org

Windy City TIMES - https://windycitytimes.com/gaynewsarticles.php?k=Passages

National Park Service LGBTQ Memorials - https://www.nps.gov/articles/lgbtq-memorials.htm

Wikipedia List of LGBT monuments and memorials - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT_monuments_and_memorials

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Give what's left of me away

by Merrit Malloy

When I die Give what's left of me away To children And to the old that wait to die.

And if you need to cry, Cry for your brother, your sister

Walking the street beside you.

And when you need me, Put your arms Around anyone

And give them What you need to give to me.

I want to leave you something, Something better Than words Or sounds.

Look for me In the people I've known Or loved,

And if you cannot give me away, At least let me live on in your eyes

And not your mind.

You can love me most By letting Hands touch hands,

By letting bodies touch bodies, And by letting go Of children

That need to be free.

Love doesn't die, People do.

So, when all that's left of me Is love,

Give me away.

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A Cemetery is a history of people, a perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace today. A Cemetery exists because every life is worth loving and remembering always.

THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY

By Thelma Greene Reagan

Today we walked where others walked On a lonely, windswept hill;

Today we talked where other cried For Loved Ones whose lives are stilled.

Today our hearts were touched By graves of tiny babies;

Snatched from the arms of loving kin, In the heartbreak of the ages.

Today we saw where the grandparents lay In the last sleep of their time;

Lying under the trees and clouds - Their beds kissed by the sun and wind.

Today we wondered about an unmarked spot; Who lies beneath this hollowed ground?

Was it a babe, child, young or old? No indication could be found.

Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay. We had been here once before

On a day we'd all like to forget, But will remember forever more.

Today we recorded for kith and kin The graves of ancestors past;

To be preserved for generations hence, A record we hope will last.

Cherish it, my friend; preserve it, my friend, For stones sometimes crumble to dust

And generations of folks yet to come Will be grateful for your trust.

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The Ancestor

by Walter Butler Palmer, 1906

Your tombstone stands among the rest; Neglected and alone.

The name and date are chiseled out On polished, marble stone.

It reaches out to all who care It is too late to mourn.

You did not know that I exist You died and I was born.

Yet each of us are cells of you In flesh, in blood, in bone.

Our blood contracts and beats a pulse Entirely not our own.

Dear Ancestor, the place you filled One hundred years ago

Spreads out among the ones you left Who would have loved you so.

I wonder how you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew

That someday I would find this spot, And come to visit you.

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The Dash Poem

By Linda Ellis

I read of a man who stood to speak At the funeral of a friend

He referred to the dates on the tombstone From the beginning...to the end

He noted that first came the date of birth And spoke the following date with tears,

But he said what mattered most of all Was the dash between those years

For that dash represents all the time That they spent alive on earth.

And now only those who loved them Know what that little line is worth

For it matters not, how much we own, The cars...the house...the cash.

What matters is how we live and love And how we spend our dash.

So, think about this long and hard. Are there things you'd like to change?

For you never know how much time is left That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough To consider what's true and real

And always try to understand The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger And show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives Like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect And more often wear a smile,

Remembering this special dash Might only last a little while

So, when your eulogy is being read With your life's actions to rehash...

Would you be proud of the things they say About how you spent YOUR dash?