I decided to join Find a Grave and help do my part for those who came and went before us.

In doing this perhaps the following quotes may shed some light.

"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future." Alex Haley

"As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend."

James Russell Lowell

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All photos taken by me are available for use by anyone who desires to use a photo for any reason without having to ask my permission.

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So Little Time

"The clock on the wall is ticking away

Hours and minutes of my precious day

To sit here idle would be a great crime

There is so much to do and so little time

Few people can see in all their haste

That a day of your life

Is not something to waste"

Found on headstone in Park Lawn Cemetery, Danvers, Illinois

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"Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Can Not Heal."

Found on headstone in Friends Cemetery, Bentown, McLean County, Illinois

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"Our family chain is broken

And nothing seems the same

But as God calls us one by one

The chain will link again"

Found on headstone in Scogin Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois

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"Not lost blest thought, but gone before,

Where we shall meet, to part no more."

Found on headstone in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois

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"Tell me not the Christian dieth

When the spirit takes its flight

Tis but going home to heaven

To the land of pure delight"

Found on headstone in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey

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Thanks for your patience and most of all thanks for your hard work in Find a Grave.

May God Bless you.

Doing family searches for these families: Ayers, Blanton, Bloomer, Habecker, Haybarger, Schmoekel, Walker

To add or correct information on memorials or ask for transfers please use Send A Correction on the memorial under the edit tab.

I am willing to make transfers, unless they are a family member of mine. As long as those asking do the same for others.

Please add memorial numbers for links so as no mistake is made in adding.