2018 archive

Tombstone Tuesday–Michael G. Pflueger (revisited)

In 2013 I wrote a Tombstone Tuesday post featuring the tombstone of Michael G. Pflueger, located in row 6 of Greenbriar Cemetery, Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio. [1] At that time, five years ago, Michael’s grave marker had fallen over. We stopped by Greenbriar Cemetery a few weeks ago and the first thing I …

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Herbert Miller–WWII Memories & Bronze Star

I have finished transcribing and posting my dad’s WWII letters, a task I began a little over a year ago. Although I did not post his letters on every Friday’s blog post, there were at least 30 blog posts of letters. I started transcribing and posting them about a month before Veterans Day 2017 and …

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Happy Halloween!

Today, on the eve of Halloween, here are some of my favorite cemetery and tombstone photos.   Happy Halloween!  

Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 30)

Below are the last of the transcriptions of my dad’s WWII letters. That is not to say another letter or two may show up sometime, but right now, I think this is it. This past year I have been transcribing the letters that my dad, Herbert Miller, wrote home while in the Army, stationed in …

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Tombstone Tuesday–Anna Maria Seaman

This is the tombstone of Anna M. Seaman, located in row 7 of Greenbriar Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: Anna M. Wife of John Seaman Died Jan. 12, 1894 Aged 75 Y.  12 D. SEAMAN I recently wrote several Tombstone Tuesday posts about the Seamans buried in Zion Lutheran Schumm’s cemetery. …

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