Memorial Chapels

His “inquiries regarding ownership triggered a chain of events that eventually led to the pending transfer of the cemetery deed from Lake County to Avon Township” and extensive cleanup and professional stone repair has been completed. Read of this major project at tinyurl.com/y3fmpffq.To “preserve the legacy of the Fort Hill Settlement and the individuals buried in the Fort Hill Cemetery,” Paddock has created a website at tinyurl.com/y3x4l7zg. The toolbar across the top provides links to history (5 articles to read including Arthur Whitney of the 37th Illinois Infantry Regiment, and Tyler Cleveland & James McMillen of the 96th Illinois Infantry Regiment), genealogy (Fort Hill Cemetery inscriptions), preservation, contact and search.Paddock has also written several genealogies of early settlers.Cemetery preservation should be every citizen’s concern. Paddock is a fine example.New markers for war vetsA cemetery in Oswego recently dedicated 22 military markers for Civil War veterans buried there. They include several African-Americans who served in Union units.Information on this event, including the names of these 22 veterans and their units, can be found online at tinyurl.com/y2jdhqae.Black veterans honoredThe Union Baptist Cemetery “is the oldest Baptist African American cemetery in Cincinnati” and is the final resting place of at least 120 free black men who “fought as soldiers against a Confederate army that would have kept their people in bondage.”One of these vets, Powhatan Beaty, “earned the highest honor a soldier can receive, the Medal of Honor.”The story of the continuing restoration efforts can be read at tinyurl.com/y53yh7bp. Be sure to view the video included in the article, “Valor: The Story of the Union Baptist Cemetery.”Fallen vets honored onlineThe Veterans Legacy Memorial is the first online digital platform dedicated entirely to memory reservation for the 3.7 million veterans interred in VA national cemeteries. Each veteran will have their own memorial page.Search the site for veterans, find out where they are buried and read the details ...

SOBASZEK - Todd J. Of Blasdell, NY, September 20, 2019, beloved husband of Angeline V. (nee Curcio); dearest father of Kayla; son of Mary Ann (nee Ciolino) and the late John Sobaszek; also survived by brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews. Family and friends may call at THE COLONIAL MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC., 3003 South Park Ave., Lackawanna, NY, on Friday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM, with a Chapel Service starting at 7:30 PM. Funeral Home: Colonial Memorial Chapels, Inc. ...