Plot Care This Week!
Will and I were recommended by Potters Funeral Home; to straighten and clean the stones, and to remove overgrown plants in this existing plot; prior to a funeral on Tuesday. Betsy was very happy not to have to worry if her family plot was up to...
Read MoreBefore and After Pictures In Storrs Cemetery
We were The Reverend Dr. Leslie Kennard Settled Supply Pastor Our Settled Supply Pastor at our church, The First Congregational Church of Coventry, hired us to clean her late husbands stone this week. It was so rewarding to make the site perfect for her. We have been witness to her coping with her grief and hoped that cleanup of the stone helped her heal in some little way. We do love her so. Blessings, Lisa &...
Read MoreA Statue Repair of a Beautiful Family Relic
Late fall of 2012, Will & I were contacted to come down to Westport, CT to assess a statue that was broken during tree removal after the hurricane Sandy that hit CT. This marble statue has been in the family for at least 3 generations now. The owner was heartbroken when he found it cracked in half on the ground. This stone is sculpted into a lovely feminine shape; its free flowing form is quite captivating. After assessing the sculpture we secured it off the ground for the winter months, and waited for warm weather. We made the trip back to Westport on a beautiful day in early...
Read MoreMeeting the Local Folk
While working at the Knowlton Cemetery in Ashford, we met a wonderful man who lives nearby. Mr. William Karosi was walking his dog when he introduced himself and we started talking about history, and aircraft. He told us of the day when a P-47 Thunderbolt crashed right into the very woods we were at. He said we won’t find much, if anything, about it in the history books, but he was here and watched it happen. As we talked, the conversation evolved into our new friend telling us about his time in the U.S. Navy, during WWII, aboard the USS LSM-79, an LSM-1 Class Landing Ship...
Read MoreBeyond the Gravestone in the Reminder Newspaper
Reminder Newspaper interviewed Beyond the Gravestone. Click on this link for the artcile: Beyond the Gravestone in the Reminder Newspaper
Read MoreCemetery Fair in East Hartford, CT
Beyond the Gravestone attended a Unique Christmas Fair to support the Connecticut Gavestone Networks, East Hartford Center Cemetery project on Saturday December 8, in East Hartford. We had a table displaying our services and met a number of people interested in this field. We had a great day talking about history and restoration and seeing the other vendors that were there. It was refreshing to talk to the customers as they came through and we were treated to a number of great stories from them. Lisa and I met the people who are the driving force of the Connecticut...
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