News from Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery
February 2023 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
The year 2022 did not end well for our friends and fellow volunteers with the Central Point Cemetery. Sometime on or around Tuesday, December 13, vandals entered the cemetery grounds and proceeded to topple more […]
A Year of Thanks from the Silent City on the Hill – by Dirk Siedlecki
Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery Update – December 2022/January 2023
Sincere appreciation and gratitude to all our dedicated volunteers and many supporters for making 2022 another successful year for the Friends of Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery. Our […]
October 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
Well, it’s fall in Jacksonville with the return of Meet the Pioneers on the hill overlooking Jacksonville where many of the stories we have featured over the years took place. The program which was first […]
They’re Baaack… “Meet the Pioneers” Returns to Jacksonville’s Historic Cemetery – by Peggy Dover
Three years ago, a select group of pioneers, lying in peaceful estate at the Jacksonville Cemetery, roused to enjoy the limelight and tell about their lives. Others have waited patiently for their chance to be […]
September 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
Thank you and our sincere gratitude to all our volunteers who contributed 140 hours of volunteer labor in the month of July 2022. The hours include: cemetery fixture restoration, marker cleaning, conducting tours, and general […]
August 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
Thank you and much appreciation to our volunteers who cleaned headstones in the Jewish section of our cemetery during the months of May and June. On May 21 volunteers cleaned thirty-seven headstones and on June […]
July 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
My sincere appreciation to all our volunteers who put in so many hours of work in helping to prepare the cemetery grounds for the Memorial Day holiday. Thank you to our city employees who went […]
June 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
I am pleased to report that our restoration work on the Love block in the Masonic section of the cemetery was completed on April 29. The rainy weather delayed our finishing up the project but […]
May 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
A big thank you to the over sixty volunteers who turned out on Saturday, March 26 for our spring Community Clean-up of the cemetery grounds. The very large city-owned trailer was filled to the brim […]
April 2022 Cemetery News – by Dirk Siedlecki
On behalf of our Board Members and volunteers, we sincerely thank the Jacksonville Boosters Club for their continued support and recent donation of $3,500. The generous gift allowed us to purchase an 8’ x 12’ […]