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Submitted by
Ben K. Sager
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August Monch
Maplewood Cemetery, Iroquois, Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
(Jan 18, 1844 - May 1, 1917)
| This picture is for August Monch (Moench), buried in
the Maplewood Cemetery (old part), Iroquois, SD. We
arrived at the cemetery in between two torrential rain
storms moving through the area. We drove into the
cemetery and immediately came to a halt as all the roads
in the cemetery were under water. While sitting in the
driveway wondering how to proceed, the caretaker (Rollie
Walter) drove in. There had been a funeral earlier in
the afternoon and he had returned to see if the grave
had been filled. I visited with him and showed him the
coordinates for the grave. However, since there are no
markings for the sections, he stated we would need to
check the records at his office to locate the grave.
Also, since the roads were impassable (the vault truck
had been stuck earlier), he offered to take me into the
right section with his pickup. We went to his office
where he found the grave plot was owned by Otto Moench,
a son of August. We returned to the cemetery and I took
the picture and we left town just ahead of the arrival
of the second storm. (6/29/2010) |
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