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In The News

Updated: June 11, 2004

My daughter KayCee and I visited the Quincy Cemetary in Boone Co Iowa for a week's worth of renovations on the tombstones. We left with wire brushes, aluminum oil paint, paint brushes and black paint markers. KayCee and I scraped old moss, dirt and age off the tombstones, including graves of our own family, to stones of those we didn't even know. The whole cemetary seemed to cry with delight, the sun peeking through the rainclouds only for us. It was a beautiful experience. After we finished scraping, KayCee and I painted the tombstones with bright aluminum oil paint. Some inscriptions on the tombstones could be made out so clearly, years and years of god knows what finally scraped from the crevasses. We sat down with the black paint markers, carefully carving into the letters and coloring in names and dates. It took two weekends, a series of major thunderstorms and a lot of patience to finish our work. But when it was all siad and done, KayCee and I sat back, drinking our warm sodas in the hot, humid sunlight and smiled at eachother. The tombstones are so visible now, they look like glowing white pillars against the dark trees. I plan to take picures of the tombstones, and replace the old pictures with them on the Gravestones page, also with the inscriptions and special details.


Also, a major rush of information has been coming my way, my mother even coming to me with new scrapbooks she had found after rummaging through old trunks and boxes. I have found many pictures, maps and census records, and have put them aside. Some new pictures have been scanned into our computer, but need resizing and some light touchups before they are organized and put online. Keep your eye out, it won't be too long before we (my daughter and I) get to it.


The Fosher/Bundy/Fraasch reunion is taking place on June 19, 2004. It takes place in Millbank, South Dakota, which isn't too far from Ortonville, Minnesota. I plan to bring a major chunk of my information to them, to verify and to share with the families we've been looking up. Also, I have arranged to talk to one of Loutisha Bundy's daughters, the last living daughter of that generation. Hopefully, I can find new information that is more accurate and more personal.