A peaceful afternoon at the cemetery. There are two lovely statues on the grounds. She finally asked permission to place it in the cemetery, and it stands there now, overlooking her husband's grave. Over the years, there was much vandalism and natural deterioration before anybody was really responsible for maintenance of the grounds Many stones were broken, damaged, defaced and buried.
Several today show signs of repair and maintenance by concerned family members.
In the 1930s, plastic markers were used and these had a short life in the hot Florida climate. The wealthy entrepreneur and land developer and Barron Collier acquired the burial ground along with the rest of his holdings on Marco in the 1920s. He planned an idyllic tropical island community and even went so far as to construct a power plant here, which finally burned down in 1951. Sadly, Collier ran out of money before his dreams were realized. There was an exodus from Marco before and during the Great Depression, when people left to seek employment elsewhere.