The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-07-09
Cemetery Association Announces
1t Will Care for All Graves
in the Cemetery Here
ASK RELATIVES TO AID, WORK
Plans Of the Association to Provids
for the Care of the Graves Are
ass51 Announced IN Letters Just
Sent to Lot Owners
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The Kenosha Cemetery Association
is planning to provide for perpetual
care of all graves in the Kenosha Gene
terry and to this end letter has been
| sent out to all lot owners and to many
of the people having relatives buried i'll
the cemetery. The Letter. which out
lines the plans for the perpetual care of
all graves is as follows:
"To all persons interested in the per
petual care of lots in the kenosha
Cemetery.
Place Your Lot Under Perpetual
Care
CAT a public meeting held at the
Court House in September, 1906, the
Kenosha Cemetery Association was
organized under the laws of the State
Of Wisconsin. The association has as
sumed the general care of the
grounds and does the work for
individual lot owners at reasonable
| rates.
| ""When turning the Cemetery over to
this association, the. city authorities
voted to appropriate $4,000 each year
for ten years, to be disbursed for main
tenance and otherwise by the Trustees.
| At the end of this teny year period, it
lis expected that the title to the Gene
| terry will be in the association. It is
| the earnest desire Of the Board of Trus-
| tees to establish an adequate fund for
perpetual care This business +propo-
sition is peculiar and perplexing. It is
essentially true that from now on, no
revenue will be derived from the sale
of lots. They are practically all sold.
The perpetual care fund must there
fore be mainly established by cash sub
scriptions and by requests. The con-
tract is perpetual and insures for all
time the particular items Of care
specified. Leaving an order every sea-
son will be unnecessary, and the work
called for by the contract will be given
precedence over orders received in the
usual way 90
GA permanent metal plate bearing
the words "Perpetual Care" will be
anchored on each lot under contract
"The Importance and necessity Of
liberal subscriptions by the surviving
friends and relatives of the tenants of
our City Of Dead must be self evident
and will appeal forcefully to ALL
According to the best authorities
on this subject, it is safe to assume
that from 21a per cent to per cent
will in the future become the rate of
income on investments. We believe
that a subscription of from 800 to
$1,000 will afford ample funds for the
perpetual care of lot, depending of
course, upon the size of the lot. Upon
payment of the proper amount, the Of
| ficers of the association are prepared
to enter into contract with the sub
scriber for such perpetual care. Mr.
Gonnemann will be pleased to have
you consult with him regarding your
subscription. The Northwestern Loan
and Trust Company has been made the
Trustee Of the Perpetual Care Fund.
The we'll known integrity and conserva-
tism of the managers of this substantial
institution are ample guarantees that
the fund will remain unimpaired and
the income therefrom will be properly
disbursed at all times.
"The trustees express the hope that
friends will treat the matter Of sub
scriptions and requests to the Perpetual
Care Fund with broad liberality, not
forgetting the graves of those whose
families ale extinct or far-removed and
/! forgotten. .
"Let the spirit Of the Golden Rule be
the guiding influence.
"The trustees suggest that some may
prefer to make cash gift, and at the
same time, bequest.
"The annual membership fee has
been placed at ST, and life members at
80 These small membership fees
should not in any measure be con-
sidered payments for care of lots, but
merely manifestation of friendly in
terest in the cause. The money thus
raised will be used to increase the
Perpetual Care Fund.
The main purpose of this letter is
to- urge you to act at once in the mat
ter. Now is the accepted time.
Whatever your action is, be pleased to
ANSWER this communication and join
| the association y