The first ten years of burials
Self-guided tour booklets are available at the office for our 2023 history tour One may think researching the deaths of 76 people who...
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Kristi Graham
May 9, 20237 min read
WWII from a Child's Perspective
I've been privileged for the last year or so to visit with an elite group of citizens. Assigned the task of writing about what life was...
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Renee Tanner
Feb 20, 20233 min read
Research tips for those looking to make someone's story come to life
Before I was hired to work here at Greenwood Cemetery, I would walk the grounds. No matter the season, there is just something so...
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Tamara Stevens
Nov 18, 20227 min read
Petoskey’s Virginia Wilbur: Sault Ste. Marie WWII memories
As a teenager in 1941, Virginia Wilbur recalls changes brought on by the second world war Life as a teenager in Sault Ste. Marie,...
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Tamara Stevens
May 19, 20228 min read
Hubert Hayes, DDS: 'I went where I was sent and I did what I was told'
Petoskey WWII veteran never had to leave the U.S. By Tamara Stevens Hubert Hayes, 95, a retired dentist in Petoskey, is extremely modest...
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Tamara Stevens
Apr 14, 20227 min read
Winfield Joseph Sluyter: 'I saw the war flying, looking backwards'
Petoskey man took part in the Battle of Midway in 1942 Anyone who has seen a movie about the Battle of Midway during WWII has a fairly...
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Tamara Stevens
Mar 19, 202213 min read
Larry St. Clair: 'I was there'
Emmet County man recalls his WWII mission on the island of Iwo Jima Lawrence “Larry” St. Clair may be legally blind at 98 years old, but...
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Greenwood Cemetery
Mar 7, 20221 min read
Serving up honors
Cemetery staff, outgoing chamber president among honorees at annual breakfast event By William T. Perkins, Petoskey News-Review Published...
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Greenwood Cemetery
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Petoskey cemetery among history society 2018 award winners
By Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News Published 10:19 p.m. ET Sept. 15, 2018 | Updated 8:37 p.m. ET Sept. 16, 2018 The State History...
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Karl Crawford
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Before you decide to scatter someone somewhere, think about this
In this day and age some would ask the question, why use a cemetery? With the rising cremation rate and the warm feeling one gets from...
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Renee Tanner
Feb 9, 20223 min read
How to get to know someone who died years before you were born
The following is a note regarding one of Greenwood Cemetery's annual history books. In 2021, the theme was "The Suffragists of...
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Karl Crawford
Feb 9, 20223 min read
A cemetery offers a 'forever' place
We believe a cemetery is the best place, the only place, that a loved one will be remembered and honored for the rest of time. Why would...
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