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From: Terry DeBerry <>
Subject: Re: [HANDCART-L] Utah Cemetery trip
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 14:44:27 -0600


To Dan Ruesch:

If the Aurora you're planning to visit is the one in Sevier county, it's a
very small town just south of Salina and I'm not sure whether it has its
own cemetery. Most every small town in Sevier county had a cemetery but I
know of at least one (Central Valley) that became so neglected that some
families had their dead moved to Richfield.

A phone call to a mortuary in Salina (Springer-Turner @ 435-529-3821 or
Warren R. Jensen @ 435-529-3840) would tell you whether Aurora has a town
cemetery. They could also tell you how to get there although if there is
one it can't be too hard to find since Aurora is such a small town. It
probably had fewer than 300 people in it when I lived in Sevier county. Of
course, that was many years ago but I don't think it has grown all that
much.

Dan Ruesch wrote:

> Actually, now that I think about it, I really don't know how to locate
> most of the cemeteries we want to visit, let alone find the headstones.
> We are planning to make a clean sweep of several Utah cemeteries
> including Provo, Springville, Santaquin, Manti, Aurora, Rockville and
> Springdale. A little advance preparation would be helpful so we get to
> where we want to go without losing too much time. Does anybody have
> advice on how to locate these cemeteries and how to contact people who
> can guide us to the gravesites?
>
> Thanks again,
> Dan Ruesc

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