Cemetery Tour to be held in Albion on October 13

The Albion Historical Society is holding a tour of Riverside Cemetery on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m. All are welcome to a end.

Participants will meet outside the cemetery office as this tour will focus on the section just to the south of the office along Superior Street.

Included on the tour will be stops at the graves of: Hon. Amherst Crane, Henry Slade, John Aiken, George Gale, Marcus H. and Julia Peabody Crane, Byron D. Robinson, Karl W. Lange, Dr. Henry Van Ostrand, David Duncan, Nathan Wood, Virginia O’Dell Reed, Manley S. Amsden, Henry Clay Hartung, George

Encke, Mayor Jack McClure, Hon. Amerherst Crane, the Farley family, and the Tompkins family. The Sheldon-Ismon mausoleum and Munro mausoleum will also be visited.

Board members Celeste Connamacher, Carolyn Gilg,

Peggy Grigowski, Jim Seidl, and Andrew Zblewski will be joined by guests David Farley and Tom McClure in leading the tour and giving brief histories at each grave. Booklets containing information about each deceased person will be available for a small donation.

This event will occur no ma er rain or shine so dress appropriately. Riverside Cemetery is located at 1301 S. Superior St. in Albion just south of the Kalamazoo River bridge. For more information call (517) 629-5100 or visit www.albionhistoricalsociety.org.