HERITAGE HAPPENINGS
Heritage Happenings Publication of Friends of Oakwood Cemetery Macomb, Illinois Mailing address: P.O. Box 241, Macomb, IL 61455 Website: www.oakwoodcemetery.jimdo.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/FriendsOfOakwoodCemetery
Volume 1 Spring 2013 Number 1
A Message from the President‌ ______________ It is a pleasure to introduce you to the first issue of Heritage Happenings, a publication of the newly established Friends of Oakwood Cemetery, Macomb, Illinois. This first issue outlines the purposes of the organization. Oakwood Cemetery is a special place in terms of its art, architecture, horticulture, and history, and our group expects to assist the city in maintaining and enhancing its features.
In addition, this issue, like subsequent ones, will provide updates related to the cemetery, announcements of upcoming events, and a historical feature. It is our hope that this newsletter will be a significant source of current information and history. Sincerely, Tom Carper
What is the Friends of Oakwood Cemetery?
T
he Friends
of Oakwood Cemetery T is a non-profit organization with a variety of cultural and practical functions‌
To promote the cemetery as a symbol of community—a place where visitors can interact, through remembrance, with people of the past, a parallel to the present Macomb, or as town historian Alex Holmes put it, a “Silent City.”
 To recall the early vision of the cemetery as a parklike setting suited to meditation and communion with nature and to therefore support its upkeep and beautification.
The Friends of Oakwood Cemetery  To be a committed advisory/advocacy group that considers need for improvements, whether those are to be community funded or separately funded.
 To raise funds for the
cemetery, through donations and bequests.
 To maintain contact with relatives of those buried at Oakwood Cemetery, through a newsletter and a website and in doing so to enlarge support beyond present town residents.
To develop cultural events connected with the cemetery, which might include
tours, monument dedications or rededications, dramatic performances, etc.
To acquire a richer compilation of historical information about the cemetery and the people buried there, including soldiers of most wars. To cooperate fully with the cemetery sexton and the various governing
bodies of the City of Macomb.
Friends of Oakwood Cemetery Officers/Board Members Tom Carper, President Kathy Nichols Vice-President Ken Keudell, Secretary Dan Wise, Treasurer Gary Rhoads, Cemetery Sexton Heather Munro, Website manager Connie Deener Robert Anstine Sue Anstine Garnette Hallwas John Hallwas Gordana Rezab
Heritage Happenings A Publication of Friends of Oakwood Cemetery, Macomb, Illinois Mailing address: P.O. Box 241, Macomb, IL 61455 Website: www.oakwoodcemetery.jimdo.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/FriendsOfOakwoodCemetery