Visalia Public Cemetery

Kermit Elton Howard was the only one with a headstone. I went back in the office after I had walked the section looking for Margie Howard to ask for a plot number for her. They told me she was in the same plot, no headstone to reflect that. She was kind enough to give me the vital statistics they had on file for her. Margie Howard: DOB 26 Sep 1918, DOD 13 Jul 1988. I showed the office assistant the picture I took of Kermit Howard's headstone and she said that it was a veteran's headstone and many times they did not put one in for the wife. Maybe they are donated or something? Hope this works for you.

Here is the picture of Andrei Dmitri Kleist for you. Sorry about the water on the left side. They had just finished watering that section. Hopefully it won't be too distracting for you. He is in Section F-3, Tier 19, Plot 22.

If you want the full size pictures, just double click on the picture and then when you get the full size picture loaded, right click on it and save it to your file. You may do what you like with them, they are yours now.

Eshom Valley Cemetery

This cemetery is way up the hills by Badger, CA. We had a lovely drive up to find it. We had to stop and ask someone to make sure we were going to the right place since there really isn't a record of it anywhere--no gps coordinates or address. I am sending in the coordinates to the Find A Grave Site. We did find it and it was absolutely a beautiful place. The cemetery overlooks what we figure is Eshom Valley with a small pond/lake on the floor of the valley. Your B.G. Dunn is right on the row closest to the overlook of the valley. (We thought a nice place!)

We forgot to bring water with us and the water had not been turned on yet. We think maybe if the headstone was wet it would be clearer and easier to read. Maybe you can use your photo editing software to sharpen the engraving.

This is a 'distance' picture for you. You can see that he is on the last row in the older section of the cemetery. There are two small sections to the cemetery. We were so sad when we didn't find him at first and then my husband just happened to look down a small slope and see a group of more graves. Besides, the area we were searching were too recent! We both breathed a sigh of relief!

I took this picture so that you could see the perspective and some of the cemetery. If you count over from the right on the row closest to the top of the picture, your ancestor is the 4th one from the right in the sunlight.

This is a picture from where his grave is and the overlook into the valley.

We took this picture of the road sign that points to the cemetery. It's not quite as interesting as the wooden sign.

Here is a picture of the valley and the road that leads to the cemetery. The cemetery is more than a mile down that road and you can't see the cemetery from the entrance. Hope you enjoy these pics. If you click on them you will get the full size pictures of them. You have my permission to use them as you wish.

All-Time Favorites: Amon and Sally Pratt

Here's a picture of my favorite headstones of all time. Most of my life I researched for the parents of Emily Jeanette Pratt--Amon and Sally. And here they are! To be able to visit this cemetery and take this picture was really an unbelievable experience! I never thought I would be able to do this. Kent and I had a wonderful trip to multiple cemeteries, courthouses and libraries. It is going to take me all summer to upload all the information! And to think we lived 2 hours from here for 6 years while Kent got his Ph.D.! Who knew! It would be 10 years later that I finally found Emily's parents!

Visalia Cemetery: Chivers - Griswold

 

 

 

If you click on the picture you will get the full size picture I took. I also uploaded them to the Find A Grave site. I did not find William Bentley Chivers. They looked for him in their database and could not find him. He is most likely buried somewhere else or was cremated and immured elsewhere. The Visalia Times Delta has an obituary for him on May 5th, 1999 that may give the information. Also, there were flowers on all of those graves, so I am assuming there is family in the area that may have more information.

Inlet Cemetery

 

Temperance Hill Cemetery

Tulare Cemetery

Broder Headstones/Memorial--Fowler Site

I say headstones/memorial because apparently Andrew, Sarah and John are just ashes and they only had a record of Robert and Emma Jane Broder, Louis d. 31 Aug 1939, and Robert C. Broder. They looked in the computer, cards, and then she pulled out the original record book from the 1800's and we looked for the burial records for Andrew, Sarah and John. I decided to at least get a picture of Robert C Broder and was a bit lost and about to give up--hahaha--when I looked up and saw the big monument! I didn't even realize until after I had taken a couple of pictures that Robert Louis and Emma Broder were listed on the bottom of the monument. Then, just for fun and perspective I thought I would take a picture of the back of the monument and there was John! I was feeling disappointed that I didn't find John and had walked a few rows on each side of the monument too! Robert C. Broder's grave is just in front of the monument and if you look close you can see the monument in the back of the picture I took of his grave. Also, the only record they had of Louis Broder was his death date and that he was buried in the northwest grave of that block. That would put him to the left of Robert C. Broder. (When you look at the picture of the backside of the monument you can see the space just to the side of Robert C. Broder's grave). Needless to say, I went back to the office and let them copy the notes I took and they said they would add a record of the burials. Also, since there was clearly a marker for them she then looked in a different book that listed them as a "memorial" for ashes. All and all it was an enjoyable and informative trip!


Fowler grave site:
Apparently there isn't a headstone for Amy Fowler. The little stone on the right is Thomas and I am facing west taking the picture. The one to the left is Clarence. There is clearly a space to the left of Clarence which would be south and the lady at the cemetery office said it is recorded as the "south grave. " She also said that since she died at the age of 8 that it would be a nominal fee if you would like to have a marker put in place. It would be a small "baby" marker.

Of note is that there are over 10,000 people buried in that cemetery now. They told me it was the second largest cemetery in the state of California, second only to Orange County. I had no idea it was so huge until today. I have only lived here just over 7 years. She said it is the only cemetery in Visalia and there are no "private" cemeteries in the area. Someone is working on a program that will allow them to index and publish their information, but they are moving very cautiously due to privacy laws. There is an average of 700 burials a year in that cemetery. They also said you could email them and they will take a picture of any grave they have for you. I was surprised they would do that! Email: visaliacemetery@aol.com. Or, if you have a long list of names, they will research them and then email the info if you don't want to wait in the office. (Honestly, it was only 5 minutes!) Surprising service!

Visalia Public Cemetery

Edmund L. Latey II and Fawn M. Latey. I was a little surprised that the death date for Fawn hadn't been inscribed as of yet.
This is their daughter Janice Stevens. I knew them both and they were so sweet! Everyone loved them!
I thought since he was a prominent man his headtsone would be bigger. Also, they had just watered the grass in the area and if you look closely you can see that both of these markers were completely under water.

This marker was just to the left of Thomas Fowler's marker. I thought maybe he would be a relative of Thomas.