Tombstones in the News

The Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has recently featured a couple of interesting stories on local tombstone mysteries:

• Historical society fills gaps in story of veteran's death
• Civil War tombstone at center of mystery (with a follow-up:  Civil War mystery starts to unravel)

Tombstone Tuesday: Marie & Ted Peterson

On Memorial Day, my parents, daughter, and I visited the graves of many of our relatives around Irene, South Dakota.  Our first stop was to the grave of my great-grandparents, Marie and Ted Peterson.

Great-Grandma Peterson was the only one of my biological great-grandparents that I knew.  She passed away when I was 13.  I miss her still.