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One (old) reason why you couldn’t be buried in a cemetery

May 20, 2014

It used to be that those who committed suicide were not allowed to be buried within the consecrated boundaries of …

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Throwback Thursday: What Dad was doing 25 years ago

January 16, 2014

Dad had a series of these simple, small date books through the mid-1980s. He used the books to track the …

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Digging graves in extreme cold

January 6, 2014

Minnesota is experiencing some of its coldest temps in almost 20 years. My phone is showing -20 degrees F right …

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