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Submitted: 1/23/11 • Approved: 1/23/11 • Last Updated: 4/18/18 • R37371-G37369-S3
Headstone:
WILLIAM H. PERRY
AUGUST 19, 1861
JULY 30, 1930
MARY E. PERRY
DEC. 2, 1871
APR. 23, 1936
Back of stone (bronze plaque):
SCHMIDT
MOTHER
MARGARET J.
APRIL 23, 1867
AUGUST 8, 1935
SON
FRANKLIN J. W.
JULY 25, 1901
AUGUST 9, 1935
"TEARS, ERE YOUR DEATH, FOR MANY A ONE WE SHED,
BUT YOURS ARE ALL OUR TEARS SINCE YOU ARE DEAD.
TO COMFORTERS WE LEND AN EAR APART,
WHILE PAIN SITS EVER CLOSER TO OUR HEART."
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