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~~ Morgan ~~
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Omaha, NE
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, also known as Forest Lawn Cemetery, is located at 7909 Mormon Bridge Road in Omaha, Nebraska, just south of the 48th Street Exit off Interstate I 680. map The cemetery was established in 1885 when the Forest Lawn Cemetery Association, organized under the laws of Nebraska on May 13, 1885, was donated 100 acres. Forest Lawn Cemetery is mutually owned and operated without profit, with the title resting with the lot owners. In 1886, the first internment in the Cemetery was the donor of the land, John H. Brackin. Forest Lawn is Omaha's largest cemetery and the location where many of Omaha's second generation of leadership are buried.
Before Forest Lawn Cemetery was founded, the northwest corner of the property was used from at least the 1880's through the 1960's as a Potter's Field for poor people and those whose identities were not known. The present area of 320 acres is designed and laid out with a park-type plan, with rolling hills, forests and lawns. Many historic Omaha family names are found throughout the cemetery, along with veterans from the Civil through Iraq Wars. The G.A.R., Freemasons & Omaha Typographical Union own part of the cemetery and part of it has been made into a national soldier's cemetery.
The beauty of the cemetery is maintained through the perpetual care fund financed through 25% of the receipts of lots sold. The forest and lawn aspects of the cemetery have helped it to contine to rank as one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the country. Sources: Internment.net; Wikipedia, the free encylcopedia
Cemetery Sign
Photo courtesy of Linda Welsh
Marilyn M. (Cornealus) Morgan
b. Nov. 15, 1929 -- d. Sept. 13, 1970
GS (Good Shepherd) section, Lot #250, Grave #4
Wife of Melvin Morgan
Melvin Morgan
b. Jan. 31, 1928 -- d. Oct. 16, 2007
Buried in an unmarked grave
GS (Good Shepherd) section, Lot #250, Grave #3.
Husband of Marilyn M. (Cornealus) Morgan
Son of Kephart & Alice (Fiser) Morgan
Photo courtesy of Linda Welsh
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Melvin & Marilyn were my aunt & uncle.
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